Post by Grandpabeast on Mar 7, 2015 14:29:41 GMT -7
Resin Chopped Cab courtesy of Frontier Resin Design
Paint is Tamiya Light Blue & Testor's Gloss Purple
Decals from the AMT 1962 Custom Thunderbird (trimmed to size)
Preston's Car Parts Magneto Distributor
Archer's resin/decal O Scale louvers
Replicas & Miniatures 0.72 size chain
Extras from Detail Masters & Model Car Garage
Additional pictures here.
the roof was chopped, body was channeled, suspension was lowered. All trim and door handles was shaved off. Front and rear roll pan, frenched headlights, tail lights and frenched antennas with raccoon tails. Grill surrounding was molded into the body. 354 Caddy with 6 carburetors, all plumbed and wired. Interior has flocking on the floor and rear package shelf. Scratch built flamethrowers. Painted with testors root bear with a custom net pattern roof, cleared with testors wet look and polished. 600 watt stereo system.
Got it as finished as it's going to get.
The mods:-
1, front and rear extended 4mm using 2 kit front options
2, headlights pulled back 4mm and swapped for smaller ones
3, front and rear lowered (rear couldn't go any lower without starting over
4, oldsmobile 442 engine
5, chopped roof (not by me, but i evened it up)
6, scratch built door panel using card and uncooked spagetti (hence the name)
7, rear extended another 4mm in trunk and fins
8, extended hood with lexan window
9, 62 chevy dash
10, parts box seats
11, reversed option part from 56 ford kit used as floating centre console
12, scallops and metalflake paint
13, chrome bumpers cut down to fit roll pans
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unfortunately some of the masking lifted during painting so windows are very poor and as they were already glued in was unable to clean them any better
Here is my entry to the custom bracket ! I call it Vantastic !
It started as the white chevy van that was part of the Chevy race team ( van and trailer ) everyone was buying that kit just for the trailer and I picked up several vans for cheap. I sectioned the body a scale 4 inches and then chopped the top a scale 6 inches. I used the wagon version roof from the continental kit to give it the open glass look. The front grill and head lights were pirated from a chevy pickup. The body sides and tail lights came from a testarossa kit as well as the frame suspension and drive train. The frame had to be lengthened to match the van and then custom interior was added. Rims and tires were hoppin hydros I do believe.
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