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  1. 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.

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  2. On 10/21/2024 at 4:47 AM, XYHARRY said:

    Super cool ratrod there Alex, I've been thinking about getting one of those Frenzel supercharged flat heads myself. I'm not too sure if those tractor seats would pass roadworthy. ? Overall, really well done. 

    Cheers, 

    David. ??

    I used the tractor seats to try to keep it era correct and to keep it as low tech as possible. I figured the tractor seats were as close to to the Amish theme as I could get.

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  3. 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. 

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  4. 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. 

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  5. I named it GEAR JAMMER. This started out as a Ford C600 Cargo Truck. I painted it with a custom mixed Green acrylic craft paint color. I then sponge painted the patina on it using two different shades of brown acrylic craft paint. The interior is a Light Brown color with a Light Brown craft felt for carpet and headliner. I modified the interior tub to get the front wheels to fit with the cab sitting low. The barefoot gas and brake pedals are Nahuel Customs designs that I 3D printed. The seatbelts are some Brown ribbon I found at Hobby Lobby and the buckles are 3D printed. The engine is an Iceman Collections twin turbo Cummins diesel engine. I 3D printed an intercooler for it and made some custom pipes to connect it out of some styrene rods. I weathered the engine with some black acrylic craft paint dry brushed on. The frame is designed in two separate halves and 3D printed for this specific build. The wheels are 3D printed Alcoa Dually rims that I modified with spiked lug nuts and the tires are modified Z Force tires to fit these specific rims. The single hump rear fenders are also 3D printed and attached to the frame with some skinny styrene rods. The fuel tank is a custom 3D printed beer keg and a Nahuel Customs gas cap. The taillights are Nahuel Customs 1959 Cadillac taillights that I 3D printed in clear resin with some red dye mixed in. The front suspension is another Nahuel Customs design which is a custom big rig drop axle that I 3D printed. The rear 4 link suspension is also 3D printed and also a Nahuel Customs design. The airbags on the front and rear suspension are 3D printed in a flexible rubber resin that I don't use anymore. The driveshaft is custom made out of a couple of 3D printed u-joints and a styrene rod. The frame and rear fenders are painted with SMS Hyperchrome Cold Tone airbrush paint and weathered with some Brown acrylic craft paint and a sponge. The rims are also painted with SMS Hyperchrome Cold Tone airbrush paint but I didn't weather them. Everything that wasn't painted with SMS Hyperchrome Cold Tone airbrush paint was hand painted with a paint brush. This was a stalled project for a long time and it's finally done.

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  6. I built this to look like it's ready to be crushed. I started it by grinding some rust holes in the body. Then I sprayed on some rusty metal primer. Next, I sprinkled on some Epsom salt and sprayed on a Light Blue. Once the blue color dried, I brushed off the large pieces and left the tiny pieces to resemble rust bubbles. After all that I brushed on some rust-colored paint around the rust holes. I even added some watercolor paints to the rust holes as a wash. On the rust hole in the roof, I added some very slight green watercolor paint to look like it's got a little bit of grass starting to grow on it. I completely eliminated the engine and the hood but kept the hood hinges and the radiator. I added a radiator hose made from a black hollow rubber bead cord and a wire mesh screen for the radiator itself. The broken windshield and rear window are made out of a glass laptop screen protector that I cut out with scissors and smashed with a hammer. The passenger side window is done the same way except I cut out a thin strip and wedged it in between the body and the door panel then chipped along the edge to look like it was shattered into pieces. The passenger side taillight was eliminated and replaced with some red and black bead wire for detail. I patted on some rust-colored paint onto the bumpers and grill to make them look like they are rusty and attached them on at an angle, so they look like they are falling off the car. I ground out a hole in the bench seat and glued some pillow stuffing to the underside of the seat and painted it a brown color and weathered with a brownish watercolor paint with a little black mixed in. I eliminated the steering wheel but kept the steering column and the dashboard. The crushed soda cans are 3D printed. I put a pack of Camel cigarettes on the seat that i printed out on an inkjet printer and filled with some very thin styrene rods to resemble 1/24 scale cigarettes. I painted the undercarriage with a rust-colored primer and, while the primer is still freshly wet, I sprayed a flat black color on and let it mix while it dried. I used a technique I learned in Scale Auto Magazine to make one of the tires look flat. I carved out the middle of one edge and glued a piece of styrene plastic to the leftover flaps and the painted it flat black and the end result is a flat tire. The rims are painted flat black. I added a bunch of stuff in the bed. Those items include a mesh screen radiator with rubber hoses still attached, two rubber tires from another kit, a set of bumpers from a 1980s GMC Pickup kit, a real metal jewelry chain I painted with black calligraphy ink to make it look greasy, a 3D printed crushed soda can, and a 3D printed roll of duct tape. This is my rustiest build I've ever done.

