ybsluos Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Hi friends. This is my first time posting pictures of one of my builds. My apologies for poor quality pictures. I got this as a built up from a friend. It is the AMT 32 Sedan from the vintage kit including the Willys. It was painted matte red and had the decal on the roof. Those familiar with the kit will recall the side pipes which ran across the doors. I remove them and found that the glue had melted into the body and I wanted to clean that up and re-scribe the door lines. I wanted to keep the original red paint so I decided to tape the car off and paint some of it matte black. I scratchbuilt a simple roll bar and added seat belts. The gas tank is polished aluminum tube with actual .22 shell casings epoxied into the ends. I made windows from acetate brush painted Tamiya Transparent yellow on the insides. The SOHC 427 is an AMT 33 Willys piece from my parts box with MPC Dominator carbs and velocity stacks from a Monogram street machine kit(not sure which one). The chassis is grossly simplified and would never really work in 1:1. I had an assembled Tom Daniel T’Rantula front tire/wheel combo and the suspension from another friend and when I mocked it up it set at the desired stance so on it went, functionality be darned! I made a belly pan of sorts to cover the rear half of the chassis so there is no rear suspension. I wanted a surfboard but did not wish to permanently block the Witch Doctor decal. I scratched a quick and dirty rack made with brass rod and U channel styrene so that the board may be slid in and out of the rack. Lastly I painted the lettering on the doors and surfboard with heavily thinned acrylic craft store white. I am no artist so I will tell you the blob between the words on the surfboard are supposed to be crossed bones! Aarrgghh! I scratched the whole car and board with an X-Acto to beat it up a bit. I cut lots of corners on this one but working a lot of hours in retail over XMas did not leave much building time. I wanted to finish something before the end of the year though so corner cutting it was. Considering that it was not meant to be super detailed, was meant to use parts up from my junk boxes, most of it came to me dirt cheap from my buddies, and that a vintage build was able to live on with much more horsepower I am happy with it. It was a blast to build a more relaxed project. It’s got some silly aspects but I hope you guys like it. Cheers-Mark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ybsluos Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 I didn’t realize how much text I wrote until I posted this! I’ll try not to be so long-winded next time I post something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kron Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Write as much as you like. We all enjoy descriptions of what went into a build. I dig it! Krazy Kool!!😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Very cool!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 I agree with your attaching the information about your build. This gives someone a better understanding of what all you have done. I like the engine and headers. The roof rack is a good addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 That's really neat! I like how low it is, and the addition of the surfboard looks great. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Got a good look, cool rod..fat rear tires, nice headers and decal on the roof is cool too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ybsluos Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 Thank you all so much for the kind comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Very cool Mark. All of the text is just right. Answers questions we may have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 That's a cool combination of cool parts! Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ybsluos Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 7 hours ago, Koellefornia Kid said: That's a cool combination of cool parts! Nice! Thank you Oliver. I love your builds too! I used to live a few hours south of you in Boblingen from 1985-1987. I miss Germany and hope to visit there again someday.-Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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