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57 Moss Monster
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:12 pm
by FrankenCab
Bought this one from doveblue and delivered by astralglider , its not that bad once you look past missing floors and a door that sat in a mud hole.
This one will have to wait a while until i can finish 3 other busses but will serve a good purpose in the mean time as a storage shed.
You can see why it will have to wait , and thats just the busses in the yard also have 2 notches and a 67 fasty in the other corner.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:18 pm
by Dutchy
good stuff, hows the panel coming along?
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:15 pm
by FrankenCab
slow gotten side tracked , had to rebuild a 79 panel for a mate which took a fair chunk of my split building time. Only have to sort cargo doors and missing roof sections and change lower front sill. Will get there just need lowlight i've stated on for farm and moving crap duties and testing engines and narrowed beams in for splits .
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:18 pm
by FrankenCab
slow gotten side tracked , had to rebuild a 79 panel for a mate which took a fair chunk of my split building time. Only have to sort cargo doors and missing roof sections and change lower front sill. Will get there just need lowlight i've stated on for farm and moving crap duties and testing engines and narrowed beams in for splits .
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:08 pm
by doveblue
good one,glad it got there in one peace
what do you think the og colour is? seems a little lighter than dove blue
have you been watering the moss to keep it alive
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:36 pm
by frenzix
how good is the moss monster!
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:42 pm
by Volksaddict
Nice one klaus ..looks like youve had a clean up..ha ha
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:34 pm
by FrankenCab
yeah had to make room in the nursing home , gotta keep the over 50's happy.
The moss pretty much died within the first couple of days think it got to mid 30 degs , have only wiped some off on engine lid as i want to try and make a mould of it to ...ha ha mould .. so I can copy it for the DC.
Think dove blue is the colour, bless the person who painted it twice before and didnt use primer , all the paint just flakes off leaving og colour.
Weird bus rust isnt that severe gutters are all good rear hatch has zero rust as does the engine lid , front of bus is dented but only has inner nose section crusty and front ribbed bumper is near perfect, rear one is wavy but should straighten out enough to make a mould off.
If anyone has a drivers door for one of these let me know . Door handles dont recess into door they are a flush fit.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:39 pm
by FrankenCab
mmm looking at pics again i might clean moss off below the swage line and have two tone moss on top and dove blue bottom, then dump it and drag it to the berry show in may.
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:04 pm
by redhotchilliwilli
thats a great idea klaus. fit in well with the rats down there .
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:19 pm
by ozjeff
Just finish one of your buses or come and finish mine!
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:21 am
by doveblue
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:11 am
by FrankenCab
yeah have to keep all the different voices in my head busy.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:34 am
by travellinbob
a few ??? try about 8 with more in the pipeline! this boy sure does have alot of toys.
cheers,michael.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:52 pm
by doveblue
FrankenCab wrote:yeah have to keep all the different voices in my head busy.
don't you just love/hate those voices
keep the good work up klause,you sure do have some motivation