the "Rattler"
Had a great time with this one! For my first attempt at doing a super detail, and with lots of donated parts...(thanks Dave!) I was pretty pleased with the final car. Made it into a couple competitions and pulled a 1st place in one, and a Best of Show in another. Bear in mind, neither were NNL shows, but I did manage to drag home the Best of Show trophy from an IPMS meet in good ol' Pittsburgh. Very (very) little paint ever hit this rascal. Mostly lacquer base metalizers, polishing powders and a lotta polishing and dry ragging. Attempted my first freehand graphic paint job... trying to replicate a rattlesnake skin on the body panels which are all polished metalizers as well. All in all it came out pretty interesting that's for sure! Thanks for peeking- and enjoy.
the '66 corvette
the weekend warrior Willys...
This beast started from the Revell SW&C drag car, but of course....didn't end up as one! Lots of chassis mods to get those fat wrinklewalls crammed up in there, and I got it as low and down on the asphalt as I could push 'er! Attempted my first "candy apple" single-stage paintjob when I finally got around to finishin' it up and I guess for my first urathane try....not too bad.
the Shirley Muldowney railer....one that never existed anyway~
Not as if ol' Cha-Cha ever actually piloted much more than rear engine railers, but had she asked yours truly to build her a f/e ground pounder.... it would have looked just like this! And, as only fitting, after a couple meets and shows that this baby took First and Best of Show in, the car was shipped off to her rightful owner- Cha Cha (the Legend) herself. At this point in my building I was getting a better handle on different "metalizing" and ragging techniques, as well as venturing deeper into and becoming more comfortable with detailing and bash/scratch building. Have to admit, this was my first somewhat "successful" build in my opinion, and it also ended up being a great learning experience.
my roundy-rounder
This was my first dirt track modified and all-in-all I was actually pretty darn pleased with it. Did a lot of photo research and had a heap of help from Fred Sudlow at Fred's Resin Workshop and other friends familiar with this type of car. This monstrosity was a total parts box build and (I think) the body came from a Pinto F/C kit but wouldn't swear to it. Turned out a-ok but never made it to the shelf tho..... listed her on Evil-Bay where it fetched a decent price!
the Ford pick-'em-up
Not real sure what year ford p/u this is (I think a '55), but it's my one and only truck build. This was before I had done any airbrushing so the body was total rattlecan enamel. Not too bad for an outta the can spray I guess. Had a little fish-eye I never got around to polishing out and kinda rough but hey- it's all learn-as-you-go....right? Still to this day I like this funky ol' thing- wish I would have saved it!