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Thank you very much for the kind words!

Thank you very much for the kind words!

The rear homemade wheels have rubbers from an old motorcycle grip and are on turned alu tubes with Pegasus rims. The red strips on the rubbers are glued in addition, to prevent it from too much bumping... For example, I chose These rims here... ... which I then edited... Two aluminum tubes turned out, I polished them up on front... ... and at the back, they have a larger opening... ... in which I now easily press that edited rim... These rubbers are of a handlebar grip for bicycles. With a little editing and mounted on my homemade wheels, the whole thing looks like this: And yes, the cab hinge is made of brass, from the hardware store, modified and fitted...

Thank you very much for the nice words! I use on the front spoked wheels , but this spoke wheels from the kit are unfortunately only on the front detailed, on the back, the spokes are too much thick and fat... My opinion. Comic spoke wheels, if I can not see between the spokes... Therefore, I edit the spokes, a little. Above the originals, the edited below: Above the originals, the edited below: And then the result is ready: Well, this interference requires a lot of time, but afterwards they are much nicer wheels...

Ford`s "second Generation" automobile, the Model "A", replaced the successful Model "T" and became an American classic. This is built from the AMT/ERTL Kit, Nr. 6572, and that is one of my first ever built modelcars, and yes, I still have it... Hope, you like it.

Original: The Infini-T The Longnose Coupe for the Go-Faster Group! Original year: 1971 Designer: David Carlock Reactionary rail combines roaring twenties styling and "drag is our bag" chassis...a triple-A fooler with a Hemi "elephant power" Sunday punch! Outasite! (Here's what's stashed under that longnose supercoupe shell): Mopar Hemi mill with Jimmy huffer up top, "Heavy Raps" header collector combo, super-trick frame, unreal radius arms, "skinny mini/wide hide" vinyl tires set. This build has begun great, but, again, this frame was also somehow wrong and twisted, initially wanted nothing to fit right... After a long construction freeze, here is my version, the Veloci"T". Most boxstock, aside from the tires and small modifications here and there... Hope, you like it. Look, ma, no doors...the whole cab tilts open!

This was the second version of the "Jinx Express", with blue body rather than silver as on the original. "Fast Buck" seemed like a natural name. Being that both versions had actual "Piggy Bank" capabilities, Tom Daniel purposefully designed the front end and grille areas to kind of look like a pigs snout. (Nose for those in Rio Linda) This rollin' Fort Knox really hauls the bread! This pile of rivets is also a bank! Revolving turret has a coin slot and the rear "vault" door can be opened for withdrawls with a combination lock that really works. Fast Buck... you can bank on it. This is the 1995 reissue, i think, I've built it around 1997. Unfortunately, something went wrong with a decal, so now you can see, instead of the name, just the slogan on the side. But the name is now emblazoned on this giant rear wing... Apart from this and the wheels, it is built almost boxstock. The interior is covered with red felt. Ah yes, the doorlock works perfectly, but I no longer know the combination... A bit dusty, hope, you like it.

A mini Racer is a 1:32-sized, battery powered plastic model race car without remote control. The car can be powered by 2, UM3 / AA batteries, including rechargeable batteries. Side rollers secure the vehicle against the vertical walls of the un-banked track for steering, providing very fast speeds compared to slot or RC cars. Its body frame has a frontal bumper extending sideways to hold the rollers for the tracks. An optional plastic bumper for the rollers comes for the rear of the body. Here's a preview, elsewhere they are crazy about it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fLv5GxwzGw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN8Y1GciHHY&feature=related I have all this removed as they are now standing models, hope, you like them... FUJIMI Blue Countach, 2WD, Nr.8 (It`s just the name of the kit...) FUJIMI Testarossa, 2WD, Nr.3 BANDAI Ferrari Testarossa, Hyper 4WD Well, what is called for here really 1:32- scale? It's moderately cartoon. Here we can see, that the mold makers build what they want...

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. "Leaky Boat Louie" Louie the vulgar boatman pays no attention to the no wake zones or swimming areas but he does wear a captain's hat. The boat was painted with pearl white, mica red, then covered with clear lacquer (all spray can). The base is an old picture frame filled with plaster. Well, the shape of the water has not succeeded, and in color, it is not according to my ideas. But hey, that's Weird-oh-land, everything is possible... 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. Well, this is my version, hope you like it.

