Hey Mike!

Those cars are easy on the eyes. Obviously you're a natural. :thumbsup:

I'm so glad you finally took the plunge. Remember that I'm hip to your program. I've seen your high caliber chassis builds and developement, hence my incessant nagging for you to start painting. :tongue:

Great detail, high quality, clean jobs all. Meatballs, numbers and stripes all centered, square and plumb! :cool:

The lexans are no different except that you apply it all in reverse order. :p

You did yourself proud, and did not dissappoint. Oh far from it!

Looking forward to more. :wave:

B.

Nice job mike. I think they look great too!!!

Keep'em coming guys.

BTW Mike... I love that yellow 512. You're right... they should have done it. Some colors make so much sense and yet others go into production...sigh!!

Those 512s are cool...now all you gotta do is the rest of the AFX car line and your done. Cool AFX co., Could have...should have... color scheemes.

Well it happened and I am kinda still stressed out but, will bounce back. Somehow the clearcoat on this RRR bug did not dry completly (waited over a week) I think that maybe it had some kind of reaction to the plasic, as I did not paint it but, just cleaned it up well??? I don't know...

Anyways The front passengers side fender was hanging up on the front tire so did a carefull trim and the car Zooooooms around the track very well now.

Going to strip the clear coat off and paint it this time. Then wait for paint to dry, then detail it out again and then clear coat it again. Oooooooh the AGAIN & AGAIN part drives me nuts......No more slot cars for me today!!!

I love these little bugs. This is my first T-Jet bug body but, not my last. Here are the before and after pics... :cry:

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

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/ahrb1.jpghttp://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/ahrb2.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/ahrb3.jpg

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh, Bob

Almost finished with my Supercar collection, at least until Hellonwheels8 puts some new bodies out.

Front to back, left to right:

Mercedes CLK-GTR, Ferrari Enzo, Lamborghini Mercielago, Saleen S7, Cadillac Cien, Porsche Carrera GT, Porsche 911 GT3, Lotus M250 and Marcos Mantis

Nice group of cars. What chassis are they on?

Nice group of cars. What chassis are they on?
Thare are some on Tyco pans and some on Super G+ indy mounts. The 911 GT3 is on a M/T.

Mking, Very nice looking group of 512s. Agree the colors look sharp, very nicely done . . .

Bobhch, Can’t miss with bugs. Really like the beige color, different for a change, looks right. Very nicely done . . .

MAYHEM, Great looking group of cars, the Saleen, Cien, and Mantis stand out for me . . . Probably because they are not regular fair, very nicely done all way round . . .

Cheers,
Jas

Bobhch, Can’t miss with bugs. Really like the beige color, different for a change, looks right. Very nicely done . . .

Cheers,
Jas

Thanks scratch but, have to do it all over again....Dang thing got messed up.

Well for every failure there are many sucess stories. This is a truck that I picked up at a garage sale for 25 cents today. It didn't come with the slot car Chassis and I did all the work in a couple of hours today converting it.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/ajs1.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/ajs2.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/ajs3.jpg

This was a cheese ball Ambulance kids toy from Arbys. I need more of these! The stickers are of the clear RC AutoGraphics type. To me this kinda looks AJs style.

Made the window stickers from some thin Pactra pinstripe tape. That stuff rocks. You get a roll of different sized stripes and is available in many different colors. It is very thin also...oooooh duh said that already.

Yeah I know the pickups are dirty. Been running the wheels off it since getting it finished. This is just as much fun to run as it was to build. :)

Bob

I wish I had one of them. It looks like it would make a great beer truck!

I like it!

I like it!

i second that!!

Wes

Cool truck!!!!

I wish I had one of them. It looks like it would make a great beer truck!

WOW! You are right about the beer truck deal. Now I realy got to go to GoodWill and look for these. I want a beer Truck too! How about a red Budwieser one and then just a plain white truck with black letters "BEER" on it. I may just have to Photoshop the "BEER" truck here soon.

