Stardate..May 4th..6:10 am..captains log..it flushed ok. Preparing to leave for Dayton toy show..crusty eyes try to focus..must build more slots..flame everything in path...God speed...
DRAGjet

nice job drag.... they just keep getting better......
Chris

That is a sweet lookin chebie there Drag. The purple looks super and gives it that Modern day hotrod look:thumbsup:

Lendell Perry aka Ford Cowboy asked me to post pics of his chrome Badman 55 Chevy

Ford Cowboy,

That is a Homer Simpson car for sure...I like bright shinney things...lol

Great idea for a BADMAN 55 Chevy....thanks for Sharron. :)

Bob...Blingity bling bling bling...zilla

FCB,
great use for a chrome verson! :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

I am working on this body...first time out of the mold O.K. But then the second time was better ...now have a third that is tan and got it figured out. :)

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/adac3.jpg

Gonna mount up a couple of these on a T-Jet some day...no time now.

The red one is the original Faller body.

Bob...casting for fun...zilla

Lendell Perry aka Ford Cowboy asked me to post pics of his chrome Badman 55 Chevy

I love this car!

I haven't figured out the thumbnail attachment feature, but I have a link to my space with pic of some of my custom cars.
www.myspace.com/northtexasslotcars
Rich

NTxSlotCars,

Nice link...those are some nice pics of your track and stuff...sweet!

Bob...looks like you got a 1/1 race car also...zilla

resin cast early porsche 911/912 and a sunbeam alpine scca racer.

Looking cool as always there Alpha:thumbsup:
Always did like the vintage road cars..
Heck anything that has to do with slots will do fine..:p

Alfa,

Now those are a neat-O pair of slots. They look so crisp and smoothly done up. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Bob...custom slots rule...zilla

Zoiks, Those are skookum Greg!
Naturally I love the early 901 cabbage grinder... but the Alpine is super as well.
You just keep crankin' out cool!

Love both those cars - there is a blue/white current 1:1 SCCA GT 2 class Tiger that is darn close in appearance to your Alpine! Thanks for posting!

nice work Alfa!

resin cast early porsche 911/912 and a sunbeam alpine scca racer.

Greg Super stuff!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: Especially like the Porsche.

Super Smooth, nice detail work. I go astray to the sports cars every now and then. Those do look good!!! Just my thoughts...RM

Really nice work Greg'

Roger Corrie

thank you for the compliments,here are a few more recent castings.'40 chevrolet,and a '53 cunningham c4rk and a '63 ferrari 330 lmb straight from their molds.the last two were shruck down from 1/43 scale by one of my customers....greg

Greg,

Those cars are great...love them! Bob...Whooooah baby!

This was made using a measuring device (tape measure) and my keyboard to send Amy the decal measurements... Rebel Buggy Sand Van coming through. Beep, Beep! :)

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/aaduke1.jpg

Had this decal made up on white decal sheet backing...Look for more flag cars soon.

Bob...need a Rosco Sand Van now...zilla

hopefully a German flag too

thank you for the compliments,here are a few more recent castings.'40 chevrolet,and a '53 cunningham c4rk and a '63 ferrari 330 lmb straight from their molds.the last two were shruck down from 1/43 scale by one of my customers....greg

As I said earlier, I do go astray, but I'm voting for the Fat Fenders this round!!! I need to learn how to do some of this casting stuff. Those bodies look smooth and clean...RM

I love cigar box cars!
DRAGjet

I love cigar box cars!
DRAGjet

Those are Awesum Drag! :cool:

Here is a 57 Panel truck I casted in color and then washed in rust ( http://www.thedetailer.net/ordering.html ). The red Iron Cross was made by finding an image, turning it red and then sending it to Amy the decal gal. $2.50 for each set of 20 decals as her Auctions are 1/2 price for a while now!

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/aaduke5.jpg

One drop of brown dye and then some yellow dye http://www.hobbyengineering.com/SectionBM.html , HO Models red rims and Weird Jack white wall tires. I used Smoothon http://www.smooth-on.com/ resin for this and the dyes from Alumilite.

