zenrat Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 This is the C-Bomb. AMT/MPC Monte Carlo. Not a very nice kit which I only bought because it was cheap and had the bike with it. I decided to build the sort of street machine i'd see on the streets when I was a youth - although they were usually Fords - and experiment with the paint (enamel over acrylic then rubbed back - graphics by texter). Wheels are resin from The Parts Box and sidepipes are Revell '69 'vette. The blower is from the AMT USA1 monster truck with a scoop from my parts box... ...It's also a dummy... ...as are the side pipes.. ...although I did put in an exhaust cut out. You see while most of the street machines of my youth may have looked tough very few of them bit as hard as they barked. Hence the name. It may look the part and sound the part but look under the skin and you'll realise it'll run like a C-Bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Pretty cool. I like it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Sierra Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) It looks like it was probably more work to do the dummy blower and scoop than it would have been to just cut a hole in the hood. Really unique, love it man. Edited September 17, 2012 by Rusty Sierra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 l could see that cruzing around. cool build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhawg Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Thats cool, I like it. I can actually smell the overly-rich exhaust fumes, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrat Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 Thanks folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I've always thought deep dish five slot aluminums can make any car look snarky. Looks like the perfect "first car." How did that right hand drive conversion work out for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrat Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 As the dash in these is basically straight it was no problem to chop out the instruments from the lefthand side, splice in a piece of styrene and then glue the instruments back on on the right side. The pedals I just left because you can't see them anyway . 5 slot mags (jelly beans, Fentons or whatever else you want to call them ) are my favourite wheels and are far too rare in scale. Otaki (?) made the originals these were cast from but they are not around anymore and I only have one set left. Fujimi do something similar but they are a bit small diameter and have a gear molded onto the back of one of the rears for an electric driven toy. Otherwise there is a set in an AMT 'vette (60? 62?) and in the AMT '65 Riviera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonFL Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 At first I looked at this and was like, WTF!, why would you put a fake scoop and pipes but I went back and read why you did what you did and I just think it was a brilliant approach to the build. It looks so cool and I think you did a great job executing the build. Nice job and a pretty cool name to go with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrat Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Thanks Jason. I like to come up with a back story if I can. And to add a bit of fun. It always makes me chuckle when I see someone lifting the bonnet of a car and the blower or injector stacks go up with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbigpaw Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Cool concept and neat build. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrat Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Thanks Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3men2s Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 THAT'S JUST ART!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Fred, that's very well done. Plenty of originality. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorvairJim Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I like how a "nothing", cheapo kit that you don't think you'll ever do anything with can turn into something so great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrat Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Thanks folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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