Rocking Rodney Rat Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 I remember seeing a picture of this kit in the ole Auto World (Scranton, PA) catalog as a kid. It's been a holy grail build for me and I finally finished it after a few fitful starts and stops. It's the AMT Piranha chassis and the AMT Studebaker 1953 Studebaker body. -Paint on the body is Testors One-Hit 'Extreme'' (or whatever name they were using when it was discontinued) Emerald Mist. -Frame is Tamiya gloss black with the panels cut out of bare metal foil, matt aluminum color. here's the original box art from back in the '60s.... Thanks for looking.... -RRR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larman Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 That is really cool! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 RRR, Your detail of the Piranha chassis with the BMF is over the top! That and the paint job... ...add one more outstanding build to your ever growing collection of superb art work pieces. -KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Looks perfect ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Thibodeau Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Hi RRR! Great, and it looks like the low-riding stance of the body is much improved vs the stock kit. Bravo! CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 RRR....Very well done, great use of an old standby model, what will you use the rest of the Stude kit for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, thatz4u said: RRR....Very well done, great use of an old standby model, what will you use the rest of the Stude kit for? HA! I have few scattered around here. That hemi with the over-the-top double blower setup would look good in some kind of funky '60s show rod style 'T' wouldn't it? Other than that, gathering dust.... -RRR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmann68 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Nice job, and the emerald green is a fantastic color 👍👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Lacy Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Man, this looks bad ass and set on KILL! Awesome work Triple R!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Real good shine and good details on this one RRR. Love the color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Nicely Done! Looks good enough to put on the box top! David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 19 hours ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said: HA! I have few scattered around here. That hemi with the over-the-top double blower setup would look good in some kind of funky '60s show rod style 'T' wouldn't it? Other than that, gathering dust.... -RRR use 2 Hemis with double blowers in some unusual rod build.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Colmer Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Well done, Rodney! Great solution on the headers. You pulled off an amazing clone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Classic! Very nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeakDoc Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Rad!! Pristine build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Beautifully done.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimaxion Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 An Emrald and Gemstone for sure . You achieved your objective with this build . Green is my favorite color . Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan barton Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 I don't know how I missed this one but WOW - Rodney, that is stunning. Definitely an improvement on the box art and I can just imagine this in the staging lanes at the Bakersfield Hot Rod re-union. The chopped one in my collection is a salt racer but now I want to do a funnycar! Cheers Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mile High Scale Modeler Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Nice Build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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