Tag: Ford Model A
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1931 Ford Model A – Part Seven – Aw Shit…
Well there we was just driving along heading back to Missoula, and all of a sudden there was this damn noise. We knew it couldn’t be anything good, so we stopped. We were right. The Minicraft 1931 Ford Model A has come to a halt by the side of the road. It has been a…
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1931 Ford Model A – Part Six – The Ick Begins
I wish I had a vial of dirt from every continent. Then I could mix up weathering paint colours accurately. As it is, I use red paints for Australia and neutral browns for Europe. Not sure what Montana looks like under the grass. But nothing daunted, I decided to get the Ford dirty. An acrylic…
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1931 Ford Model A – Part Four – Occam’s Airbrush
To get you up to speed – Google Occam’s Razor. It’s a fascinating read – but cut to the bone, it is the business of deliberate seeking the simplest explanation for something. In my case it was the business of making rust. Not real rust, you understand – that is a matter of iron, water,…
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1931 Ford Model A – Part Three – A Rolling Chassis
I was always surprised as a kid to read of motor cars being supplied in body-less form. It seemed like selling skeletons – frightening and unsatisfying. I had never seen a motor car in the 1950’s stripped from its chassis – and in a few years it would have been impossible to separate a unibody…
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1931 Ford Model A – Part Two – When Art Becomes Burlesque
Relax – no sex here. And surprisingly, not a lot of sex at the burlesque shows either…but that is another tale. The business of making a jalopy or rat rod is quite fashionable today. I see them at hot rod shows all the time and like to look at the details. For vehicles made by…
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