That should terrify a few HO scale crossing guards. Hail to the bus driver!


Yup all it needs is Otto at the wheel and the springfield elementry students holding on for dear life..lol...

Wow, there are some great cars (and trucks) in here! I haven't put dremel or blade to a car in over a year and half, but this thread sure got me thinking about the pile of projects still sittin in the (dusty) queue on my bench!

Turns out I have a photo of an older custom, still here in my gallery.
http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/511/2629JagerJL2.JPG
That's a resin body, with some JW's speedparts layered into a JLTO. It's a fast car, and it sure doesn't look like that anymore...:lol:

ebasil! yer back! long time no see... :wave:

--rick

Well, it's good to be seen. I read here periodically...pretty busy with things. Our racing group retired, so it's just my son and I on the door track these days. Tomorrow the airbrush comes out...for pinewood derby. :)

These really don't qualify as customs. These are my fill in, back burner projects from the "getoit" impound yard.

The old yaller' HR coupe is in process in another thread

The turq. Stang had to simmer in easy off for a week. Although I prefer my horseflesh medium rare this one had to cooked well done. It was a real stubborn flat green!? The bumpers were already black and the stripes were toast anyway. She got the standard front and rear dump after the wells were corrected. I thought it buffed out pretty nice.

The tan Stang was a total loss with a classic 36 grit finish, both posts busted out and no roof. Strangely the bumpers were near perfect. Unfortunately all I had was the crazed glass in the windshield pile. Looks better in person. If a tan Stang could look good. :p

The old Atlas bird was a gruesomely cut shell so the wells got re-radiused. I only had to dump the back because the truck hole could be used up front. God only knows what the glass originally fit. Fits a t-bird now. :thumbsup: Naturally the driver came out of my shrunken head collection. :freak:

Hello fellow slot runners and customizers. These are from one of our newest members Helen of hellonwheels8. Great body kits and lightweight. Since you are seeing this, this can't be everybodys stuff,I wanna see more :) Jimmy

posted couple of these a while back, so whay do you all think?

Jw... nice, co you have pics of the chassis on those funny cars?

my camera is not working too well so as soon as i get decent pics i will post them. at first i used diecast bodies but now have switched to vacume formed f/c and plastic cast t/f dragsters, this keeps the weight dowm to within HODRA's min. the chasis is direct drive method where i use the wheelie bars as pickups (shoes). like i said before you will have to see it to believe it and i will post pics when i have decent ones. i went with direct drive because i use a 36v electric scooter system for my drag strip and kept eating up rearends. nothing like running .5 sec 1/4 miles

Here is what happens when you hit a coupe with the hammer.
It comes out as a ratrod coupe. Sits on a tyco 440 widepan..Grille is from a Darda hotrod diecast. Top chopped,channeled body,fenders moved up to give it a sectioned look,spare tire removed, give it a primer grey and black job with flames and BAMMM a wild rat rod.. :dude:
Just need to add the headers and a few details yet to be complete.

Enjoy...
PS.. the black one is for comparision so you guys can see how low you can go.. :cool:

COOL Gearbuster! Man, you do some great work

JWMoor: AWESOME dragsters!!!

Steve, I LOVE Rat Rods.......and you've definately got one sweet rat rod there man :thumbsup:

Wow, sits on a 440x2 chassis, think it'll survive a crash?
by the way 440(times)2=880, which is how many broken fins and wings Coach has in his parts box.LOL

Wow, sits on a 440x2 chassis, think it'll survive a crash?



HAHAHA, yeah, I wondered about the same thing ;) Those Tyco chassis really can test a body's durability :tongue:

Slammo! Cool gearbuster. The chopped top is outrageous. The windows look like gun slits. LOL . Love your style!

BH

You weren't kidding when you said you had an itch, hey! Bitchen rod, GB! :thumbsup:
Do you have some snakey headers picked out?

The car survived a slidder impact so far... ;)
I use a glue called plastic weld on the car.Really bonds the plastic together :thumbsup:

Bill,
I only think one way...If you can sit in it but lose your hair..It's low enough..lol And gun slit windows....Never know what is lurkin behind that glass..lmao..

Joe,
Headers ..I have a couple styles of headers from hotwheels.. Hotwheels are good..Love wally world 84 cent cars... What ya have in mind??

Just in case you didn't know, Led Zeppelin (one of my favorite groups) sponsored a McLaren in the European Interseries. After seeing the car in person at Road America, I attempted to do one in HO. I did this for an HO series that raced modified T-Jets. The body is a TYCO w/posts added. The stars are stick-on that I found, and I later found a decal sheet with better and smaller stars.

http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/511/LZ1.JPG

http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/511/LZ2.JPG

http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/511/LZ3.JPG

Yes it looks like a 4-wheel drive, but that is as low as I wanted to take it w/o ruining the body.

