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The Flintstone`s Flintmobile Snap Fit 1/20 scale plastic Model Kit, 1994 (skill level 1, no glue required)... Yabba-Dabba-Doooo!! The Flintmobile was cartoon caveman Fred Flintstone's snazzy set of wheels. In fact, that was ALL it was - a set of wheels, it had no engine. The car was "Fred-powered." Fred would have to put his feet to the earth and run like mad to pick up speed... and then he could lift his legs and zoom along! Well, a "no glue required" kit, really built without glue, is not really my Thing... All parts are glued and, where necessary, putied, then sprayed first with a Spray can, flat black, then hand painted in enamels and acrylics, and I dry brushed a lot... This was a fun little kit, the only thing missing is a giant rack of Brontosaurus ribs! The Flintmobile, ready to cruise Bedrock in style, here the pics, hope, you like it.

The Ford Pinto was Ford Motor Company's first domestic North American subcompact automobile. Marketed beginning on September 11, 1970, it competed with the AMC Gremlin and Chevrolet Vega, along with imports from makes including Volkswagen, Datsun and Toyota. Offered as a coupe, wagon, and Runabout hatchback, the Pinto was popular in sales, with 100,000 units delivered by January 1971 alone. Its reputation suffered over time, however, especially from a controversy surrounding the safety of its gas tank. A rebadged Lincoln-Mercury version, the Bobcat, debuted in 1974 as a Canadian-market model, and in March 1975 began selling in the U.S., also. (The Pinto Special and Bobcat Special would remain exclusive to Canada into the new model year.) The Pinto’s 10-year production run outlasted the Vega through the 1980 model year, when 68179 were built. It and the smaller Ford Fiesta were replaced by the front-wheel-drive Ford Escort. Pinto Street Rod Showy Ford Mean Green Machine, Original year: 1977. Customizing sub-compacts is a special kind of challenge... Another one from an earlier build time, finally done. Just small changes, the front is lowered, the front wheels are turned originals, the rear wheels are front wheels from a formula1 kit in 1/20, the motor is wired, the gear shift is a pin, and some color experiments... Hope, you like it.

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Thank you very much for the kind words! Thank you, Scott, as you see, I have followed your invitation and, I like it here...

Thank you very much for the kind words! I never asked him, but maybe, Tom Daniel was inspired by this one:

Now it is visible again...

Yeah, sorry Carl, but all of my linked Photobucket photos and videos have been replaced with this Thing now: Bandwidth Exceeded (Look Who's Popular) Bandwidth is the total amount of data transferred from your Photobucket account to the sites you post photos and videos on. It's kind of like the data plan on your phone. If you have a free account, you can use up to 10GB of bandwidth per month. Imagine you have a photo that is 1MB in size, and you post it on your blog. Whenever a friend sees your blog, 1MB of data is transferred from your Photobucket account. That counts toward your 10GB per month limit (10GB = 10,000MB, and most photos are much smaller than 1MB). Now, imagine your blog has a lot of photos on it, and their total size is 5MB. That would mean that 2,000 blog views would max out the bandwidth on your free Photobucket account. If you're linking multiple photos in multiple places, or you post photos on a popular site, your bandwidth can add up pretty fast!

Li'l Gasser Flyin' Fickle Fuler of Fresno, Original year: 1970, Designer: John Bogosian No fuelin' Lil' Gasser is designed to light your fire! It's a show 'N' go octane machine loaded with fun features! F'rinstance: - Authentic "oily American" Styling - "pumphouse" cab - big "pollution solution" tank - "fuels rush in" filler caps - brute boots up front joined by a dropped tube axle - four-track superwide slicks in back for a boss bite - super "nitro nibbler" Ford overhead cam engine, muscled up by an "emission impossible" blower/injector combo and "flameout" exhaust headers This is my version. While starting and painted, it spent a few years in the box, because missing parts blocked the assembly. The mods: Front lowered, aluminum mesh in the cooler, wired motor, windshield bracing made from 1mm chrome steel wire, modified wheels from LEGO, red LEDs as back lights. Hope, you like it.

This body was already a long time, in a box. I had it done years before, filled and sanded. But never painted... Originally thought, should this result, be only a test version, for the color of one my other project. The kollor: - Silver primed - A layer of yellow - A thin layer, clear-orange - The strip was covered, then painted with a dark blue, it looks like black, but its a dark blue, there are no decals - Another layer of clear-orange - A transparent layer with Pearl - Clearcoat The original tires are poorly casted and on the rear side fits almost nothing, so i made some new. But then, I have stolen the wheels of this for another Project and the model disappeared back into the box... So, i made again some new wheels, now, forever. I have also carved a new grill from an aluminum sieve and glued on the back of it a piece of black paper. This is now finally finished. Hope, you like it.