Still need to make a window mold for this & put some red goop in the rim axle holes to make them smooth in appearance.

Bob...casting for fun...zilla

Neat-O Bob,looks like a glazed donut! ummmm...do-nut...
DRAGjet

This was made using a measuring device (tape measure) and my keyboard to send Amy the decal measurements... Rebel Buggy Sand Van coming through. Beep, Beep! :)

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/aaduke1.jpg

Had this decal made up on white decal sheet backing...Look for more flag cars soon.

Bob...need a Rosco Sand Van now...zilla

you need to make a sticker that fits right over sand van

you need to make a sticker that fits right over sand van

I did make some up like that for this buggy body but, just don't have time to mess with them right now!

Will still have to mask off the window and paint this whole C-cab white though. Gonna make some Ambulances and Moon Buggies. Amy backed up these images on white decal paper for me.

Heck Flags are easy to trim...can you say straight cuts? I thought you could. :)

Had some other decals made up & will post up pics when I get time to do some "ME TIME" slot builds.

Did add a couple of Rat Finks on the back doors and a Orange Iron Cross on the hood on this Rebel Buggy after this pic was posted.

Bob...one day at a time...zilla

Here are a few i am working on.the primered roadster is just about done,the riviera has been shortened to fit the t-jet wheelbase,'33 phaeton pickup,'40 ford coupe.the racecar hauler was a faller truck with a damaged bed,the two alfas are bauer cars...greg

just wondering if you sell any of these i really like the riviera

Neat-O Bob,looks like a glazed donut! ummmm...do-nut...
DRAGjet

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/aaduke5.jpg

You are right Drag man, This does look like a Glazed Donut. I am going to Pine-Sol it now and then re paint before giving it the rust wash again. No clear was added....oh man. :cry:

I like powedered Jelly filled Donuts myself....Mmmmmmmmm :) I could smear Jelly on the panel truck body and drive it through a pile of powdered sugar...LOL

Dragula thanks for beeing honest man. After doing a double take this Panel truck looks like it should have a Made in Hong Kong sticker on it with a $1.00 Dollar General label on the packaging.

Bob...this shortcut didn't work...zilla

I have loved the pictures this thread has brought and am damn proud to be the "starter" of it. I just wanted my 2,000 post to go somewhere neat and fitting.
thanks guys for the posts
thanks Hank for the boards.

Car came from someone here on the boards, 1/32nd, and the Predator driver just took the wheel.

wanted to see if i could make anything out of a auto world '57 chevy that looked like a reject from cartoons magazine.the body has been lowered a bunch,blower divit in the hood filled,clear vacuformed glass to replace the dark glass,repainted with flames.chassis is aurora t-jet with road race replica narrow slotted rims.

this x-traction challenger was lowered a bunch,screw posts added and mounted on a t-jet chassis with road race replica rims.factory did a nice job with details and propotions on this body,it just sat way too high on it's x-traction chassis.

Good looking 57 makeover Alf !!! Thank you for removing the blower from the AW 57. For some reason, the AW 57 just didn't excite me. I like the fading flames, are those stencils??? Also looks like chrome foil down the sides maybe???. Much, much better looking 57!!! Can I borrow it for Saturday night cruzin, if it's easy on gas??? RM

[QUOTE=Hilltop Raceway;2432198]Good looking 57 makeover Alf !!! Thank you for removing the blower from the AW 57. For some reason, the AW 57 just didn't excite me. I like the fading flames, are those stencils??? Also looks like chrome foil down the sides maybe???. Much, much better looking 57!!! Can I borrow it for Saturday night cruzin, if it's easy on gas??? RM[/QUOTEthank you,the chevy is a blue flame six so its not too bad on gas.
flame's color is painted on the body first then the flame mask is applied and the body color painted,that is foil on the side chrome.

Nice 57!!! And Alfas Challenger looks great too! Does anyone else get annoyed when mfg's make convertables with the tops molded in the up position?
Rob

Nice Work on both Alf, gonna do me a challenger I think I have 2-3 or three kicking around here now.. ...ack! what a mess...

Very sharp... Back down to earth where they belong. Good job :thumbsup: nd

Back in the late 80's early 90's I took an AFX Cuda F/C and converted it to a street Cuda.

Here is what I did:

http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/511/medium/cut_up_cuda.jpg

Here is the finished car:

http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/511/thumbs/Cuda.jpg (http://photos.hobbytalk.com/showphoto.php/photo/29213)

It was published in American H.O. Racing News Summer '92

http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/511/medium/cuda_article.jpg

These were still reasonably easy to get back then plus I had about 10 of them, so cutting one up was no big deal.

It is now back in the project box due to the glue finally coming apart (pre-superglue days), the interior might be lost, the white lettering has been worn off the tires. It was quite a hit at the track back then.

Marty

marty - awesome cuda man!! wow..

Wes

Cool Marty! Thanx for the blast from the past.

I'm excited to try one with my AFX goop!

Alfaslot,

57 Chevy looks great with that flame job & all the time and work you put into it. The picture from the front is my favorite. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Challenger looks El Fabio low on a T-Jet!

Marty,

That Cuda is some fine chopped AFX plastic. Bill so wants to goop one now...lol

Bob...my favorite thread...zilla

Finally got around to putting my own spin on a couple of these auto world CJ-5s. Both are done in Model Masters colors from a spray bomb. Oh and if Tom Lowe is reading this then please make a note as to how much difference a little paint on the floorpan makes!

The blue one is actually AMC Big Bad Blue, although I dont think they did too hot of a job matching the color since real BBB is a little more intense. Those rims are original AFX Ansen Sprints (thanks, Dragula!) and I more or less was going for the look of the early 70's Renegades, even though theres pretty much no way Id ever find decals for the stripes on those.

The green one was done in Citrus Yellow metallic. Again, this color wasnt quite what the label showed. I thought it was similar to that 70's avocado green color like on the new 4-door Wranglers, but its a good bit lighter. Turns out its a good look, since colors like this might have been used on a '66 CJ-5 like these are modeled after. The white seats (Jeep called it 'flax') would be period correct also, as well as using the stocker rims since Ive seen pics of jeeps built by desert rats back in the day using widened standard style wheels like these.

These were great fun to build and I have a few more in my to-do box, just need to decide how deco them. Im thinking one might be a replica of the yellow with red oxide primer Jeep Scott Bakula drives in Necessary Roughness...

Nothing I customized but a nice gift from good old Win43. :woohoo: Like I told him during Chat last night, this is EXACTLY the type of car I'm into. Trans Am, older sports cars, 60's racing.... I'm all over this one. Ain't it purrty??... Thanks Jerry... it's a beauty. :thumbsup: nd

grunger - nice jeeps man! i like that green color :thumbsup:

tjd - that a good looking mustang!!! :thumbsup:

Wes

Those Jeeps rock grungerockjeepe. Fantastic paint jobs, rims and intierior for a nice real look man. I can almost see the wires hanging from under the dash.

Nuther got another...Sweeeeeet Mustang! That looks just like something you would build Dave. Win realy hit the nail on the head with this one.

Bob...the thread that just keeps on keeping on...zilla

Thanks for the props, guys. They were fun builds. Bob, youre about right on the dash wires! haha!

tjd, nice stang. Im a fan of transam type cars myself. Now that we have 3 proper muscle cars again in the 1:1 world, who knows, maybe the t/a series could return? Ill be missing the javelins myself though.

If you like javelins there is a very rare one on ebay at the moment. It's a 72 Alabama state trooper car needing a full resto bust it seems mostly there to include the 401 4bbl. These cars are supposed to be good for 145 mph +. There is a registry for the 60 or so that vwere made. Last I checked it was at 3500.00 wich seems reasonable in this day and age of the BG auctions that have blown away the true affordable older cars. Just do a search under AMC if yhou are interested.