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  7. I call it DREADNAUGHT. It's painted with a yellow acrylic craft paint. the rust is two shades of brown acrylic craft paint patted on using some sponges i found at the dollar store. The body is a Jimmy Flintstone resin 1928/29 Ford Round Cab Pickup. The frame is a Nahuel Customs Tracknose frame that I 3D printed. The headlight pods are 3D printed with the lenses made from a couple of googly eyes. I even made some headlight bulbs out of some UV resin colored with a yellow dye and applied on the end of some pieces of styrene rods. The front suspension, the grill, the blower hat, the 1959 Cadillac taillights, and the rear axle are all 3D printed and designed by Nahuel Customs. The dual stacked supercharger is 3D printed. the drive belts are made from some narrow black masking tape. The spark plug wires are made from some red rubber bead cord. I attached some Black Box STL gatling gun exhaust tips that I 3D printed to the headers. the engine is a supercharged hemi from Iceman Collections that I modified for this build. the wheels and tires are salvaged from several different kits. The license plate is one of my custom designs that I did for this build. The steering mechanism is made from a 3D printed Matty's Custom Scale design and connected with a piece of styrene rod that I flattened at each end. The beer keg fuel tank is 3D printed and the chain that is on it is a real metal jewelry chain. I had to combine a Nahuel Customs fuel cap design with the beer keg design on my slicer program so that I wouldn't have to drill into the keg and also so I can 3D print both at the same time. The 1959 Cadillac Taillights are 3D printed with some clear resin that I dyed red and attached them to some piston style taillights that I also 3D printed. The visor is a Nahuel Customs design that I 3D printed and painted flat black. The interior tub is made from scratch styrene sheets and painted black. The smooth bomber style seats are 3D printed. The dashboard is another one of the Nahuel Customs designs that I 3D printed and painted the same yellow as the body. The firewall is made from scratch using a piece of a styrene sheet. The steering wheel is kitbashed and modified by cutting off the top and bottom curves of it. it is mounted to a piece of styrene rod I used as a steering column. It's hard to see but i 3D a bare foot gas pedal and a bare foot brake pedal that was designed by Nahuel Customs. I used a styrene tube to mount the rear wheels and I made a 4-link rear suspension from scratch. This build came out so nice I am going to build another one.

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  8. I call it BLACK WIDOW. I painted it Tropical Glitz Candy Black and Candy Black Cherry over a Paint Huffer Silver Surfer. The trim is painted with SMS Hyperchrome Cold Tone airbrush paint. The interior is hand painted with acrylic craft paint using a paint brush. The raccoon tail hanging from the side mirror is a piece of a white pipe cleaner colored with a couple of Sharpie markers. The steering wheel is salvaged from my parts box. I don't know what kit it came from though. I'm assuming a 1940 Ford. The Fedora hat is 3D printed. the wheels and tires came from two separate kits. The main base for the undercarriage is painted with Flat Black acrylic craft paint. The engine is completely box stock.

