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Build A Fence Ridin' Chevyby Richard Marmo
The end of the open range in the American West began when the first barbed wire fence was strung. Many a range war was fought as a result, with barbed wire eventually emerging victorious. Fencing of the west also led to a new chore being added to those the ranch hand was already responsible for. Fence rider. Simply put, the cowboy would spend extended periods of time doing exactly what the term described. Riding the fence line, looking for breaks in the fence and mending them before the cattle got out. Line shacks offered shelter from the elements, assuming the cowboy was near one when night fell.
Fast forward to the 20th
century. Times change, but some chores don't. As long as
ranches...and farms...exist, so will fence riding. Only now
it's done with the modern version of a buckboard, the pickup truck.
Living in Texas and having a Revell 1/25th scale kit of a 1941 Chevrolet Pickup leads inevitably to an idea for a diorama: a fence riding pickup and a barbed wire fence under repair. While construction of this diorama would begin with the pickup, the first thing I did was order some 1/32nd scale barbed wire from build-a-rama.com in Arizona. With my order on the way, it was time to tackle the kit. (Note: That company no longer exists in 2023, but there are plenty of other sources for scale model barbed wire if you spend a little time on the internet.)
Given the fact that this is a relatively simple model...a pickup is a pickup is a pickup... some of y'all may be surprised at the amount of parts and detail the kit possesses. As you'll see, the interior even has separate door panels and, of course, the usual nicely detailed chassis and suspension. |
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