29 Hiboy Roadster

[bill-e-boy]

This is an old build from the 80's

AMT 29 Roadster from the Ala Kart double kit with black Duco paint - the real deal with no clearcoat - just colour sanded and rubbed out

Interior, screen and guauge panel from the Ala Kart 

Wheels and tyres from an 80's release of the Revell 56 F100

Motor and blower from scrap box with carb from an AMT 69 Fairlane Cobra 

Rear end from a Lil John Buttera kit

The chassis is fully scratch built as back in the day we did not have a kit to rob a pinched 32 frame from. I used an AMT 32 for the frame rail dimensions and went from there

Look at the pix and you will see lots of added detail stuff mostly from scratch

I will post pix of some of my older builds over time  as I get around to photographing them

 

 

[bill-e-boy]

Oops - should have been posted under glass

[falcon wagon]

Very nice

[NZanglia]

52 minutes ago, bill-e-boy said:

Oops - should have been posted under glass

Wouldnt have seen it for a while if you hadn't posted here.

Sweet build Cuz. What part of Aotearoa are you from? Me, Im in the sunny Wairarapa .

[alan barton]

Very cool.  A dear, sadly departed friend of mine street drove and raced a remarkably similar car .  Black with a red interior, 32 grille and Centreline style wheels. Twin tunnel ram instead of the blower on a very healthy small block. This brings back some memories!

Cheers

Alan

[tim boyd]

Tasty Baste!  This is a great example of the best possible type of model car replicating a '29A/'32 rails highboy roadster back then. 

At that time, any such model was a major scratchbuilding project and Bill did a great job of combining that with the best of the existing parts from kits available then.   Congrats Bill!   TIM

[doorsovdoon]

Beautiful looking rod. Those wheels are Huge!! I love it.

[misterNNL]

Thanks for posting this sweet  A bone rod. Looking forward to seeing more of your creations.

[bill-e-boy]

Thanks guys for for the kind words

Yup you are correct Tim - no photo-etch or resin stuff available then so had to do it the hard way and do with what we had to hand

NZAnglia - over the hill in windy Palmy

[Modelbuilder Mark]

really cool! Very nice rendition and it looks like it is holding up well and well cared for. 

[slusher]

Absolutely gorgeous!!

[ewetwo]

Looks great.