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  9. I call it GOLD RUSH. It's painted with Paint Huffer Gold Rush and Gloss White with some Tropical Glitz Frostbite metal flake sprayed on top. The chrome trim is painted with SMS 
    Hyperchrome Cold Tone airbrush paint. The Interior is painted like the body. The front bench seat is pulled from a 1955 Chevy Bel Air Sedan kit. The dashboard is from a different 1956 Chevy Bel Air kit because the original kit was missing one. The undercarriage is painted Gloss White with SMS Hyperchrome Cold Tone details. before I sprayed on the chrome I had to mask off the white using silly putty. The wheels are 3D printed and came from JaysResinWheels1948 on eBay. The tires came in two parts. The whitewall inserts and the tires which are painted with acrylic craft paint using a paint brush. The fender skirts are also 3D printed and came from 3D Scale Parts. The steering wheel I 3D printed myself and painted it with SMS Hyperchrome Cold Tone paint. The engine is box stock except for the radiator hose which is made from a piece of a hollow rubber bead cord with a wire inside so it will hold its shape. The hardest part of this build was attaching the front bumper. Other than that, it was a good kit.

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  10. I named this build ROCK STAR. it's painted entirely with a paint brush. I used four different shades of brown acrylic craft paint and then a semi-gloss black acrylic craft paint and sanded through each layer with sandpaper. The drum set and the flame electric guitar are 3D printed and hand painted to look used. The license plate I custom designed for this specific build. The wheels are Pegasus Sovereign wheels. The was kept chrome plated and painted with flat black acrylic craft paint and then the excess was wiped off with a Kleenex exposing the chrome parts I wanted to keep. The chrome trim is painted with a Molotow Liquid Chrome marker. The interior is painted to look like it's been restored. The engine is completely box stock. The body has been lowered. This was a fun kit to build.

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  11. This build is named SASQUATCH. I used a real car as my reference and inspiration for it. I painted it a Rust-Oleum Light Blue color and then sponged on some black to weather it. I eliminated the bumpers. The roof rack and the KC off road lights on the roof and grill are 3D printed. The leaf spring suspension lift kit is entirely 3D printed along with the transfer case, the driveshaft u-joints, and the wheels and tires are all 3D printed. The driveshafts themselves are made from scratch using a plastic straw I found at the dollar store. The grill was painted with some flat black acrylic craft paint and then the excess was wiped off to give it some more detail. The engine is a 3D printed Blackbox STL 572 Big Block Chevy engine. The Optima battery is also 3D printed. The interior is painted with a Semi-Gloss Black acrylic craft paint to make it look like vinyl. The carpet is some black craft felt. The NOS bottle and the mounting rack are 3D printed along with the Flaming River steering column, the steering wheel, the Sparco racing seats, the barefoot gas pedal and brake pedal, the speakers in the rear window, the high definition radio face on the dash, the milk crate, the headphones, and the 6 pack of soda. All of the items I 3D printed I found on cults3D. Everything except for the light blue base color on the body is painted by hand with a paint brush. This is definitely one of my favorite builds I've done.

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  12. I call it THE TURBINATOR. It's a Jo-Han snap kit. I painted the body with a Paint Huffer Metal Flake Silver Surfer color with a white base. The molded on chrome trim is painted with a Molotow Liquid Chrome marker. The vinyl top is painted with a Flat Black acrylic craft paint and applied with a paint brush. The interior is painted Gloss Black to give it a leather look and detailed with a Molotow Liquid Chrome marker. The undercarriage is also painted with a Flat Black acrylic craft paint and detailed with a Molotow Liquid Chrome marker. The original steering wheel is swapped out for a parts box steering wheel to go along with the street machine look. The wheels and tires are 3D printed and painted with a paint brush and detailed with a Molotow Liquid Chrome marker. The license plates are one of my custom designs. I accidentally broke the hood ornament off so instead of trying to fix it I covered up the break with Molotow Liquid Chrome. I used a custom rendering I found on Instagram as my reference for this one. This build was so easy to do it took me almost 24 hours to complete it.