Thanks for the :cool: cool :cool: beer truck idea hartacerman.

Bob

Thanks scratch but, have to do it all over again....Dang thing got messed up.

bobhch, Too bad about the bug. How'd it get messed up?

Like the beer truck to be as well.

Could see some Budweiser decals along the side, featuring the Beer Wagon and Clydesdale horses. Would look terrific ... and be an attention getter, period . . .

Have seen the Clydesdales up close and personal before they rolled out for a parade in Milwaukee.

Absolutely, positively, awesome, beautiful animals, and gentle too. Envied the guy driving the rig to be sure, was too cool . . .

Cheers,
Jas

bobhch, Too bad about the bug. How'd it get messed up?

Like the beer truck to be as well.

Could see some Budweiser decals along the side, featuring the Beer Wagon and Clydesdale horses. Would look terrific ... and be an attention getter, period . . .

Have seen the Clydesdales up close and personal before they rolled out for a parade in Milwaukee.

Absolutely, positively, awesome, beautiful animals, and gentle too. Envied the guy driving the rig to be sure, was too cool . . .

Cheers,
Jas

The bug decals were put on just the plastic and the clear coat did not dry....waited a week. Something on the plastic or something? Anyways going to paint it and then decal it and then clear coat this again. BNBgoodies makes a good VW body for a Tomy Indy chassis. I have 4 of them. Check my gallery for pics of my yellow one. Going to make a Herby out of one of them as soon as my RRR t-jet Herbie gets done. Projects upon projects just keep building up. lol

I agree that the Clydesdales are beautiful animals. The Wife and I were in St. Louis last year and took the Budwieser plant tour. They keep lots of Clydesdales there. Was realy neat to see them close up.

Went to 2 Goodwills today and 1 Antique shop on the way home from work. No Hardees beer trucks but, did end up getting a full size traffic light to restore for the slot car room (Yes!). I work with metal and will remake the 3 light covers out of 22 ga. metal. Used some Chemical paint remover out of a rattle can on it after getting it all taken apart. My neighbors must think I'm nuts. Cleaned up most of the yellow paint and sprayed the rest down the drive way.

This Buds for you, Bob

Here is a 57 Chevy with a real cool roll cage built in. I just got this dirt tracker of D-Bay and detailed it out in total Dirt Track road rage atire. Thanks 351mary for making this sweet 57. At this rate I will have like a Kazillion 55s and 57s sooner than later.

I have another Tyco 57 Body in my junk drawer. Looks like the 30s and 40s are going to have to wait for a bit. Ooooh and Herbie too.

Was already planning a full out Dirt Track AW Camaro (is ready for paint) and now will need to make a few of those also. Kinda like the Guys Potato chips commercial...bet yah can't eat just one. Well not going to eat them....paint them.

Bob

Wow, looks like you been racing against Mike in the great northwest, lol.

Here is my latest Pinto dragster fresh from the paint booth today. 1971 "Poison Pinto" for the Aurora Tjet 500 chassis.

http://www.gm454dragbodies.com/images/Red_white_Poison_Pinto_for_scaleracers.jpg

Here is my latest Pinto dragster fresh from the paint booth today. 1971 "Poison Pinto" for the Aurora Tjet 500 chassis.

I saw that up on the Bay today and it is one fine Pinto! I had the Pinto Model as a kid. Look for it on de-pay once in a while but, never find it. The 1/24 model had no hood with a huge engine sticking out and small pointy things in front and rear insted of bumpers. Was molded in red and later painted it Orange and Yellow. Then something bad happened to it...dang me as a kid. :cry:

Red is my favorite color also. I think I am watching this one. Way cool :cool:

Bob

I had the Pinto Model as a kid. Look for it on de-pay once in a while but, never find it. The 1/24 model had no hood with a huge engine sticking out and small pointy things in front and rear insted of bumpers.

Yer. I seem to rememebr that one; it was a Revell kit, wasn't it?

