Andy Oldenburg Posted March 13, 2023 Posted March 13, 2023 I had the naive belief that hot rods are quick an easy to build; until I finally made my first one. ? OK, this build is not an "out of the kit" weekend job. Since my last builds were stock or mild custom I wanted to do something very radical. How low can you chop, drop and tunnel a rod before it turns ridiculous? I chopped the roof by 6mm, cut 10mm off the bottom and lowered the chassis so that in real life the roof line would be about 50 cm lower than stock. Yes, that´s radical. If your interested in the making, please check my topic of this build in WIP. This is an AMT kit and I would like to warn beginners from starting with this model. The instruction sheet is a joke. Fortunately you get more parts than you need (2 engines). But try to figure things out without knowledge of what comes in, whats gets left? I´ve seen much better sheets than this. The paint is TAMIYA deep metalic blue. Had the idea with the roll roof after seeing a cut open roof on a hot rod in a magazine. The "press buttons" are short 0.8mm brass rods. Because the body is altered so much, NOTHING else would fit. So the interior tub got chopped, the custom seats were lowered and I had to fit the dash too. The skull shifter knob I molded out of FIMO, a plastic clay. The wheels and tires, the disc brakes and calipers are from scale production. The suspension and steering I had to manufacture completely new. The grill and frame were cut out to become see thru and the grill is aluminum mesh from my local crafts store. The engine has nothing to do with the kit. I built this engine in December from scratch and spare parts with a hot rod in mind, but no models at hand to build. Parts came from 4 engines and my own crafted items like the distributor and the pulleys and belt. The red and blue connectors are 1.5mm glass beads. The brake booster is made of styrene bits and wire. Yes I know, one could hardly drive this beast on public streets, or maybe not at all...? Would probably be a horrible ride for your back, but a showstopper at every traffic light. Front view is overrated if your driving the quarter mile! hope you like it and thanks for looking! 5
rrb124@sbcglobal.net Posted March 13, 2023 Posted March 13, 2023 Details everywhere. Wow. Congrats on this. Would be fun to see it at a model contest. Slammed to earth.
Rattlecan Dan Posted March 13, 2023 Posted March 13, 2023 "That's Outrageous!" I Love It. That's Out of the box creativity. Thanks for posting.
Joe Nunes Posted March 13, 2023 Posted March 13, 2023 Sinister and likable at the same time with all of the details and color choice. Very cool. Well done! ? Joe
espo Posted March 13, 2023 Posted March 13, 2023 Really like looking at all the small details on this build. The finishes all look great on every part you look at.
cobraman Posted March 13, 2023 Posted March 13, 2023 That's wild ! I like that you gave it a slick paint job and not a patina job that is so popular now. Well done !
Koellefornia Kid Posted March 13, 2023 Posted March 13, 2023 Yup, that's radical! Very nice build with a great and mean look and a lot of cool details! Well done!
Slotto Posted March 13, 2023 Posted March 13, 2023 Oh wow, shes done?!? Super nice Andy. Really long! I dig it
Bruce Scully Posted March 13, 2023 Posted March 13, 2023 A lot of great work in this , looks awesome .
Andy Oldenburg Posted March 17, 2023 Author Posted March 17, 2023 Thanks everyone for your applause! ? Feels good. This was a very challenging build, but also very rewarding in the end. My next build will be something "easier" though. At least I believe so now....?
BeakDoc Posted March 22, 2023 Posted March 22, 2023 Stellar custom hot rod! Great attention to detail. Awesome wheel choice as well.
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