'29 Highboy Roadster - my first project

[redscampi]

If you saw my thread in the general section you saw that I have a large pile of kits to choose from. This particular car caught my eye because I love the work that's been done already as well as the possibilities that exist. I'm not a huge fan of rat rods, even though I admire the tough look but I do have a thing for cars that are still in work, perhaps because my 1:1 cars are always in a state of "not-finished-ness". My current plan for this rod is to make it look like a car that is in process. The beauty of this is that it will always be "finished" as a model. My goal is to go for realism without hyperdetailing. I want to make sure parts are in scale as much as possible and I'll be scratchbuilding what I can. This is a bit of a first for me so bear with me! This first post is to make sure I get the file linking down for the pictures. I found out quickly there's not much upload room!

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Edited November 22, 2009 by redscampi

[redscampi]

OK, here are some more pictures of the work that has been done to this car. Unfortunately I can't take credit for any of it, and I do not know the origins of the parts. Much scratchbuilding here! Looks like good work to me, I hope I can live up to the high standard.

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[redscampi]

a '29 on '32 rails is a cool project! looks like you got a nice stash of good kits to get back into the hobby with too, good score.

is that your red Plymouth Scamp in you avatar picture?

Dave

Yes, it is a picture of my Scamp when I first got it. I've had it a couple of years and actually have purchased another one since then. It's what I do in warmer weather.

As far as the '29 project goes, I'm trying to decide whether or not to mold the cove into the frame rails. I have seen plain rails like this but the cove looks much cooler. I just don't know if I'm up to it.