Jantrix

Nice work. Its got a lot of attitude.

I think it has to be my shop truck and salvage trailer. Two first place trophies so far.

I'm real surprised to see no one has opened some rear wheel openings.

Thanks guys, but I'm a big believer in using what I have, so the 4-banger from the Revell '31 Panel will have to do. Thanks for all the info guys.

Its an electrical junction box of some sort.

Kinda wierd timing you pulling this out because I've finally solved my front seat design issue for the Jolly Roger Merc. So that one will be coming up soon!

Yeah, but man that's a lot of real estate your using there. You'll end up with a dancing curbside.

I have a parts box build on the drawing board and it's going to be an early "T" drag racer. I have a venerable old Revell '31 Ford Panel kit called Mother's Cherry Pie. It is a gasser/show car kinda thing that comes with an early four banger. I thought it might be cool and different to use the four banger for my project. However I know nothing about these engines. Were they used in racing or hot rods back in the day? I've not found much as far as pics go. Can anyone give me some info on these engines? Or a research source? Please and thanks.

Groovy idea. I have something similar waiting to be built. I have the left overs from a Revell '31Panel, AMT '25 T, and a Boothill Express that are screaming to be combined.

Building anything box stock seems to be my "Eleanor". I do compete and I've wanted to do a box stock for a while now, but with every subject there is just something that irks me enough that it needs to be replaced or modified, rendering it not box stock. My latest as the AMT '49 Ford Coupe. The wheels I got in the kit were just not well molded. Before I knew it the parts box was out and she rode on '53 Studebaker wheels with Revell "49 Merc tires. The seats also had to be replaced, for just being un-cool. *Sigh* I'll try again eventually.

Ya know, maybe it's my oddball nature, but my first thought about this is to make a fish bowl out of it. Ya know with a gold fish floating around in back?

You guys, building these custom Wierd-O's are blowing my mind.

Oh yeah. I love this. Right on.

Hmm.I suppose either of those laid over a rough sanded finish might give the appropriate look?

I've noticed that there is a bit of a bare metal trend in popular hot roding today. Where the whole body is done in its unpainted state and then clearcoated. Especially from the traditional crowd. Usually the swirl marks from paint removal or body work tool marks are left on. I've decided to try this in scale. Now I did the hood on my shop truck just using some BMF that I distressed a bit with some high grit sandpaper and it worked out fine. However the thought of doing the whole body that way? You would have to use fairly small pieces of BMF because getting a very large piece off the backing and keeping it straight to lay on would be a bit fiddley. And I think you'd see the overlap of the pieces as it went on unless you can put the lines on body panel edges. Thoughts?

How about distressing the plastic a bit before you foil. Say with a low grit sand paper. Then foil, hit it with a little dull coat and a wash to bring out the imperfections?

Very nice! I'll be saving this for when I do my '40!

Very cool designs. I've always wanted to see a design for a recumbent style motorcycle like the one from Akira. I've always wondered if it were even possible, because no ones done it yet, to my knowledge.

The point is, how cool is it to build dioramas in, what amounts to, a 1:1 scale diorama? It would be like building model cars in the pits at Indy. To build works of art in a ROOM that is itself a work of art? Man, that's too cool.

Erik, I'd like to see you do some work making those two body lines merge.

Chris, real happy to hear you are doing better. Keep on keepin on.

And you can be a member as long as you are not in any other clubs.

Yes.

Why order one? They are available from any number of pro street/pro mod/pro stock etc. etc. kits. I have seen folks scratch build them from a pen barrel and some sheet styrene. Lets face it there isn't much to them. Get creative.

Man, I'm gonna give you full marks for the brass to do all that hand painting. Well done!