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[kasteer]

[size="6"]BEWARE OF THE DEATH WAGON!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA....

Can I start making weapons now???????

[Jantrix]

Guys, I'm going to take mine a little bit more from the original Deathrace 2000 I'm thinking. The dull industrial black/steel/iron look just isn't that attention grabbing. The idea behind Deathrace is that it is a televised organized sport. We as Americans don't care for bland entertainment, even if we enjoy the actual sport. Which is why our racing teams are all brightly or strikingly colored, our Football jerseys are more eye catching, and our professional athletes/wrestlers/fighters- over the top bold. So I figure that although the cars will look a bit road-weary, they would be bold and eyecatching, thus easier to see your favorite driver. Perhaps even wearing sponsorship logo's. Lets face it, a society screwed up enough to embrace Deathrace, would definitely do that kinda thing. NASCAR WITH A BODY COUNT!

So my entry will have the same armor and weapons, it will just look more organized, more thought out. And it will be sporting some eyecatching paint. If it ever stops raining.

Or it could be that I'm just thinking too much into all this. But hey that's the kind of guy I am.

Looking forward to starting on Friday.

[diymirage]

Guys, I'm going to take mine a little bit more from the original Deathrace 2000 I'm thinking. The dull industrial black/steel/iron look just isn't that attention grabbing. The idea behind Deathrace is that it is a televised organized sport. We as Americans don't care for bland entertainment, even if we enjoy the actual sport. Which is why our racing teams are all brightly or strikingly colored, our Football jerseys are more eye catching, and our professional athletes/wrestlers/fighters- over the top bold. So I figure that although the cars will look a bit road-weary, they would be bold and eyecatching, thus easier to see your favorite driver. Perhaps even wearing sponsorship logo's. Lets face it, a society screwed up enough to embrace Deathrace, would definitely do that kinda thing. NASCAR WITH A BODY COUNT!

So my entry will have the same armor and weapons, it will just look more organized, more thought out. And it will be sporting some eyecatching paint. If it ever stops raining.

Or it could be that I'm just thinking too much into all this. But hey that's the kind of guy I am.

Looking forward to starting on Friday.

if you cant get it with a flashy paint do what all the big american sports do:

get some hot chicks with big boobies in skirts to jump up and down

also, i do have one special little paint trick in store for this baby.

speaking of this baby, the wife forbade me to kill the revell kit for this build

so its of to micheals to (hopefully) pick up a streetburner kit of the 68 (or 69) charger

Edited August 21, 2008 by diymirage

[Darrell Gwinn]

Ok, Im jumping in on this one. Starting point will be an AMT '62 Bel Air super stock. It may not be an Impala, but she will be called 'Impaler' ....

Edited August 21, 2008 by Dirk

[Jantrix]

if you cant get it with a flashy paint do what all the big american sports do:

get some hot chicks with big boobies in skirts to jump up and down

Man, you say that like it's a bad thing!

also, i do have one special little paint trick in store for this baby.

speaking of this baby, the wife forbade me to kill the revell kit for this build

so its of to micheals to (hopefully) pick up a streetburner kit of the 68 (or 69) charger

Yay for the wife, give her a hug from us! I have seen the Dukes 69 at Michaels recently.

[diymirage]

Man, you say that like it's a bad thing!

Yay for the wife, give her a hug from us! I have seen the Dukes 69 at Michaels recently.

the bad thing about the cheerleaders is when you get caught watching them

lol

dukes of hazard charger huh ?

for my project haz-mat...hadn't really thought of it yet

[Dr. Cranky]

Nice, everything's coming together! The troops are getting restless to build something!!!

[JAFFA]

No, the Peterbuilt...

Guys, I'm going to take mine a little bit more from the original Deathrace 2000 I'm thinking. The dull industrial black/steel/iron look just isn't that attention grabbing. The idea behind Deathrace is that it is a televised organized sport. We as Americans don't care for bland entertainment, even if we enjoy the actual sport. Which is why our racing teams are all brightly or strikingly colored, our Football jerseys are more eye catching, and our professional athletes/wrestlers/fighters- over the top bold. So I figure that although the cars will look a bit road-weary, they would be bold and eyecatching, thus easier to see your favorite driver. Perhaps even wearing sponsorship logo's. Lets face it, a society screwed up enough to embrace Deathrace, would definitely do that kinda thing. NASCAR WITH A BODY COUNT!

So my entry will have the same armor and weapons, it will just look more organized, more thought out. And it will be sporting some eyecatching paint. If it ever stops raining.

