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The #7221 Dashes Direct Ford Ranger is prepped prior to starting the 2008 Vegas to Reno. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
The cab of the Crew 35 Ranger without the heater box. Suddenly a Ranger seems spacious. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild the truck to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
Took a road trip with Daren (Miserlou) and my son Jack to shoot the Best In The Desert - Parker 425 off road race this past weekend. This is a shot of #1558 just before crossing under the bridge just before completing the 2nd (of three) lap.
The Red Bull gate at the tech/contingency inspection for the 2008 Vegas to Reno.
Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
This cardboard jigsaw is the first new cardboard jigsaw I've made up for quite a while and I'm making heavy weather of it in the poor winter light. The pieces are much smaller than the vintage Waddington/Springbok I've just finished. The surface is matte and feels nice - almost soapy.
I think the lino-cut image is quite difficult in that it reduces to largely coloured lines on a plain colour ground, with a very restricted colour palette and hatchings and angles - things I'm not particularly good at. The effect of massed pieces is quite zebra-like. Initially I sorted for straight edges and just laid the other pieces face up. After doing the frame I pulled out the red and put together what I could. Gathering the browns led to the townscape (with holes where it was blue/white hatching on black). I spent some time rearranging trays and decided to concentrate on the more turquoise shades of blue to see what I could build up. I filled in most of the holes in the townscape, the left corner and below the boat but It took a while to get the black bitds beaks in and link diagonally to the right hand frame. The next breakthrough was getting the swan's beak into the lower left corner and completing the sea and the swan's margin. I now have the black/white swan endgame to face.
The cut is mostly opposite twosies with a lowish percentage of onesies, adjacent twosies & threesies. The fit is quite tight when correct and holding pieces up to the light has helped me avoid false fits where lines seemed coincidentally to continue across piece boundaries.
Close up photos of the #7314 Rumble Goat Racing Ford Ranger. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
Venture Crew 35 member Ellias cleans the dirt off some of the logos as the team prepares to send the truck to the start line
Took a road trip with Daren (Miserlou) and my son Jack to shoot the Best In The Desert - Parker 425 off road race this past weekend this is a shot of DK Racing's extended team mates Milk-N-It #1599 on the 2nd lap of the race along Shea Road.
Venture Crew 35 member Ellias cleans the dirt off some of the logos as the team prepares to send the truck to the start line
Close up photos of the #7314 Rumble Goat Racing Ford Ranger. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
The #1052 single port buggy of Todd Elam runs though Cotton Tail pit at the 2008 Vegas to Reno. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
Close up photo of the McCarthy Racing #7303 Ford Ranger. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
KORE crew member Robin shoots a buggy coming through the Cotton Tail pit.
Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
Baja expert Rory works to remove the shift lever from the transmission in the Crew 35 Ranger. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild the truck to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
Project leader Steven Harrell takes a break in the Ranger's bed, turning the relocated driver's seat into a recliner. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild the truck to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org
A few kids play the off road race simulator in the Crew 35 exhibit. Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild the truck to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org