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  13. Last build finished in 2024. It's a Lindberg 1948 Lincoln Continental Convertible kit. I call it MADEA. It's painted with a Tropical Glitz Candy Apple Red over a Paint Huffer Metal Flake Silver Surfer base coat. The primer I used was Rust-Oleum Automotive Flat Grey primer and the clear coat is Rust-Oleum Gloss Clear Lacquer. The bodywork was done with super glue to piece the body together, then liquid styrene to seal up the gaps and smoothed out, and finally some Bondo glazing putty to fill in and imperfections and sanded smooth. The interior is painted a Flat Light Tan acrylic craft paint done using a paint brush. The dashboard was chrome plated but I didn't want to completely strip it because I wanted the chrome around the gauges to stay so I dry brushed a nice Woodgrain effect on it and wiped off the spots that I wanted chrome. Then I added some gloss black acrylic craft paint on the small detail spots like the air conditioning knobs and the gauges. I also used that same black paint on the foot pedals. The Dead Presidents Sacramento car club plaque I designed from a picture of a real plaque and 3D printed it in 1/24 scale. The steering wheel is also 3D printed and both it and the plaque are airbrushed with some SMS Hyperchrome Cold Tone paint I got from Iceman Collections and painted over a Rust-Oleum Satin Black base color. The carpet is some Tan craft felt I got from Hobby Lobby that matches the seat color perfectly. The wheels are kitbashed from two different kits but I don't know what kits those are. I modified the kit front suspension using a candle lighter and bending it until it sat as low as possible without cutting anything. I did the same thing with the rear suspension but I also cut out part of the underside above the rear axle so that I could lower the back end as low as possible. I painted the underside of the car with Rust-Oleum Satin Black but used a Gloss Clear coat over it. The engine is box stock and was all chrome plated already. The radiator got painted with the same chrome paint as the suspension and interior detail parts. The kit battery was swapped out for a 3D printed Optima battery that I painted by hand. The Fishtail exhaust tip is 3D printed and also painted Hyperchrome and was designed by Nahuel Customs on Instagram. The James Hetfield figure was designed by Ronnie Yonk on Instagram and is 3D printed in 1/24 in one piece rather than multiple pieces and then hand painted. This Lincoln definitely, in my opinion, looks like the kind of car that James Hetfield would own.

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  14. I named it RAMMSTEIN. It's painted with a Krylon Gloss Navy Blue color. The interior color is a Rust-Oleum Gloss Ivory color. The shifter knob is a 3D printed Mad Max Fury Road skull mounted on a paperclip. The floor mats are custom designed by me and printed out on glossy photo paper. The items in the bed are 3D printed. Those items are a Coleman cooler, a roll of duck tape, a cross tire iron, and a gas can. The tailgate net is made of woven Grey ribbon I got from Hobby Lobby and mounted on each side with paperclips The PlayStation Portable on the seat is 3D printed and the screen picture is printed out on some plain copy paper. The image is a Need For Speed game screenshot. The engine is box stock and painted a flat light orange color. The wheels are from JPS Custom Wheels on Instagram. I got them plain and I painted with Molotow Liquid Chrome. The tires came cast in rubber. I had to add lifting blocks to the rear leaf springs in order to get it to sit level otherwise it would be high in the front and low in the rear. The figure and the two American Pitbulls are 3D printed and painted by hand. This is one of my older builds so the paint isn't exactly perfect. 

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  15. I call it SEXUAL CHOCOLATE after the Paint Huffer Metal Flake color I used of the same name. The wheels are custom 3D printed Vellano wheels with modified Z Force Model Works tires. All the chrome trim is painted with Molotow Liquid Chrome. The suspension and engine parts are also painted with Molotow Liquid Chrome. The interior is painted with a Tan acrylic craft paint. The interior door handles, window cranks, and foot pedals are 3D printed by Iceman Collections. The dashboard, steering wheel and column are painted with the same paint as the body. The carpet is a brown craft felt. The headliner is also craft felt. The floor mats are custom laser engraved on some Tan faux leather with the word KING on the driver's side and QUEEN on the passenger side. The radiator hose is made of a hollow rubber bead tubing with a piece of bead wire inside to hold its shape. The air filter and the taillights are painted with the same red acrylic craft paint. The engine block and transmission are painted with a Brown acrylic craft paint similar to the body color. The undercarriage is also painted with the same color as the body. The grill is detail with a Black acrylic craft paint. 