Or it could be that I'm just thinking too much into all this. But hey that's the kind of guy I am.

Looking forward to starting on Friday.

That actually made me rethink my paint idea!

[84vanagon]

Guys, I'm going to take mine a little bit more from the original Deathrace 2000 I'm thinking. The dull industrial black/steel/iron look just isn't that attention grabbing. The idea behind Deathrace is that it is a televised organized sport. Lets face it, a society screwed up enough to embrace Deathrace, would definitely do that kinda thing. NASCAR WITH A BODY COUNT!

So my entry will have the same armor and weapons, it will just look more organized, more thought out. And it will be sporting some eyecatching paint. If it ever stops raining.

Or it could be that I'm just thinking too much into all this. But hey that's the kind of guy I am.

Looking forward to starting on Friday.

I like the idea too. The "3000" cars are neat, but kind of drab looking.

Who knows there may be enough entries to have both old school "2000" type cars and new "3000" cars. The 66 Riveria in the new movie is pretty cool looking though.

[diymirage]

wife made a call on the 68 revell special edition kit, thats a no go

so this is my entry

69 charger RT

(i might still use the 68 body because it does not have the vinyl top)

and this is a little sumting i came up with for all the custom fabs i will be doing

(first time ill use plastruct ever)

figured i would build a scale model of a brake press to make some nice even folds

[evilone]

Guys, I'm going to take mine a little bit more from the original Deathrace 2000 I'm thinking. The dull industrial black/steel/iron look just isn't that attention grabbing. The idea behind Deathrace is that it is a televised organized sport. We as Americans don't care for bland entertainment, even if we enjoy the actual sport. Which is why our racing teams are all brightly or strikingly colored, our Football jerseys are more eye catching, and our professional athletes/wrestlers/fighters- over the top bold. So I figure that although the cars will look a bit road-weary, they would be bold and eyecatching, thus easier to see your favorite driver. Perhaps even wearing sponsorship logo's. Lets face it, a society screwed up enough to embrace Deathrace, would definitely do that kinda thing. NASCAR WITH A BODY COUNT!

So my entry will have the same armor and weapons, it will just look more organized, more thought out. And it will be sporting some eyecatching paint. If it ever stops raining.

Or it could be that I'm just thinking too much into all this. But hey that's the kind of guy I am.

Looking forward to starting on Friday.

i got you covered im going to put 24" rims on mine

it will be ballin and killin at the same time

[diymirage]

good news people

i checked all the differences (bront grille and rear pan right?) and all the parts fit both the 68 hardtop and the 69 vinyl so i will be entering the hardtop build up as a 69 model in this build

(i wonder if i could start building the engine and such for the 68) "evil grin"

here are a few more pics

the chassis

the body with a mapping on it

and a racing seat from the partsbox

(dont worry its not installed, just sitting there)

Edited August 22, 2008 by diymirage

[kjadud0667]

ok so im trying to decide if i want to kill one of my 67 plymouth gtx kits and join this build or just sit it out and watch ...

[Jantrix]

It's 12:45am EST on Aug 22. LET THE STYRENE FLY!

BTW- Fay is right overhead- she's a dud, no big deal. Thank goodness.

Edited August 23, 2008 by Jantrix

[RodneyBad]

3"inch Bullet Proof Glass and start of a push/plow bumper.

Still not sure about defense yet tho.

Me with No Military kits to go off of..

[diymirage]

3"inch Bullet Proof Glass and start of a push/plow bumper.

Still not sure about defense yet tho.

Me with No Military kits to go off of..

you beat me to it, i was going to build a similar bumper

i think i might still though

[CB]

3"inch Bullet Proof Glass and start of a push/plow bumper.

Still not sure about defense yet tho.

Me with No Military kits to go off of..

yo Rodney

I believe you'd have a front row seat of Dirty Harry emptying his 44 at yer perfectly angled windshield right before he 'dissappeared' from view--thump!

as for defense, check this out guys-- ifn any of yinz are thinkin of scratchin some weppons

The M134 Gatling Gun by Dillon Aero: http://www.dillonaero.com/

I'm thinkin my Pony ACK ACK ACK would look good with one ridin 'shotgun'

Edited August 22, 2008 by Crap'n Blaque

[diymirage]

i am planning on building a gatling from scratch, just in case anyone decided to enter some of those pesky imports into the race

no need to be wasting the big guns amo on them

anyways, here is the only thing i had time to do today (gotta get to work)

i installed raisers on the front suspension points

this will get the fromt of the car up about 2-3 scaled inches

give it a nice stance (i hope)

ill ad raisers to the back at the very end

Edited August 22, 2008 by diymirage

[kasteer]

It will be agonizing, but I have to wait until at least 5:00pm when I get home until I can work on my ride.