Cheers

Richard

This is my custom track along with a custom T-jet of the General Lee before Auto World released there car. I thought I would have some fun and stage some shots. :wave: ALL I NEED IS AN OPEN ROAD AND A WHOLE LOTTA SPEED!!!!!!

Richard, I am not positive, but I think it was a Monogram kit.

Richard, I am not positive, but I think it was a Monogram kit.

It was a Monogram kit. Will do a search on da-bAY and see if it comes up...



Love your track layout. Working towards that with mine but, it is in the beggining stage right now. Lucky and I am very Jello-us. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Bob

This is my custom track along with a custom T-jet of the General Lee before Auto World released there car. I thought I would have some fun and stage some shots. :wave: ALL I NEED IS AN OPEN ROAD AND A WHOLE LOTTA SPEED!!!!!!

Hmmmm..... That mailbox in the foreground is awful close to the road.

I'd hate to be the mail man on your layout!

Especially with the Duke boys drivin' a T-jet style car. :p

Please give us a pull back shot of your layout someday.

O.K you asked for it here it is. I have 4 building on this layout. This was my test track but to to limited space it is my main track now. The track is tomy which gives me all the tight turns. If is a challenge to run but tons of fun. The Boar's nest is a Mamma Diner. I have Boss Hogg, Roscoe and flash on the front porch. I painted Boss Hogg figure and building is weathered by me.
ALL I NEED IS AN OPEN ROAD AND A WHOLE LOTTA SPEED!!!!!!

slotrod that is a Sweet layout! That looks like a lot of fun. Bob Lucky!

Did you paint the gaurdrail? :confused: I may have to do that on mine. Realy gives your layout a real look with the gray gaurd rails. These layout pics have inspired me to work on my layout today.

Picked up these little kit jobies off da-bay just now 11:00 P.M. and have others to use.

I made some changes on the track and went with 180 degrees worth of 18" dia. curves and before that 360 deg. of 9" dia. curves....zOOOOoooom bAby. Bubble wrap is being used through out with Sculptamold to cover it. This is going to be Dessert with Cactus and other hot and dry like stuff...Got the idea for the highs and lows from the movie "Cars". Our 2 kids watch it all the time.

I have a long way to go still....Hot glue gun and tons of supports to build. This is going to be nice when it comes time to clean the track as it won't be all teter totery anymore.

Hobby Talk inspiration is driving me to get this project done. To bad the controler calls out to me to drive now and then instead of build...No more custom slot cars for me for a while.

Gotta get this done. Have wanted a slot car layout since the time I saw my Cousins in St. Louis when we were kids.

Thanks, Bob

Great details! Looks like a fun challenge to try and master this track.

Yes Bob I did paint the guard rails. Looks better than bright orange or yellow. All the kits are hand painted. Thanks

It was a Monogram kit. Will do a search on da-bAY and see if it comes up...



Love your track layout. Working towards that with mine but, it is in the beggining stage right now. Lucky and I am very Jello-us. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Bob


I am quoting myself here. I won the Poison Pinto Monogram Model on da-bay today! Sweet!

Was at work today and started thinking about green army men (Thanks Bill) that somehow have been pulled out of my youths memory bank lately. Well my slot car track layout is going to be a full blown out war with Godzilla against the US Army in Las Vegas! I have a sweet Vegas scaled light up sign and will be making tons of ho Army guys. This is going to be FUN!!

Herbie is nearly done again...Came to a stopping point and just need to do one headlight, the rear brake lights and front hood latch. I did the windsheild wippers this time around (with a very dry brush). Cleaned the body up real good but, did not paint it. Will try the clear coat on this one one more time....well if this doesn't come out then I gotta get more Herbie decals from the guy on da-bay right away.

Got these tires from Buds and they are soooooooooo sweet! Perfect off white match for Herbie. These colored tires are going to be fun to put on.

Going to Vegas for a Family Vacation with some of our good friends for the weekend. Everyone take care and have fun!

