Here are some pics of models ive made. You can check out my website for more pixs www.geocities.com/hot_rod_greaser/index.html
I like the last one.But if the body is lowered,shouldn't the engine also be lowered? Too bad Geoshitties makes my computer lock up everytime. There was a discussion here a couple weeks ago about taking model pictures,and backgrounds.
Cool stuff, you really seem to have mastered the east coast channeling.... All I have been working on lately are these: STILL puttering on this one:
Hey Hemi...you post on the Hobby Heaven board? I know I've seen that Jolly Rodger somewhere before. Looks good! Here's one I'm almost done with: And another I'm working on.
Thats some really cool stuff everyone's got there, I would like to try my hand at some of the stuff but I have never done it before so I was wondering how you would go about chopping and channeling a model, also how do you get thet nose bleed stance? Thanks guys!
Some cool stuff there guys. K&R mentioned the Hobby Heaven board, which has a bunch of people, but boy is it hard to follow. I keep mentioning the forum at www.mas-parts.com, but no one wants to come and play with me. I don't have a clue who the guy is that runs it, but I can't believe that the forum is not more heavily used. It's really good. Is there an anti mas-parts thing going on or something??
Very nice models.What models did you start with to build the chopped 30s model truck?I would love to build me a old school hillbilly rod like that.Also I like the channelled black coupe.What did that start out as? How do you guys chop your models and any tips for someone who wants to try it?
chopin and channelin is the same as a real car pretty much except plastic and glue. My models arnt really smooth except a custom 51 chevy i made. I just cust with a little saw file down and glue and maybe put a little model bondo on, none of my cars really have a full ineterior, i just build them to look kool not to look functional. The kits i build i got from local hobby stores!! Hope it goes good for ya Nate
been playin w models a lot this last year myself , (could'nt get out as much as I liked to work on the real stuff), I have an A body waiting for a real scale tudor like the green job,I wanted to do one in that style since they were popular in '64 or so,love that 60's stance and bright color w top.
[ QUOTE ] chopin and channelin is the same as a real car pretty much except plastic and glue. My models arnt really smooth except a custom 51 chevy i made. I just cust with a little saw file down and glue and maybe put a little model bondo on, none of my cars really have a full ineterior, i just build them to look kool not to look functional. The kits i build i got from local hobby stores!! Hope it goes good for ya Nate [/ QUOTE ] Thanks dude.I'm going to go look for some kits.Can you give me the name and manufacturer of the model truck?
Some great looking stuff here guys, that Willy's rocks. Where are you guy's finding some of the small parts like hubcaps, trim rings, you know "traditional" parts?
Many kits made nowdays are reissues of the originals from the 60s, they usually include more traditional parts...the "Rat Rod" thing is a big deal with models too, there is a model A sedan, a T-bucket, and the 29-29 pickup in the series now...all have white walls and old school engine stuff. The Galaxie Ltd. 46-48 chevy is a very nice kit and has tons of traditional parts and a very nice decal sheet with vintage stickers on it. There are also many aftermarket companys that make some cool stuff...either cast resin or spun aluminum.
Not to hijack this post, but while all you model guys are here i have a question. What is the best way to remove old paint from a plastic model car body? Thanks, Billy
K&R ... where did you find the sedan model? Thanks. later, papa al PS nice looking cdan there! did I spy a hemi in the bay?
[ QUOTE ] What is the best way to remove old paint from a plastic model car body? [/ QUOTE ] The best way I have found to strip paint off model car bodies is to soak them in Castrol Super Clean...the purple stuff. I let mine soak for a day or three and use a toothbrush for the crevices, but mostly it comes right off. It will really clean the plastic, including clear windows, making them look new. It WILL strip chrome however, which can be good if you need something dechromed. I have salvaged a lot of models that looked hopeless....Since I have kids, I use a baby wipes container to soak them in. They are the perfect shape and size. I wish I would have known about the CSC when I was a kid, I threw away tons of kits that could have been easily saved.
Hemi, thanks for the tip. I unearthed a box of my old models from moms basement while getting her christmas stuff out yesterday. Boy I did some horrible brush paint jobs on some of them when i was a kid Billy
Found that sedan at Hobby Town USA. Go to www.modelcarkits.com, they have just about any kit ever produced, and they'll have the sedan too. Yeah, it's a hemi, from the Ala Kart kit...its really too small, a bit out of scale, but hey, its plastic! Thanks for the compliments. I've had great success stripping bodies with oven cleaner. Spray it on or soak it, takes a few hours and you need to get after it with a toothbrush, but i've never had it melt the plastic or anything. It's great stuff! Just don't breathe it in!!
[ QUOTE ] I unearthed a box of my old models from moms basement [/ QUOTE ] Some of those, showrods in particular are worth some coin even if they are built. If they were brush painted, and you soak them, you will be flat amazed at how good they will look. I recently stripped an old Feeee-rahrrrey coupe that I'm making into a gasser....someone had tried to paint it red, and did a horrible job....real terrible. Runs, scratches from being drug around the parts box for years, I normally would have tossed it. I dipped it for a weekend, and it came out shiny white plastic...looks like new. It will not dissolve the glue, since the glue actually melts into the plastic, and is not an adhesive.....but that's what they make sandpaper for. If you could, I'd like to see some pics of your old kits....I dig looking at old kits.
K&R, I'm on the HH board, but I mainly just lurk, I wish it was easy to read like the HAMB....as much traffic as it pulls, that kudzu patch of threads is maddening. You go to bed, and wake up and try to find a post, and 1300 posts have been made since then. I'd love to participate more, but I just look. nice work on the Tudor, and the work on the truck is sweet. Mikes51: cool truck! I love that AMT 3n1 grille. Nice work on the chop. I tend to build more in the winter in the evenings....and then slack off as the warmer weather hits and it stays lighter longer. Good thing about model projects, you can let them sit forever.....and they never rust.
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