Dash Henry J body I got rom Tom Stumpf.Looks a little different now huh Tom;)
DRAGjet

Bob, the suburbia sub looks cool, man! I don't think it should be rusty either. It wouldn't serve to get the TM mad, now, would it? Be glad that she has THAT much interest. heh!
(She didn't say that you couldn't dent it, right? LOL.....bump hanging by coat-hanger....window duct taped into place....urrm....duct tape strip holding the dime on the front...LOL......side door won't close correctly.....you know) :thumbsup:

Nice lil armadillo Chris! (thats what the Henry J looks like to me)

Very pretty blue and understated accents...me likey!

One of my new favorite cars<the next one will be my next new favorite!lol!>
Thanks Bill!

I will be posting this car to ebay a little later today (3/7/08)

My neighbor Matt wanted to change colors from boring black to something more lively,so he stripped the car<took 2 hours to get someones future wax crap off!> and I shot the Cobalt blue on it,he came over later and cleared it.Car looks awesome,really catches the eye.Hope you guys like.
DRAGjet

Wow

From ugh...to hey Matt I wanna drive yer car!

Cool!

I love these little A cars.Did a clean HOK Candy red repaint,trimmed away some of the plastic bracing on the front of the running board assembly,ditched the big rear wheels,used afx ansen's to match the front wheels and put on a set of REH tall drag tires,enjoy!
DRAGjet

Man..our custom and gasser thread needs the paddles put to there chest!C'mon guys,show those customs and gassers!
DRAGjet

I love these little A cars.Did a clean HOK Candy red repaint,trimmed away some of the lastic braing on the front of the running board assembly,ditched the big rear wheels,used afx ansen's to match the front wheels and put on a set of REH tall drag tires,enjoy!
DRAGjet

Very Kool Chris!

Are you using the wheels that came on the trucks?

Marty

Thanks Marty!Yup,I collect those semi wheels and on the 4 gears with big tires they look more accurate look to me.
DRAGjet

Where to put it.. Hotrods..Customs...Drag Cars...HHHmmm To many choices..


How about here Looks just right..
. the latest Wild custom from the shop, but in the New, proud owners own Thread.

Here is one for the Western Cowboy in everyone. Started life as a Diecast Hotwheels Stage Coach. Body was widened to set on a JL tjet chassis. Front extension from a AFX drag rail. Lifelike rear wheels and drag tires. Given a Repaint and custom painted stripping.
Don't piss off the driver . You just might end up being late for your next arrival...:devil::eek:
Pirate Ship and Stage Coach Drags..Sounds like a Ghoulish good time..:woohoo: Enjoy Daddy-o

NICE Drag car Gear buster!

Ha ha ha Steve! Looks like ya finally put the shrinko ray to one of yer big builds.

Ya know I love the journey of the build as much as the finished product. I can just picture you pushin' a pile of "its and bities" around until it became this bitchin rig.

Like Dragula said about his most recent flamed Willys, when he stepped back and looked, "I was grinning like an idiot."

It's always a great feelin when ya nail something dead center. Thanks for sharon.

Gearbuster,you should like this one,it was at the local big indoor car show.
DRAGjet

Giddy Up Go, GB!!! It's back to the wild wild west!!! Looks cool ther pardner!!!
Thanks for postin...RM

GB, really cool, buddy!
I have been trying to get my hands on a handful of JL wacky racers,too! I wanted to do a similar build ever since I saw the big scaled Coach drag beast that was posted last year. You captured the feel perfectly! :thumbsup:

GB - awesome looking stage coach drag car!!! :thumbsup:

Wes

This was at the Ed Roth Memorial Car Show 2004:

http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/511/medium/DSC000371.JPG

http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/511/medium/DSC000391.JPG

It was driven a little at the show.

Marty

Thanks for all the compliments there guys but the real master mind behind the car was none other than your good buddy Ed Sethdaddy ( New Owner)
I was just the Hands on so to speak..:woohoo:.
Bill,

I have a shrinko matic.. Made in the 1970's with the Veggo matic. Will shrink anything.. No don't aim that thing there...LOL
I was grinnin like an idiot there to.. But the lady looked at me and slapped me...Thought I was up to somethin..JK...:p

The next one will be a build by numbers for all to enjoy..:thumbsup:
I like the Old style Horse drawn hearse there Drag.. One wild ride
and the Roth memorial car looks like it could be a handful..

Time to design my next build.. Stay Tune for more to come...:thumbsup:

GB that is Fan-freakin'-tastic man!

