Salt Flat Rat

[paul@detaildownunder]

Here's the latest from the Detail Downunder workshop

This has been a quick project that fell together within a few weeks using lots of different bits and pieces, here's a brief rundown:

The body is a resin 31 Ford that comes pre "rat"ed so to speak as its already chopped and channeled (available from my site soon)the only mods i did was to open the roof and replace the firewall and painted flat white and gloss red with home made scollups and lots of weathering.The chassis and suspension is from the AMT 32 5 window kit (coddington issue)and the frame has been lenghtned about 10 scale inches.The engine is from a larger scale MG kit that i was given at a recent club meet (it only came with motor chassis and 3 wheels)and I've added lots of bits to make it look cool including scrathbuilt solder header with the tip made from the muffler that came with the engine and rusted with craft store rust.The blower is from my parts box and the scoop is from the revell 41 willys the moon take was machined on my lathe along with a coil and various caps etc.Wheels are :front Firestone skinnies with the rims from the new merc kit and I added some Moonies (also available from me)and rear wheels are from the 41 Lincoln kit with Machined baby moonies that i made.It has the drum brakes alround from the new Merc also.I could go on all night about the rest so I will let the pics do the talkin..............................Enjoy (comments and questions welcome)

I also won Model of the Year" MOTY " last night at our annual club competition with this (Austalian Model Car Club)so I'm glad I stayed up until Midnight to finish it for the meeting

Thanks for looking.........................................................................

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Edited November 21, 2007 by paul@detaildownunder

[ismaelg]

Paul,

That looks outright dangerous! That's why I like it

Thanks,

[JAFFA]

Paul,

That looks outright dangerous! That's why I like it

Thanks,

Yeah, great build, i love the headers! btw, if it cant be fixed by ductape, its not worth fixing!

[Dr. Cranky]

I love it . . . in particular how the paint has flecked off to expose the bare metal . . . fabulous . . . great work!! Thanks for sharing it.

[Frank Steffens]

That is really awesome!

[Jairus]

Not very logical.... but it sure is cool and, I LOVE your weathering technique!

Very nicely done, thanks for sharing it with us.

[Enzoenvy1]

Now that is a machine that I would be afraid of!!! Wow is all I can say. I love the custom headers and more inportantly the placement of the supercharger. This thing would be scary to say the least!!!!

[RatRod]

For some reason the engine and header look slightly out of scale, but the build is totally awesome!!! Great job, and congrats on the award!!!

[dub]

Very cool! Even though the engine looks like a different scale, it adds to the overall statement. I especially like the salt splatter on the front of the header.

[bsoder]

For some reason the engine and header look slightly out of scale, but the build is totally awesome!!! Great job, and congrats on the award!!!

I totally agree..great "imagination" very cool and also my congrats.!

[Raul_Perez]

Paul,

That is too cool!! Great job with the detailing, weathering and close up pics!! It's quickly becoming "Rat-Rod" building weather in California and these photos inspire me to change gears from building glossy and glamorous models to outright DANGEROUS!!

Keep up the good work and the posts,

Raul

[paul@detaildownunder]

Thanks for the great comments guys! The engine is probably about 1/16th scale (unknown what kit it's from)and thats why I used it because I was trying to step away from realistic modeling and just do something WILD!!!!!!! Cheers Paul

[RodBurNeR]

great build Paul! i enjoyed watching it progress on the TRaK!

[Paul Payne]

Great weathering and details, the aerodynamics might be a little squirrelly, and I'm glad that fire extinguisher is handy!