Andria H

distressed sleeper, aged Jimmy Flintstone cab, and a bed upcycled from thrift store rejects, loaded with lots of tools and that sleeper that's just 5x2 of fame in song & story, set up as an old timer working rig for a handyman/mobile mechanic.

From little boxes of scrap early Ford & big rig bits, do mighty working rigs grow. This was a bit of everything under the sun as far as my spare parts collection goes, and sprayed Komatsu Yellow rattlecan. Sadly it was broken and parts scattered. I am going to build another someday, probably a 1/20 Gabriel cast iron one.

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Built mostly out of the box except for the mechanical fuel injection, Gambler sprint car steering gear, front wheel/tire/brake, rear rims, stereo, and some decals and hand painting. Tried to try for a psychedelic show trike theme with the Victorian hansom cab-styled body and steering wheel instead of handlebars.

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was given an incomplete toy VW at a VW show & shine/swapmeet. The modifications were right up my alley, but lots of parts are missing, a bad paint job covered the stock iridescent light blue paint and I stripped it. Filled/deleted running boards lie under the currently drying Glidden matte black paint, door panels made from scrap styrene with lightening holes will be used & painted silver, a narrowed NASCAR dash face will be used with a Moon tank in the frunk, interior will be made to look like rat rod material with a '40 Ford bench seat, stripped rear seat area, headliner and inside package tray will be made the same way as the door cards and frunk floor, glass will be cut from scrap plastic and Tacky Glued to install, a parts bin 1957 Corvette steering wheel will be used inside, gauges detailed, extra gauges in the engine compartment, and maybe some custom decal graphics and definitely an old pre-EU German plate. Engine, exhaust, etc. are OK, but parts bin drag tires and Halibrand wheels will be used on cut bamboo skewer stock axles. Long ways to go from here, but it will be a fun little rebuild nonetheless.

Reworked Matchbox '53 Chevy Suburban, the front/rear glass, one front seat, and the dash are all that's inside other than the HO scale farm items inside the back, and it has a basswood veneer wood inner floor.

Started with this rather blah Motormax/Showcasts '69 Dodge Super Bee from Walmart. Thorough interior detailing, weathering the chassis and engine, a light coat of Testors Dullcote on the paint & interior, aged wheels with parts bin tires, and a bit of chrome detail made it outstanding. T

Found this Spec-Cast bank on ebay for cheap. Took it apart and sanded/aged it, added Ed Roth decals and contingency logos, aged it all over/all around, added parts bin tires/wheels/axles, altered the ride height, removed the bumper, and added all kinds of stuff like an 8-track player, floor shift, Bell style race steering wheel, Sun tach on column, and a worn Oregon rear plate

Hi all, I'm planning to get one of these as my first full 3D print build. Have settled on a color scheme of Tamiya candy lime over Tamiya primer with carefully masked/painted black sweeps on the side and a black & tan interior. Any advice on these builds? Cannot afford Revell Chrome and dislike Molotow, so may try Baremetal Foil on the big brightwork parts since my local hobby store has it in the paint aisle and carefully paint/wash the rest. What kind of easily available engine can be doctored up into the stock AMC 327 from the 1/1? Thinking a 1/24 Mopar small block might be an ok start. And for the windows? Guessing to use pop/seltzer bottles or clear deli containers? Also how to get the tires looking right? Good news is I can hand letter the Nash script or just the capital N monogram in the wheel centers with a new ultrafine red Sharpie.

Thanks! In those days the Thunderbird was truly a Lincoln Mark series without the price tag and prestigious name.

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AMT/Stevens International '71 Ford Thunderbird. Built mostly out of the box except for underhood details, front wire axle delete and engine plumbing. Paint is Tamiya Light Gun Metal Gloss, with Tamiya Dull Red interior drybrushed with maroon craft acrylics & wood details. I have plans for more of these at other trim levels and color/top/wheel & tire designs as well as possibly a St Tropez convertible conversion at the least.

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thank you! definitely could. Or where I am from in the PNW with the volcanic soil

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definitely agreed. Probably would have been done to a 6cyl rust bucket/a flood or fatality car/etc just for consolation purposes

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thanks all! Espo, it's a red shop towel.

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Last progress note before decals. 2-tone blue paint & front glass are marked up and muddy, wheels/tires dusty & muddy along with interior, Ford 351 Windsor V8 and 4-speed transmission are detailed, "duck tail" rear spoiler installed, and overall made to look like it's been used and raced on dirt oval or figure-eight tracks. Decals will include Hamm's Beer insignias and a few others plus numbers and contingencies.

This is the Atlantis Fireball Dragster with an AMT stovebolt six wearing a Henderson cross flow head and straight pipes and Hilborn injection, and a few other upgrades. Next one I do, I think will be an MPC '33 Chrysler straight eight with custom Hilborn injection system or log manifold running AMT '53 Ford truck custom carbs and air cleaners, and better front wheels, or maybe a Mobius Twin-H Hudson six with some modifications.

Got Found in a moldy/brittle original box as a decent bone build, albeit dusty and missing a few bits. Painted it Tamiya Mica Red over the polished stock plastic, added trim, detailed and repaired the interior, complete with the 3 on the floor shifter that signifies the hi-po package slant six. All glass/chrome/tires/etc original orsporting hand painted detailing. This was a grail kit since I was a kid. Finally have a nice buildup of a car unloved in America but loved in South America. Southern Africa and Oceania/the Antipodes.