GrandpaMcGurk

Oh my yes, tidy little mouse motor you have goin' there Jim. The nuts for the power steering lines are cool beans. After all....the devil is in the detail, right?

On with the show........... Here's a scotch tape mock up of one of the ACME GT 500 concealed anti Road Runner weapon systems. The "smart" anti-R.R. missile unit will mount to the bottom of the rear hatch. When the hatch is in the closed position the missiles will be hidden from sight by a dark tinted glass rear window. With the hatch opened the missiles are in launch position. I hope Wile understands that when he fires one or more missiles the thrust will be directed out the rear of the car.................increasing his speed considerably!!!!!! Wile doesn't need a passenger seat.....right? On that side the door will pivot open partially from the bottom....putting a rotating 20mm ACME cannon into firing position. Sure looks like that birds goose is cooked!

Legal? Sure it is. As far as I know, there are no laws against inhaling plastic dust, toxic hobby adhesive and paint fumes, impaling yourself with hobby knifes, eyestrain, frustration, blowing off the honey do list to get a styrene fix and so on.....................what could possibly be more fun than that?

They say "you are what you drive".........

Whoopeeeee, the body needs more filler & sanding but it's all back in one piece now. I can move on to the twisted chassis, wheels, tires and the ACME goodies to put the Road Runner on the menu......."MAYBE"...we all know that the best laid plans of Wile E. have a way of backfiring!

Anybody had grouper cheeks? No I'm not kidding.

Many thumbs up Ira !!!!

Jeeze guys....... If you eat gator at dining place (nuggets in particular) you're getting chunks of dark leg meat etc. Not cool....it tends to be tough and muddy tasting...sort of like big catfish. I hunt, fish and will only take what I'm going to dress and eat, period. Gator tail, as far as I'm concerned is the only part of the gator that goes in my face. It's a lighter meat and not nearly as "gamey"....fried of course! Turtle is the same way.......there are about 5 different textures & flavors in a turtle, some do indeed taste like chicken, others are only suitable for soup or stew. I do all the cooking at my digs (another one of my hobbies) and fresh game is a large part of our diet. I think what I'm trying to get across is....before you say the stuff is dog droppings, try it properly prepared rather than eating something of questionable origin at Billy Joe's truck stop.

Well hey there Virgil, makes me feel all warm & fuzzy knowing I put a grin on your mug. You might consider giving one of these over-sized goof ball cars a try..........I know I'd love to see what the Mad Styrenist comes up with. Toss caution to the wind and build one simply because it feels good. You know you want to!

Great Idea Ryan and thanks. However the missiles will be mounted under the rear hatch lid. When the hatch is closed they will pretty much fill up the real estate where the back seat used to live. The hatch will be hinged at the bottom so that when it's raised the missiles will be in the launch position. They are "smart" missiles so Wile has only to lock in on the Road Runner and fire anywhere from one to all four at once.

Thanks pal....I was trying to introduce a little movement and action into a static model....you know, kinda like a stop action photo.

Good golly Miss Molly...........seems a number of you guys are getting bitten by these "FUN" builds. In all honestly gang, Ira got me started on these goofy 'toon builds, I used to look at his toon builds and think "that's cool and clever" and move on to drilling holes, adding bolts and many hours of tedious detailing to produce a shelf model that I could point to and say "I built that". With these cartoon cars....it's all about imagination & having fun.....sure you can use all the skills you've acquired over the years and detail the max outta one if that's what blows your skirt up. However, you don't have to!!! Remember how much actual enjoyment value we used to get from kits when we were kids? Glue 'em, maybe swap a few parts around and paint them.....done and proud of it! I can't speak for you guys and I'll certainly continue to build realistic models, but with these Loony builds I'm not too concerned with scale, firing order, max details etc. It's all about the fantasy, the fun and not having to spend a small fortune building a cool model. Steve wanted the wheels & tires but rather than toss the rest of the toy...he traded it to me for a kit that I would never get to. We both got what we wanted and none of the toy car goes to the dumpster. I'll use the lights and circuit board, speaker and all that stuff on one of my large scale builds. It's a win, win situation and great fun besides.

I'm liking it.....lots.

Don't need all these toy car bells and whistles.........I'll just put 'em away for another build, maybe, sometime.

BEEP BEEP

Thanks for the kind words guys, as far as the scale goes, it'll be around 1/12th. I did a trade with Steve "aksarben" for this DUB toy car body a while back. Steve, I picked up the photo you posted in your '57 Chevy build, hope you don't mind. This will become the "ACME GT 500"......

ACME Missles......