Here's a Merc that started low so I just lowered it a tad more.

Whoa!!! A cool 2 toner from the west coast :thumbsup::thumbsup: Like that Merc and the wheel choice!!! RM

Hi-Jacks are welcome as far as I'm concerned Rick, especially when they look this good :thumbsup::thumbsup:. Looks like he's having a cool Sunday drive...RM

i found these pics that I uploaded to my ISP a zillion years ago when I did the chop...

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/jl59conv01.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/jl59conv02.jpg

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

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/jl59conv04.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/jl59conv05.jpg

sorry if this ventures into thread hijack territory... a top chop ain't a slam, I know... but fwiw, this one is lowered WAY down from the way AW made it. :D

--rick

love the 59!i have two,but i dont have the stuff to do a chop.you're right,that is waaaay lower than factory!:o

Here's a Merc that started low so I just lowered it a tad more.

man i gotta get my hands on some leadsleds,,,muahahahah...ahem...

Thats no hijack! That's a sweet-heart car!

Slam, chop, section, channel... it's all good. So long as a dangerous instrument was used in it's creation and the risk of dissaster presented itself; then it qualifies.

That looks slammed to me, Rick. And a nice job of it.

But to make sure no one feels left out, let's not limit this to JL/AW bodies. If you lowered it, show it off.

Here's a couple Tomys I slammed.

Zook, All you need is a toy doggie in the back window with his head bobbin' up and down and Vida Guerra posing next to it. :D I'd say it looks perfect. :thumbsup:

Slot newbie, I like the two color effect. Looks like shadow and highlight on ripped muscle. Espcially crouched for the kill. Nice!

Zook, All you need is a toy doggie in the back window with his head bobbin' up and down and Vida Guerra posing next to it. :D I'd say it looks perfect. :thumbsup:

Slot newbie, I like the two color effect. Looks like shadow and highlight on ripped muscle. Espcially crouched for the kill. Nice!

you mean the two tone vw or the shadows on the blue/chrome charger??

hey dragon,did ya dremel off the roof on that 59?and where'd ya find an interior??

you mean the two tone vw or the shadows on the blue/chrome charger??Well, while the van is nice, somehow muscular is not a word that fits it. ;)

hey dragon,did ya dremel off the roof on that 59?and where'd ya find an interior??
'Twas not I. Mine still has a roof. But i'm thinkin'....

i found these pics that I uploaded to my ISP a zillion years ago when I did the chop...

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/jl59conv01.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/jl59conv02.jpg

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

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/jl59conv04.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/jl59conv05.jpg

sorry if this ventures into thread hijack territory... a top chop ain't a slam, I know... but fwiw, this one is lowered WAY down from the way AW made it. :D

--rick

hey rick.thanks for the pick!i might have to get another one to chop!whered ya get the interior?

'Twas not I. Mine still has a roof. But i'm thinkin'....

sorry,my bad!:)

ok here's a "quick slam"that i thought was fun.tomy clip on chassis,+a tycopro II brass pan chassis=intsa slam!http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj434/slotnewbie69/DSCN1522.jpg

hey rick.thanks for the pick!i might have to get another one to chop!whered ya get the interior?

that one didn't need to have the roof Dremeled off... on the convertibles (the yellow one and the rust-orange one) the windows and the roof are all one piece. although now that you mention it, i did have to dremel the roof away from the windshield...

the interior, and the driver if i remember correctly, are from Weird Jack. he has stuff on ebay all the time (including fantastic tires!). but you could probably use one from a JL Mustang... i've done that a couple times. came out real nice to use a Mustang interior on a JL Fairlane convertible chop...

--rick

edit: here are pics of a JL Fairlane with an interior cut out of a JL Mustang:

http://home.comcast.net/~rwurtz/images/fcomp01.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~rwurtz/images/fcomp02.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~rwurtz/images/fcomp03.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~rwurtz/images/fcomp04.JPG

That looks slick!!! Me likes!!!! Guess I need to add thet body style to my wish list!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

UtherJoe

The 59 and the Fairlane 'verts are 2 of the best executed conversions I've ever seen. Both look as though they came from the factory. With the molds being on hand I can't help but wonder why JL/AW didn't think to do these in this trim??... err never mind. Anywho.... Rick... That's some fine slot car choppin. Top shelf!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: nd

thanks guys. truth is, i haven't had time to do stuff like this in a couple years--these are old pics. also, yeah, i think they came out pretty cool, but they can't touch some of the fabrication stuff like Bill Hall et al. have been doing. honestly, 'vertible 'versions are pretty straightforward... you gotta have a light touch with the Dremel or the knife along the windshield and the C-pillars, but after that, it's just sanding the interior piece to fit in the hole and hiding some of the carnage with the convertible boot. man, i gotta get me some new material to hack on...

--rick

Those are awesome jobs on the Impala and Fairlane mod, Rick. Posting the Fairlane mod next to the 1:1 is a really sweet touch! You're killing my keyboard by making me drool, man!

Rick, that Fairlane is way too cool. I like it. :thumbsup:

After delays on my part, and a major fear of the pinesol bucket round of procrastination, I finally got the guts mustered to take a stab at part to of the slammo vette paint. Right up until I shot the white it was going to be two tone red. Well.....that changed!!! The white fully cured and when I grabbed it this morning a certain Nomad picture ran through my mind. I decided to let the TM make the ultimate decision. I showed her the car, the deep cranberry pearl and the deep jewel green... and she said green. So green it was!!! It's hard to see the true color in the pic's.. Most came out looking ...blue? I dunno. The first one is the closest to the real color...




http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp251/slotcarman12078/100_1434.jpg


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Hooray!! My first two tone that is even close to a Hilltop job.. It's not perfect, but that's what I get for messing with with paint and future with the kids around. There's a tiny spec of dust on the hood, thanks to speedy gonzales needing to run through the room right after I dipped the body..:mad: I saw it floating and when I swiped at it, it made a beeline for the hood... Ooops!! Thanks again to Alphaslot for the bumpers!!! You helped make it happen!!! :thumbsup:

P.S. It's really hard to see in the pictures, but there is a very fine silver stripe dividing the colors. This time I taped the entire 10" section of stripe to the desk before trimming the width with great sucess!! Always slit more than you need 'cause the ends always get fudged!! UtherJoe

I likes the Slamvette!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup: Cool color choice. That bad boys looks good hugging the ground with those chromes a shining!!! I like the painted bumpers too... RM

These slams are great...........more, more, more! Nice job everyone. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Bob...need to go low soon...zilla

that one didn't need to have the roof Dremeled off... on the convertibles (the yellow one and the rust-orange one) the windows and the roof are all one piece. although now that you mention it, i did have to dremel the roof away from the windshield...

the interior, and the driver if i remember correctly, are from Weird Jack. he has stuff on ebay all the time (including fantastic tires!). but you could probably use one from a JL Mustang... i've done that a couple times. came out real nice to use a Mustang interior on a JL Fairlane convertible chop...

--rick

edit: here are pics of a JL Fairlane with an interior cut out of a JL Mustang:

http://home.comcast.net/~rwurtz/images/fcomp01.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~rwurtz/images/fcomp02.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~rwurtz/images/fcomp03.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~rwurtz/images/fcomp04.JPG


This is a great conversion! I have never really liked that JL body but now that I have seen your conversion my cars are about to meet the chop shop.
Rob