The Sand Kat...

[Mothersworry]

Sand Kat sand rail. Enjoyed this kit as a kid, made a few changes this time around, added a photo etch "steering wheel" and replaced the column, installed a tach, loud pedal and a magneto.  Relocated the fuel tank to match the box art and fabbed new mounting brackets fer it. Replaced the flag pole with fine music wire and made a Rat Fink flag fer it. All metal finishes are Alclad except fer the interior panels which are BMF.

 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Great work! Really nice detailing.

[Zippi]

That is just so kewl looking.  Great detail work and the paint is killer.  

[TonyK]

That looks really good! You made a toy-like model look acceptable as a real looking dragster. Nice added details.

[Bainford]

Good looking sand dragger. Nice and clean build. I really like the plug wire boots on the valve covers. Nice work.

[Mopar2]

Very cool build detail is awesome...

[stavanzer]

Just Great Work. I like the attention to the little details.

(Rat Fink Flag, Sponsor Decals on the aluminium sheet around the seat)

[espo]

Beautiful looking finishes and cleanly detailed sand rail. 

[cifenet]

You did a nice job finishing this kit looking good!  I like how everything is carefully put together and painted!

[Mr. Metallic]

Very cool build.

Aren't those rear tires 2 piece plastic? if so I'm hard pressed to find the seam anywhere. Can you share your process for making them look so good?

[Dennis Lacy]

This is bad ass! Nice job!!!

[1930fordpickup]

This awesome.  I think your flag may be a bit short for Silver Lake dunes. Just kidding.  What is not to like about this. 

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[afx]

Nice work.

 

[Snake45]

Sweet! You don't see these built very often. I recently bought two of these and you're inspiring me to actually build one. Well done and model on! 

[Stingray wes]

Really cool! Nice job

[slusher]

Looks great!

[ewetwo]

That is one mean looking machine.

[NYLIBUD]

Great job.I really like the sand roost.Great idea

[Mothersworry]

On 4/28/2023 at 12:31 PM, Mr. Metallic said:

Very cool build.

Aren't those rear tires 2 piece plastic? if so I'm hard pressed to find the seam anywhere. Can you share your process for making them look so good?

Thank you fer yer comment. Yes, they are 2 piece injection molded plastic tires front and rear. Nuthin fancy here, just fit the tire halves together as cleanly as possible using liquid cement, using the softened plastic of the joint as a filler by squeezing the parts together. Once the glue dries I work the seams with various files and folded sandpaper. Then I apply Duplicolor high build primer over the the seams and work the primer sanding and re-priming as necessary until the tire is ready fer paint. Depending on the kind of tire I mix various blacks, Grey's and charcoal colors to get a realistic finish. 

I much prefer hard resin or plastic tires to the vinyl tires that we've had in kits fer decades. To me, a correct finish on the tires is just as important as a correct finish on the body or engine. 

Edited May 6, 2023 by Mothersworry

[Jon Cole]

Yeah, that's awesome!

[Lobo2me]

Clean machine...and build and really like the sand show. Well done!