Here is the real car:
http://www.bruce-mclaren.com/cars/mclaren_owners/owners_page_M8e.htm

Marty

Nice Marty, I love the wild paint scheme, Steve, I can't wait to get the cars you made for me so I can post some pics. Should be here friday. weeeeeeeeee, xmas is march.

Just in case you didn't know, Led Zeppelin (one of my favorite groups) sponsored a McLaren in the European Interseries.


Thanks for the info!!! Very interesting!!!
...and of course Kashmir is one of the 10 best Rocksongs !!!!! :thumbsup:



Best regards, Ebi

Guys- I really love this thread!

Ed, Bill, Coach, Tex, GB, VJ, rr, Zanza;

Thank you for the comps’
It means much more coming from designer/builders such as yourselves-

Ed- that German truck is actually a bus!
I picked it up at a toy fair whilst on holiday in the UK.
It came as plastic model--I love it too! One of my favs’-
Also, everything I do is in plastic. I don’t do DC conversions-

Rr- As I’d mentioned, I’d paid for it- the other week with the post marathon. I shouldn’t have spent so much time on the pc- even with the multiple breaks and pre-writing a lot of the posts. I’ll be re-posting some pics I think you’ll recall and enjoy seeing once more-

Zanz &VJ- both the tilty and the Mighty Joe truck are JL Willlys I’ve shown before.
The Gasser has re-worked T-jet front hubs for the tilt pivot.

As they’ve been tellin’ me; Ready for another dose?

These four are from my “Batman 2020” fantasy series.
They’re plastic cars I found on clearance at TRU-

Batmobile-

Wayne manor coupe-

Catwoman’s Hairball express-

Jokermobile-


Cont..

More Bat various droppings-

Candy-Bat-
The standard container everyone converted at some time. I detailed the bod’ put Bat-spinners on the wheels, and installed a red “afterburner” lamp in the rear-

Bruce Wayne’s GT (Gotham Tourer)-
This was a McD’s happy meal toy I detailed and polished up as sharp as a Vicar’s heel on Sunday! And the thing runs great!

Slim-Bat-
I found a rack of these and only bought one!
It was the smallest plastic bod’ Bat car I’d ever seen. A little grinding, and it just fits a slim-line chass’. Great for a side by side comparo’ with the Aurora Bat-

(note- some pics out of order)

Cont..

One more of the Slim-Bat and a odd few more-

HW plastic “party favor” (looks a little like the last Cougars)-

Mobile underwater fossil finding diver-
The tracks are DC, but I had no choice. At least I removed much of the stock. I will eventually like to have a set of resin tracks to get rid of the weight.

(Note- some pics out of order)


Cont..

The last for now...

Euro Shooting brake Pro-stock-
(Looks a little similar to a U.S. Taurus)

Chopped model A-
Engine is from the re-issue of the Tyco Vette “Hot rods” series
(This is where I could have used your seaming expertise, Bill-)


I have (so much) more…

Cheers..

love that yellow rod!

Hey Boss, I dont see no stinkin' seams? That 5 "winder" looks pretty skookum to me! I'd really like to do some kind of vid on the Vitale technique so the gang can see how easy it is! Seeing is believing, as a picture is worth a thousand words.

The zoopy Gotham tourer really trips my trigger; low, slick, and curvaceous. Any chance you'll give birth and pop a few out for us? It's kinda reminiscent of the old Roarin' Rolls but with a much higher cool factor!

Really enjoyed my first chat nite. It was humerously fun. Joez finally guilted me into it! Bless'im, and his thumb. It's nice to join a bunch of good humored, twisted individuals with common interests and experiences.

Keep that wing limber! Put a teabag on it or soak it in cider.

Bill

Boss,

man i did enjoyed watching you making them in the past.. they all are awesome man!! i like the batmobile with the light on the rear..

:thumbsup:

Wes

Yowza Boss, I don't know what make it is, but that metallic chrome red and silver car mounted inside the old johnny lightning case is AWESOME looking.

Phil, as always, impeccable customs man....VERY original, VERY well thought out!

So many cars, Boss.....so MANY HOURS! All of them really cool, too!
I would be lying if i said I didn't have faves, eh!
The 2020 wayne coupe is the BOMB! It would still look cool if it wasn't chromed!

I have always loved the "Keaton" Bat cars, maybe even more than the original. Maybe it has something to do with the digital shields....naw, I like the Barris car just as much!

