1/43 Hot Wheels Studebaker Funny Car Mod

[surfjunke]

This started out as a Hot wheels die cast I found @ a toy outlet store. This sat in the collection for a few years before I figured out what I wanted to do with it.

After taking the car apart, the surgery began. The rear body was shortened by one scale foot. The roof was angle chopped by 3 scale inches. Evergreen plastic was used to fill in the header exits in the body, blower opening in the hood & the new lower nose section. The parts were "tack" glued was CA glue & then finished glued with JB Quick Weld. I also used the JB Weld as a filler, is sands & feathers very well. The headlights were ground flat with a motor tool & Evergreen rod glued & flared the fenders to accept MV lenses.

As noticed, I did not strip the paint, only removing the paint where needed & sanding the rest smooth. The die cast companies bake their paint finishes & they are very tough to chip. I have not found a primer yet that sticks to the metal like the factory paint, no mater how I prep the body. I have tried many types of paint. Any suggestions out there.

The wheels are from Renaissance of France. The make quite few different modern wheel sets as well as some fine 1/43 & 1/24 multi medea kits.

The chassis pan & interior are all from Evergreen sheet & strip plastic. Dash is from the parts box. The seats are resin castings a friend made for me from a master I made. The etched harnesses are from Tameo.

Paint was acrylic lacquer primer, followed by a white HOC base coat. The 2 colors were from House of color bought from Black gold. The stripe is cut Mirco Scale decal film. All was covered with Dupont 2 part clear.

Edited September 13, 2011 by surfjunke

[Hoosierfarmboy]

Neat build there. I have done some 1/43rd units. Won a 2nd Place @ Dery City Shootout recently. My model(s) were a Peterbilt rollback with a 32 Roadster pickup as its load. You have inspired me to do some mod work on a door slammer sometime.

[white-snake]

That is a really awesome build, I love the color combo. What is the name of the purple you used from HOC?

[Scale-Master]

Exceptionally well done! Great detail work and beautifully finished. The colors and style really set it off.

[surfjunke]

Chris, the HOC purple I used is called Violet Pearl, which I bought from Black Gold.