This name fit the image of this put-put. The first version of this kit was the 'Low Blow', in 1971... only the colors and decals were changed on the Popper Chopper, in 1973. Raked out front wheel... padded seat... hi-rise sissy bar... this mean li'l chopper's go it all! Dig the super-real detail in that gleaming chrome engine with its chain drive. Knobby, deep-tread tires add to the realism. And don't forget... this model is 1/8 the actual size of a real mini bike! This is the 1997 reissue and i built it right then. I've made a few small changes, the exhaust is now on the other side, a perforated floor plate, the cable, a modified Gas Handle / throttle, a perforated fender for the drive chain and a side stand, the rest is boxstock... Hope you like it.

1937 Studebaker Extremeliner Woodie Ken “POSIES” Fenical’s “Extremeliner” is an Art Deco, wedge-shaped woodie influenced by the mid-1930s Cord 810/812 and Lincoln Zephyr. Sporting a unique look and delicious proportions, it took the custom world by storm, winning countless awards and redefining the custom car movement’s direction. Every design element challenges the viewer, representing nothing short of a milestone custom. Fenical began with the headlights, grille and front fenders from a 1937 Studebaker, but after carving up those components and then adding countless freshly fabricated details, the result leaves virtually none of the long-gone South Bend, Indiana marque’s heritage. Instead, this remarkable effort takes customizing into a realm previously reserved only for concept cars. Development of the “Extremeliner” began in 1994 and the process took five years to complete. POSIES says he was influenced by Andre Dubonnet’s streamlined “Xenia” coupe of 1937, which was built in France on a Hispano-Suiza chassis. However, there are many Art Deco influences at play here as well, from cars as diverse as the Cord 810/812 and the Lincoln-Zephyr, as well as the Figoni et Falaschi-bodied Delages and Delahayes of the late 1930s. That said, this car is completely unique, exemplifying POSIES’ inimitable style. Thom Taylor, hot rodding’s premier artist, produced a series of detailed sketches that helped POSIES and his talented crew execute a creation that broke every mold and helped underscore just how sophisticated contemporary customs have become. A one-off tubular steel frame became the Extremeliner’s foundation. That curvaceous unibody, with its steel framework and 20-gauge steel panels, was entirely handmade at POSIES, along with the aluminum hood and fender skirts. The exterior panels were initially hand-fashioned of wood to make molds, which were then cast in fiberglass and painstakingly wood grained to simulate the real thing. This is an older build, the kit has a prepainted Body ( without Wood Details ). I like to build these things together, they are not very sophisticated in assembling, but you can practice the detail work and you can take a break and switch off from the complex and time-consuming builds. And I can so boost new energy, because I've just finished something...

1955 Ford Long Roof Station Wagon Posies’ Orange Krisp Ken "Posies" Fenical has always keyed on the word "statement" when he builds a car. We actually never thought Posies’ flair and style would cross paths with a Piggly Wigglyin’, grocery-gettin’, Cub Scout haulin’ station wagon. It’s sort of like trying to picture June Cleaver slipping into Pamela Anderson’s thong bikini. Now there’s a statement. But a tuck here, an adjustment there, and one never knows how an image might present itself. This very clean and stock 1955 Ford wagon (technically called a "long roof") first presented itself at a car wash with a "For Sale" sign in the window. Surprisingly, Posies kept passing by the car waiting for the price to come down. He waited four months and finally pounced on the car with money in hand. Another month passed by, and Posies started to get a twitch every time he walked by somebody cutting on a body panel. He knew it was time to go to work on the wagon. First things first, so Posies went to work upgrading the chassis and improving the stance of the car. Fatman Fabrications goodies up front and Posies springs in the back seemed to do the trick. Posies replaced the original roof with a skin from a 1958 Edsel. This took much of the roundness out of the car. A Ford Motorsport SVO 351 was placed under the now-uniquely vented hood along with a number of Ford Motorsport cooling goodies. Other subtle styling changes include the addition of a second stainless moulding blended to run underneath the original. The fuel door was even moved to maintain continuity. All stainless was polished to a high gloss, as was the Special PPG "Orange Krisp" paint, which coincidently has the same name as the car. Mouldings for the B-pillar were also custom-made similar to the ones used on the 1956 Ford Park Lane wagon. Inside on the B-pillar, matching mouldings accent the simple but slightly wild interior. Posies made the interior comfortable and functional. He also likes it cool and quiet, so Dynamat and High-Performance Coatings played a heavy role in achieving those goals. Actually, the coolest part inside is the Alpine GPS (Global Positioning System) mounted in the dash. Posies says he will never get lost and can find every Piggly Wiggly or hot rod shop in the country. He may also be dialin’ in various toy shops, looking for the possible Ertl die-cast version of the Orange Krisp. This is one of the 1999 Ertl American Muscle - Die-cast Model Kit Nr. 30152 - DISCONTINUED "CUSTOM SHOP" EDITIONS and was prepainted in orange, with tan, black and chrome plasticparts. I built this one a few years ago and I have only changed the wheels, and lowered the whole a little, here and there a little more color in the detail, and here it is: Hope, you like it.

