crazyrichard

thnx kerry !!

awhile back i made a chevy-ford pickup rat ... idea was based on the well known rod with the coronet rear i used a chevy to make the rear ... now i was never happy with the result and just 2 hours ago i thought lets redo the "paint" better said patina .. still not one of my better builds but it looks a tad better now i think .. maybe later on i will change the front wheels and add a cage ..? the idea what i made > so today put pigment powder on the body and just went crazy with tones and runners and stuff just a quick revamp of this old build

great thread and stuff in here some of mine > building this 32 ford 5-window coupe atm .. almost done model a frankenstein chevy / ford and ??

sooo good !! love it !! and also love your choice of materials , a plastic bag clip hihi .. i myself often use all sorts of stuff and scraps when building .. not only is it fun to use "weird" stuff its jusr cool to use all sorts of stuff and have a vision to make something out of nothing cant waight to see more

clean building !!! love it

whouw those wheels and tyres came out great !!

went right at it and polished the wash of the white walls .. way way better now .. also gave the grille a bit of silver again and rescribbed the lines a bit

and the rod update > made windows of thin clear plastic , mounted the grille / radiator , need to make lower mounts to the chassis for the radiator and rods from the top to the cab .. the white walls will get some work the wash / tone looks horrible will change that .. and some daylight pics in the speedshop

David , supereasy > i just brush on a thin layer of burnt sierra acrylic paint ...(could be any color but this already has the rust tone) and then sprinkle pigment powder over the wet acrylic paint . tap the excess off and after 15 minutes very very mildly go over it with a very very soft brush ... after that you can just play with some tones if you want .. i also often use oil paints not for rust but to get chrome part more toned in teh same look and feel next to the rust ... thnx ray and nothing in the dio is bought so the awnser is its scratchbuild ....same as all the other machines > benchtop drill , grinder , hand grinder , vice etc etc the whole dio is build with as many srap plastics and parts .. i have a extensive collection of partsboxes with a very wide variety of materials from all sorts of modelkit stuff (ounce i got those from a guy who stopped modelbuilding due to health problems) .. next to that i use ols window blinds .. use it like you would buying styrene sheets .. my goal is to buy as little as possible .. and make as much as possible myself only things not self made are the screwdrivers and wrenches ...and the misc. carparts (like valve covers and stuff) i put in those are just from kits here are some scracth build in progress pics > the table top drill started like this rough start on the grinder angle grinder and the lathe the lift .. bade of it , the legs are actually cable gutters for hiding speaker cables this is the vice and slusher > thnx !!! ps this dio build is on here btw and still not done inside is 90% done outside still needs work .. atm taking a break from the dio with this rod build http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92901&page=30

thnx randy !!! and thnx jantric !.. well i had a chopped deuce grille but nope would not work , no radiator that will work .. beside that i dont have any grilles .. this was the only one i had .. i really need to buy some ford kits again and the grille is on already , i will take some shots tomorrow in the daylight (its 21:00 over here right now) and i must say it reallt worked good .. also managed to make windows ... didnt have those ... only need to make the headers , wiring and some brake lines and a steering rod

hmmm like !!!

i'm in love , whow looks stunning

hmm nice !!!

cool !

nice

thnx guys !!! just made a ram steering rack .. used one of a ford gt40 .. figured i could make the ususal rod and linkage .. but i thought this looked cool and would also mean it drives nice .. not done yet also chromed the front axle and leaf spring and then washed it with brown for tone and depth and some shots in the speedshop , need to shoot some daylight pics in the shop those look way better

thnx !! started to make a front axle / hubs / leafspring / hairpins the axle (straight) with a leafspring , also put a fan on the engine , just clears the chassis made a round shaped leaf spring / axle mount bracket on the chassis and added some hairpins all still needs paint and washes

hero !!! this is just pure enjoyment !! love it love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

engine is in .. still needs a front mount , wiring , fuell lines , distributer and wiring etc etc .. but its in next will be to make a front axle .. grille / radiator mount .. etc with the grille and wheels loosly placed by the car

stunning !

thnx stray !!

whow ! AND THOSE CHAINS !!! AWSOME

just stunning and yes with the engine levelled it would look better .. just soo cool ......

hmm i like it !!!!!

awsome !