otherunicorn

It's good to see some progress. I've reached "the last model for a while" stage too apparently. I've not been back at the bench since I finished the rat rod. Oh well.

Oh, come on, get with the theme. I've got a V12 in mine.....

Finally with exhaust pipes!

And here is one I prepared earlier! And the tracked thing made a little progress:

looking great!

I do hope he opened that when it was empty!

Rats don't have to be parts-box builds. It is build a rat OR build something from the parts box. Building a rat from the parts box is just added fun!

I used to belong to a model club. I never did win anything at their tables, though surprisingly one scratch build item did rate a mention in the evening summary. Their main problem with my builds was that I didn't provide them with the instruction sheets so they could compare. Not a creative bone in them. I had a real giggle when they rejected my (shiny) entry for the nationals, and then got around 50% given to each of their entries by the judges. They were so busy following the instructions that they didn't pay attention to injector/ejector marks, mold lines, painting errors etc.! And they thought they were good! My road warrior, built from multiple cars, metal etc, took out its class the year before, and placed 2nd as defending champion at the same show.

I do all my spraying on the back of my ... car! Actually it is a pick-up and I spray on a sheet of wood in the tray. Nonetheless, you can still see the evidence.

No, I only have the few old pics.

I kept on busting those wretched spoked rims. That is one of the problems with salvaging parts from other people's glue bombs.

Wow, we've reached the "days between posts" stage of the build. All the same, this build certainly kept up its momentum for a long time.

And here I was thinking it was British, not that I limited my search to British cars. Must have wasted 3-4 hours looking.....

Did a bit more.

Casually applied some tinted goop to the model....

There is another community build which is discussing turning passenger cars into trucks. Your ute could do double duty!

I found my steering wheel! On the floor, about 2 meters from where I was working, just in front of my huge parts box.

Next step: Some paint, add the roof, then insert windscreens.

I've been a bit overwhelmed of late. An influx of 40 odd models in junkyard form, all of which needed disinfecting/washing/paint stripping etc. (4 or 5 coats? This guy liked remaking his models!) as well as slow progress on the builds - lots of work, no real visible change, has resulted in ... well, bugger all.

The wheels are the closest two wheels that were on the bench just propped under it. I put in pedals, and despite having them well back, they still foul the cab. That's the problem with having such done a savage section to the body. Bah, and my lovely little Model T steering wheel vanished while I wasn't looking. I didn't see where it fell, and can't find it.

I turned a Ford Galaxy into a pretty decent one. Open topped, Countach interior and wheels. Candy orange/yellow fade. Too bad I never took any photos of it. It's long gone now.

Isn't this the sedan version of what Chevy Chase was driving?

Try poking around here: http://www.ausrotary.com/index.php Also look for RX7 specific forums.

See the quote below re another fellow that asked the same thing. While I am not running this build, I'd say anyone who is interested is encouraged to join. The guy who is "running" it doesn't appear to have posted since Feb.