Ken “POSIES” Fenical, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, opened his first shop in 1964. “POSIES,” (the name harkens back to a family floral business), has carved out a special niche in the panoply of customizers. Marching resolutely to the beat of his own drum, Fenical continues to shock and delight followers of the restyling art. In the 1990s, POSIES’ then unique, all metal, chopped and reshaped “Swept-Back” 1937 Ford three-window coupe design, finished in screaming yellow, was arguably responsible for the resurgence in popularity of that long-ignored Ford model. This is an older build, the kit has a prepainted Body. I like to build these things together, they are not very sophisticated in assembling, but you can practice the detail work and you can take a break and switch off from the complex and time-consuming builds. And I can so boost new energy, because I've just finished something... Hope, you like it.

Thank you very much for the kind words! Many people do not know it, like all the vehicles in Burton's two "Batman" movies, the Batskiboat enjoyed about five minutes of screen time before it was summarily wrecked... This is a large (ca. 31cm Long) but extremely simple "Snap" kit, 18 parts, that built up in just a few minutes... ... and they are available and not expensive... http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2053587.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.XBatman+Batskiboat+1%2F25&_nkw=Batman+Batskiboat+1%2F25&_sacat=0&_from=R40

Ed "NEWT" Newton had done a drawing for the letters page of Choppers of a trike he called the "Mail Box", but it was originaly called the "Booze Wagon" for a special three-wheeler edition of Ed Roth`s California Choppers Magazine. Around 1965, the time "Mail Box" was completed, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth was really into trikes. Originally built by Jim "Jake" Jacobs, Jim lost interest when it came to the body work and traded it to Roth to finish off. The original "Mail Box" was powered by a Crosley four cylinder engine. Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Mail Box Chopper kit was originally released in 1972 under the same name, in MPC's 1/25 Scale Cycle Series, Kit number 1-2400. This is my Version of this kit, hope you like it.

When you're in a hurry, this is the taxi you want to flag down. This 'suped up' auto, designed by none other than Tom Daniel, will get you where you want to go - probably even quicker than you'd like. (from 2001 reissue) 'Super Taxi' is another radically 'posed' 1/32 scale Snap Tite kits done for beginning modelers. TD utilized the popular Chevy Nova body, mated with a VERY racy chassis and as usual HUGE slicks, wild exhaust headers and velocity stacks for injectors. Hope, you like it.

Thank you very much for the kind words! I ask for forgiveness, now that's also for me normally, but then, I was young and not very experienced...

Hemi Semi, the name has a ring to it. Again, the deal here was to add more Snap Tite (no glue), kits for beginning modelers This was part of that group of kits designed in "action" poses... The Hemi-Semi knows how to deliver the goods on time, no matter what it takes. A hot rod semi-truck? It could happen. It took Tom Daniel to design it and his ground shakin' semi is one tough truck. (from 2001 reissue) Hope, you like it...

Ed "Big Daddy" Roth is best known for his grotesque caricatures — typified by Rat Fink — depicting imaginative, out-sized monstrosities driving representations of the hot rods that he and his contemporaries built. Although Detroit native Stanley Mouse (Miller) is credited with creating the so-called "Monster Hot Rod" art form, Roth is accepted as the individual who popularized it. Roth is less well known for his innovative work in turning hot rodding from crude backyard engineering, where performance was the bottom line, into a refined art form where aesthetics were equally important, breaking new ground with fiberglass bodywork. In the 1960s, plastic models of many of Roth's cars, as well as models of Rat Fink and other whimsical creatures created by Roth, were marketed by the Revell model company. Numerous artists were associated with Roth, including painter Robert Williams, Rat Fink Comix artist R.K. Sloane and Steve Fiorilla, who illustrated Roth's catalogs. The Fink Eliminator was one of the last fink releases, original in 1965, and its a very hard kit to find. Fortunately it was re-released in 1990. Cast into the fink's mallet, are the words "I LIKE". Inside the kit are decals of various car manufacturers... So you could make the mallet say "I like Ford". On the car being smashed are the words "I HATE" and once again you apply the decal of your least favorite manufacturer to be eliminated... The base is an old picture frame with plaster and paint as asphalt, it measures approximately 20x30cm. The kit contains only one, demolished car, that I have not used. The "eliminated" cars are cheap 1/64 models, of an unknown chinese manufacturer... And yes, I had fun to deform it. This is my version, hope, you like it.

