I'm building for this for a hot rod build-off on another board. They do a lot of show rods so a Flintstone 27 T body with Revell Parts Pack Caddy mill and mostly Revell 29 RPU suspension, a Lo-boy stance, Testors Inca Gold paint, pearl white frame and interior, and lotsa chrome seemed appropriate given my building style.
The key influences for the image in my head are the Gary Heliker 26 T (which gained infamy in the movie Hot Rods To Hell), and the Ray Anderegg 25 T in the later “Golden Chariot” version recently cloned by Von Franco and featured as a TRJ cover car.
The Gary Heliker T:
The later Hot Rods To Hell Version:
The Von Franco Golden Chariot clone as featured in The Rodder’s Journal:
I've been wanting to do this project for a long time but have continually put it off because of the large amount of scratch building involved. But I think I may be up to it, now.
I scratched together the chassis after having built the mill to get the dimensions I needed. The air cleaner is from Modelhaus.
And here's a mockup for stance check, held together by rubber cement... The rear wheels are the ones I'll be using (from Modelhaus). The fronts will be chrome ones like the ones you see. The tires will be either these or slightly wider ones. Alternate tires and the chrome front wheels are on order from Modelhaus so that will probably be the long pole in the tent... Chopped Revell Deuce grill shell. I'm pretty sure I'll be running lakes pipes under the body to add some interest to the lower edge of the car. I'll probably have to make them.
The really big challenge is now, and has always been, scratching together an interior. Probably no way to avoid it any longer...
Thanx for lookin',
B.
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1012008.aspx
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