Alex Flint

I named this build ATILLA. I wanted something that sounded tough so that's what inspired me to name it Atilla. I converted it from a rear wheel drive to a 4X4. The paint is Rust-Oleum Gloss Sun Yellow with a Black camper. The cowl hood scoop is 3D printed and molded onto the kit hood. The engine is a 3D printed ZZ 572 COPO Chevy engine that was designed by Motabas Yen on cults3D. The wheels are TIS rims I designed on some Z Force Model Works bogger tires. The rims are airbrushed with SMS Hyperchrome Cold Tone paint. The tires are just hand painted with a paint brush and some flat black acrylic craft paint. The leaf spring suspension is a 3D printed Nahuel Customs design. The transfer case and u-joints are 3D printed from files I got from cults3D. The driveshafts are made from plastic straws. I had to make a custom transfer case mounting bracket out of sheet styrene. I had to extend the axles to get the wheels to fit properly. The interior is hand painted with satin black acrylic craft paint and a paint brush. The steering column is a file I found on cults3D. The steering wheel is a 3D printed Pixel Print design. I 3D printed the seatbelt buckles and used black craft ribbon I got from Hobby Lobby. The radio face is a 3D printed high definition radio face I found on cults3D along with the McDonald's Happy Meal box and even the burger. The burger box is a cut and fold design I found on Google. The Chevy bowtie rear view mirror and the pine tree air freshener are 3D printed items I got files for on cults3D. The license plate is one I custom designed for this specific build. I used my inkjet printer to print it out on some glossy photo paper. I got my inspiration for this build from a Toyota Pickup called THE RULE BREAKER that was featured on Ultimate Rides. This was a really fun build.

I named it AMISH MAFIA. It started out as a Jimmy Flintstone resin body. I designed and 3D printed the frame and floor to fit this specific resin car body. The wheels are kitbashed from an unknown kit. I designed and 3D printed a custom fuel tank and a mounting rack for it. The license plate is one of my custom designs that I do with the name of the build on it. The grill shell is another one of my designs. I used a Thomas Flyer grill as my reference for it. I left the grill screen out of the design so I could add a metal wire mesh screen to it for a more realistic look. The taillights are a Nahuel Customs design that I 3D printed in a clear resin that I dyed with a red transparent resin dye and only the edges are painted with a metallic silver acrylic craft paint. The engine is a MCS Designs Frenzel Supercharged Flathead Ford engine. I had to add my own transmission to the engine block in my slicer program because the original design didn't have one. I used a rubber hair band for the drive belt. The rear axle is 3D printed and was designed by Nahuel Customs. The Nahuel Customs front axle is 3D printed but I modified it to be a little narrower for this build. The windshield is cut from a hot wheels car box and attached at an angle to give it that period look. The door handles are also 3D printed but they are actually trunk handles. The driveshaft u-joints are 3D printed but the shaft part is made out of a plastic straw. The firewall is made from scratch out of styrene sheets. The seats are 3D printed tractor seats. The steering wheel and column is also 3D printed. Both were designed by Nahuel Customs. The steering column is positioned through through the firewall rather than through the body like a traditional rat rod would have. The entire build is hand painted with a paint brush. No airbrush or spray can used.

I named it MISDEMEANOR. I built it as a lowrider. I painted it a two tone Gloss Black and Gloss White with STS police car decals on the doors. The vintage emergency light is one of my designs that I 3D printed in two parts. The base is printed in grey resin and painted with SMS Hyperchrome Cold Tone airbrush paint and the cover is 3D printed in clear resin that I dyed with some red transparent resin dye. The engine is a MCS Designs Flathead Ford engine with a 4x2 intake manifold and connected to the radiator with some hollow rubber bead tubing with a piece of bead wire inside to hold it's shape. The engine is all hand painted with a paint brush and some acrylic craft paint. The wheels are Hoppin Hydro lowrider wheels. The rear suspension is modified to sit low and the front axle is a 3D printed 7 inch drop axle that was originally designed for a 1950 Chevy 3100 Pickup but I modified it to fit a 1940 Ford Coupe kit. The interior is hand painted with a Glossy Gray colored acrylic craft paint to make it look like vinyl. The dashboard is painted the same Gloss Black as the body. The chain link steering wheel is 3D printed and painted with SMS Hyperchrome Cold Tone airbrush paint. The handcuffs are one of my custom designs that I 3D printed and painted the same SMS Hyperchrome Cold Tone paint but I had to hand paint it with a small paint brush. The handcuffs chain is just a tiny piece of silver bead wire. I left the back seat out so it could be used as a place for a K9 police dog to sit. It's been a while since I built a lowrider but this is my first police car I've ever built. A friend of mine has the idea for this build and I just added some of my own personal touches to it as I built it.