Un-Snaking the Lindberg Serpent T. 1/16 scale T bucket

[Oldmopars]

Where to start, what a pile of complete poo. This thing is ugly beyond ugly. Molded in light blue with scales molded into the 4 part body tub and everything else. Bad chrome, 2 peice tires, poor fit, ugly snakes on the seats, and on and on. I had a plan when I got it to un-ugly the kit and make something cool out of it. I should have just started with the out of production Bull Horn kit and saved myself a lot of trouble. 

I had to sand down the tub, several times to remove the scales, but they kept returning every time I primed it. I think I painted this tub 4 times. It was blue, but I ran out of blue paint and was not going to spend $11 more on this thing. The tub had cut outs for the doors so you would just climb in. I removed that and filled it in, but then had to redo the whole interior to make it match. 

I ended up buying a Bull Horn kit so I could make a copy of the grill. I should have built it and thrown this one. I have been working on this one for over a year and every time I pull it out, I work on it for a little while and get frustrated and put it back. I decided that I just needed to finish it. 

I am not thrilled with it, but here it is. 

[carrucha]

Looks nice.  Glad you finished it.  

[cobraman]

It looks darn good to me.

[Zippi]

I like it.  Great job.

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

Looks cool.  Just finished a turd of a model myself. 

[larman]

Nice job! It is always nice to see a modeler with the determination to overcome. I tend to not be one of those builders......?

[crossfire 2004]

Great build Scott, I too had to combine the Serpent with the Bull Horn to get a decent result.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[TooOld]

Persistance pays off . . . eventually , and you've got more than I do .  Congrats , that's a great looking T-Bucket !

[Snake45]

Wow, I believe you built that kit about as well as it can be built. VERY well done and model on! 

[Dave Van]

Came out great!!

[Dragonhawk1066]

The final result looks pretty darn good to me!

[Oldmopars]

Thank you all for the comments, I am committed to getting all of my WIPs finished, even if they have been a problem. 

[PappyD340]

AWESOME build!

[Koellefornia Kid]

On 9/5/2021 at 12:16 AM, Oldmopars said:

I decided that I just needed to finish it.

That was a good decision, it looks awesome!

[slusher]

Looks great, well done..

[FLHCAHZ]

Looks fantastic.  

[Hmann68]

A friend gave me this kit, unopened, a couple months ago. It’s so ugly on the box that I figured it’s gonna sit in the closet for a long time. Heck of a job you did on yours, looks much much nicer ??

[Mr. Metallic]

Very nice hot rod. i especially like the finish on the seats, they look like real leather.