Later, Bob :wave:

Hello Richard
I forgot to put the 8 Its www.Hellonwheels8.com

I am very late to post but found this thread an d was amazed. A custom afx 55 adapted to a t-jet chassis. http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/hotrailz/55WITHDUBSFRONTshot.jpg

Here is another 50's car with the little oval rear window. I cast it from a Hot Wheels and put it on a tjet chassis. It was fun from beginning to end.
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/hotrailz/PurpleOvalT-jetOntable.jpg

I was wondering when the "Groovemobiles" would make their appearence here.
Nice to see they've arrived!

Hey Groove! I really dig the rear meats that tuck in properly behind the fenders on your '55. How's she handle?

Super job on the oval window too. A really nice fit. I'm an aircooled goon from way back.

Hi Indagroove!

I really love this "new" beetle!!! A nice "Ovali" (that´s what we call ´em over here) was what the HO-slotworld was waiting for too long... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Greetings from Germany,

Claus

P.S.: Looking forward to seeing pics of the finished car - especially of her front!

A couple of weeks ago Bill Hall posted a pic (in another thread) of his friend's 55 chevy with ghost flames on it. Bill said he couldn't get the ghost flames on the 55 to show up due to his "remedial camera skills". Not sure it is remedial camera skills to blame...those ghost flames are just a pain to get pictures of.

I decided to try for the ghost flame effect on a TJET body and I have to say that it is no easy task to get a good picture to show the ghost flames. This 66 nova is painted candy red metallic with ghost flames on the sides of the car and on the hood. However, I couldn't get the lighting right so the hood flames would show up at the same time as the side flames on the car. The flames become more visible and less visible depending on the angle of light hitting the car.

http://www.gm454dragbodies.com/images/MC_Red_Ghost_Flames_66_Nova_for_scaleracers.jpg

A very pretty car! At least I can see these flames. Is that free hand or a stencil? Either way wow!

Aint it funny how the durn camera pics up every fly spec and fingerprint, yet makes life difficult when we're trying to show something you can plainly see with the naked eye?

My close up pics have gotten a tad better since I learned how to adjust the Macro setting on our new camera. I still not sure that it isnt some kind of organized conspiracy to screw up my pics. LOL!

Bill, the flames are not true freehand on the body or a stencil, but I did "draw" them on my computer using the trusty mouse and then printed them out as decals. The ghost flames on this Nova really show up well to the naked eye in the sunlight, but the bright, harsh sunlight didn't agree so well with the digital camera when I tried that so I had to go back to the artificial light source for those pics.

Getting a digital camera with a good macro setting is a must on getting closeup pics in focus....my camera actually has a macro function and a super macro function on it. The super macro function has a focal length of less than an inch...I think it is something like .7", so you can get really, really close and it will still focus and not have that fuzzy edge look.

Bill, since we were talking about getting pictures of ghost images with the cameras...I will hijack this thread for a second to show some "ghost images" I got at the dragstrip a few weeks ago. It was getting dark and I had the flash off on my camera and I guess it made the shutter stay open longer than normal when taking pictures to let more light in. As a result I ended up with some pretty cool (although somewhat blurry) images of some cars leaving the starting line.

In the first picture you can see a ghost image of a red 4th gen Firebird (if I remember correctly) leaving the line in the lane on the bottom of the pic. The two amber streaks (front marker lights) in the Tower lane- top lane in pic- are all that showed up of a crazy wheelstanding launch of a 1974 nova.

The bottom picture shows a solo run of a 1962 Pro Mod corvette leaving the line. The picture is pretty blurry but you can make out a ghost image of the front of the car. This 'vette was covering the first 60 feet in under a second...and the track was really greasy that night so they had the clutches really softened up in the Pro mods so they would actually get down the track in a straight line, (in one piece) without laying rubber down for the full 1/8 mile. I actually saw several cars lay rubber down for the full 1/8 mile earlier in the day during qualifying runs. Several of the outlaw 10.5 cars just about hit the wall during qualifying so the pro mod drivers went back and softened up the clutches so they didn't have a white knuckle ride down the track.
http://www.gm454dragbodies.com/sitebuilder/images/P6090043-600x450.jpg
http://www.gm454dragbodies.com/sitebuilder/images/P6090048-600x450.jpg

LOL. I love a good hijacking with pics.

