This summer I built a 32 High boy for a Online Contest , which i came in 4th out of over 12 guys. Pretty ****ty but I hope to place a little better, maybe win something this time. Heres the picture from this summer Now, heres a picture of today, with the body off.. 1. Go out to your local Walmart, and pick up a 32 high boy BILLET for 8.99 + tax. You can also pick up some paint for 1.50 and testors oragne glue for around 2.00 . 2. Now first take all the junk out of the box, right now you'll only need the body. My following steps are easy to follow , better than the stupid Japinease instructions.. 3. I took a sharpy and traced lines around the body, at 1/4th ... thats over 6 inches in real life, so this would look awesome in real life. You can also use thin 3d tape, but i just used my eye. heres a pic 4. I used a dremel with a tiny cutting wheel to saw this *****. Make sure to wear gl***es cause i got **** in my eye twice. Now try to be neat, with a slow RPM, cause when its spinning fast, its kinda hard to control it (this plastic melts and cuts quick!) heres a pic , in the process 5. heres a pic with the whole top off... Still have to trim .. When i was cutting, i messed up, so i had to cut a little more than i wanted.. So now we're looking at over 7 inchs in the chop! 6. After t******* with a tiny grinding wheel... Looking like a ROADSTER! 7. I put the top back on, and trimed the rest with an Xacto Knife .. I glued the top with the body with Testors Orange Glue tube. - You should use crazy glue, because testors takes along time.. Future plans- BONDO, Sectioned grill, new motor, total repaint(flame job), mods the the frame...I might cut the trunk and put a fuel cell in her... who knows!! I will keep updateing this Thread with new pictures and more Toutorials.. Complete model will be auctioned off to support HAMB! Steve-
Are you going to channel the back end too? With that much of a chop, the rest needs to be proportionally lower. Also, you're going to run into big problems trying to match up the door posts now. Should have left some of the A pillars on the bottom half of the body, and made cuts on the top and bottom so the pillars matched back up. The detailing on the engine and ch***is looks cool and the salt is better than I'd do. You also DO NOT NEED to use bondo!!! Go to a hobby store and buy some putty. I use Squadron Green. Apply it with an old exacto knife blade. You have to keep some of the roof details in order for it to look realistic at all. The 29 A truck, covered in bondo...looks nothing like an A truck except the firewall. Go to www.hobbyheaven.com and go to the message board. There are a LOT of people that can help and give advice. I strongly reccomend it. One more thing, this might not really qualify as "tech" for the HAMB. Really doesn't apply to real cars
[ QUOTE ] Are you going to channel the back end too? With that much of a chop, the rest needs to be proportionally lower. Also, you're going to run into big problems trying to match up the door posts now. Should have left some of the A pillars on the bottom half of the body, and made cuts on the top and bottom so the pillars matched back up. The detailing on the engine and ch***is looks cool and the salt is better than I'd do. You also DO NOT NEED to use bondo!!! Go to a hobby store and buy some putty. I use Squadron Green. Apply it with an old exacto knife blade. You have to keep some of the roof details in order for it to look realistic at all. The 29 A truck, covered in bondo...looks nothing like an A truck except the firewall. Go to www.hobbyheaven.com and go to the message board. There are a LOT of people that can help and give advice. I strongly reccomend it. One more thing, this might not really qualify as "tech" for the HAMB. Really doesn't apply to real cars [/ QUOTE ] I really dont need hobbieheavens advice. I do have Squadron Green putty and im going to use that. I used the word Bondo, because i thought it would relate to the real deal. I am going to lower the back, the body is just on for looks... Im gonna try and fix the door lines, but its pretty close, and it will have to stay . as for the Tech... Never said it had to do with the real thing... Sooooo.... Thanks for Responding...
Hey I'll defend this as tech. I always thought that model building and real 1:1 scale hot rodding went hand in hand. I always enjoy looking at the models that come across this board. Ryan may disagree and if so, then I won't argue.....but really, I think for the young hot rodder.....models are a door way into the real world. Work it out in plastic BEFORE messing up a real car. Rat Rodder, I hope you keep building hot rod models and posting them here. I have noticed that some of your stuff can look a little funky, but I hope you recognize that as well and keep on improving. Look at the artwork and stuff that comes across here. The people who post here have amazing talents. Always keep improving! I always look at the work on here and pick little things I could do to improve my talents and my "eye" for what is right. Keep up the good work man! JT.
