hobbybobby Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 Depth Charger - Aqua-Rod AMT, original year: 1972 , John Bogosian. Straight from the Davy Jones' custom shop comes the "nautical-but-nice" Depth Charger! It's a far-out aquarod with rear mounted "deep six" engine, "scuba-styled" body and "gobs" of Neptune-inspired accessories. Turn on this "bubble machine"! Additional features include: "peekaboo" periscope guidance system, "snorkel" exhaust, "sharkshooter" spear gun, pontoons and "scuba stopper" anchor. A holy grail of show rod enthusiasts, AMT's "so-nautical-it's-nice" Depth Charger is back! A super fun kit from all angles, this deep sea diving dragster has waves of chrome goodies and an expanded original decal sheet with a sea of options. I've always wanted to have one of these kits. Man, I've been waiting long for it... When I finally got it I decided to build it just like the box art, but then I decided against that balloonie wheels, so, I replaced them with two of my homemades. At first I had no idea at the combination of colors, the result was then done with Tamya spray cans. The interior is a aqua green, acrylic matt paint, FIN by WACO. A few small mods here and there, hope you like it.
qkenuf4u Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 that is stupid cool.... would be awesome at the bottom of a big ol fish tank..
Speedfreak Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 That's beautiful Boban! 'Really' nice work.
PappyD340 Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Have never seen that kit before, as always Boban you did a FANTASTIC job, very COOL!!
qkenuf4u Posted December 25, 2013 Posted December 25, 2013 lots of them available on ebay/google for like $20... really need to get a spot setup and start building again..
the goon Posted December 25, 2013 Posted December 25, 2013 That's about as different as they come. Great job. Mark
MikeyB08 Posted December 25, 2013 Posted December 25, 2013 This is awesome!! Sweet build! How did you shrink the box down?
hobbybobby Posted December 26, 2013 Author Posted December 26, 2013 Thank you very much for the kind words! This is awesome!! Sweet build! How did you shrink the box down? That was not art, it is inside of the kit, so to speak, as a Cardmodelkit...
surfjunke Posted December 28, 2013 Posted December 28, 2013 What a great build on this kit! Beautiful & very clean work. Those wheels make all the difference on this. Love those big rear tires you make. Were these made from motorcycle hand grips, like on the Ice T?
Greg Cullinan Posted December 29, 2013 Posted December 29, 2013 Looks wonderful. Brought this kit to life.
hobbybobby Posted January 1, 2014 Author Posted January 1, 2014 Thank you very much for the kind words! What a great build on this kit! Beautiful & very clean work. Those wheels make all the difference on this. Love those big rear tires you make. Were these made from motorcycle hand grips, like on the Ice T? No, Scott, these ones are a little larger in diameter, the hand grips are too small. I have taken the following product, and turned out on my lathe: These are "rubber springs", we need them as low-holder for punching: It gives different colors and many diameters and lengthen. The idea was good, but the treatment exhibits problems... The color of this rubber spring shows optically their hardens and the black is the softest (approx. 70 shores)... Thus one can turn it only in a device with very sharp tools, or work on it with rough sandpaper, I had to use both variants and after much work and sweat, this looks now in such a way: These are aluminum tubes: At the back of the new aluminum rims I turned a larger recess, in order to press the rims in. After polish, I receive a stepless transition in the rim wall and a very deep rim! Here is an example of the parts: These are a few that I have produced:
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