hobbybobby Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Li'l 'StogieDeath Valley Draggin' Wagon Original year: 1971 Company: AMT Scale: 1/25 Designer: John Bogosian Conestoga Wagon. 'Seventies Style! Howdy Podners... It's dragtime cowboy Joe's wild west "ragtop" - outfitted with a '400 mule team' Chevy mills, trailblazin' Goodyear gumball slicks, shotgun headers, pine box body, ''N' a passel of wild west goodies. Git along, Li'l Stogie! Westward Ho! Ho! This is how the West was won! Part of an outstanding creative series of "Li'l" AMT show rods, it has the identical chassis of the Li'l Roamin' Chariot and the Li'l Hot Dogger. Very cool box art too. AMT's Li'l Stogie is a vintage collector favorite from the crazy show rod era of modeling! The horses pulling this wagon are fully injected and ready to haul! It's another kit which hasn't been available since the early 70s. A big thank you goes to Round2: http://www.round2models.com/ Thus, I have the opportunity to build today, one of them. The kit at first seemed very simple, but he already has some tricky places, no wonder at about 110 parts. Well, I did it, with a few changes... The most notable are the rear wheels, then the cooler, the longer intake pipes, the front and rear springs and the thinner supports for the windshield. Hope, you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TooOld Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Best Li'l Stogie I've seen ! Love your paint work and of course , the rear tires are great ! Super job Bobby ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Very nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Very cool build... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Now that's just flat out COOOOOOOOOOOL!! Them is some fat meats back thar to, ye haw keep them dawgies rollin!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBorg Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I'm quite impressed. I have to agree I love the tires. What did you get them or did you make them? If so, please share your method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Geeeeeeeeeeeez those back tires are Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) I like your spin on the Stoogie!! I was so happy to get this kit back. I had a mint vintage kit but never had the guts to build it....plus I had too many ideas on how to build it. I bought a case....but only 1.5 built yet! I did mine in a Rat style. I changed a few things, like you did, but it keeps the original flavor. That's what is so kool about these kits....they are so open to mods!! Edited November 23, 2013 by Dave Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris White Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 nicely done, very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffhasateg Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 that is one wild ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qkenuf4u Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 that is COOL !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnwildpunk Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 First words that came to mind was "WHAT THE **** oh my Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Cullinan Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Love it. To me, even though I've yet to build a showrod, but it epitomizes model building to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbybobby Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 Thank you very much for the kind words! I'm quite impressed. I have to agree I love the tires. What did you get them or did you make them? If so, please share your method. The wheels are homemade. The rear homemade wheels have rubbers from an bicycle grip and are on turned alu tubes with Pegasus rims. Here is my method, for example, I chose These rims here... ... which I then edited... Two aluminum tubes turned out, I polished them up on front... ... and at the back, they have a larger opening... ... in which I now easily press that edited rim... These rubbers are of a handlebar grip for bicycles. With a little editing and mounted on my homemade wheels, the whole thing looks like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Cool! Great work and thanks for the info on wheels/tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 What a wild ride. Do you know what kind of shirts Custers' men wore at the Little Big Horn? Arrows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abell82 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Nice work. It looks awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbybobby Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Thank you very much for the kind words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lower99 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Thats really Kool! Love the wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 This some fine work of a crazy kit. The wheels are outstanding ( thanks for sharing) and the painting of this really hits the mark. This is a show rod from front to back . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Really nice build! You made it come to life. Great info on the wheels & tires, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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