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On 5/7/2025 at 1:59 PM, Model Guy said:

Maybe someone could do billy gibbons cadzilla ?

I remember going to an NNL West many years ago and saw on the primer table someone had a Cadzilla build in progress! It looked like they started with an AMT 51 chevy Fleetline. I never found out who was building it nor did I ever see that build again.... 😕 

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Im not one to build customs persay.

 

But WOW the amount of work posted here is off the charts 

 

My hats off to you guys 

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These are about as close to 'Custom' that I will get.

 

All are pretty much straight out of the box builds of cars from my youth

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Some very cool and creative rides! I just posted a '34 that I tried to duplicate what was on my mind. I may have tried just a little too hard, but I think it turned out OK.

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On 5/11/2025 at 7:27 AM, Mothersworry said:

Some very nice models, but it seems this Threads gettin a tad off topic...supposed to be about replicas of real Hot Rods and Customs that actually exist/existed in full scale.

Just sayin...

Good catch! I think some folks, like me, got caught up in all the excitement this general topic can conjur up. After adding to the problem, I realized what I had done....my bad! Yessiree

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1 hour ago, Lobo2me said:

Some very cool and creative rides! I just posted a '34 that I tried to duplicate what was on my mind. I may have tried just a little too hard, but I think it turned out OK.

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This one was insipred by a very cool 1:1 '34 seen at a local Cars &  Coffee...but I could find the pics taken that morning. My bad!

 

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This is my replica of the American Graffiti duece coupe. I have already made a post about it somewhere else in it's own thread but hear are the pictures I found.20240602_084128.jpg.170bf358a24c9fe90d367f5ef16f01d4.jpg20240602_084143.jpg.798a747de9bf51e472aeca7ff462e97f.jpg20240602_084151.jpg.c24798f35df6733edcb6d67a20b2436a.jpg20240602_084205.jpg.d19b7f66ba6085c5195b69042d2db7d7.jpg20240602_084358.jpg.67f258b4254df753cc9e21ff4e77e581.jpg20240602_084421.jpg.51987eb0ea568a26d51266c8cada5684.jpg

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I love this thread featuring so many cool rods and custom. I have built quite a number of iconic Custom Car/Hot Rod replicas such as the Sam Barris Mercury and the Hirohata MercuryIMG_0846.JPG.2f2cbcfc7166df750861ebfac1d8decb.JPG2021-03-0811_51_16.jpg.a0cc9da2e5d9eccd64cb5cad50854afd.jpg

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On 5/7/2025 at 10:59 PM, Model Guy said:

Maybe someone could do billy gibbons cadzilla ?

I still have one of Revell‘s Foosilac kits, so I‘d say i‘ll maybe try it!

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On 6/2/2025 at 6:55 PM, Lobo2me said:

This one was insipred by a very cool 1:1 '34 seen at a local Cars &  Coffee...but I could find the pics taken that morning. My bad!

 

Another blunder...meant to say, "could NOT find the pics."

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Barris's Bath Tub Buggy...one of his screwier contraptions. I built it a few years from an original mint kit circa 1969, even the decals worked well.

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On 5/11/2025 at 6:45 AM, Brudda said:

This is my favorite category. The freedom to create. 

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Really sweet '34. I posted one recently, but I got in over my head on mods and customizing. Yours is much cleaner and smoother. Well done!

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In 2010 I got to visit the amazing American Museum of Speed in Lincoln Nebraska where I saw the fullsized version of the Red Baron. I grabbed a bunch of photos for research and came up with this version using the correct Pontiac OHC straight six.  The chassis has been lengthened and a number of other details added, including the German helmet from a small Matchbox car that I used for an aircleaner. The hardest part was trying to reverse the headers - not as good as I would have liked but there comes a time when you have to cut your losses!

Cheers

Alan

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