Lyle Willits Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 Body is original (from the AMT '29 kit reisuues) Ala Kart modified back to Model A characteristics. Frame modified every which way. Interior floor built from many pieces. Straight - 8 engine and wheels & tires are resin from Replicas & Miniatures Co. of Maryland. Front end and steering wheel from Revell midget kit. Tailights are from Revell '49 Merc kit with lenses painted tamiya clear red. Headlights are modified BIC pen capswith KingBee lights inserted from Revell '32 Ford kit. Paint is Tamiya grey/green miltiary color with Testors Wet Look Clear, polished. Darker green is mixed from Polly Scale Paints and clear coated.
Nitrozilla Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 (edited) I was a semi - frequent visitor to the MAMA's Boys meets and events until I moved to Vegas 15 years a go. I remember a number of your builds Lyle and this is another of your best efforts. I'm two tones of green with envy. Edited October 10, 2011 by Batzilla
Mr.Zombie Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 I am loving every single bit of that thing! The stance, motorchoice, paintjob, colors, details. This is truly a masterpiece! Fantastic work Lyle! The only thing that I am not so fond of are the spokes, dunno if it is because they are too thick, or the fact that they are painted, desn't matter, the car is beautiful.
LAone Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 wow this looks really sweet. i like the color combos you have going.
Burnout Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 That is a beautiful, classy model! I like everything about it. Thanks for sharing. KB
Qwit Pushin Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 Love these trad' hot rod subjects, and yours is built to absolute perfection. Thanks for sharing a quality build.
Erik Smith Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 Wow. That is really nice. I like all angles of this build, but the engine really got my attention. Superb job - I am looking in my phone and will have to pull it up on my Mac at home to get a better view. Thanks for posting!
Sixx Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 NICE!!!!!! I dig that motor & the carb linkages!!!!
peter31a Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 BAZINGA! That's a fantastic thing of beauty! That is one of the sweetest rods ever and the colour combo is the bomb as well too! Job well done, sir.
whale392 Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 This is just as beautiful in person as it is on Megabytes! Saw it at this years Toledo NNL, along with some of your other builds.......these are by far some of the nicest traditional style cars out there!
ChrisR Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 Very nice model. The detailing on the carburetors are outstanding.
Chuck Most Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 Might be more than a little too nice to be a full-blown, honest 'rat' rod, but if you blew this up to 1:1 and showed up with it at a rat rod themed event, I seriously doubt they'd turn you down. I just plain love it!
crazyjim Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 That's a pretty cool build. I really like the engine details.
mytricia Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 FABULOUS-FABULOUS-FABULOUS-FABULOUS-FABULOUS!!!!
deathskull59 Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 a rat in a suit haha. :lol: :lol: but that is the coolest looking rat i ever seen and a nice one too.
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