I'll start with this one. One of my "take a break" from the primary build projects. Old AMT all plastic kit being built stock with clean-up mods only.

Wood portion of body finished with Tamiya base coat & artist's oils. Metal portion with Tamiya & four coats of Future clear.

Interior finished with Tamiya paint & oils.

Fenders finished with Tamiya semi-gloss black & Future clear coat.

Underside fished with Tamiya semi gloss- black & oil. No clear coat at this point>

Inserts for body sides & tailgate finished with oils.

Will post as progress is made. Fabric top has yet to be painted

Looks nice Al, I am too young to remember when they were new and also we did not have them over here but we had similar style of coach work on cars and vans.

Simon.

Thanks for inviting me! That'll give me an excuse to start on my 1/24 914 (or finish my 1/12 Z-Car)! This looks pretty good. The wood looks very convincing, and the BRG type green will go nicely with the black fenders! Woodies are cool, but I think the car that has 'em all beat is the '48 Town & Country. Phenomenal woodwork going on with that car!

Al,
I humbly accept. Your invitation to join this group could not have come at a better time. I took on two jobs concerning the 1929 Ford. One a woodie and one a pickup. Both have been started. I am about to throw the woodie against the wall but it does not belong to me. The pickup is for friend I have known for a very long time. He owned the truck and wants me to replicate it as his photos show. This one looks like fun. your build of the 29' will give me inspiration. I HOPE...

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Al,

I told him I would do it but I am not going to channel it like he did. It will have the stock look. Enough is a enough. I saw it on the road the other day and it is indeed a modified 29.

I used to be a woodie junkie! I had a "beach wagon" model collection of about 30+ cars, some diecast most plastic, even a 1/6th woodie carved out of wood, it looked great. I even had a Corgi Morris Traveler. Alas, I sold the whole kit and kaboodel, only kept the 1/18 scale 1948 Ford station wagon. Ford had one plant that manufactured just station wagons and actually owned an entire forest in Wisconsin they drew their wood from. Restored, these cars command big money yet in the late 1950's and early 1960's west coast surfers snapped them up for short money to haul their long boards to the beach. Look forward to the finished "product", Al.

Those wheels look very, very neat, Al, I hope you can press on with this model and overcome the problems AMT have given you.

Cars are not usually my "cup of tea" as we Brits like to say but does anyone know if there is a kit of the Morris Minor out there ? and if not WHY NOT ?
N.