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  16. This is a Resin Model Ranch product. I call it THE E-LIMO-NATOR. I used an AMT 1940 Ford Coupe as my donor kit. The paint is a Rust-Oleum Gloss Hunter Green. The wheels are Z Force Model Works artillery wheels with whitewall tires that I purchased from Iceman Collections. The center caps on the wheels are painted with Molotow Liquid Chrome and the rest of the wheels and tires are painted with acrylic craft paint. The engine is also purchased from Iceman Collections and is a Modern Ford 429 Big Block with ITB stacks and painted Black with Metallic Bronze accents. The body has been lowered a little and I had to modify the suspension to get it to go lower. The interior is an acrylic craft paint color called Teddy Bear Tan. The dashboard, steering wheel and column are painted the same color as the body. The carpet is some tan craft felt I got from Hobby Lobby. The windshield and the rear windows are made from scratch plastic sheets I got from a diecast car box. The running boards are painted Flat Black. The bumpers are removed to give it a street rod look. The luggage on the roof came with the resin model except for the Dark Red briefcase and the guitar case. The guitar case opens up and has a removable acoustic guitar inside. The donor kit fit very nicely on this resin model. The parts I used from the donor kit include the grill, headlights and headlight surrounds, taillights, trunk handle, radiator, front and rear suspension, front seat, dashboard, steering wheel, and steering column. The driveshaft I had to extend with a piece of a styrene rod. This is one of my best paint jobs on a resin body.

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  17. I built it to look like your average small town Iowa countryside deer hunting truck. I painted everything with a paint brush. The paint color is an Acrylic craft paint FolkArt Metallic Sheen Burgundy. The dirty look is done with a light brown acrylic craft paint and a dry brush patting technique. The bed is painted in a Flat Black to resemble a bed liner. The interior is painted in a Glossy Grey color to look like a vinyl interior. I even brought the dirty look to the interior as well as the engine. The seatbelt buckles are 3D printed along with the hunting binoculars and the hunting rifle. The seatbelt material is so grey ribbon I got from Hobby Lobby. The carpet is some grey craft felt that I dirtied up with the light brown paint. The engine bay details were all painted by hand and were all molded in. All the chrome was dirtied up the same way as the body. I wanted this truck to look like it's in good shape and just needs a car wash. It's a box stock build.

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  18. I call this build MELON BOMB. I built it as a Watermelon Farm truck. This is a Revell kit and I was very impressed with how well it went together. The paint is a Rust-Oleum Gloss Apple Green over a Rust-Oleum Flat White primer with a Rust-Oleum Gloss Clear Lacquer over the top. The decals on the doors are custom made from a picture I found on Google and printed out using an inkjet printer on some clear label sticker paper. The decal is also cleared over. The wood bed and rails are real wood Popsicle sticks with a real Golden Oak wood stain painted on. I wanted the rails to have a little waterfall look to them so I very carefully cut one corner off each Popsicle stick and sanded them smooth to get the rounded shape. The chrome trim in the bed is some styrene rods I got from Hobby Lobby and painted with Molotow Liquid Chrome. The lettering on the bed rails are painted on using a custom stencil I cut out on a Silhouette vinyl cutting machine and painted with some red acrylic craft paint and a round paint sponge I got from my local Dollar Tree store. The interior is painted with a Red acrylic craft paint using a paint brush and the same color I used on the body for the dashboard, door panels, steering wheel, and steering column. The seat inserts are made with some watermelon seed ribbon I found on Etsy. The same ribbon is also used on the lower section of the door panels where as the same Red paint that is used on seat is painted on the upper part of the door panels. The fuzzy dice that are hanging from the rear view mirror are 3D printed and painted to match the interior with the same green color that was used on the body for the dots. The string holding them on the mirror is some green colored embroidery thread. The carpet is Red craft felt. The seatbelt buckles are 3D printed and the seatbelts are made from some red ribbon I got from Hobby Lobby. The gauges cluster is made from a picture I found on Google and printed out on some glossy photo paper. All the silver parts of the undercarriage are painted with a silver acrylic craft paint. The engine is painted the same color as the body with the red details. The battery is a 3D printed Optima battery. The radiator hose is made from some hollow rubber bead tubing with a piece of bead wire inside to keep it in position. All the tiny red details on the engine, interior, and chrome trim are all painted by hand. The watermelons and the wooden crates are 3D printed and hand painted. The license plate on the back is one I custom designed and is printed out on some glossy photo paper. The wheels are painted the same color as the body. I tried to make this build look lightly customized but at the same time as a working farm truck that you'd see at a farmers market. This is one of my best builds and definitely one of my favorites.