The wayne coupe that Bill talked about is really sharp, too. I wonder how hard it would be to find one....heh!

The Pro Stock cars are very slick. Funny, the only wagons I own are 55 & 57 nomads.
I'd like to change that too, eh! I always thought that the Taurus wagon would make a really cool slammer delivery! It just has that look.... :cool:

I LOVE a rod in any color, especially this one! Big chromy motor, fat pipes, raked stance, big meaty rears......and ofcourse, the obligatory chop, yeah?! Was this bod the Afx 5 window?

They are all great looking cars, Boss. Thanks so much for sharing them! Lets see some more! (when you feel up to it, eh!)

You get 2 :thumbsup:

sweet work Boss, hope your hard back doing them soon!


Dave

Steve, aka Gearbuster made a few more masterpiece cars for me. check them out.
Another cool javelin, a Sethie special Blues CLues slammed van, all custom painted up.

An awesome music van for my wife, this was a Claus reject van that was done up as a suprise for Lisa. I don't know where you get the skill to do this.

There Is No Doubt In My Mind , I Have Never Seen A Cooler, More Detailed Piece Of Work Then This Ass Kicking Pirate Ship.
Thanks A Million Steve.

Dayumm .....that pirate ship is AWESOME....LOL...a friggin' pirate ship....who would ever have thought :lol:

Yaaaaaar! Get your hands off me booty! Slot pirates.

Hey Bill Hall,gimme a call!
Chris 859-356-1566

Here's a few more.

Will do Chris, gonna fall down dead for a few hrs. BH

and more. The Willys belong to Tom at tsshobbies I built them for him.

that red funny car is the coolest HO car I've ever seen. I remember when that was posted last year... I wanted it then, I want it more now

Hey there Daddy-O

I really love those vans!

But, that pirate ship is off the map!
You are so right--I've never seen anything like this in the slot world!

What a great piece to adapt to the theme!


(Looks as if I'll have to dig out some more of my stuff...nothing as wild as your sea-faring vessel, though!)


Thanks for sharing! :thumbsup:


Cheers..

Here is what happens when you hit a coupe with the hammer.
It comes out as a ratrod coupe. Sits on a tyco 440 widepan..........Grille is from a Darda hotrod diecast.......................

GB, if you wouldnt mind, could you post up the measurements on that Darda grill. I would greatly appreciate it. Even it's too big, I'd like to blend one into one of my Aurora HR Deuce versions. The tennis shoe snout on their version has bugged me since the git go. Probably need a shrinko ray or a hammer, but that look is the sh#t for sure! Wanna wanna....Gotta have it.

Thanks, Bill

that red funny car is the coolest HO car I've ever seen. I remember when that was posted last year... I wanted it then, I want it more now

MTO, Your drag cars are second to none. I generally find myself pushing my jaw shut when you post. Jimmy said coolest, I'll use baddest. Un fricken real!

Who does the Topilino bod?

BH

The blue one is a vacu-formed vinal from Niedert. Not sure if they're still in business. The black one is a resin from mrwillysgasser. It came as an open top.

The blue one is a vacu-formed vinal from Niedert. Not sure if they're still in business. The black one is a resin from mrwillysgasser. It came as an open top.

Thank you. ;)

BH

Bill,

Drop me your addy.. I have more here in the box if that will help.. :thumbsup:

MT,

I agree ..those willys are B#$@hin... Love the fade job on the 33 :thumbsup: :cool:

B,
the Hearse is very different.. Talk about raisin the dead... :thumbsup:

Looks like all the big gun customs have started to arrive.. Love the awsome work you guys do.. Love to see new ideas of what pops out of the dim lite corners of the slot dungeon. :dude:

GB. Thats exciting news. This particular grill could really put the project over the top. Definately a missing link. If you can spare a couple, I'll make every effort to make it work. Many thanks for your contribution and steppin' in! - BH



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Man, it took me a full minute to figure out I was looking at chopped roofs on the vans!
sweet and smooth job, mate! Dang! I would love to attempt one some day....but probably won't, due to shakey hands, eh.

You mentioned the ship the other week and I had no clear idea of what you were talking about, eh! That ship is freaky cool! Never mind hunting for burried or sunken treasure, matey.....because that slot car is IT! Heh! What an imagination! :thumbsup:

I spent a goodly amount of time drooling over Mr Yoders customs before. I had figured that I had gotten over all of that. NOPE! heh! :thumbsup: I am still drooling as much as I did when I read along with his build-ups on the first go-'round, hey!

Beautiful, beautiful cars! :thumbsup: