Rocking Rodney Rat Posted April 22, 2021 Posted April 22, 2021 I remember seeing a picture of this kit in the ole Auto World (Scranton, PA) catalog as a kid. It's been a holy grail build for me and I finally finished it after a few fitful starts and stops. It's the AMT Piranha chassis and the AMT Studebaker 1953 Studebaker body. -Paint on the body is Testors One-Hit 'Extreme'' (or whatever name they were using when it was discontinued) Emerald Mist. -Frame is Tamiya gloss black with the panels cut out of bare metal foil, matt aluminum color. here's the original box art from back in the '60s.... Thanks for looking.... -RRR
Kit Karson Posted April 22, 2021 Posted April 22, 2021 RRR, Your detail of the Piranha chassis with the BMF is over the top! That and the paint job... ...add one more outstanding build to your ever growing collection of superb art work pieces. -KK
Claude Thibodeau Posted April 22, 2021 Posted April 22, 2021 Hi RRR! Great, and it looks like the low-riding stance of the body is much improved vs the stock kit. Bravo! CT
thatz4u Posted April 22, 2021 Posted April 22, 2021 RRR....Very well done, great use of an old standby model, what will you use the rest of the Stude kit for?
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted April 22, 2021 Author Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, thatz4u said: RRR....Very well done, great use of an old standby model, what will you use the rest of the Stude kit for? HA! I have few scattered around here. That hemi with the over-the-top double blower setup would look good in some kind of funky '60s show rod style 'T' wouldn't it? Other than that, gathering dust.... -RRR
Hmann68 Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 Nice job, and the emerald green is a fantastic color ??
Dennis Lacy Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 Man, this looks bad ass and set on KILL! Awesome work Triple R!!!
mustang1989 Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 Real good shine and good details on this one RRR. Love the color
David G. Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 Nicely Done! Looks good enough to put on the box top! David G.
thatz4u Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 19 hours ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said: HA! I have few scattered around here. That hemi with the over-the-top double blower setup would look good in some kind of funky '60s show rod style 'T' wouldn't it? Other than that, gathering dust.... -RRR use 2 Hemis with double blowers in some unusual rod build....
Scott Colmer Posted May 8, 2021 Posted May 8, 2021 Well done, Rodney! Great solution on the headers. You pulled off an amazing clone!
dimaxion Posted May 31, 2021 Posted May 31, 2021 An Emrald and Gemstone for sure . You achieved your objective with this build . Green is my favorite color . Thanx
alan barton Posted May 31, 2021 Posted May 31, 2021 I don't know how I missed this one but WOW - Rodney, that is stunning. Definitely an improvement on the box art and I can just imagine this in the staging lanes at the Bakersfield Hot Rod re-union. The chopped one in my collection is a salt racer but now I want to do a funnycar! Cheers Alan
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