Chuck Most Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Pink Panzer- It's a chopped and narrowed Revell Hippie Beetle body with a scratchbuilt floor, all perched atop the chassis from the Lindberg/Palmer '34 Ford Roadster pickup kit- the one with two frames. I used the one NOT molded to the fenders! The front axle is from my spares box, and hooks up to a 'bulldogged' buggy spring. The headlights are '32 Chevy and are attached directly to the axle. Since the body kind of looked like an old dirt modified to me after I'd chopped it and whacked off the fenders, I decided to run race car tires- the fronts came from the AMT '66 Galaxie, and the rears came from an AMT '69 Dodge Daytona. The wheels also came from the Daytona. The engine is a (barely visible) '69 Corvair Pancake six from the moldie AMT oldie. It's built out of the box as the hopped-up version. As an extra custom touch, I also left the fan shroud clear. A simple, reliable powerplant for escaping the advancing Allied troops, while still looking cool doing it. The push bumper came from a box of spares, and the 'overcompensation' tailpipes are lengths of K&S aluminum tubing. Assorted parts-box junk does the rest. The paint is that new Testors One Coat Pink, with a dull coat sprayed over it. The Iron Cross decals came from various kit sources.
Harry P. Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 What happened to the photo of that really scary guy in your signature?
Chuck Most Posted December 10, 2009 Author Posted December 10, 2009 What happened to the photo of that really scary guy in your signature? He exploded. It was the strangest thing...
Randy Kern Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 Chuck, that's just too cool! I love those pipes . Ah, the things you can do with a VW Bug are endless. Great job!
voljeepx Posted December 11, 2009 Posted December 11, 2009 Really cool! It's got an old school dirt track modified feel to it. Nice Vdub!
Eric Stone Posted December 11, 2009 Posted December 11, 2009 Ok, those exhaust pipes are a bit over the top, borderline obscene.... ....and I really like them! This is a funky little build, I like it.
Foxer Posted December 11, 2009 Posted December 11, 2009 This is cool.. love those MASSIVE front paws!
Chuck Most Posted December 11, 2009 Author Posted December 11, 2009 Ok, those exhaust pipes are a bit over the top, borderline obscene.... ....and I really like them! That was the whole idea!
Harold Posted December 11, 2009 Posted December 11, 2009 Veddy eenteresting! However, I think the pipes make the pushbar redundant. Sweet.
Chuck Most Posted December 14, 2009 Author Posted December 14, 2009 That is just wild looking. Sadly, it's not as wild as I'd originally envisioned, if you can believe that!
CB Posted December 14, 2009 Posted December 14, 2009 Sadly, it's not as wild as I'd originally envisioned, if you can believe that! Don't be afraid to share them visions wit us Chuck--we can handle 'em well, I think we can Love to see this here with a couple female SS trooperettes standin' way tall over it
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