1/18 1956 Ford COE car hauler project....

@chris............ your efforts are putting decent,hard working plastic Americans to work.......even without the fascinating progress updates,that alone fries the bacon 🤩

Posted by: @chris

Posted by: @john-barry

.......brilliant imaginative work Christopher !!!

Thanks John, but all this labor  has really just begun.  It's analogous to an engine block manufacturing operation whereas all raw castings must then be machined.  That's the next phase.... all 32 pieces (4 X 2) X 4 = 32  must now be "machined"  to specs. Then cleaned, then primed, then pained, then tires mounted, so on and so on....

"..brillant?"  Not really.  "Lunacy?"  Without question! 🙄 🙄 🤪 🤪 

We expect nothing less !!

@100ford2003 ...... all I can do is my very best. "Fingers crossed!"  🙄 🙄

Good to see another 1/18 scale tractor trailer rig. 

Wow, such detail. Thanks for sharing the status with us Chris.

@john3976 HA!

That's what I say when I see your rigs. 😏 😏 

@bob-jackman Thanks Bob. I enjoy keeping people in the loop  because I like updates from other scale modelers/collectors. We all learn from each other. 😀

More from the 1/18 1958 Ford RESIN STEEL RIM FACTORY:

I completed all the cleaning & "machining"  on all four rim sets. I used jigs to ensure uniformity. The irony is that once Sunstar's beautifully cast full wheelcovers are removed, color matched rims are exposed...but sadly they don't look like "steelies." 

Next, I had to modify all 16 spindles. Then I moved on to color-matching & paint samples. Finally, I completed the black Ford first just to weed out any unforeseen problems (which always occur! ).  I theorized that "black"  would better hide any mistakes. The remaining colors are lighter.

It looks great ! The steel rims are excellent and this great SunStar hardtop 1958 Ford in combination with the COE auto hauler is a superb display as well as photo subject.

Holy Moly Guacamole...what have we here... !?!? 

I'm on 24 / 7 'n not losing out... 

👍🙏💕🇺🇸 

@mikedetorrice Thanks, let's hope this all turns out as planned. "Fingers crossed."

@100ford2003 Well at least someone is on 24/7 ....'cause I'm not!  My goal is to create a realistic looking vintage car hauler, which means "the load"  must look like new cars... no wheelcovers, rolled up windows, a few stickers & handwritten numbers here & there, no license plates, etc...

I'm sick of seeing scale car haulers where the model cars are just placed on the hauler.... windows down, no stickers, wheelcovers, etc...

My home-made resin cast steelies turned out OK, but I've always hated doing things twice. If I make something for the RIGHT SIDE, for example, I must then duplicate it for the LEFT SIDE.

Now.......  I have to do something 16 times!!  (4 cars X 4 wheels!)  Yikes!! 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 

@chris 

A BIG THANKS for sweating the small stuff !! 

Did you ever ✔️ out pics of the car hauler I mentioned awhile back ?

@100ford2003 Yes I did (I had seen it before ). Now THAT was a project but thank goodness they did it! That's literally a car show on wheels, and something really special to see today.

As someone with zero skills in this arena I find your craftsmanship AMAZING.  Bravo!!