DumpyDan Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Very nice work Curtis, are you showing how you put this together in On The Bench Section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 You never know. It might resurrect itself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Not what I was expecting but way cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57peppershaker Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 "But ya cant polish a turd" Great idea and looks real cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 You should have it resin cast! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 ...what an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 On 2019-07-19 at 2:34 PM, webestang said: Fantastic!!!!! I needed that laugh.......! X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 On 2019-07-21 at 9:12 PM, spencer1984 said: That'll buff right out! Looks great, I love it! ? On 2019-07-21 at 10:29 PM, DumpyDan said: Very nice work Curtis, are you showing how you put this together in On The Bench Section? Thanks Dan. It's nothing but crumpled up tin foi,l a wheel/tire, some spare bits and lots of paint and weathering. On 2019-07-22 at 10:15 AM, Bugatti Fan said: You never know. It might resurrect itself! Lol On 2019-07-22 at 10:27 AM, crazyjim said: Love it. ? On 2019-07-22 at 11:46 AM, Geno said: Not what I was expecting but way cool. ? On 2019-07-23 at 6:12 AM, 57peppershaker said: "But ya cant polish a turd" Great idea and looks real cool. ? 21 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: You should have it resin cast! ? I did think of making a mold. The issue is the silicone would get into all the cracks and crevices, which would lock the part in the mold. 3 hours ago, Dominik said: ...what an idea. ? Thanks for the interest and comment guys. I really appreciate them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Very cool! For an encore, you can do Goldfinger's Lincoln Continental. (Or was it Mr. Solo's? Oddjob was drving, so I guess it was Goldfinger's.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Snake45 said: Very cool! For an encore, you can do Goldfinger's Lincoln Continental. (Or was it Mr. Solo's? Oddjob was drving, so I guess it was Goldfinger's.) Thanks Snake. I have another idea. One more intune to a pancake method of crushing a car, allowing for more detail be show. Too bad I don't have a Lincoln kit. Thanks for your suggestion. ? Edit: I found this, skip to the half way point. Edited July 24, 2019 by Rider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rider said: Edit: I found this, skip to the half way point. It always impressed me how that Falcon Ranchero could take the full 2½+ tons of Lincoln Continental being dropped in it and drive off with barely a wobble Edited July 24, 2019 by spencer1984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 16 minutes ago, spencer1984 said: It always impressed me how that Falcon Ranchero could take the full 2½+ tons of Lincoln Continental being dropped in it and drive off with barely a wobble Me too. Not to mention the million dollars' worth of gold in the trunk (And gold was like $35 an ounce in those days--do the math.) I think I read somewhere that they actually broke the Ranchero the first time they tried to film that scene, and had to figger out another way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, Snake45 said: Me too. Not to mention the million dollars' worth of gold in the trunk (And gold was like $35 an ounce in those days--do the math.) I think I read somewhere that they actually broke the Ranchero the first time they tried to film that scene, and had to figger out another way to do it. I was thinking the same. I forgot about the gold in the trunk too. A 1/2 pick up couldn't carry that load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Snake45 said: Me too. Not to mention the million dollars' worth of gold in the trunk (And gold was like $35 an ounce in those days--do the math.) Right, I had forgotten about that. And because I'm a huge nerd, I did: at $35/oz, $1M should be 28,571 oz...convert Troy ounces to pounds, and you've added something like 1,959 pounds to the load. All combined, that's like dropping an M1113 ECV in the back of a Ranchero... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 1 hour ago, spencer1984 said: Right, I had forgotten about that. And because I'm a huge nerd, I did: at $35/oz, $1M should be 28,571 oz...convert Troy ounces to pounds, and you've added something like 1,959 pounds to the load. All combined, that's like dropping an M1113 ECV in the back of a Ranchero... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragmodels44 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I cry when I see those cars getting crushed. I couldn’t find the clip but how about the scene from the original Gone in 60 Seconds when Madrian crushes the Tor-Red ‘73 Challenger R/T that he had to steal from the Dealership lot! Heartbreaking!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I liked the prehistoric GPS tracking device in the T-Bird.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I can't help but to keep coming back to look at this. Such a cool idea. Very creative and well done. I would never had thought to build something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) On 2019-07-25 at 1:49 PM, dragmodels44 said: I cry when I see those cars getting crushed. I couldn’t find the clip but how about the scene from the original Gone in 60 Seconds when Madrian crushes the Tor-Red ‘73 Challenger R/T that he had to steal from the Dealership lot! Heartbreaking!! You'd have had a melt down knowing what I've seen.? My grandfather owned a big wrecking yard, once a year a mobile crusher rolled in. I grew up hanging around/in that yard in the '70's and early ''80's. 18 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: I liked the prehistoric GPS tracking device in the T-Bird.... I dig the map graphics too. 18 hours ago, cobraman said: I can't help but to keep coming back to look at this. Such a cool idea. Very creative and well done. I would never had thought to build something like this. ??That's why I build. I only wish I had originally thought of this idea. Nothing gets me into building wacky out of the box stuff more then hearing it made someone smile and or laugh. I truly build for myself, but when it makes someone smile and laugh, that's even better. Edited July 27, 2019 by Rider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose1957 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 I used to be into model railroading big time and belonged to the Miniature Railroad Club of York, PA. We created a junkyard scene on the layout and used tinfoil to make a scrap pile. We cubed it up and stacked it like 3 or 4 high and about 6 deep to create a pile ready to be loaded by magnet crane into rail gondolas for shipment to our steel mill. Wish I had some pics of it to share, it looked pretty cool. The scrapyard scene was removed years ago to make room for something else though. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Rider said: You'd have had a melt down knowing what I've seen.? My grandfather owned a big wrecking yard, once a year a mobile crusher rolled in. I grew up hanging around/in that yard in the '70's and early ''80's. You could spend all day watching them crush cars on YouTube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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