Rocking Rodney Rat

You had me at Nova Wagon. Nice chassis work going on...looking forward to seeing more... -RRR

Seeing those alligator clips on the body made me cringe, I hope they didn't leave any lasting damage! It's good to see you back at it... -RRR

I gotta build one of these one day..... -RRR

I hope Revell is planning to do with the Model 40 Ford that they have done with the Model B and Model A....please????

I sliced and diced one of those bodies into this: -RRR

No opening doors on the Buttera '26 T... -RRR

You are correct. Not the original, which was a 1932, this car is a 1930/31. -RRR

Thanks for those kind words, I just haven't been inspired at all much this year. There are many other things going on that have sapped my inspiration and motivation. I'm hoping this is temporary. -RRR

More often than not I start a WIP and it gets very few views and comments. At that point, I figure hardly anyone is interested so I just let the WIP languish. I'd rather spend time at the bench than posting up anyway...... -RRR

That's a serious re-do! I love the paint and striping... -RRR

Not much time for bench activities lately...maybe this weekend??? -RRR

The dew point is almost ALWAYS within 20 degrees of the temperature here! That's (one of many reasons) why my paint jobs suck.... -RRR

Your Purple People Eater Willys looks real good. Windshields are overrated anyways!!! -RRR

"Shorty" '65 Chevelle wagon that will be a sedan delivery as soon as I block off the rear side windows. WIP going on in Drag section.... -RRR

I missed this one the first time around. It's good to see you're back on it. Your exhaust pipe delete work is impressive, as is the rest of the build. Keep it going! -RRR

Thanks, I hope it comes together well....still lots to do. -RRR

I haven't doing much building lately. I decided to start hacking around with this over this past weekend. I bought a '65 Chevelle wagon body with the body chrome and glass on FleaBay recently. I have had the interior parts from the AMT Cyclone AWB kit for decades. So, how about shortening the wagon body to fit the frame and make it a sedan delivery? ----------------------- Here's the Cyclone parts, (some clean-up needed) the interior is in two parts as the Cyclone body is designed to be opened up like a funny car (that kit was re-issued not too long ago). I also had the rear ladder bars from the Cyclone kit, will need to be stripped of paint... --------------------------- Here's the rest of the parts needed, grabbed form the AMT Nova Rat Packer AWB kit. ------------------------------ I massaged the interior tub (after gluing the two parts together) to fit in to the body, taped it to the frame and stuffed it into the body....notice where the rear axle ends up.... ------------------------------- I scraped the side trim and emblems off of the body. I didn't do a very good job, I made a few gouges in the plastic. Maybe cut it apart around here???? Sure, looks good! ------------------------ I braced the roof at the front with some sprue pieces to make sure it would hold its shape while it was cut apart... ----------------------------- The first cut is the deepest...after a few Sawzall blades later.... ------------------------------------- Cut about that much out and put it back together. I didn't want the side window to look too wonky with the slated (now) B pillar. I also didn't want the door to be too long.... ------------------------------ I added a strip of Evergreen 0.30"x 0.30" for the rear of the door line (not exactly square now)....a new door line will be scribed down from that point. Notice that the rear wheel well will need to be moved back (frame is peeking out) while the front of the frame will be stretched an RCH or two ahead of the firewall... That's where I am after a weekend's worth of work. I plan to fill in the rear side windows to make it a sedan delivery. I'm keeping the build in the style of these olde AMT altered wheelbase kits, in other words, stupid simple. This is just a build to mess around with...another excuse to cut something up. More later.... -RRR

That's a '28/'29.... RRR

Brother Wayne Kramer is still kicking out the jams.... -RRR

thanks, Charles.... -RRR

Very nicely done, great subtle details. Thanks for the tutorial. I wish I had the room to make and display a big diorama like that... -RRR

Good to know that Ann Arbor folks are still "kicking out the jams" after all of these years. Those in the know will know what that means....? -RRR

Thanks for all of the positive responses, interesting how an older build gets resurrected... -RRR

Thanks, I'm hoping to get back this project some day.... -RRR