Eds got a nice piece of art there and one of a kind slot car with lots of ponies under the hood. Sweeeeet chariots of fire man that is just plain fun. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Bob...zilla

Joez,

Ya mean this Drag coach.
It was my first.:woohoo::thumbsup:

Choice!!!!
DRAGjet

Well if Sanford & Son drove a 57 Chevy Panel truck then this is what it would look like. Couldn't get a picture of this to show the paint fade, rust and dirt and grim very well...

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/asandfrd1.jpg

Bob...zilla

Nice job,the patina looks real,sweet!
DRAGjet

Agreed Drag, Squirrel's got nuthin' on Zilla!

wow Gear-man.... you have some unbelievable drag cars!

Joez,

Ya mean this Drag coach.
It was my first.:woohoo::thumbsup:

hey! i saw this somewhere!!! its awesome lookin drag car man!!

Wes

Well if Sanford & Son drove a 57 Chevy Panel truck then this is what it would look like. Couldn't get a picture of this to show the paint fade, rust and dirt and grim very well...

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/asandfrd1.jpg

Bob...zilla

yeah! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Wes

Agreed Drag, Squirrel's got nuthin' on Zilla!

Thanks guys for the complements...actualy Bill: Squirrel's jobs are real nice so, that is a huge compliment. My Henry J that Squirrel did for me was exactly as I asked for it to be...he nailed the rust look right on.

Just a note: Fiberglass cars don't rust so,.....he,he,he....just sayin'. :rolleyes:

Bob...loves rusty old cars...zilla

No slight to Squirrel intended! A fine arteest. Point was... so R U Bombzilla!

If ya live long enough you can watch fiberglass age and decay too...LOL! Mother nature has ingeneous way of devouring all that we create.

Specially around here in the Pac NW. First comes a little mildew, then the algeas in greens and browns, in one year you'll have moss clumps of the 1'' thick variety randomly scattered about.

Around 1 to 3 years a careful inspection may reveal ferns or some type of sapling taking hold (usually western maple) in some of the more convenient cracks or seams. Generally you'll see at least a dozen different forms of our 5000 vaqrieties of mushrooms or fungus popping up. The enzymes in the fungi can eat damn near anything, albeit very slowly.

In 5 years time a virtual plethora of flora will be roaring up around whatever you've parked indescrimminantly. Seeds of Holly, the dreaded and gnarly Himalayan blackberry, and the ever present, non-indegenous scourge...English Ivy have been bird crapped into position. The ivy and brairs can make ten er fifteen feet in a good year along with quack grass and any other windborn life form that chooses to catch hold.

Within a decade most things are covered in a mat of rich gooey compost of maple leaves and fir needles. Whatever was parked is starting to bear the strain of big mamas onslaught. Keep in mind that not only is it being driven into the ground from above, the ground is also rising from below! Each successive layer of the previous season supports a new crop of god only knows what reaching up to survive.

Drop a snow laden six inch Doug fir limb across this pile every few years, depending on what comes down from Alaska in the way of freak ice storms; and eventually whatever ya left outside will be crushed, pummeled, and slowly swallowed into the earth one way or the other.

In 20 years time you'll look out and say, "Dude! Where's my Corvette?"

Seriously guys, ask Jerry! (Win 43) Living in coastal drop zone of the Washington peninsula is a never ending battle from which you must hack, chop, and chainsaw to maintain a foothold. The rainforest never gives up the dead!;)

Bill, Are you making your own coal now??? Spray a little bleach on that mold, water and soap for the dirt, a chainsaw for the limbs. You need to stay off the HGTV channel, try the SPEED channel. Just my thoughts...RM

OK, you guys know I'm not the big "Hot Rod" type guy and lean more towards emulating race cars. Here is the latest body I made for casting. I'm proud of this one, because it is made from scratch as no one has done this subject in HO scale. Here's a few photos of the resin kit, painted body, and real race car. This "IS" my version of a "Hot Rod"......:woohoo:

Gar

Thats friggin' killer fastlap! Excellent job!
btw, what are those wheels? Was it made for racing, will it survive a crash?

Thanks!

The BBS are photo-etched inserts from a 1/43 resin F1 car. I was able to get a few sets from a local hobby store. I have to file the circumference alittle to get them to fit the HO wheels. I am working on a resin solution to copy these.

This body is fairly accurate as far a proportions. Meaning.... the rear wing plating is thin, or more importantly...not thick. The body holds up well under minor spins and shunts. But, it is not "user friendly" while barrel-rolling down the track :freak:. But.....:thumbsup: That's what they make super glue for......:lol:
Here's a photo of some casted bodies to give an idea of the thickness of the rearwing side-plates.

Thanks again!!

Cool ride Gar!