Looks cool, I especially like the look of it in the salt BUT to look realistic on the salt, the salt should be packed down very hard and very flat, not with the wheels pushing it like snow. Looking forward to the auction, I plan on bidding. Also, I think all K&R was getting at is this is Tech Week, real car related stuff so don't be disappointed if this gets deleted. Any other week and model car stuff is accepted.
Rat Rodder, I just read what HRLC wrote and I agree with her critique on the salt placement. Now don't get me wrong. I don't build models, and that means that you probably actually know more about it than me....But I do a little drawing here and there and can help you out with some things. I would think that with model building, the closer it gets to fooling the eye, the better it is. Meaning: The more true to reality the model is, the better. I know people sand the tread on tires in order to make them appear worn, etc. etc. I would think that if you are going to apply "salt" to a car, it would help tremendously to look at lots of pics of salt racers. mimic the patterns of salt on the different body parts. Note where the salt sprayed from. etc. This saying might help you out in this situation. "Paint/draw/sculpt what you actually see, not what you think you see". In your case, that means actually look at the salt spray patterns on real cars. When drawing, the saying translates to this: a car ceases to be a car and becomes a curve here, a straight line there, a circle here, a shiny spot there, etc etc. In other words a car is NOT a car, but a collection of colors shapes and patterns. There is a level of perfection a person can achieve when ALL those lines, colors and shapes work together and make sense. Probably too much info and I have pissed you off, but I didn't mean to. I think you have plenty of interest and talent. Keep learning and creating and you will go far! JT.
I too didn't mean to upset you. Just trying to offer some advice, I know I'm always looking for new techniques to apply to my builds. And the tech comment was mean exactly as HRLC said. I didn't mean to offend. Keep up the model building! I always ifnd it helpful when figuring out how to apply the same modifications to 1:1 cars.
I thought since the last tech, that i would post this up... The last tech, i belive 2 guys posted non- related car stuff so, i had no idea. I do build funky stuff, because im tired of just seeing outta the box kustoms. I went off into my own world, applying tons of bondo, on those 2 rat rod truck bodys, because every one chops those, and they all pretty mutch turn out the same. (sep K&Rs gold Roadster) The flamed truck body was a road ster at one time. I built the roof for it, and put tons of bondo on, to make it look Wacky... Even though i did Mess up on the Salt ****.. You guys just dont get it,,, I ment them to look like that..So dont critize...
Seriously, I am not trying to tear you down. I appreciate what you are doing and I am trying to help. Sorry I upset you. (EDITED, cause I was being an ***....."Art School Flashbacks man!" ) Rat Rodder, keep up the good work.
I think everybody has to remember here, were only talking models!!! Ive chopped this same kit and i did the same way he did except slant the a pillars more. Hes trying to make them not look stock like alot of people do. If this was real tin he was messin with it would be a total different story. All the models ive chopped i chop them like you would in real life. I see you guys are trying to help him and thats kool so i geuss i should shut up before i make any enemys!! Nate
[ QUOTE ] This is the type of "drama" that Ryan wanted to avoid this week [/ QUOTE ] Exactly, so ill Be the big one and wont continue responding. All i have to say, is how people on here, say they are "teaching" or constructive critizing peoples stuff *not necciary this post, but other poeples cars and work* but are really trying to cover up their , lets say big mouths.. Every one has their own ways of doing things, Even if its not the correct way. Everyone has their own opinion, and own artistic style. What you say is ****, i call creative. steve
This post is fine and ON TOPIC - just a guy trying to release his experiences... Nothing wrong with that.
[ QUOTE ] Man snow in the summer you must live below the equator Argentina right? [/ QUOTE ] Yea, it looks more like snow than salt...I'll have to addmit to that.
Snow? Salt? Who gives a ****? Ya know what? I am glad you do what you do. You are cutting your own path and that is a hard thing to do. Stick to your guns (and your education). Sometimes being the different thinker can take you places that the rest of the herd has never seen. Don't give up!! Just cause they say so, does not mean they are right. Experimentation will reward you. Justin
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