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Post by geezerman35 on Jun 30, 2015 3:50:48 GMT -5
Armageddon kick is still pulling at me. My care package stash almost demands me to continue.
I have an Imperial convertible body and frame that'll be the base for it. A '60 Chev panel has enough usable parts that I can use the top that I'll lop off. I had no appropriate wheels in the stash (go figure, I have mega dozens of wheels). Been lookin in the dollar stores for some cheap toy wheels that I can utilize. Found this baby in WalMart. A little more that I had hoped to pay ($3 and change), but they look pretty sharp.
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Post by geezerman35 on Jun 30, 2015 3:52:03 GMT -5
Imperial floating in the brake fluid bath, Chev gets a rear window reconstruct. Cars featured in the Mad Max movies are pretty outlandish and barely believable (3 high stacked Caddy bodies,for example). Don't know exactly how my battlewagon is going to end, but I plan to have it based on a halfway plausible start. The Imperial and the Chev are going together pretty good , so far.
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Post by boxcar on Jun 30, 2015 9:34:32 GMT -5
Got my attention.
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Post by harron68 on Jun 30, 2015 19:01:25 GMT -5
You're scarin' us, man! But keep it up!!
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Post by geezerman35 on Jul 2, 2015 7:01:32 GMT -5
Having a big slodown for the rest of the week. family from the frozen North here for my birthday.
I am using some axle parts from a Monster truck of some kind. and mating them to the more acceptable sized tires from the Matchbox purchase. My usual disdain for the sewer view stands, but this may be kinda visible from the ground view so I'll be trying to make this reasonable appearing, albeit a bit of imagineering will be in order. I'm using a NASCAR rear end for a kind of transfer box.
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Post by geezerman35 on Jul 5, 2015 17:48:00 GMT -5
Painting the under side chassis stuff and getting ready to affix it permanently. Then I'll start concentrating on the body, guns, and stuff ! )
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Post by geezerman35 on Jul 6, 2015 11:54:36 GMT -5
She's up on wheels and they have already been muddied a bit. The Chrysler got it's trunk cut out today !
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Post by coyotecrunch on Jul 6, 2015 21:37:18 GMT -5
Very cool!!!!
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Post by geezerman35 on Jul 8, 2015 11:30:06 GMT -5
Pretty close to outfitting the armament now. Then I can take it out to the battlefield, and start the DEstruction }
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Post by boxcar on Jul 9, 2015 7:00:56 GMT -5
Actually, that st. wagon top fits the Chrysler pretty well.
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Post by geezerman35 on Jul 9, 2015 11:11:03 GMT -5
Open and getting ready for business !
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Post by geezerman35 on Jul 11, 2015 14:56:45 GMT -5
Gun turrets: Plan 'A' was to use the clear blister pack plastic that was formed over the Hot Wheels tires to make a plexiglas dome . They lined up pretty good with the bottom pans that I cut from a RC jeep body side gas tank. However, cool as that idea was, the plastic was way too thin. So, plan 'B'. Using card stock, I scratched the top of the turrets. It'll just have to be dark in there ! Meanwhile, Igor was busy in the machine shop scratching up a pair of guns for them.
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Post by geezerman35 on Jul 12, 2015 11:51:33 GMT -5
Starting in on "Big Shamika" Elevation wheel is a resin fan of some kind. Replacing blades with wire spokes for more realistic scale.
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Post by geezerman35 on Jul 13, 2015 11:39:49 GMT -5
"Big Shamika" getting there.
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Post by olson181 on Jul 13, 2015 11:52:44 GMT -5
Great build! waiting to see more
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