Here's a mockup of the chassie and a picture to show how the roman soldier will look with his arm stickin' out of the left window. The cut-out in the right A-post is to make space for the exhaustpipes.
Here's the latest mock-up. I'm a "slow builder" but I'll try to have this one finished by the end of september.
The driver will be sticking his left arm out thru the side window holding his left hand on an heavily overgrown shifter, also sticking out the same window.
The rear "tires" were made using toothpick-containers combined with old AMT white styrene slicks and the front "tires" were made the same way using some kind of dispenser for vitamin-pills.
The roof has now been "upholstered" using real fabric to look like canvas. The chassie will be Red Baron parts and scratchbuilding.
I use an extra "nickname" that I've registred using my wife's relatives' address in the US when doing business with "US Only-sellers". My wife's Uncle re-pack and ship the models surface mail to keep the cost low.
This way, the seller doesn't even know he sells to a person outside the US and I only have to pay the domestic shipping extra which usually is $5-6 or so!!!
The grille-shell is actually a 1/32-piece from an old Aurora '32 Hot Rod but I think it works pretty well on this one as well! And Yes, I did swap the engine.
General rule is that a MIB model is always worth more than a built one.
My meaning however is that models are supposed to be built! That's why I never pay any top $$$ for a kit, but rather wait til I find a cheap one !
Very nice build. I love seeing oldies built like this!!!!No "high-tech,p/E,resin ######, but pure styrene, some glue and paint. Below is my take on the same subject.
This one is probably the funniest AND fastest build I've ever done. The parts went together very easy. It's a curbside , it has very few details and that's why it was fast and easy to build! Also, it came out EXACTLY the way I wanted!!