Now to the roof.....

Well, one day the owner of this woody was putting his surfboard in his woody. And he accidentally broke the dome light glass.  And then of course after 56 years of vibration the little bracket that holds the dome light bulb finally broke.

So the light bulb still works, but it hangs down a little. The owner would fix it but he’s too busy surfing……

To make the bulb I stretched some clear sprue over a flame. I cut it and polished the end so that it was rounded. I then wrapped some gold bare metal foil around it with the round end sticking out.

I glued a black and a red wire to it and hung it from the light base.  It’s hard to get good pictures of something so small.  It may be that no one ever notices this detail....... But I'll know...

I always have lots of fun making the little details.

On the left is a gas can from an old jeep kit. I used masking tape for the belt.  The CB set is from the 84 GMC Pickup kit. I made a new microphone and cord. The cord is wire wound around a small drill.
The binoculars were sent to me by Rich in Las Vegas (a board member and good friend). I made the strap from masking tape. The lens is gloss black, Alclad chrome and thinned clear blue Tamiya.

The surfing magazines were printed off the internet and shrunk.  The laptop computer came from the new 49 Mercury kit. The surfer that owns this woody will have a laptop on his front seat. I added a wireless internet connection to it so he can get the most updated surfing and weather conditions while on his surfing safari...  

Details are fun...

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Here are pictures with the interior junk installed.

I tried to make a real looking wet suit, but it was difficult. Then I realized the guy would just throw it in the back in a crumpled mess anyway.

So the wet suit I made came out OK.  It is made from some very thin tightly compressed black foam rubber I have in my misc. junk box. 

( I love those misc. junk boxes..!!! ) 

Some of the guys on the Hobby Heaven Board suggested that I add some surf board wax and ZigZag papers.  So I went back to the internet to find pictures and I shrunk some pictures and printed them out. 

The surfboard wax was made using clear window glass that I cut like a hockey puck and then I sanded it to look like wax.  Then I glued the picture of the wax on the plastic.  Here is the wax and ZigZag papers with my surfer girl.....

Here are three more pictures with the surf board wax and ZigZags installed.  Please, don't ask me why I added the ZigZags.  I guess I did it just for the challange......