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The second car in the blue series. A 1932 Ford Sedan. I have several sets of these waiting for finishing and and assembly. The idea is to test different finishes and techniques with each set. The car body is made from MDF the rest of the parts are birch. The body paint is Hoe Depot oops paint...

Number three in the Freaky Fords Blue Series. The more I look at this color combination the more I like it. I'm partial to blue any way. I think it works well with the flat black wheels. I really wanted to have white walls on these but I could not figure out how to do it and make them look good...

This is the first set of these toy cars I made for ny grandson. There are a lot of firsts here. The first project I ever made from MDF and the first time I ever used acrylic craft paint on a toy. It was also my first painted toy. I got the MDF almost for free and wanted to see how well it would...

Body is made from MDF and painted with Home Depot Oops paint and an air brush. This was my firs try at making toys with MDF. I might use up what I have but I don't know that I'll ever use it again. The dust was terrible and this stuff soaks up paint like a sponge. That said with a lot of sanding...

I painted this toy car with a coat of rattle can automotive primer, Behr Oops house paint from Home Depot and a top coat of Rust-Oleum Triple Thick Glaze. I found the Rust-Oleum, Triple Thick Glaze difficult to apply and had to sand and respray it way to many times. However, if you want a glossy...

Blown Big Block Ford Street Rod with a Peterbilt twist. This is my Lockdown Stay at Home Isolation Orders project/challenge. The original orders were extended from a fortnight to three weeks but now we are in week four. It's scratch built with inspiration from a couple of Hot Rod Photos off...

The second in my Pink Hot Rod Series. The body is MDF airbrushed with Home Depot Oops paint. Spraying acrylic house paint with an air brush was a bit of a challenge. Getting those large pigments to go through an airbrush isn't easy. But it worked well. Spray a coat knock the fuzzies off with...

The third in my pink Hot Rod series is a 1927 T Coupe made from MDF and spray painted with acrylic house paint. I'm making these from MDF as an experiment after having other toy makers tell me how good it is. I picked up a bunch of it in the cull lumber pile at Home Depot. It was so cheap I had...