nascarkeith's new project "Haulin' House" Finished
I figure combining a Ratified and a Bone Shaker makes it a Rat Bone.
Chassis and wheels are from the Ratified. Body from the Bone Shaker. Engine is Ratified parts and 1/24 plastic model parts.
Still need to permanently attach the body and do some detailing.
I don't think I've mentioned it to you guys but I am a teacher. Christmas break has given me a lot of time to tinker. That is why you are seeing so much from me lately.
Carl, I hit the Cadillac with a wire brush in a Dremel and then sanded areas. After that, I used a bronze sharpie on the places bear metal was showing. Then, I painted a coat of brown and wiped it off and did the same with black. Finally, I misted it with black.
Rat Bone is finished. Below are the mods I had to do to put the two cars together.
I had to cut the front off of the Boneshaker to make room for the new engine.
The Boneshaker body wouldn't fit between the exhaust pipes. I tried grinding to make room and bending the parts. I ended up having to cut the headers apart, add styrene to the piece that went between them, and glue them back on to make them wide enough apart. I also had to do some grinding to make room for the motor to slide forward. I got a scoop from my 1/24 model junkyard and the piece that goes over the front axle.
To make the wheel base long enough in the rear I had to add a piece of styrene to attach the axle to. The axle was too narrow so I cut it and glued the pieces into some styrene rod to get the width I needed.
This is what the bottom looks like.
Here is the finished product.
Thanks, guys here is another one. A little paint and a styrene roof rack on a VW Brasilia.
These are my first few builds where I focused more on speed than looks.
Chevelle 57.1g
Added weight. Did some painting.
Ford GTX1 FTE2
Added weight and graphite
Aero Dynamic
Added weight and graphite. Repo Duty wheels/Axles.
Mazda Furai FTE2
Removed the interior to make room for weight and used graphite on the axles.
This was a disappointment. It is slow.
Picked up the Ford because I thought it was cool. Its quicker than I expected.
Thanks for the encouragement. Glad to know I am on the right track.
The pick up weighs in at 56 grams and with another set of wheels could be a beast.
I had some parts left over from the Dueling Derbies builds and my flatbed so I decided to make something out of them. I've always liked rat rods and didn't really car for the Cadillac but bought it for the FTE2 wheels. I had seen a new Camaro rat rodded and thought it was cool. Combine a rat rod and a Caddilac and you get a Ratillac.
I didn't know the Brasilia build off on the other forum was over so I picked this up.
And I know you like gassers so check out this new for 2013 '55.
