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21/11/2025 9:28 am
...well, a few things didn't quite turn out as I had hoped. My color-matched firewall paint looked pretty good until dried on the gray side. 🤔 🤔 Every attempt to replicate those 4 tailgate rods just didn't look right, so... 🙄 🙄
Overall, however, I got what I wanted - a 1/18 1948 Ford Super Deluxe Wagon in which everything opens. 😀 😀
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21/11/2025 9:29 am
PART 2B of 2
This post was modified 4 months ago by Christopher Moroni
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21/11/2025 9:35 am
PART 2C of 2
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21/11/2025 9:39 am
WOW! I like the inside look of all you're doing. And I love your tailgate tethers!
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21/11/2025 9:54 am
Your project looks awesome and I admire your patience Chris!
21/11/2025 5:23 pm
absolute masterpiece Chris. Hope this is going into a show somewhere so a lot more of the modelling community can see it.
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21/11/2025 7:55 pm
"...absolute masterpiece..."
Thanks Geoff, but many folks do what I do - perhaps not as many with diecast, but certainly with plastic models. "Masterpiece?" I wouldn't describe it like that; I've crafted other projects that were more involved. My '56 Chevy 150, '51 Ford gasser, '53 & '56 4-car haulers, and a 1943 German WW II Steyr 1500, just to name a few.
But again, thank you - glad you like it. 😊 😊
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25/11/2025 12:14 pm
PART 2D of 2:
...you're never done, right? Using straight pins, jewelry beads, and scraps of metal, I drilled, bent, filed and fashioned all that "junk" into something that resembled, in 1/18 scale, 1948 Ford tailgate bars; I feel better now. 😎
- My previous attempts weren't "up to par." Also, that first pic is all the 1948 Ford "waste." 😏
25/11/2025 6:17 pm
I'm in awe of your dexterity and skill level Chris, to be able to manipulate and create tiny parts like that. Hey, even the carpet alone is worth the price of admission!
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25/11/2025 7:00 pm
"...to be able to manipulate and create tiny parts like that."
Thanks! I've been very fortunate.
Having the RIGHT tools helps too! You wouldn't believe how many tools it took to cut, shape, drill, bend, loop, sand, and glue those two tiny tailgate-bar sets.
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10/02/2026 5:03 pm
I envy the control you seem to have over your hands, something I no longer can count on. Delicate operations are seldom successful, when a hand suddenly jerks to the side, but it does offer some humorous moments, such as the time my butter knife sent a wad of peanut butter across the dining table.
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10/02/2026 6:17 pm
@gdh Thanks, at 61 I'm very fortunate to still have the "hands of surgeon," however, peanut butter has always given me trouble! 😉 😀 I have two other on-going projects posted on this Forum: The 1969 Charger & the 1958 Pontiac - both involve "cutting."
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