1971 Ford F100 Ranger XLT Pickup

Mike ol' buddy!!! Sorry I haven't visited and commented. This thing is lookin' mighty spiffy so far! Wow!!

Love this interior Mike, very neatly done!

The Story
Jesse pays McNally his $1 and he leaves the Animal Shelter and he heads for the Hospital to visit with his wife. McNally finishes grooming the dog and he puts the dog back in his pen and he stops at the front desk and he says that he'll pay the adoption fee if Jesse and Rhonda adopt the dog. They just have to call him for the adoption fee payment. The attendant writes the information down on a post-it note and puts it in the file. He then heads for home in Charlestown to update his file.

The Build
I tried to polish the paint and went through the paint. Another masking and it is back into the paintbooth for another respray. After the masking was done, I detailed the grille using my Sharpie markers, Tamiya Flat Black paint and Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color.



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Paint looks good Mike!

The Story
The old man is out walking his small dog for the evening and it has gotten dark in Brighton and the street lights have turned on. He cuts through a cemetary that has no lights shining as a short cut back to his house and as he walks through, an figure watches him from behind a large tree. As the old man and his dog approaches, the attacker runs out behind him and the little dog starts barking and the old man is attacked and clubbed. The old man is lying on the ground and his little dog continues to bark and the Police stop on their drive through the cemetary. An ambulance is called and the little dog is taken back to the old man's house to cared for by his daughter.

The Build
I started on the '71 Ranger again by adding some of the chrome pieces and doing a mockup. The back of the cab seems to sit a little high in the rear of the cab and maybe the cab mount needs to be clearanced a bit.



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Thanks Joe! I didn't want to leave and finding a way around this predicament was a God-send! Why I was getting those redirects and unwanted websites is beyond me. The fit issues are of a minor concern for me. We shall see when we get closer to final assembly.

Thanks Dennis!

The Story
The old man walks out of his house and he opens the gate, walks through it and closes the gate behind him. He has on an old t-shirt, pants with a grease spot around his pockets, dirty white sneakers with Velcro straps, an old cardigan sweater, a plaid flat cap on his head and a pair of glasses with thick frames. He walks down to the local convenience store to buy his evening paper and he is walking at a slow pace. At the store he buys his paper, folds it and sticks in his back pocket and walks back home past old houses, some abandoned and some old garages and warehouse-like buildings. He approaches an old house with overgrown bushes in front and a young man jumps out and he tries to strangle and club the old man who flips the young attacker over his shoulder and he starts beating on the young man with blows to the face.
The cops come running out of the shadows and from up the street as the old man turns the young man over and he handcuffs his attacker. The cops take custody of the attacker as the old man takes off his cap and glasses and it is McNally. He was working uncover with the Police and they all suspected that the attacker would come out again in this area and McNally wanted to draw him out.

The Build
Some foiling done on the Ranger XLT after I added a few more pieces to the engine compartment. My foil is old so I used some Micro Metal Foil Adhesive. I added the decals, some of which broke as I removed them from the backing paper.



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I'm loving this. Lots of good progress here Mike.

In high school a friend of mine had a blue one very similar to this. Might have been a 69.

Curious to see how this one turns out. Don't know much about the Moebius kits.

The Story
With the suspect handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a Police cruiser, McNally is driven by one of the detectives back to the old house where this adventure began. He changes his clothes back to his usual pants and t-shirt. He gets into his car after he puts on his shoulder holster and his gun and a shirt to cover the holster and gun and he drives down to Boston Police Headquarters to give his statement to detectives. Inside Headquarters he gets his Visitors Badge and he goes up to the Detective Squad and he gives his statement to Sgt. Det. Alonzo. The statement includes everything from when he left the old house in Brighton to the arrest of the suspect.

The Build
I finished the foiling of the body and did a mockup to check my progress. The cab still has a warp to it and I hope that when the cab is glued to the frame, the warp will go away.



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