Faster Buck and a C-cab.

[Brandon]

Finally got to make some time on a few stalled brain farts...

First, this one has been in progress for a while. Currently in primer... most of the fab work is completed. Sooo close. Maybe a day or two after paint.
Puller tractor with a D8 Caterpillar bulldozer motor converted to run on race fuel. Waiting on two more carbs for a total of four on the log manifold... Outcast C-cab body, Lincoln grille (the headlights are taped up for painting).. I usually ADD motors to hop things up, this one I replaced three with one big one.








And another one that has been banging around my brain for a while. I was going to make a 6x6x6 Monster tandem Fast Buck, but then I decided that a "Faster Buck" on a S'cool Bus chassis would be much cooler. It's been kicking around as a few open boxes so I pulled it out and thrashed for a day or two, here's the progress so far, I'm diggin' it:

[ira]

[glow=red,2,300]Brandon, These are Wild!!![/glow]
The C-Cab is Killer! I really like it!

[smartresins]

faster buck is a cool idea. But man am I digging that c-cab puller! That is over the top! Jody

[ironheadchopper]

That c-cab puller is a cool ideal.

[Tim Nolan]

The boys just plain crazy I tell ya.....crazy.....

;D You nut. Good stuff!

[kettlekettle]

That puller is wild

[barten]

WILD WILD STUFF! ! ! ! ! You are crazy!

LOVE IT!


GB
barten

[TheMadModeler]

DUDE... Where did that come from..? You're outta your mind.
I Love the way you model..
BiLL..

[Brandon]

Mar 30, 2009 13:31:57 GMT -6 TheMadModeler said:

DUDE... Where did that come from..? You're outta your mind.
I Love the way you model..
BiLL..

Actually... Alan gave the motor to me when I lived in Bakersfield. He said it was the largest 1/24th scale motor that he knew of and knew that I would do something with it. I wanted to hot rod it, but it's size makes it a challenge to "sit right" and make sense. So.. it was originally slated for the Pscyo Sidewinder Name game entry, but then I got the puller tractor and I was wondering how do you hop up something like THAT??? So I swapped the three motors into the Sidewinder, which I really dug, and put the D8 into the tractor and tried to make it look like a super-sized hot rod in scale. How DO you hot rod an already radical puller tractor? I think I figured it out. ;D

I've been wrestling with how to hop up the motor and make it somewhat to scale and semi-realistic.

[frickenhammer]

Brandon,
Both are awesome but if I had to pick one it`d be the "Faster Buck" After I built my Stagecoach tho I had to make a case for it so I dunno??? LOL Thanks and be sure to show us when its finished
Frickenhammer

[mykturk]

Both ROCK! I'm not into the tractor pullin' thing but, you make it look good! The stretched Fast Buck is pure evil genious! You need to write "Stretching your dollar" someplace on it!

[badroadahead]

They are both WILD!!!!!

You can almost hear that puller's motor SCREAMIN'!!!!!!!

[70elcamino]

Outstanding, I can't wait to see the finished cars.
Russell

[davea]

With Brandon, sooner or later every kit goes under the knife and gets bashed!

[Bert]

Two great ideas from a modeling nut job, and also the Grail Killer. ;D ;D ;D

These look great. I really like the Fast Buck idea. Your build and Skulldude's have convinced me to go the funny car route with my Fast Buck.

[ratster]

radical man

[Deleted]

Those are great Brandon.! I never thought of stretching a fast buck.... very nice

[AL]

I love the engine in that C-cab! Is that a strait 8 ?! what a monster ! & I really love what you're doing with that Fast Buck, -or should say Fast Bucks! !!Super Clever Funny Car!! .... wish I'd thought of that.....!!

[moparmarc]

Very cool projects.......I don't know which one I like better.......oh the insanity of it all.

[fredmellini]

Brandon!!!!!!!............you definitely have the "EYE" for this stuff!!! Those are two killer builds and I love them both!!!!!.....If I had to choose betwee the two.....The Faster Buck has my curiousity and I want to see that bad boy finished!!!!!!! ;D ;D

OF course......If I was building that.....I would make that a mental hospital wagon/ambulance and call it "The 1/4 Mile KOOK" or "Freak Show" or "Padded Wagon" or "1/4 Mile Nut" or.............while you get it!!!!!!................What do you expect from a green haired freak!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

[snakeplissken81]

wow, you do have some talent my friend.