Posted on 12/13/2013 5:07:19 AM PST by ETL
That’s it! Flames look like top pix, Rake looks like second pix. Thank you so much for posting. Merry Xmas.
really? huh.
I’m rendering only about half...interesting.
Mr. niteowl77
What ‘Category’ is that under? I went into TinyPic and could not find them.
As did I. I used to have what I called a “plastic junkyard” for mixing parts.
I still have mine. It’s got a 67 Shelby Mustang and pinto in it that I never completed. ;-)
I’ll check out the book. And thanks. I’m trying to get my grandson into it.
BTW, do you remember the book “Model Car Science”?
I have about a hundred copies, still.
I know all this stuff because we moved from Seattle to Kentucky a couple of years ago and I had to go through all my “old” stuff. I was amazed at all the old stuff I still had in boxes.
Rat rods are my new favorite.
If you go to their website his description of the build is just killer.
You can check YouTube for clips on the latest techniques in model building. It’s really come a long way since the 60s and 70s. There are now various accessories you can buy separately, such as realistic rubber tires and rims.
No, the only model car books I had were catalogs.
They're in my personal TinyPic account. I don't think you can view the pics via the TP website. I may have the settings such that my entire page there is private.
Re: Rat Rods
Some look pretty cool, but I generally don’t like them. I much more prefer well finished hot rods and customs like the ones I posted, and stock originals.
Was yours also black with yellow to red flames?
And is a “rake” another word for grill?
“And is a “rake” another word for grill?”
‘Rake’ in the late 50’s was a term we used in the Northern NJ area, indicating raising the rear of the car higher than the front. Don’t know if it was used else where. The car color was beige and white, I didn’t paint it that way, with yellow red with some blue flames.
Well, if you can't own the real thing, why not a 1:25th scale plastic model? And if you can't manage that either at this time, pick up the tiny Hot Wheels version of it (last pic below). :)
Actually, the Hot Wheels version could possibly be worth more today than the $20-something plastic model. Remember when model kits cost 2 bucks?
Indeed I do remember those days! Only a week ago, I was reminiscing with a slightly younger buddy about one of the kits I clearly remember building: the mid-60's AMT '32 Ford Vicky "3-in-1" with period "gasser" options. I told him that in those days, I compared the value of just about everything to the price of a 1:25 scale model car kit... and $2.00 was the figure.
I'm pleased to see that the Revell kit is still available (even though the box art from the original issue was "cooler"), but I doubt if I'd be able to put one together any better nowadays than I did the first time (probably back around '63 or '64). The Outlaw and Mysterion were my favorite Roth cars, and I know that I built at least two models of both.
Revell had some great subject matter (not only the Roth customs, but cars like the "Orange Crate" and the Thames panel delivery "pie wagon," etc), but they never went together as easily as the old AMT kits (before the now-defunct Ertl conglomeration desecrated the tooling).
It is sort of heartening to see some younger guys going back to that look on their street rods, and also digging nostalgia drag racing.
Mr. niteowl77
Man he was out their in a good way...BTW, Where is Ed Grabowski's Rod as well as Tommy Ivo's?
You have my permission to post pics of those.
:)
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