Looks like your "clone-o-matic 1000" is up to "speed". Always enjoy seeing small bits of plastic magically turned into a sweet car... no matter what the model is!

Thanks Bill. Actually the "clone-o-matic" was more at the 100 level, than the 1000 level. I have been working on this particular master for about 4-5 years. The current cast is much more user friendly to the modeler than my initial master. That original is what is pictured (painted) on the last page. I did that paint-job some 3-4 years ago.

Now, I have cranked up the "clone-o-matic 1000" to do the same era Corvette GTP. Why do I spend so much time making these "one-off" livery creations. I need to go back to the Porsche. Alot more paint jobs for that.

fastlap,

You are a slot car machine...nice work man! Love that body and know you work your butt off to get these made up for tons of other people. Nice job!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Like Bill Hall says doesn't matter what kinda car it is...its a car! I think Bills favorite car is the Pacer???:freak: lol

Bob...zilla

OK, you guys know I'm not the big "Hot Rod" type guy and lean more towards emulating race cars. Here is the latest body I made for casting. I'm proud of this one, because it is made from scratch as no one has done this subject in HO scale. Here's a few photos of the resin kit, painted body, and real race car. This "IS" my version of a "Hot Rod"......:woohoo:

Gar

Nice job! Did you model it in clay then cast it?

Nice job! Did you model it in clay then cast it?


No, it was from a Bondo mold I did years ago for my vacu-formed version. I would have to take a photo of that mold. It's actually funny looking, because it is constructed of Bondo, wood, brass, plastic, etc. It was always a in-process" type of thing. I vacuformed it one day and transformed it over to a rough/solid resin mold. Dremeled out the inside, and kept refining it from there. I have about 2-3 resin versions I have made over the years. The only slotcar part in the first version (5-6 years ago) mold was the canopy from a Tomy Toyota body. But, even the canopy profile has changed drastically in the two versions since then with newly carved window lines. I'll throw up a photo of the original molds when I get a chance.

WOW! Lots of great work everyone. :thumbsup:

RW
MovieCarMania.com (http://www.moviecarmania.com)

One of my Aurora T-Jets.

John Babcock Cheetah body.
Solid rivet chassis.
Mean Green armature.
Wizzard copper brushes.
Super II motor magnets.
RT-HO lightened cutaway idler gear.
Wizzard 14 tooth pinion.
AFX 15 tooth crown gear.
Tomy/AFX .063 Super G+ rear axle.
Wizzard LTJ 350B silicone coated sponge tires.
Wizzard .063 independent brass front end with heavy weights.
BSRT 502G ski shoes.
Delrin guide pin.

http://i27.tinypic.com/2kf1c3.jpg

One of my Aurora T-Jets.

John Babcock Cheetah body.
Solid rivet chassis.
Mean Green armature.
Wizzard copper brushes.
Super II motor magnets.
RT-HO lightened cutaway idler gear.
Wizzard 14 tooth pinion.
AFX 15 tooth crown gear.
Tomy/AFX .063 Super G+ rear axle.
Wizzard LTJ 350B silicone coated sponge tires.
Wizzard .063 independent brass front end with heavy weights.
BSRT 502G ski shoes.
Delrin guide pin.

http://i27.tinypic.com/2kf1c3.jpg

Yeah...they don't get much more custom than this! A dollar says this lil ride simply wails!:thumbsup:

What a beautiful machine, Gar!

Gotta add it to my "gotta have it" list! :thumbsup:

First...thanks for the comps on the Nissan.

Here's a photo as promised of the Nissan mold I made back in the 90's. It was for my vacuformed bodies. You can see the many Bondo cjanges, along with the brass, wood, and plastic. This mold looks like a mess, but it sure does pull some nice bodies. This is where I started the Nissan resin mold from. Many years later, it got to what I posted above.

Thanks again.

yeah fastlap!!!that's art.rock on!!!:thumbsup:

One of the body kits Dan sent me<great stuff!!>Body as been raised in the front,rear wells radiused and House of Kolor flames,base clear of course.Now for the fun stuff..Drag trac rear sili foam treatment done on RRR wheels,galinko xllerator rewound arm,plymer magnets,Galinko super silver brushes,special rear gear to allow tuff ones gearing,BSRT shoes and a wheelie bar..it flat hauls ass.Hope you like!
DRAGjet:wave:

Kewel car Dragula in all respects,

Speed, Performance and Show Car quality! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Bob...zilla

I really like the staight axle look, brings back lots of memories!

Dig the Warbird, Chris...bet is as fast as hell, too.......also bet it doesn't corner worth a ding either, right?! :) Cool paint! :Thumbsup: