Bill,

That is one wild lookin frontend and a RatRod woodies to boot..
Great brain smokin....Definetily in the different bracket..

I'm loving that Woody too, let me know when your getting board Steve, I'll send you a few "to be chopped up" specialty rods.

Hello All!
Just wanted to share some of my Customs with you. :) :thumbsup:

Hello All!
Just wanted to share some of my Customs with you all. :) :thumbsup:
Hell,your a local boy!I live in N.KY!Nice looking stuff!
Chris

Thanks, Hey great to know were neighbors.

Helen

Hello All!
Just wanted to share some of my Customs with you. :) :thumbsup:

Hi Helen,

I've seen a few of your custom resins on eBay ... I'll get around to buying some one day, but postage to Australia and wife's purse string are two obstacles I have to overcome first!! :(

Cheers

Richard

:thumbsup: Thanks, Hey great to know were neighbors.

Helen
I have a nice Maxtrax dragstrip up,if you ever wanted to race,just gimme a call! 859-356-1566 Chris

Thanks for the compliments Guys :wave: As of tonite, the Woody is wheelie-ing with gusto. :thumbsup: Hey Ed, I'll gratefully take any scrap you have, but I believe Joez was looking for a woody of some sort recently. I'd have sent him mine but there wasnt much left that resembled a body. My donor pile needs fresh blood for sure, and my putty donors are thin too! I'll take darn near anything that can still be twisted. - Bill

Thanks for the compliments Guys :wave: As of tonite, the Woody is wheelie-ing with gusto. :thumbsup: Hey Ed, I'll gratefully take any scrap you have, but I believe Joez was looking for a woody of some sort recently. I'd have sent him mine but there wasnt much left that resembled a body. My donor pile needs fresh blood for sure, and my putty donors are thin too! I'll take darn near anything that can still be twisted. - Bill
To bad you arent closer,I have a huge box full of old aurora clunkers and my own resin blems you could raid!
859-356-1566 Chris :wave:

but I believe Joez was looking for a woody of some sort recently.


Bill, Joe scored a woody.......he got the one I was going to get from Dave.......since he was in such desperation for a woody I just told Dave to forward it to Joe instead. Hell, I've waited years and years to own one...so what's a little longer to wait,eh?

If you guys are looking for a certain project car or cut/broken AFX Aurora body..maybe I can help,either cheap or maybe free.
859-356-1566 Chris

hellonwheels8,

Very nice work, like them all, really like the Chevy a lot . . .

Cheers,
Jas

If you guys are looking for a certain project car or cut/broken AFX Aurora body..maybe I can help,either cheap or maybe free.
859-356-1566 Chris
Thanks Chris, Right at this moment, I've got a beetle project in mind. Would like a couple of aurora's version, enough to cobble something up. Hell, I'll take all your aircooled VW stuff, If you have any. For now my medium is styrene butchery, until resin finally gets it's sticky hands on me. You should just send me the whole box after you pick out your keepers. I'll send it back after I've sifted your leavin's. For that matter, just dumpem' out and get the plums right side up and post a pic. I'm a lot lizard. I'm sure you got some buried treasure. Cough up the goods!

Here's one I threw together when I saw that last auction for the white Nomad that sold for some ungodly amount of money. This was once one of those chrome blue JLs, stripped, painted, detailed and bare metal applied then followed up with a couple of coats of clearcoat. The glass doesn't look that bad in person, just the flash. Enjoy! rr

White is a hard color to shoot..........:freak:

Here's one I threw together when I saw that last auction for the white Nomad that sold for some ungodly amount of money. This was once one of those chrome blue JLs, stripped, painted, detailed and bare metal applied then followed up with a couple of coats of clearcoat. The glass doesn't look that bad in person, just the flash. Enjoy! rr

White is a hard color to shoot..........:freak:
The silver really sets this car off, nice job.

Looks like a hundred and fifty to me!

Hi Helen,

I've seen a few of your custom resins on eBay ... I'll get around to buying some one day, but postage to Australia and wife's purse string are two obstacles I have to overcome first!! :(

Cheers

Richard
Hello Richard
Looking forward to doing business with you. I also produce tires. My web page is www.hellonwheels.com
Helen

:thumbsup:
I have a nice Maxtrax dragstrip up,if you ever wanted to race,just gimme a call! 859-356-1566 Chris
Thanks for the invite.

More and more customs keep climbin outta the wood work... :freak:
I better get my cuttin blade sharpened. This one is going to be a doosee.. :thumbsup:

SethDaddy Ed,
Bored.... Who me??? Bring it on..I need fresh plastic to melt.Ahhh I mean destroy, Customize thats it..... :D :D

hellonwheels8,

Very nice work, like them all, really like the Chevy a lot . . .

Cheers,
Jas
Thanks Jas
I appreciate it. I also produce tires.

Helen

one of my favorite all time cars, minor custom, but still cool looking. the other is a stripped down chrome car, nice colors. aurora should have sold it that way.

I love chopping the roofs off cars

Hello Richard
Looking forward to doing business with you. I also produce tires. My web page is www.hellonwheels.com
Helen

Hi Helen,

I couldn't find yourbodies under that URL - any clue as to where they are?

Cheers

Richard

Hi Helen,

I couldn't find yourbodies under that URL - any clue as to where they are?

Cheers

Richard


try this.. www.hellonwheels8.com (Helen forgot to add "8")

Wes

Here is some Latemodel Dirt cars I have been working on in between the putty dust. :thumbsup:
I am working on 7 more to offer up in the swap area later this week to board members.
It's almost..DIRT SEASON..... :thumbsup:

A few more resin ho slot car bodies mounted on t-jet chassis.

Alfa,

Thats a cool Rat Rod..Rat Fink That is..
And the blue chevy drag car is awsome. :thumbsup:
Are they both resin and where can ya get some of them??

roadrnr, Nice looking 57, nicely done . . .

gear buster, Love dirters, nicely done . . .

Cheers,
Jas

LOVE the RAT FINK.... I want one

Here is a few I got in boxes from members. Look familiar Ed and Coach.. :thumbsup:
I done them in old school primer queens. Black one is a 64 impala with a Hotwheels 66 impala grille..

Pink one is a two part fray car. Back half a Jcar and the front is from a Chapperal. Sectioned under the door line on the Jcar. Gives a new meaning to enlarged fender wells..

Now that Jcar looks a heck of a lot better then the one I sent ya.. good job and thanks for showing me what I could have done with if I lived to be 300 years old and got a round toit...


BTW looking for round toits need to get some work done..


Dave

Here is a few I got in boxes from members. Look familiar Ed and Coach.. :thumbsup:
I done them in old school primer queens. Black one is a 64 impala with a Hotwheels 66 impala grille..

Pink one is a two part fray car. Back half a Jcar and the front is from a Chapperal. Sectioned under the door line on the Jcar. Gives a new meaning to enlarged fender wells..

That Impala's stance is truly "phat". The reworked grill really sets this car apart too! Obviously the posts are shortened. Did you have to shave the plate rails as well.

Coincidentally I have a "J" body with a good back, and a Chappy with a good front. As usual you've made me slap my head and ask myself, "Now why didn't I think of that." A great marriage of two mediocre cars to make one slick looking racer. Good eye Buster! Would you mind if I knocked off a copy?

Be my guest Bill. I build to give others ideas...
I hope I didn't step on Joes toes when I built a school bus also.. Didn't mean to build the same thing there bud..

Be my guest Bill. I build to give others ideas...
I hope I didn't step on Joes toes when I built a school bus also.. Didn't mean to build the same thing there bud..

Not an issue, mate! Build as you like, hey!
Besides, 2 different bods, different exicution, but same awsome results, yeah?
I completed a fully functional wheel-stander by stretching a tyco wheelie-vette chassis (resin cast) to fit the bus bod. It will take any chassis that will fit between the rails! Now I just have to learn to paint! heh!

Joe,
.. I heard if ya put what ya build in a box and hand it to a mailman,He will hold it for about a week or so,then give it back to ya and the bodies change colors in the box to what ya want.... :D :roll:
Me.. I have hired some HO dudes who needed work. They now work in my HO paint shop.. They do some awsome work ,but I keep loosing the check book so I can pay them.. :freak: LMao

:lol: hehehe Funny, GB!

Gee...do your paint-shop guys need more work? I KNOW where my checkbook is, eh!

I love your hybrid frey car, GB.
I keep staring at the 2 complete and sweet bods that I have.....awwe, who am *I* trying to fool, eh?

I am one of those guys who really LIKES the J-car! I could never cut up a good one, right?!I have a beautiful white w/ Blk one from our own Boss9! (thanks, mate!)
BUt If I ever found the right donors, I sure as heck give it a go, hey!
I love your work!

[QUOTE=joez870............ Now I just have to learn to paint! heh![/QUOTE]

Joe, There's no trick to painting! The trick is unpainting when you farg one up. Some days I paint better with a bomb can than I do other days with my
Iwatta. :rolleyes:

I always keep a bowl of mineral spirits handy if things go awry. A quick swim and a scrub with a soft nylon toothbrush. Then a hot water scrub with Spic and Span, Comet or Bon Ami and a blow dry gets me back to square one. Doh!

Yes! I fudgem up regularly, at least every second or third one, but I gong any fisheye, dryspot, dust spec, or run. I'm super picky, hence the cleaning system at the ready.

Heck Joe, just point and shoot like a Polaroid. If your gonna paint annoying little crap like HO cars get a decent air brush and you'll be miles ahead. It's a simple matter to acquire the feel for the air and fluid ratio. I always paint something first like card board, plastic whatever; in case the gun misfires, or I've doofed the paint to thick or thin. Just like a real car, cut in the under body, wheel wells, jams or problem areas at lesser volume. Once it's flashed off open the volume and complete a smooth even top coat.

For bomb can painting I like Duplicolor or Krylon. Always save the nozzles if you've got one with good atomization and pattern/fan before you toss the can. There's a lot of variation in the nozzle metering so when I get a good one I flush it and save it. Sounds dumb but beautiful colors still look like crap when sprayed through a chunky soup nozzle.

Would that we could all paint like Jimmy (VJ)

HeyBill, thanks.. but I'm the same boat. I mess up almost as many as I get right. I don't have an airbrush, yet.

I'm using spary cans too. I mostly use Testors, but I'e also used Krylon and Tamiya paints. I think Tamiya dries the best, but they don' seem to have the same level of metalliacs that Testors does. If they had Testors line of candy and metal flake paints, I'd be using Tamiya all the time.

I think the trick with the spray cans is to make sur your far enough away from the car when you spray. You waste a lot of piant that way, but you don't get the heavy runs in the finsh either. As the paint collects at the bottom of the body, I'll use a a papertowel to sop up the excess.

Still, it's hit or miss.. sometimes I get so mad when I'm painting, I invent new swear words.

You can't invent new swear words Jimmy, I made them all up, lol.
Does anyone paint with the little glass testors paints anymore, with a tiny brush?

Joe,
.. I heard if ya put what ya build in a box and hand it to a mailman,He will hold it for about a week or so,then give it back to ya and the bodies change colors in the box to what ya want.... :D :roll:
Me.. I have hired some HO dudes who needed work. They now work in my HO paint shop.. They do some awsome work ,but I keep loosing the check book so I can pay them.. :freak: LMao
This really does work, I do it every couple months and get new cars back. :D

Does anyone paint with the little glass testors paints anymore, with a tiny brush?


The purple Mini I did way back in post #7 was done with nail polish (and a nail polish brush) on the inside, the black and silver highlights were done on the outside with HUMBROL paints and a paint brush ...

The wheels were done with a dip into the nail polish :)

Richard

You can't invent new swear words Jimmy, I made them all up, lol.
Does anyone paint with the little glass testors paints anymore, with a tiny brush?

Only for detailing lights, trim (maybe) and things like that. rr

Joe,

I can cut up Jcars...LOL
My guys just got a parkin lot full.. :thumbsup: They are sayin I need to buy them a bigger garage..Or put on a cardboard extension.. :p

A painting tip for all:
I have found ways of painting that saves me a great big ton of work..
I bought a ton of lexan Paint one time..I expeimented with it alot.. :freak:
Now I fire up the old airbrush,Mix and shake a color I need..And spray away..
It was made for flexable bodies so why not plastic or resin also :dude:
There is a few little simple tricks to get it to stick on the body right.Little steps even some painters overlook..
The best thing about the lexan paint is water soluable... Mess up a paint job, Before it has time to set, Put it under water and the paint washes away..
Clear coat when all done with paint job and presto....A super looking paint job.. :thumbsup: Not alot of build up on paint and dries in a matter of minutes.. Give it a try sometime...You will be amazed how well this works..
My paint jobs are durable and take a beating..

Sometimes I'll use the brush on Testors for a base coat on a car that I'm going to spray a candy finish over. I use them for trim, drivers and lights though.

You can't invent new swear words Jimmy, I made them all up, lol.
Does anyone paint with the little glass testors paints anymore, with a tiny brush?

Good catch Ed, an obvious ommision on my part! Heck yeah, I use paint from the jug often. Check the cowl on my Woodster project. Gloss black Testors straight from the pot. I like brush touch for areas where I'm dubious of a successful mask or need some extra build without multiple coats. I also mix primary colors or add black and white to try and match factory shades.

Like you Ed, and Johnny Dangerously, I invent a new swear word every time I see somebodies great work. Decals straight and crisp, stripes straight with no overruns, and of course a smooth flat topcoat. "Sumba-itchin fargin' iceholes!"

Dang, am I late to this party... life has kept me away from the dungeon--err, hobby room lately. Quick notes... ebi, your pic on page 3 has inspired me... I MUST cut the roof off a JL '62 Chevy now. And Alfaslot, that Riviera is OUTSTANDING... and the rest of you guys, all the stuff on these pages is AWESOME. some stuff I can show off...

Two-Lane Blacktop cars, the Chevy was a MM...

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/2lbt01.jpg

American Graffiti set from 4 different places:

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/agset04l.jpg

converted from a Wal-Mart friction toy:

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/boogievan09.jpg

tow truck hacked together from a LifeLike train scenery pickup and a dollar-store Dodge Ram tow truck:

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/custow06.jpg

Eldon Match Kit Camaro rescued from a flea market and a coat of brown paint...
http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/eldcam24.jpg

one of Claus' Eldorados with some other GM personal luxury vehicles:

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/eldo01.jpg

man I could do this all day...

will get more later...

--rick

ok, I'll get more now.

Gumball Rally, anyone?

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/franco01.jpg

(I actually have the Camaro, the Mercedes, and the Porsche all started, but the workbench has been neglected...)

an "anatomically correct" Toronado, body by our own Chris Rolph aka Dragjet:

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/fwdtoro03.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/fwdtoro05.jpg

I've done a '59, now I REALLY need to do a '62:

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/jl59conv03.jpg

some more Claus goodness:

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/mercwag0103a.jpg

LOVE this MGB... got it at a show, I think from Winning Edge... the SWB Tjet just BARELY fits in there. it's almost like running the chassis nekkid.

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/mgb04.jpg

I LOVE the way this Rebel from Roger came out...

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/rebel07.jpg

and I wish I had more time to diddle with THIS thing:

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/slotcam219.jpg

gotta go be productive... man I miss spending hours and hours on this stuff...

--rick

gear buster, Really like the rides, the pink one is way cool … Very creative joining, nicely done . . .

ParkRNDL, Not sure where to start. The yellow five window Milliner’s ride stands out, for one. Along with the dreaded 55 Chev, very nice grouping of American Graffiti rides, nice go. Can't believe was 33 years ago that Ron Howard & gang made the flcik. Tow truck at work, for another, nicely one conversion here. The two CBR’s look the part as well ... very nicely done all . . .

Rick, I was wondering when you would show up with some pictures.

I really wanted to get actual pictures of all these cars, and scenery shots from around peoples tracks to put together a full color booklet to browse thru. kinda like Bob Beers Bible, which I have paged thru thousands of times. I wanted something similar but something that would throw ideas and dreams into everyone who paged thru.

BTW, I am not done posting pictures either, got about 4 set up right now for pics, I wanted to get a couple more done.

yeah, this masters degree is freakin killing me. I gotta get my act together, get my priorities straight... start devoting more time to SLOT CARS...

:p

seriously, this should be my last tough semester...

--rick