Dr. Cranky

LOL, just when you think you've seen it all. Great, I really like the imagination behind it.

Nice work. Welcome, and please keep sharing the wonderful eye candy you are producing.

I think that's a nice touch, that tongue sticking out. Nice model, although I've never seen the real drifting events, anywhere. I'd be interested to see it happen live.

Thank, Luis. Yes, I've always been fascinated by that whole region of the country. I mean it's big country out there, lots of uncharted, unknown places . . . anything could go on or happen, and few people would know. Very intriguing.

Thanks for the kind words . . . this one is taking it's slow time in getting there, but I think it will be worth it . . . yes, rust and cammo is tough, but the military builders make it look so easy . . . and they spend countless hours doing the chipping . . . with this one I used salt, and now I am going to do some rust streaking and other assorted (sordid? LOL!) weathering. Please stay tuned in for more progress.

Hey, Rob . . . yes, when I re-cleared I had forgotten that I had waxed the vehicles and the clear fish-eyed and it all went bad after that. Which reminds me of why it is important to make notes on a build and leave them with the model so that you can glance at what has been done to a paint job. My fault all the way, and my impatience. But it did ruin a perfectly productive day. So it goes, right? You win some, you lose some. Yes, I made the rivets with a sewing needle, just taped the lines to keep the holes straight and then eyeballed the spacing . . . it looks interesting because the rivets feel like dimples, which is what they are . . . Anyway, thanks for the comments, buddy. I appreciate the support.

Here are a few more pics . . .

Crazy desert cammo, I know . . . but it sure is fun doing this to a model!

This thing in the few years it was employed as a tracker, it rode through those desert nights, hid out of sight amongst the rocks and shrubs, and all those sandstorms really did a number on its once-beautiful paintjob . . . Hey, that's the story and I am sticking to it's madness!

So you climb on the time machine and in a flash it turns into this: VERY INTERESHTING, says EYEGORE. (Who knew EYEGORE spoke with a German accent?) LOL.

The work continues . . . the chassis . . . all assembled and glued and will be painting using military builders' methods . . . for a much sturdier (and ease of) finish . . .

The rust base coat with the usual DOCTOR CRANKY method: Oh, yes, I was crazy enough to add rivets to all the body panels . . . yeah that took a while and on the finish product it is hardly visible, but subtle and I am happy that they are there . . . How realist? Who cares, it's CRANKYFIED, you CRANKYHEADS, it's for the crazy fun of it. LOL!

Some of the parts (all for the interior) were modified with watch parts . . . just because it's fun, and CRAZY, yes. Here's a look at all the basic components in primer, oh beautiful primer:

Opened the trunk so that the UFO tracking technology and secret cargo would be glimpsed . . . Ah, the imagination is a terrible thing to waste, isn't it? To the rescue comes all these bits from my WARHAMMER 40K bits spares box:

So we begin with beautiful raw styrene, Revell 39 Chevy Coupe . . . I don't know what came over me in terms of turning this body into swiss cheese with all these holes (I guess I've never gotten over seeing Andy Johnson's amazing hot rod done like this). We put as many details as we could just to give it the right "look" to match what EYEGORE had in mind in terms of this being a "secret" type of vehicle . . . not too often seen . . . (hum a stealth 39 Chevy, now there's an idea! LOL)

Well, folks, after ruining not ONE but TWO beautifully painted bodies from a couple of years ago. Well, here, take a look so you can share my frustration: My Tiki 49 Merc . . . yes, ruined, and Both ruined because of frustration . . . anyway, in order to fight back, I decided to build one of my many unfinished project, so EYEGORE chose this one . . . A 39 Chevy I had started two years ago but lost interest . . . Here's the story: I have always wanted to build an early fat-fendered Chevy turned military vehicle. But what? What could it be, so after much "crankyfication," here's what I've got: An AREA-51 UFO TRACKER put into "secret" service in the general vicinity of the Southwest where all these UFO landings (circa early 40s) are taking place . . .so one thing led to another an here we are: Hope you enjoy it. Stay tuned in for pics of the build in progress . . .

Wow, the eye candy keeps flying out of this build. Amazing developments with this build. Keep it going, you definitely have EYEGORE salivatin' big time!

You are clearly having a blast. It's addictive, the fun!

Oh man, I hope you can take a better pic of this beauty. It looks fabulous, but the pic is blurry . . . Keep up the good work.

Woo-Hoo, 161 is in DA HOUSE! Beautiful. Love the Tim Boyd Trailer article. Lots of eye candy in this issue. Thanks, Harry, Gregg, et al!

THANK YOU, that's a great resource.

Don't despair. Use a vacuum cleaner and then look through what it picks up . . . also an oil cap might be an easy thing to replicate, or if you have watch parts, you can look through them.

Yes, there you go build a rat rod or build a post apocalyptic vehicle. It's a great way to break the routine and have some great fun.

Not yet, but I'd like a set, sure. . . .

Adam, thanks for the information. I am really planning to be there. I'll bring a few of the models and have a good time.