Mr. Metallic

Ace, I know you haven't been at the bench much lately, but I stumbled on this one again looking for something else and decided to bump it again. 😁 So much good stuff going on in this post that I felt obligated to introduce it to those that missed it before.

This is exactly how I did the master for both a stock height and "more" chopped roof sections for Altered States back when the Revell kit came out. Sadly he no longer produces the resin roofs, but you can make your own by creative cutting and splicing like Brian describes. Here are a couple builds I did using the resin copies.

Yes, very nicely done conversion work. I think the revival of this thread has given a few of us some ideas to try our own 3W

With your talents at 3d design and paint you should be able to turn some of these into real gems.

The shows popularity is not declining. The viewership numbers are apparently through the roof so far. And think about it for those that are wondering if it's a sales failure because they see it sitting stagnant on hobby shop shelves. Fans of the show are generally not going to venture into a hobby shop to buy it, because they probably don't even know it exists. They're going to stumble upon it on Amazon or grab it off Hobby Lobby shelf IF they happen to see it on the shelf.

Cool little hot rod. Creative kitbashing and ideas.

Excellent job as always Dennis. I didn't catch the tinted glass in our texts, but in this bigger format it really adds a subtle realism to the build.

The trailer first appeared in the AMT 64 Vette convertible. Currently resides in the tooling for the Fireball 500, although they deleted the ramps.

The overhang is highlighted in black. My solution is similar to hondamatics, cut the firewall away from the body on one side which allows you so spread the body slightly to meet the roof.

Just stumbled on this build, decided to give it a bump. So well done Ferbz

Absolutely dig this thing Alan, especially the wildly overpowered Westcraft boat. Looks like a handful!

Black wheels with blackwall tires just makes it look tough. Great stance too.

This thing is bad-@ss. Nice tight design, especially with the shortened bed. Great stance.

Great job getting this one across the finish line Bil. Love the color and stance.

This is killer. Great stance and color choices.

Love this build Tim. Great period color paired with other period hop up parts. Well done as always.

Look up sleeper in the dictionary and you would see this. Very clean build!

Been spending some time recently getting caught up on this board. I found your "in progress" build thread, and glad to have now found that it did get finished. Nice tribute to a great builder.

Great job Marty, and wonderful to see stuff coming off your bench again.

Cool build. I've gotten one of these out of the box and just never was happy with what i started. i guess the key might be bigger wheels. You nailed. it.

Man oh man I love the panel work. Great color choices. too.

Cool concept. I love how it turned out.

That paint combo on the truck is great. Harkens back to the trucks commercial roots, yet still makes it looks tough.

Man that came out great in all it's understated elegance. Thank you so much for your in depth build thread, glad to see you got this mammoth project over the finish line.

Very solid design work. Thanks for sharing.