The popular Weird-Ohs® model kits - the classic 1960s multi-million selling Phenomenon... Bill Campbell is another one of my favorite artists, he is behind the Hawk model companies 1960's Weird-Ohs series. He also did the box art for many WW2 planes, trains and cars witch proved him to be an all around great artist. The Weird-ohs series later spawned the Frantics, the Silly Surfers and an off-shoot line of plastic toys, Halloween masks and board games. The Hawk company has recently re-released the Weird-ohs, Frantics and Silly Surfers kits with the original box art. Digger I have painted the car with Tamya spray cans, as well as wheels and rims. The rest was painted first with mat black ( spray can ) and then by hand with Acrylic mat paints (FIN by WACO, great experience). These colors can be diluted with water or abrasion-proof. For the eyes, mouth, teeth, all shiny areas, I cover it with Enamel Paint No.1 by Revell. The "Brakechutebackpack" is filled with lead pellets, so that the whole makes a wheelie, and the added wheeliebars reach their limits... The helmet claimed the most working hours... I made a new shifter with a miniature Red Baron "Ghost" skull with an ornate German spiked helmet from the Big Red Baron, 1/12 scale. Well, this is my version, hope you like it.

Thank you very much, yes, exactly, I have it seted up at this time and then other things were hip...

Nice builds and very clean! Yes, those were good times, I find that the design of the Formula 1 "cars", previously was miles better than today, and today they are not streamlined, they simply bypass the regulations, with all these additional boards that are on the body anywhere...

Great looking model, i like it!

Monogram "Rockin Rods", Beach Boys Lil Deuce Coupe, 1/24, Kit # 2903, 1989 This is my version, also a very old build, here I have tried for the first time the "i have never before made" - ​​things... - the fenders were removed - front chopped top - chopped windshield and tinted rear window - the tail is cut from a corvette, in three parts, and then put back together - a lot of putty - the rear view mirror is from a Ferrari Testarossa kit - front dropped suspension - different wheels, on the rear with additional tubes for the extra width - 1:20 Formula 1 Rubbers on the back - Decals combined with hand-painted grafics Also one of my first customs, hope, you like it.

Wolfman`s Wagon Back in the early 1960's, following the success of several monster kits, the Aurora Plastic Company introduced six outrageous fantasy monster vehicle or "odd rod" kits. The Wolf Man's Wagon was one of these great "odd rods". This classic reissue of the Wolf Man's Wagon was produced by Polar Lights using the same molds as the original from Aurora. The main body of the car was sprayed with Tamya Spray cans, Mica Red, over a silver base, same on the shifter ball, the rest of the car and Wolfman himself were hand painted in enamels and acrylics, and I dry brushed a lot... This was a fun little kit, mostly boxstock, although the nice thing about these kits is the creative freedom, the only thing that's changed is the shifter, and the horn bracket. Hope, you like it.

The ZZ Top Eliminator hot rod became a legend by appearing in several rock music videos. Rock 'n' roll and hot rodding have a lot in common, both inject old forms (say, blues music or antique Fords) with horsepower and flamboyance. It's no surprise, then, that many rock stars are also hot rod enthusiasts. ZZ Top frontman Billy F. Gibbons is probably the best-known roddin' rocker. Heavily influenced by Pete Chapouris' the California Kid, Billy had Don Thelan's Buffalo Motor Cars shop build him a chopped 1933 Ford in the early '80s that would soon be known as the Eliminator coupe. Even an old build, my version, I do not remember why I did not build it as original, I think it was from my kolor experimental Phase... Hope, you like it. Finicky hi-po motors have never been Billy's scene, so the emphasis was on reliability. Power was provided by a simple but capable 350-cid Chevy V-8 with a Camaro Z-28 hydraulic cam, a polished intake manifold with a single four-barrel carb, and a Turbo 350 transmission. As a finishing touch, Eric Vaughn milled the ZZ Top logo into the valve covers. Also, the interior is from my kolor experimental phase, and on the roofliner is even a little graffiti, unfortunately you can not see it so well...

Milk Truck - California Show Car Original year: 1969 Company: Doyusha (original from Eldon) Scale: 1/25 Designer: Bob Reisner A mod rod, this old style Milk Truck, modeled after the famous California Show Car has original a fuel injected supercharged Pontiac engine and late model rear end construction, leather and plush interior, a hydromatic transmission and truck type steering wheel. This is my version, also a very old build. Missing parts and a triple broken front axle forced him, to wait into a box. After a long time, I raised it back to life. The front axle is glued together again, the engine is made out of a Studebaker kit and mixed parts. I hope, you like it.

Design by Tom Daniel, originally released in 1968. Green and wild, this show-n'-go rail dragster is out to beat all the competition. With a big 427 c.i. single-overhead cam Ford V-8 engine, belt-driven blower, dual intakes and spider leg exhaust headers, it looks like it's ready to make its move. I have never built this rail dragster with open parachute, because I'm afraid of these many ropes... Here now, a little more detail... A few small changes, the front is quite a bit deeper now, an aluminum mesh in the front of the cooler, the rear wheels - the rims are from the Dodge Cocept Car with machined and polished aluminum sleeves and home made rubbers, some wiring, a lowered windshield, and a hinged roof - i always thought about it: how should the driver, squeeze himself into this thing? So, i decided that my model would have a way for the driver to enter and exit the vehicle, so, the back of the roof was glued to the body and smoothed in, i modified the roof by cutting it 3/8” from the rear of the car and adding some hinge, made of brass, from the hardware store, modified and fitted. Hope, you like it.

Thank you very much for the kind words!

Thank you very much for the kind words!