Very cool! I love being at the track at dusk.

Well guys.. Been awhile since I built much.
I'm back in the swing again :thumbsup: Got some breathin room at the shop. Slammed some of Eds with paint and decided to finish one I started awhile back. Needed a special occasion do get me to dig it out.
Started life as a chrome tyco 1940 ford coupe. Slimmed it down when my dremmel got outta control. It cut off the extensions for the pipes, The top went, the headlights shaved off, Hood front rounded.
When I finally got the dremmel shut down, I sat and stared at the roofless mess in front of me. I dug into my bag of diecast and pulled out a playin mantis merc convert. Yanked off the top and trimmed it down. Presto. Carson top for the ford . Still wasen't enough. Needed more of the old hotrod look.
What does all old rod have.. Fender skirts and louvers.. :cool:
Styrene fender skirts and 4 rows of louvers for a total of 44. The louvers was made by...HHHmmm little elves.. :dude: Take a trip back in time to when hotrods and customs was king.. Enjoy
This car was built to set beside one of the wildest slots I ever built for a member.Have ya thinkin now Huh..LOL :confused:

Yeah Buster!!!
Been waiting patiently on this since the skunk works photo!
Daaaaamn that's purdy!

Like to see a Willy's done like that as well. Race Ya?!!!!

GB, That 4Dee is stunning! Even as an adult, I will chase cars like that on foot just to get another look, eh! :thumbsup: There is just something about a slammed car with mail-slot glass that makes my heart sound like a lumpy cam!
How about some more pics, hey!

Bill, don't worry, mate! As soon as I am done with the Termite-Delight, I will complete the Rag Willys we were talking about last eve! Thanks to GBs beautiful car, I am even MORE inspired than ever! :thumbsup:
Hmmmm....Rag Willys.......Raggedy Willys! Dang, but this is getting fun! I might have to complete the Willys first!

GB, thank you for such an inspiring car!!!

GB I side with Joe on this one. If it were a 1:1 I'd turn around and try to get a better look. :cool: As a slot car it's amazing... just amazing. And yes, I would like to see it next to your other super-fine ride. dave

LOVE that redone Tyco!

awesome!

Bill,

I redone the louvers since you last saw it. Found an easier way.. :thumbsup: Hmm.. Willys build off... Sounds like a contest to me.. :cool: What ya say. Anybody game??

Joe,
Glad to help in the inspire catagory. Really I was trying to inspire you into the 1:1 you pic. with the chop and slam. :dude:
I'm the same as all. I also will turn around and chase down a sweet lookin ride to get up close to a jewel.

TJ,
It's not going to be parked next to mine. This one is going to a shelf in another slot heads house. Lets say house warming... :cool:

VJ,
More to come.. Workin on a radical slammed,chopped...ok. enough info..
BUG...Nothing is safe in my hands. If it has a roof and I have a dremmel. It's comin off.. :freak:

All of you guys simply amazed me with your so fine quality customs

Here's my little attempt to recycle the so rare parts left laying on my workbench. Will you recognize what I have used to create this Go-Kart...?

The stinky so-called flames are from a toy from McDonald (as soon as I find good stickers, I'll tear 'em off, I swear) :p

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

http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/511/medium/GoKart4.jpg

Love it Zanza.

Very high cool facor!

It could be a new class of racing. RRPK's... Recycled Rare Parts Karts!! :) tjd

gear buster and zanza,

Those are neato kinda slot cars man. Very Cool indeed. I love this place. Keep em Coming.

O.K. just gotta take a break from Godzilla world and work on a few unfinished Willy's projects and talk to a man about some Datsun bodies...Man this hobby is addictive as Hell. :devil:

Bob