Chuck Most Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 This kit was given to me by Ed Hulings, owner of my local hobby shop, Hulings Hobby House. I got this one, and the 'Beach Bunny Catching Rays' kit. I'm normally not into these types of kits, but I agreed to build them for a window display- this was the first one I finished. There is actually a warp engineered into the kit body- the body is skewed to the passenger's side a bit. But there was some severe, unintentional warp in most all of the parts- lots of tape, clamps, and rubber bands were used in order to hold everything together as the glue set up. And that was after a rather significant amount of parts cleanup. Engine? Could be an early Cad, could be a flathead, could be a small V-16 with siameesed exhaust ports. Detail and realism aren't this kit's forte. The car is meant to sit on a sand-textured base, but I assembled the car so it would sit flat, without the base. The car was wethered with a variety of Tamiya acrylics. I did spray the surf boards in gloss paint for a bit of contrast. Despite the rather significant fit issues, it was actually a pretty fun model to build, though I'm not sure I'd want to build another one. The Mack semi tractor (1:32 snap kit) and the Monaco police car were built by another local modeler- he also makes the wood-framed display cases seen in the photo.
Dr. Cranky Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 LOL, great job, Chuck. I am glad you went with the rusty look!
hotrod59f100 Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Lol I like the goofy idea behind these kits. I have a leaky lake louie I believe .never had a desire to build it tho.
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