gettin' down and dirty with a 55 Chev

[spotarama]

another glue bomb, it started as a 55 Chev gasser missing its passenger door so i made a coverup panel along with hood and trunk panels from anti-perspirant can aluminium (thick enough to hold it shape but soft enough to form easily)

theres also an upgraded roll cage, wiring/fuse box, wheels and nudge bar from a chev tow truck kit, extra screen brace, mesh stone guard

parts box decals amd rattlecan blue paint, loads of appropriate weathering

Edited September 3, 2013 by spotarama

[Pat Minarick]

I like it ! What are the rims and tires from ?

[spotarama]

the wheels and tyres are from a kit called 'midnite cowboy - custom chevy wrecker' the basis ofwhich was the chev equivalent of and F250 with big truck styling and a towtruck rear end. it has a 'duallie' rear end so i just used all 4 wheels for this build. i actuallyended up with 2 of these kits and used the other set of wheels on the AMC rambler i posted pics of y'day (at least i think thats what i used, it was years ago....) one day i'll build something using the towtruck parts

[Pat Minarick]

the wheels and tyres are from a kit called 'midnite cowboy - custom chevy wrecker' the basis ofwhich was the chev equivalent of and F250 with big truck styling and a towtruck rear end. it has a 'duallie' rear end so i just used all 4 wheels for this build. i actuallyended up with 2 of these kits and used the other set of wheels on the AMC rambler i posted pics of y'day (at least i think thats what i used, it was years ago....) one day i'll build something using the towtruck parts

Haven't seen that kit for along time ,I thought it would look cool with a stock bed and slammed

[PappyD340]

Very NICE build Mark, looks like she has seen plenty of action, nice job an the weathering!!

[JM485]

That looks awesome, great build! The weathering is very well done.

[slusher]

Nice stocker. Very nice weathering..

[carchub]

Way cool!

[outragis]

That is real cool!

[Nacho Z]

Looks like she just pulled off the track. The background looks interesting too.

[High octane]

Nice build and it looks like it's ready to rumble.

[spotarama]

Looks like she just pulled off the track. The background looks interesting too.

the building is the fujimi garage kit clad in 'tongue depressers' bought in bulk from a pharmacy then stained with a grey/black wash, the ground is grey tinted pourable plaster in a frame, the whole thing was originally fenced in with balsa and tongue depresser built fences but most of them were broken off while it was on display at a show. the garage is floored with black and white 1" square glass mosaic tiles and has a folding lift up door (balsa and clear plastic sheet)i'll get it back out of its cupboard and whack some shots up in 'dioramas'

[rmvw guy]

Very nice, I like it a lot. There is nothing like vintage Dirt.