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  19. I 3D printed the body myself. The wheels are Z Force Model Works Artillery wheels from Iceman Collections. I am going to try to print the body again due to some small flaws on the sides. But overall this is the look and stance I want. Still trying to figure out how to build an interior and colors to paint it. I might build it as a slammer with the windows blacked out.

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  20. I named this one JUNKYARD DOG. It's a resin model from Resin Model Ranch. The 1950 Chevy 3100 Pickup kit is what I used for a donor kit. I painted it a Foliage Green acrylic craft paint and weathered it with 3 different shades of brown paint applied with craft sponges. The decals are pulled from a 1965 Chevy Stepside Pickup kit. The interior is mostly scratch built. It's painted a light brown and weathered with black calligraphy ink. I modeled the interior after the Divco Milk Truck interior. The interior junk includes 3D printed Grizzly Tobacco cans, rolls of duck tape, crushed energy drink cans, a skateboard, a broken bottle, a fuel can, a pair of jumper cables, some oily rags, a bobblehead dog, two boxes of Champion Spark Plugs, a real metal greasy chain, a Coleman Cooler, a Duncan Donut box with a donut inside, a box of Kleenex with real Kleenex inside, and a melted Crunch candy bar on the dashboard. The steering wheel is salvaged from my parts box. The seat is also salvaged from my parts box. The Guage cluster is made of some jewelry necklace rings and some UV Hardening resin. The radio face is 3D printed. The windshield was scratched with an exacto knife blade to simulate a crack. I also drilled three holes in the glass to simulate bullet holes. The frame has been extended to fit the body. The driveshaft is made from scratch. The engine is weathered with black and brown calligraphy ink to make it look greasy. The engine is also plumbed and wired using rubber bead cord and bead wire. I also eliminated the bumpers. The wheels are pulled out of my parts box. I even 3D printed a person figure to go with it.

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  21. I call it THE HEAD HUNTER. Body is dented up with a candle lighter and then painted to look rusty and beat up. Headlights, turn signal lights, and taillights are painted with some calligraphy ink. The wheels and tires are 3D printed by Jaysresinwheels1948 on ebay. The rims are painted with a metallic charcoal gray color. The lift kit is from the Wild Hoss Ford Bronco kit. The transfer case is 3D printed. The front and rear axles have been extended so the wheels would fit. The u-joints on the driveshafts are 3D printed but the rest of the driveshafts are made from scratch styrene tubing. I scratched the windshield with an exacto knife blade to simulate a crack without breaking the window. The engine is box stock except for the air cleaner. That part was pulled out of my parts box. The radiator hose is made from a hollow rubber bead cord with a piece of bead wire inside so that the bead cord will hold it's shape. The interior is painted Matte Black. The carpet and headliner is black craft felt. The seat inserts are made of an American flag ribbon I found at Hobby Lobby. The shrunken head hanging from the rear view mirror is 3D printed. A piece of black embroidery thread holds it on the mirror. The stance looks like it's accelerating down a gravel road. I built a diorama display base for it using a piece of foam board and some model train scenery detail supplies I got at Hobby Lobby. The dust cloud is just some pillow stuffing I had laying around. This is one of my favorite 4X4 builds I've done.

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