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Post by donculley on Jan 4, 2010 14:31:10 GMT -6
That is cool ! I was thinking the same thing as snake, it looks like the truck from " Santa Claus is comin' to town ". You could saw the back off easily and make it into a pickup body , although I think the truck on the show had a Model T radiator
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Post by rocketeer on Jan 6, 2010 19:01:28 GMT -6
An update: I'm currently waiting for paint to dry; I got a bit of dust in the paint (as usual  ) so after it's thoroughly dry I'll have to get out the polishing supplies and see what I can do about getting rid of the dust. I dread that; I always seem to rub through somewhere, and a body like the Taxi's, with lots of raised detail, gives me plenty of opportunities to rub through.  But what the heck, it's got to be done, so.... I am very happy with the color scheme, though. ...maybe some ski's or snowboard strapped to roof??? Oh, yes, absolutely, some skis in a rack (on the back?--hmmmm)--but I'll have to make the skis from scratch, so I'm procrastinating a bit on that...  |
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Post by badroadahead on Jan 7, 2010 11:11:33 GMT -6
This is a very cool concept!!! I love the progress. It has reminded some of us of this:  |
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Post by davea on Jan 8, 2010 18:56:35 GMT -6
Looking forward to seeing more of this!
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Post by sakke on Jan 9, 2010 14:53:26 GMT -6
Interesting design!!! Kitbashing at it`s best!!!
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Post by rocketeer on Jan 20, 2010 18:38:02 GMT -6
Another little update: I had a lot of fun making decals using the Testors decal kit; worked very well. The finished decals are a bit thick, but otherwise very satisfactory. They're on the model now, and yesterday it got its last coat of clear, so once that dries thoroughly, it's assembly time!
Ran into a snag with the skis, though; the paint I put on the bottoms doesn't want to dry. If you saw my little thread on making them, you'll remember that the skis are molded upside-down in a one-piece mold, and the bottoms are the surface of the resin. I suspect that some exudation of the resin is making the paint not dry. So I'll strip them, sand and wash thoroughly, then try again. Unfortunately, I'm out of Scale-Coat paint remover, which is the only thing I know that'll touch Tamiya spray paints. So there's a bit of a delay there. (I would try wiping the skis with lacquer thinner, but I'm afraid it'll attack the resin. Still, I may try an experiment. Yesssssss... an exPERiment......!!!!)
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Post by johnverkerk on Jan 23, 2010 8:20:46 GMT -6
MAN!! I WISHED I THOUGHT OF THIS ONE,,I'M REALLY LIKING IT!!!
As far as resin and lacquer goes,my experience has been good,,no problems,,i use Aluminite resin,,for example,,i had a hood i painted in DuPont lacquer,,it screwed up,,i just threw it right into the lacquer thinners,,pulled it out with no problems,,however,,don't put it into castrol super clean , it will destroy it!!
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Post by Brandon on Jan 26, 2010 11:03:31 GMT -6
The Beer Wagon front on that is genius... very well done! The radiator would keep the cabin warm, too.!
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Post by otto69 on Jan 26, 2010 13:28:12 GMT -6
Climate Change-mobile ?  |
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 22, 2017 9:06:29 GMT -6
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Post by kabdriver on Oct 22, 2017 14:57:28 GMT -6
Ohhh, this is a killer build Rocketeer! Great idea to use the nose from a Beer Wagon on this, and those tracks are gorgeous! Really nicely put together, nice paint, cleanly build - I'd park it on my shelf! Very cool man!
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Post by kabdriver on Oct 22, 2017 14:59:10 GMT -6
 By the way, if those white bits on the back of the frame there are scratchbuilt, theyre REALLY nice! Nice job! |
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 22, 2017 15:28:00 GMT -6
They're scratchbuilt; everything white is built from styrene. The mounts for the tracks had to be heck-for-stout, because the tracks have some tension on them. Thanks for the kind words!
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Post by "ScratchFever" on Oct 22, 2017 15:59:24 GMT -6
Looking!!! really good Rocketeer as alway's.........well done my friend
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Post by dumpydan on Dec 6, 2017 6:01:18 GMT -6
Really looks great, well done
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Post by Dennis M on Dec 9, 2017 12:13:34 GMT -6
Amazing job Jim'' I love it.
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) so after it's thoroughly dry I'll have to get out the polishing supplies and see what I can do about getting rid of the dust. I dread that; I always seem to rub through somewhere, and a body like the Taxi's, with lots of raised detail, gives me plenty of opportunities to rub through. 
But what the heck, it's got to be done, so.... I am very happy with the color scheme, though.
