Remember back in the days, in the '60s and '70s, reading all those cool CARtoons and Hot Rod Cartoons magazines? I loved it when those guys would go into the garage, with wrenches and a welding torch, and come out with some mashup of parts made into some cool rod of some kind! Parts from this, parts from that, and, voila! Some kinda neat ride!
This was built with that spirit in mind; and also, over the decades, I've built many different but more or less traditional T-Buckets, even kitbash, but still in that vein. I wanted to build something with some more non- traditional things.
This wasn't a kit I started out with, it's just parts. With the magazine guys in mind, I happened to be looking through my junkyard, and parts boxes. This is the result of a mixing of AMT and Revell/Monogram parts- some T-Bucket, some not even close. I wanted to build this just out of leftovers. 2 day build.
AMT body, and surgically shortened chassis; Revell top, altered to sit lower. Engine and headers from the parts box (from an AMT '40 Willys). Wheels from the junkyard, probably a no longer existing old Tijuana Taxi build. Front and rear tires from the parts box, can't remember where each came from. Scoop painted to match the body. I don't wire my builds.
Sometime back, I learned of a new line of paint and primer, from Roth's son. I was interested, found the site and looked it over, bought some. I may not have done a perfect job, but I like the product! Black primer, black base coat, fuchsia metal flake. I didn't lay the flake on heavy, just misted it on.