Batskiboat from "Batman Returns" (1992), SCALE: 1/25 The Batskiboat made a brief appearance in Tim Burton's 1992 "Batman" sequel, "Batman Returns," as the Caped Crusader used this jet-powered hydrofoil to pursue The Penguin through the sewers of Gotham City. Like all the vehicles in Burton's two "Batman" movies, the Batskiboat enjoyed about five minutes of screen time before it was summarily wrecked. The Batskiboat was never used again, it was most likely destroyed by the penguin rockets that decimated a large portion of the zoo. Batman would later use a more traditional type of water vehicle called the Batboat. This is a snap-together kit, requiring no glue and aimed at the beginning modeler of 8 years of age on up. The kit comes in a tray and lid type box. The boxart shows the Batskiboat tooling along at high speed in a illustration that looks like a frame out of a comic book. Side panels have photos of the model made up and a listing of the kit’s features: removable cockpit roof with separate smoke tinted windshield, detailed interior includes high-tech seat with headrest and shoulder restraints, separate throttle control and instrumentation, aerodynamic body styling includes hydrofoils and vertical tailfin, 18 easy snap-together parts and complete assembly instructions, molded in black with bright chrome parts... Inside the box is a large sealed cello bag holding 5 trees of jet black parts, a loose smoked windshield part and a loose tree of chrome plated parts... There are no decals in the kit... The instructions and an additional instruction correction sheet complete the kit’s contents... The instructions consist of a large sheet that accordion folds out into 6 pages... This then folded over again 4 times to fit the box... The pages are a large 7 ½” x 17 ¼” format... And all this for 18 easy snap-together parts! One can only detail the cockpit, the envelope, well, with a little putty here and there, it looks better... After filling and sanding, first came on it a dull black coating and follow, this very dark blue metallic, own mixture... ... a matte black is not very logical to me, because it was in the water... Hope, you like it.

This is my slightly different version of the two-door hardtop, also known as a sports coupé, built many, many years ago, hope you like it.

The Tiki Trike was originally released as the "Digger Trike" in 1972, as part of MPC's 1/25 Scale Cycle Series. Don't miss your chance to build and collect the Tiki Trike. It's a wild chopper kit that hasn't been available in over thirty years! Outa' Sight! Johnny "Von Xeno" Greczula's extra large decal sheet includes many colorful themes, from a rad rat rod roof scallop to surf board stripes to crazy interlinked peace signs. The wild man "Diamond Dave" Marek rendered the rattan roof insert, bamboo framed "psychedelic roof rack", and lots of flamin' Tiki heads. I love it: Well, the possibilities are limitless! This is my simple version of it. Hope you like it...

Doctor Daniel's macabre version for home delivery of drugs to your door. This was one of TDs hot rodded work truck designs, featuring the popular old truck delivery C-cab. He related this to the old medicine wagon of the West, where a guy would come through town with his "snake oil" or bad medicine. It's the wild west medicine wagon on steroids! Imagine a prescription delivery toy our door at over 200 mph. This sanitary speedster with the long, low dragster look is pepped-up by eye-catching goodies like the steer horns on the front, skull and bones on the rear, and skeleton in the driver's seat. BAD MEDICINE...just what the doctor ordered! I love this kit and had already built it a few times. It is also best for kitbashing. Here is another version of the original. Apart from the rear wheels, that are now a bit wider and the colors, it is built boxstock. The exterior color is a dark mica blue, with a few layers of clear. The engine is a purple blue (RAL 4005) and its wired. The interior is in a similar color as the motor, but done with matte colors and by FMDBT (Fred Melini Dry Brush Technique). By the same technique were also pepped-up the eye-catching goodies, like the Bull skull on the front, skull and bones on the rear, the Parachute and the skeleton in the driver's seat. Here the pic`s, i hope, you enjoy.

Thank you very much for the kind words! The kolor is a homemade light blue, over a silver base, with a pearl clear finish... The driver figure is initially painted matt black, then I have this dry brushed with silver, a few finer points on the seat belts and the helmet, that's it ...

Thank you very much for the kind words!