Green Mamba 41 Willys

[Dr. Cranky]

Cranky finally got "shiney" in his eyes!!!!

I finally finished this build from last year . . . hope you enjoy it . . .

The chassis . . . .

I did a count recently and between the different metalizer paints from TESTORS, TAMIYA, and other, there must be well over 50 different metalizer colors and shades . . . plenty of choices for chassis and engines . . .

The interior on this Revell kit is one of the easiest and most friendly to assemble and work with . . .

The paintjob on this is House of Kolor and about five coats of clear . . . and lots of buffing . . .

[Dr. Cranky]

Here are just a couple of more pics of the finished vehicle . . .

[Foxer]

That's great looking paint.. love it!

[made007]

nice paint

[george 53]

Cranky, that paint IS CRANKIN!!!! Could you kindly show those of us wat just drool over them kinda paint jobs, HOW you do it? I LOVE flames, and the GREEN ones just FREEK me! The scales(?) on the back look all snakey,an Lizzardy I LOVE it!!!

Ya think mebbe you could show us? Cooldja,Hu,Cooldja? It'd make for a REALLY GREAT magazine article.A 2 parter!

[Guest Gramps-xrds]

EEE Gad Virg. What the heck is that. It looks like something you'd see on the bottom of the ocean .

But it does look cool

[Albert Moore]

As the kiddies on teh interwebz would say- you have skills!!!1! That is some fantastic airbrush work. Excellent build all around!

Cheers,

Albert

[vizio93]

nice paint ya threw on that willys !!! didja use a mesh bag that oranges come in for the scaley look ?

[pstreet]

I remember you posted this body as well as a few other a while back.

Looks fantastic all put together and buttoned up, killer work.

[Geezerman]

Nice model, Crank.

Engine and castings look extra crisp !

[cruz]

This is bad man, looks phenomenal!. Definitely one of my favorite builders here man!!!

[Jantrix]

Wow. That looks stupendous. Fantastic paint work.

[Dr. Cranky]

Thanks for all the wonderful comments, chaps . . . I appreciate them.

[Janne Herajärvi]

Very nice! Cool paintjob and details Ill guess that you like `41 Willys I want that kit too...

[Dr. Cranky]

It's a great kit. On my Top 5 for sure!!!

[camaroman]

Beautifully executed work on that unusual paint scheme...

Edited September 11, 2009 by camaroman

[blubaja]

Ridiculous paint man!! What are those interior decals from?

[Dr. Cranky]

Thanks, everyone.

The interior is made using printouts from GOOGLE IMAGE, my handy printer, and some thinned white glue . . .

[Dr. Cranky]

Oh, man, I forgot to put the chrome trim on . . . darn it, just when I thought I was finished!

It must be my old age!

[Raul_Perez]

That is such a seet engine and chassis to build!!

Another very fine job, Virgil!!

So, how many Revell '41 Willys builds does that make for you?

Later,

[curt raitz]

Poison Ivy...heh!

I love it...your models are an inspiration

I wanna know what set up you use to photograph your work...fantastic photos

c'ya

curt

[Dr. Cranky]

Thanks for the kind words, buddy.

Here's my set up . . . it took me a few years of trying different things out to finally settle on this one, which gives me consitently good pictures . . .