thnx and well its too simple to make a dio .. it works great for taking pictures but as a diorama alone its not that nice to look at irl ..
bonneville salt flats = endless salt and mountains that always look the same .. when you drive to them they stay in the same spot and it sems you dont get any closer
off course eventually you get there

one thing could be an option like a sort of pits on the salt with the startline and cones .. a motorhome ....

but i'd rather invest my time in a cool barn or .. where i really can go crazy with details

but never say never maybe i will do something simple

An old beat up motorhome could be pretty cool. Maybe placed on a large square where you made some desert 'craquelure' and such?

yes could be cool , but i would need to recreate salt woth this weathring its not really a dry lake racer like on the cracked dusty ... more on bonneville on real salt

hey all this is a update from a old build ...

i was thinking what to start next and decided to work a bit on this woody ...

back then i took a dan fink speed wagon kit from revell and build a new body from real wood ...
that was my first time using real wood on a car on scale ...

now i did some new stuff >

> made 2 beach towels (thnx and credits tobpletcher55 for the idea how to make then !!
one small one for drying off and a big 2 person to snug together with your girl haha
the big one was not done on the pics needs more shaping

> washed the wood and gave it 2 coats of gloos varnish , it was to clean and i thought a beach cruiser should look more used

> put on several decals all around

> took a surfboard from the tudor kit i recently build sanded it and put on the decals and clear coated it 3 times
the tiki flowers on the side of the cowl actually have mooneyes in the center , bit to small to get sharp on a picture in the evening

just some mild things to add ..


pictures are shot quick .. just on a black canvas on my workbench with on my pc screen a ocean pic
not the most convicing look but better then just on the table ..
i should get a bit of sand !!!

going frankenstein with left over parts and stuff i already cut op tpo use parts for other builds

started with this 1940 ford pick-up cabine , back then i chopped this cab and put brass tubing on the firewall

sanded of the red paint first to reveil the black underneith




after a lot of sanding i got through the black and then the primer and found styrene again

then took the rear quarter panels of a 57 chevy and cut up the roof of the chevy to use as bed cover



put a wheel in the rear



and started to look at difefrent wheels and tyres

here with a styrene sleeve and a small styrene rim as center





same but used a hub cap in the center



i loved this one myself





now i want to use the front clip of the chevy but there are no headlights or bumper or grille , so i then should make a custom front end .. or maybe i can look at a nother front end from left overs

i want a blown v8 sticking through the hood , i will just let the parts lead me

decided to go with the style of the rat pick up with the coronet ass >




started on my version , instead of a coronet its a 57 chevy rear end

placed the light houses , bumper , that became a whole lot shorter



found the perfect tyres with a good sand they will look like the reference rod

made a tailgate , the chevy trunk was not usable i already used part of that .. so i took a chevy trunk lid and bend it into shape did the round shae myself by heating and bending ....
i had 3 corvette bodus so i hacked one up .. other parts are usefull in the future
glued a bar of sprue on the top rear of the trunklid wich i will flatten and file into shape later

holy shit what the hell that is so awesome
that looks so freaky

keep it up

thnx and yes its freaky haha

i made good progres this morning

first i took the rim backsides that fit the axle and made them a lot smaller (width) and for the picture with dryfitting put some deeper bbs rims in the tyres



made a closed part in the bed , underneith i can slide in a gas tank (need to make that) and let the fillerneck come up through the top plate..
need to make wheel wells and a floor



i had old new beetle rims i saved from the bin ounce .. and took the revell rims you find in a lot of kits ..
i never use there revell rims because they are to common ..
so now i could use them as a center for deep dish rims





and ... need to spray them chrome



under the rod



like the reference rod the rims fall deep into the tyre and are nice and deep

That looks great so far. The truck with the Dodge rear is one of my favourite rat rods, and a big inspiration for my Firebird/F1/59 Caddy rat rod chop.
www.autemo.com/dc/users/1/XU0IO/274/chops/ÜberHowling_by_Zykotec.jpg
You need a muscle car fron end to make it complete ( I originally wanted to do a Charger, but couldn't find a good donor in the right angle back then )