Post by jbwelda on Jun 14, 2019 0:40:35 GMT -5
At least I think its an Austin. No, turns out to be an American Bantam.
Its really short and kool looking, when I first got it, it sat high and dorky but that soon changed when I tore it apart. Or started to tear it apart, anyway, because I soon got discouraged when I discovered the pickup bed was not a separate piece but instead molded to the cab. And I am not really prepared to go cutting metal though I suppose a cut off wheel in my Dremel would make short work of it. But instead I slammed it down on some wide-ish tires and Centerline wheels and set it on the shelf for a few years.
I don't even remember who made it, and I searched around the last couple evenings and couldn't come up with anything similar...so if anyone knows what this actually is, please post it up!
All I know is I like its stoutness and I think with a better paint job and a low stance it will look good. I don't want to try to cut open the hood so it will stay a curbside, and the chassis is very nothing-like so slammer might be more like it. Might even paint the windows for the real slammer look. We will see.
I wish I knew where to get a resin body off this one though. Especially with a 4" or so chop on the top. Seems like a natural for a unique gasser to me.
Here is what it looked like, sitting on the temporary Centerlines:
I marked where I wanted to chop off the bed...still want to figure out a way of least resistance.
Doesn't look bad even in that color scheme, if it were minus that Coca Cola bit. Not quite sure what color or colors I will do it in, first thing is to get this paint off.
As it turns out, not a simple matter. Here is the red piece, fenders, running boards and interior floor area, sitting in Super Clean, after almost a week of exposure. As you can see, its doing its job, its just a matter of enough time, and its probably getting exhausted by now and in need of a recharge of clean stuff, but it is getting the paint off. So good enuff there.
Its the yellow that's a bear. Already in the SC for three or so days, past the point where the red was starting to peel, with nary a scratch. The red lettering and nose painting met a quick demise, but the yellow was unscathed. So I had to look for another solution and happened to have a half empty bottle of old school brake fluid right on my (not model) workbench. I figured this stuff will melt it right off like it does the paint on every Ford firewall I have ever seen. Well guess what, after a similar period in the brake fluid, same result: nope, not budging.
So for now it continues to soak:
And soak:
And hope for the best for a couple more days. If this don't work, might try my friend Jerry's favorite, oven cleaner. Or maybe alcohol. Worse comes to worse, could use the yellow for a good base coat for an orange or red, with black fenders.
Thanks for looking and any suggestions, comments or jeers are appreciated!
jb
Its really short and kool looking, when I first got it, it sat high and dorky but that soon changed when I tore it apart. Or started to tear it apart, anyway, because I soon got discouraged when I discovered the pickup bed was not a separate piece but instead molded to the cab. And I am not really prepared to go cutting metal though I suppose a cut off wheel in my Dremel would make short work of it. But instead I slammed it down on some wide-ish tires and Centerline wheels and set it on the shelf for a few years.
I don't even remember who made it, and I searched around the last couple evenings and couldn't come up with anything similar...so if anyone knows what this actually is, please post it up!
All I know is I like its stoutness and I think with a better paint job and a low stance it will look good. I don't want to try to cut open the hood so it will stay a curbside, and the chassis is very nothing-like so slammer might be more like it. Might even paint the windows for the real slammer look. We will see.
I wish I knew where to get a resin body off this one though. Especially with a 4" or so chop on the top. Seems like a natural for a unique gasser to me.
Here is what it looked like, sitting on the temporary Centerlines:
I marked where I wanted to chop off the bed...still want to figure out a way of least resistance.
Doesn't look bad even in that color scheme, if it were minus that Coca Cola bit. Not quite sure what color or colors I will do it in, first thing is to get this paint off.
As it turns out, not a simple matter. Here is the red piece, fenders, running boards and interior floor area, sitting in Super Clean, after almost a week of exposure. As you can see, its doing its job, its just a matter of enough time, and its probably getting exhausted by now and in need of a recharge of clean stuff, but it is getting the paint off. So good enuff there.
Its the yellow that's a bear. Already in the SC for three or so days, past the point where the red was starting to peel, with nary a scratch. The red lettering and nose painting met a quick demise, but the yellow was unscathed. So I had to look for another solution and happened to have a half empty bottle of old school brake fluid right on my (not model) workbench. I figured this stuff will melt it right off like it does the paint on every Ford firewall I have ever seen. Well guess what, after a similar period in the brake fluid, same result: nope, not budging.
So for now it continues to soak:
And soak:
And hope for the best for a couple more days. If this don't work, might try my friend Jerry's favorite, oven cleaner. Or maybe alcohol. Worse comes to worse, could use the yellow for a good base coat for an orange or red, with black fenders.
Thanks for looking and any suggestions, comments or jeers are appreciated!
jb
-fi ones that came with the base model, and I made up some teardrop taillamps. I also got the side pipes from the AMT Ala Kart and adapted them to run along the little running board, and am considering using the little chrome running rails from it for the pickup bed, they fit perfectly.
It's an interweb thing.....