Rocking Rodney Rat

https://public.fotki.com/jferren/kr-kustomsrods-bell/ -RRR

He said "blow a rear end" and I got censored for saying BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH! -RRR

You should take a hot pin and poke the center of those salt craters to make them look like a gunshot wounds....? -RRR

All these '40 Ford coupe pix are making my fingers itch. I can guarantee you I wasn't building to this level 40 years ago! Nice work.... -RRR

Ya can't go wrong one of Henry's all time classic designs. I really like what you did with the undercarriage. This came out great! -RRR

I don't know how I missed this the first time around, but I'm glad to see you back on it. The paint pops and that wheel and tire combo works nicely....This is coming together nicely, I love '26/'27 Fords.... -RRR

I see it now, I stand corrected....carry on... -RRR

Did you ever notice that one of the valve covers only has three indents for spark plugs? Weird, isn't it? -RRR

I bought a collection (from a widow) of unbuilt new in the box kits in the mid '80s for $1000.00 (mostly cars, some military). I cleared over $5000.00 on my investment, I've often wondered what it would be worth today. I don't have a "collection". I have a bunch of parts in boxes. And scratch built, hacked together built one-offs that won't mean much to anyone once I'm gone. Throw it all in the trash, honey! -RRR

This was a bucket list build for me.... -RRR

This is a very kool kit. I acquired some parts of this kit many years ago and I used the Jag rear (modified to single differential) on a recent build. Are you going to rechrome the parts? -RRR

It's good to see you built this one up. Maybe we'll see it again some day? IMHO it's the best kit made in the last 20 years (since the introduction of the '32 series in 1996). I'm on my fourth build of this kit and I have three sealed sitting on the shelf.... -RRR

Yes, indeed, it's builds like this that are what this hobby is all about. Imagination, creation and a smooth fruition! -RRR

Alan- That came our great. I really like your mods. Not to hijack your thread, but here's what i did with the Jawbreaker body. -RRR

Makin' me thirsty.... -RRR

I have a collection of the Revell parts packs: https://public.fotki.com/jferren/revell-parts-packs/ They're the only things I really "collect". -RRR

I asked Ed Sexton of Revell (not sure if he is still employed by them) about bringing back some of the old parts packs a couple of years ago when he was at the NNL in Atlanta. He said the poor selling of the re-issued engine parts packs drove the nail in the coffin of any other parts packs ever being re-issued. The way he said it made it sound like an open and firmly shut case. -RRR

Progress looks good, B...keep at it! -RRR

Very kleen build of an iconic kit, originally issued as John Milner's dragster from American Graffiti... -RRR

Interesting, thanks. The article mentions E6000 (canopy glue, they call it, for clear parts, ie: windshields). I usually go to a water soluble white glue that dries clear for this application (also I use it for gauge faces to simulate a clear lens) the advantage to this glue is that if you screw up and don't get the windshield placed correctly, you can remove it, wash the glue off and try again with no ill effects on the clear part. Has anyone used this E6000? Thoughts? -RRR

This is an interesting thread. I think motivation and time is what haunts us all. Being a hobby, it's most likely something we all do "when we have nothing else that needs to be done" (honey-do's are completed). Like all of us I built as a kid, put it all aside when I reached high school age and through college. I got back into it when I bought my first house and had a place to build (the basement). At first I was frustrated that I couldn't bring my ideas to fruition, but over the 30 years that I have been building I have pretty much gotten to the point where I can build what I envision. Keep at it guys, you will get there as well. What motivates me is the desire to build something unique. I have little to no interest in opening a kit and building it box stock. A model kit is a box of parts to me. I'm not that interested in building a replica of a 1:1 car. Truth be told, if i had the funds (I know, it's a priority thing) and space, I'd own a real street rod. Since that's not in the cards, I build them in scale. I get motivated by seeing a hot rod (street rod?) in Street Rodder magazine and Rod & Custom (RIP) and taking cues from that car to build my own version of it (or take cues from that car and incorporate into a build), limited by available parts, etc. I really enjoy parts scrounging at the start of a build. My favorite part of a build is the initial stage of engineering and fitting parts together and scratch building, fingers all covered in super glue and squadron green, parts all over the bench....Final assembly, when it's easy to screw up fresh paint, is my least favorite part, that's probably why I never polish a paint job and my painting always has a bit of orange peel to it (weathered paint jobs anyone???). I bought an air brush, compressor, the whole nine yards, about four years ago. It's still sitting in the box!!! To me, the final overall 'look' of a car is the most important, stance, the 'right' wheel and tire combo, I don't get bogged down in the details. I truly admire builders that go that extra mile with all of the correctly placed hoses, cables, wires, springs, etc but that's just not for me. I do have limited time to build with a busy household (five of us in three generations and three dogs) and a busy job. It's what I'd rather be doing than most anything else and I dare say I spend more time thinking about being at the bench than actually sitting at the bench. When KK and I lived in the Pac NW, we had a really robust modeling club. I miss that. There is a small group of guys down here that I get together with once in a while, i'm planning on reconnecting with them soon. I enjoy going to shows, few and far between as they are, I don't necessarily build to win a trophy but I do bring home my share, reconfirming that others enjoy the look of what I build. I enjoy sharing my tips and techniques with others and I see how the www has enabled us to see what others are doing, source parts (thanks, eBay!) and improve our skills exponentially. I enjoy seeing how my friend Dennis Lacy has progressed in his skills in a few short years and I do believe that being able to see and share information in this digital age (wasn't around when I started back up in the mid '80s) has benefited him greatly. Now, stop typing and GO BUILD SOMETHING!!!! -RRR

Ads for dating Asian women....LOL... I get ads for guitar stomp pedals....I'm pretty boring! -RRR

Those tires come up for sale on fleaBay quite often. The recently reissued AMT altered wheelbase Cyclone (badged as Dyno Don's Eliminator II this time around) has those tires in it. I wonder if some resin caster makes them? -RRR

I had to go look up Gundam....guess I'm kinda out of it....interesting discussion....I haven't bought a whole kit off the shelf in ages, I primarily buy parts on eBay and use my old stock for the parts I need to build my one-off creations..... now back to the bench... -RRR

I like every year of the 1932 Ford....? -RRR