AMT Lil' Roamin' Chariot reissue 1:25 scale

[ea0863]

I just got the Round2 reissue of the John Bogosian Lil' Roamin' Chariot, and had to drop everything else to build it! The last time I built this model was in the early 70's, and it was as much fun this time to assemble as it was the last time . For those attacking this model soon, I wanted to include a few observations along with the photos.

 

 

 

In terms of assembly, the engine will have no mounting points to the frame. In my case, I added .020" styrene to the frame rails to approximate engine mounts. I initially had the engine parallel to the frame rails, but realized it created clearance issues with the intake stacks hitting the body - thus the engine was moved to its slightly nose-forward position. If I had it to do over again, I would also have moved the stacks a little more forward on the intake manifold. It seems like every photo I have seen of this model, the stacks are rubbing on the body. The radiator interior appeared a bit sparse, thus I repurposed one from my stash to fill in the space. Other than that, the rest of the build was very straightforward.

Paintwork consisted fo the following: 

Engine - Rustoleum Real Orange #327873

Frame - Testors Candy Apple Red #1605 over Testors silver

Crest plumes - Dupicolor Elec. Currant Red #DSFM317

Body and shield - Tamiya TS21 Gold over gray primer

Tank and steering controls - Tamiya TS35 Camel Yellow

Seat - Tamiya TS57 Blue Violet

The jewelry idea was from @Casey who posted his beautiful build on this site using 1mm rhinestones on the body, and 3mm ones on the frame. In my case, the former came from Michael's under the name Light Siam Austrian Crystals #739521 and the latter from Hobby Lobby under the name Paper Studio Adhesive Gem Strips #2084028. Thank you Casey for the great idea!

Finally, the tank straps are 1mm fingernail art tape.

Edited Friday at 07:44 PM by ea0863

[ford fan]

I plan to buy this one soon (I'm fan of vintage show rods/show cars).

Thank you for your advices, it will be of great help.

Your model is great, superb paint & flawless building !

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19 minutes ago, ford fan said:

I plan to buy this one soon (I'm fan of vintage show rods/show cars).

Thank you for your advices, it will be of great help.

Your model is great, superb paint & flawless building !

Have fun building it Bertrand, and thank you for the kind words!

[Rich Chernosky]

Emre...never have seen anything like this.  Its very cool .   And your execution on this is flawless. A great build and glad you had a good time with it. 

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6 minutes ago, Rich Chernosky said:

Emre...never have seen anything like this.  Its very cool .   And your execution on this is flawless. A great build and glad you had a good time with it. 

It's hard to take these fantasy builds too seriously, but on the other hand, that's kind of what makes them so much fun to do!

[Earl Marischal]

Not my bag usually but this is superb work.

steve 

[karbuildr]

Now that's just plain cool. Outstanding build.

[Dragonhawk1066]

Very well done!

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1 hour ago, Earl Marischal said:

Not my bag usually but this is superb work.

steve 

 

41 minutes ago, karbuildr said:

Now that's just plain cool. Outstanding build.

 

26 minutes ago, Dragonhawk1066 said:

Very well done!

Thank you gentlemen for the kind words!  

[Jim Dodson]

Buying this kit if for no other reason than to have those SWEET headers in my parts box inventory!!

Sweet looking model I don't recall having seen this one when first released.

[ea0863]

2 hours ago, Jim Dodson said:

Buying this kit if for no other reason than to have those SWEET headers in my parts box inventory!!

Sweet looking model I don't recall having seen this one when first released.

Thanks John. If you're interested in cool headers, check out the other models designed by John Bogosian as well - - - such as the Li'l Gypsy Wagon, Li'l Gasser, Li'l Hot Dogger, Li' Stogie, Li'l Yeller, Hemi Howler, etc. Lots of cool headers!

[Kah puts]

Holy moly that thing is nuts, just makes me smile 👍

[ea0863]

56 minutes ago, Kah puts said:

Holy moly that thing is nuts, just makes me smile 👍

Thanks Glen! If it made you smile, I consider my mission accomplished  

[Cool Hand]

Interesting, dont see many Show Rods on the forum.

Super clean build, excellent paint work and assembly.

Well done.

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1 hour ago, Cool Hand said:

Interesting, dont see many Show Rods on the forum.

Super clean build, excellent paint work and assembly.

Well done.

Thank you much Luke!

[TooOld]

As a Show Rod fan this one has never been very high on my list but that's a real beauty !  Great job !

 

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6 hours ago, TooOld said:

As a Show Rod fan this one has never been very high on my list but that's a real beauty !  Great job !

 

Thank you Bob!

[PappyD340]

Really cool build, well done!

[shoopdog]

I love it!

 

[meechum68]

One word- Badass!! 

That is so cool, I have never seen that kit, and it is so wildly awesome!!  That is a work of art!!  

[BKF]

Really cool build! I'm thinking I'll be getting one of these kits after seeing a few builds.

[Model Guy]

Cool!

[ea0863]

4 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Really cool build, well done!

 

2 hours ago, shoopdog said:

I love it!

 

 

1 hour ago, meechum68 said:

One word- Badass!! 

That is so cool, I have never seen that kit, and it is so wildly awesome!!  That is a work of art!!  

 

1 hour ago, Model Guy said:

Cool!

Thank you gentlemen for the kind comments!

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1 hour ago, BKF said:

Really cool build! I'm thinking I'll be getting one of these kits after seeing a few builds.

Thanks Brian! It's so funny, just a couple of months ago, a glue bomb of this model would have gone for hundreds online. I had even offered $80 for a shell of this model and was turned down. Two months later, you can pick them up for $30 and change.  

[Zippi]

That is just so kewl there EMRE.  Great looking piece of eye candy dude.