AMT Lil' Hot Dogger Showrod

[OldNYJim]

MY wife got me this for Christmas (good wife!!):

 

 

Make a little start on it this week - tidying up some parts for primer, and so on.  Started with the engine, as is tradition:

 

Modified the intakes a tiny bit to make room for a resin distributor mount from RMCoM:

 

 

Assembled the chassis (which wasn't a huge job seeing as this step is only two pieces )

 

 

And re-made the floor part because the kit one had some HUGE ejector pin marks in it...it was easier just to cut another one out of some styrene sheet:

 

 

Anyone built one of these?  Anything to watch out for?

 

More soon!

[OldNYJim]

A little update - got a bunch of chassis pieces painted...I used Createx sealer, Tamiya Chrome and then Tamiya Clear Red - love the look of these!

 

 

Whilst I'm waiting for those to dry I shot the little canopy that mounts to the front of the cab with some Createx Opaque white and Opaque red - I'll hit this with some matt clear when it's dry to make the finishes consistent and make it look fabric-y:

 

And after cleaning up all the ejector pin marks and shooting some sealer I started the paint on the wooden cab pieces that make up the doghouse - I've got a specific idea of how I want this to look, and it'll take a few steps, but for the first one I shot some Createx Transparent Red. More on that soon!

 

 

Thanks for looking fellas!

[Vincent631]

Very cool build. Autoworld had the hot dogger on clearance. When I went to order it was out of stock. I can't wait to see what it will look like all finished!

[OldNYJim]

Thanks Vincent!

Started doing some assembly on the engine today...love the look of the shiny chrome with that candy red block and trans!

 

 

I had to sand smooth and BMF the air filter to get it perfect and remove some mold lines -  the BMF covered it perfectly!

 

 

More soon!

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Nice work so far

[stavanzer]

Looking Great!  I like the Red.

[OldNYJim]

Thanks fellas!  Got a little sidetracked on this one - we had visitors the last few weeks, but I'm back at it now I've got some time again...

Got the engine finished - used some watch parts to make some pulleys for the engine and used some dark grey Washi tape for a fanbelt, and made a distributor so I could wire it:

 

 

Found some springs to replace these things...

 

 

...with these things:

 

 

And same for the rear:

 

 

The kit axles are both chromed, but the flash and mold lines were so nasty I decided to strip them, shoot them silver and hit them with candy red to match the chassis.  I think they look pretty cool!

 

 

Still some parts to paint (the suspension linkage arms had the same mold lines and imperfections as the axles so they'v been stripped so I can redo them too) but it's getting close to being a roller!

 

More soon!

[OldNYJim]

Had some more time to work on this in the past week or so - got the suspension finished up and got it into a roller:

 

 

Got the metal grills painted on the dog-house body panels:

 

 

Used some BMF for the dash and flowed some thinned Createx paint in there for the gauges:

 

 

And today I spent some time putting the body together:

 

 

 

And by this point it was nearly time to assemble it for good!  Got the Moon tank and the grill in there, with a watch-winder for a cap for the radiator (excuse the fingerprints):

 

 

Got the body on the frame:

 

 

Got the canopy mounted above the windshield, and added the steering rack (which I detailed up with some mini rubber o-rings that Eric Ritz put me onto):

 

 

And it's almost done!  Next pics will probably be of it finished, as long as I don't drop it or something!

 

Oh, and what krazy kustom dog catcher would be komplete without a kustom-painted kandy fire-hydrant to go with it!

 

 

More soon!

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Was the hydrant in the kit? I do not recall it. Looking really good

Edited June 16, 2019 by Modelbuilder Mark