Bigdad

I will be starting a new progect soon I'm building a 1/25 White Freightliner log truck. I've always liked the look of cabover semi trucks and living in southwest Louisiana I see filthy old log trucks all of the time. I'm planning on building the day cab version, I'll post progress pictures when I get started.

I'm starting my first project since finally getting back here after a few years by redoing an old project. Several years ago I chopped up a 1/18 diecast 1940 Ford coupe and made it a 1950's dirt track race car. I will probably take it apart strip and repaint the car add new aftermarket race car decals and a figure or two ending up with a diorama. I,m going for the scene of a driver that has just won a race getting his picture taken. I will post some pictures as soon as I can this is an idea of where I'm going with this project.

Hi everyone I've been gone for awhile had a few family issues for the past few years. But I have a new computer and access to the internet again so I plan to hang out here again.

OK, here are the finished pictures of Bubba's Toxic Waste Disposal.

HI guys It's been awhile since I've posted anything in the forum because I have not been building anything lately. I started a project a few weeks ago though called Bubba's Toxic Waste Disposal its a redo of something I built back in the 80s in 1/24 scale. I went a little bigger this time I started with a 1/18 scale die cast 55 Chevy pickup added a scratch built garbage truck back end and a slimy monster. I still have to finish the Bubba figure a trash can for the monster's tentacle and the base, here are a few progress pictures.

I'm not sure if this project belongs here or not but you gotta admit it's cool as all get out, defiantly going on my future projects list. I see a motorized rotor blade in 1/25 scale with figures just like in the picture. I found another picture.

Well I should be able to get back to work on the car know my last purchase of a couple of bucket seats from e-bay will be here today. I was going to try to cut up the bench seat and use it but it just does not like right, plus I have that cool looking photoetch 5 point racing seat belt now. I have been holding off starting the roll cage until I have the seat. I'm having second thoughts about converting the pickup into a car hauler too. The 1/25 scale semi truck tires would work but the wheels look totally wrong, I may just get a trailer for the race car and do a kinda rusty old rat rod look on the truck.

I got the 55 Chevy truck I'm using for the race car hauler in the mail today, the 5 point racing seat belt came on Saturday.

I really like this one....I love converting die cast cars into models that look more like the real thing instead of toys great job.

Here are a couple of pictures of the Chevy truck and racing seat belts for the car that I got on e-bay yesterday.

Thanks Ron, I'm still working on the car it will probably be done well before the truck is though. When I get the truck I'll have to take it apart and draw up some plans for the wedge car hauler back end. I have seen some plans but there all in 1/25 scale it's not like the thing will be very complicated though it looks pretty straight forward. I decided to go with the wedge bed design because all I need to use to build it is sheet plastic I'm trying to decide if I should paint the truck Plum Crazy to match the car. P.S. I just paid for the truck and ordered a racing seat belt setup for the car they will be shipped tomorrow I should get them both next week.

Thank you all for your comments I just won an e-bay auction on a 1/18 scale 55 Chevy pickup to use as a wedge bed car hauler. This is a picture I found of what I want to do with the truck.

Thanks Tom I was wondering if 1/25 scale semi tires and wheels might work I have plenty of them around.

I found another race car hauler picture that I like better I'm bidding on a 1/18 scale 55 Chevy pickup to use on e-bay. I hope I get it but I'll have to get my hands on some bigger wheels and tires for it and a duel wheel set up for the back, then I can use sheet plastic for the ramp.

Thanks for the comments guys. I remember seeing some cars with the doors cut out like that. I think it was so they could get to the driver easier in case of an accident or he could get out of the car quicker. It was usually the passenger side door so that the drivers side door was still intact for protection. I just like the look with the door cut out too, the tires and wheels are from a diecast model of The Car from the James Brolin movie of the same name. A friend of mine gave it to me after it was broken by one of his kids, to use for parts.

I finally got the pictures here is what the 55 Chevy looks like so far, I'll be starting the interior and roll cage next.

Well I'm making progress on the race car I just don't have any pictures yet. I have a friend that takes my pictures for me and he is having computer issues so he can't e-mail them to me. He says he should have things fixed soon so as soon as he sends them to me I'll post them. In the meantime I got another idea I'm thinking that if I can get my hands on a 1/18 scale old Chevy pickup cab and a dually frame and wheels. I will build a race car hauler truck and put the car on it like this.

Making progress on the wheel wells finally, I've used up three Dremel tool sanding thingies to get them done but it's getting there. I'll try to post some progress pictures in the next day or two. After I finish the wheel wells I'll start on the rest of the body work and getting it ready to paint. Then I'll begin detailing the larger engine I'm using and building the roll cage out of plastic sprue.

Yeah that's just right it looks like it's been driven I'm looking forward to seeing the finished diorama. How did you do the bullet holes?

It looks great I think you are right though it kinda looks like it has been driven through mud, I would go a little more subtle on the dirt. From all of the pictures I've seen of the real car the road looked pretty dry. I would go with just a light dusting on the wheels, tires and finders with an air brush or dry brushing myself. Will you be putting the car on a base?

Back in the early 70s when I was a teenager my dad used to take me to the Anderson Speedway here in Indiana on Saturdays. I loved to watch those nasty looking dirt track cars. There were a lot of 55 - 57 Chevys on the track back then. I've decided to take an old 1/18 scale die cast 55 Chevy Belair that I have had for a long time chop it up a bit and make a beat up old race car out of it. I'm going to grind the wheel wells out for bigger tires and fab up a roll cage. I'm thinking about painting it plum crazy purple I want it to end up looking something like this picture. I'll post some progress pictures as I go along.

My Post Apocalyptic Scopedog Diorama is finished I decided to paint the battle Germlin a little different and added the tree. I ended up not putting the tree in the robot's hand I hope you all like it.

I have a few more progress pictures of the Scopedog and the Gremlin, I still have some dry brushing and finish detailing to do on them. I will start painting the interior of the car and the figures next I'm thinking about adding a tree or something.

OK guys here are my progress pictures let me know how you think it's coming along.

I hope to get some progress pics of my dio later this week in the mean time here are a couple of pictures I found online of the two main components. The Scopedog is going to be knocked out laying on it's back with a skeletal pilot figure in the cockpit. A female post apocalyptic warrior will be standing over the pilot gun drawn making sure there is no zombie stuff going on, her 4wd battle Gremlin setting nearby.