I'll be watching what you post throughout the day though...

[Aaronw]

For those of you wondering how to make weapons, go get yourself some plastic & brass tubing in various sizes and shapes, also some ball bearings, BBs, pellets, fishing weights etc.

If you spend a little time with the stuff the weapons will develop. I built a 4x4 armed & armored Porsche 911 about 20 years ago using this stuff for the weapons with no idea what I was doing. It had a couple of rockets in the bumper, a gatling on the hood and a mine dropper in the back.

Wish I knew what happened to that build, it was fun and I'd like to have it.

Machine guns / light cannon barrels can easily be made by telescoping tubing of various sizes into each other.

Several pieces of small diameter brass tubing spaced around a piece of solid tubing, with the end encased in a larger diameter piece of tubing makes a quick good looking gatling gun.

Rocket launchers are easily done using tubing and a BB, ball bearing or pellet. Just glue one of these inside the appropriate sized tubing and you have a round or pointy nosed rocket slightly visible inside the launch tube. Put several together to make a multi tube rocket launcher.

Various shapes and sizes of tubing make good dropped weapon launchers, rectangular tubing makes a nice chute to a mine layer, several pieces of small round tubing can be used for the nozzles of an oil sprayer, maybe smash the tips a bit for more of a spray effect. Larger round tubing makes a good exhaust port for a smoke screen. Solid round tubing and some sheet styrene can be used to make grenade dischargers similar to the smoke grenade launchers on a tank.

Of course none of this even addresses poking, slashing or bashing weapons, and the various nasty bits these cars seem to sprout.

If you get some of the items I mentioned and just fiddle with it, you will find weapons will just start to come to you.

[CB]

For those of you wondering how to make weapons, go get yourself some plastic & brass tubing in various sizes and shapes, also some ball bearings, BBs, pellets, fishing weights etc.

If you spend a little time with the stuff the weapons will develop. I built a 4x4 armed & armored Porsche 911 about 20 years ago using this stuff for the weapons with no idea what I was doing. It had a couple of rockets in the bumper, a gatling on the hood and a mine dropper in the back.

Wish I knew what happened to that build, it was fun and I'd like to have it.

Machine guns / light cannon barrels can easily be made by telescoping tubing of various sizes into each other.

Several pieces of small diameter brass tubing spaced around a piece of solid tubing, with the end encased in a larger diameter piece of tubing makes a quick good looking gatling gun.

Rocket launchers are easily done using tubing and a BB, ball bearing or pellet. Just glue one of these inside the appropriate sized tubing and you have a round or pointy nosed rocket slightly visible inside the launch tube. Put several together to make a multi tube rocket launcher.

Various shapes and sizes of tubing make good dropped weapon launchers, rectangular tubing makes a nice chute to a mine layer, several pieces of small round tubing can be used for the nozzles of an oil sprayer, maybe smash the tips a bit for more of a spray effect. Larger round tubing makes a good exhaust port for a smoke screen. Solid round tubing and some sheet styrene can be used to make grenade dischargers similar to the smoke grenade launchers on a tank.

Of course none of this even addresses poking, slashing or bashing weapons, and the various nasty bits these cars seem to sprout.

If you get some of the items I mentioned and just fiddle with it, you will find weapons will just start to come to you.

Thanks fer all the tips, Aaron, really cool ideas-and inspirations, but.........."Larger round tubing makes a good exhaust port..... " We're makin DeathRacers, not tuners

[diymirage]

Thanks fer all the tips, Aaron, really cool ideas-and inspirations, but.........."Larger round tubing makes a good exhaust port..... " We're makin DeathRacers, not tuners

tuners fall in the import section

i am planning on building a gatling from scratch, just in case anyone decided to enter some of those pesky imports into the race

no need to be wasting the big guns amo on them

anyways, here is the only thing i had time to do today (gotta get to work)

[Casey429]

For those of you who might not have seen it, check this out...

http://ride.deathracemovie.net/

You can deat race your ride, or someone elses for that matter. I played around for about an hour doing up my real F-150. Hopefully its in the gallery by now, probably towards the end.

Edited August 22, 2008 by Casey429

[kjadud0667]

are we aloud to use premade weapons from are parts boxes ?

[84vanagon]

Whoo hoo! $3.99 at KB toys outlet!

"G T Obliterator"