a little weekend project...

I got bored this weekend and went out and bought myself a model kit because I haven't built one in years and figured it would give me something to do.

So I went out looking around and came across a 1:25 scale '72 Chevy,which is one of my favourite classic trucks.

When I got home and as I was taking the parts out,I thought "how cool would it be to modify it and build it totally different?"

I busted out my side cutters and exacto knife and started cutting. 4 hours later,I had a frame laying,notched and primered '72 Chevy sitting in my kitchen. I shaved the door handles,cut out the tops of the front wheel wells,notched the insides of the front wheel wells so I could drop the cab over the crossmember so the wheels would tuck and gave the wheels a little bit of camber,lol

In the back,I cut out the wheel wells,cut the bed so the rear axle could come through and put it all pack together. These are just some in progress pics,because I'm still far from finished. As you can see,the roof is cut,I'm working on a chop top right now,so I have to reshape the A pillers and the 'glass'.

It's still in the assembly & paint stage,but when it's done,it's just going to be left in primer grey with the steelies and dragged hard! lol

All in all,I have like 7 or 8 hours into this thing so far,lol. Now I just need to make some functioning mini-bags,lol.

Needs some 22" spinners. lmao. Thats pretty cool. I have a few that Ive done like that. I bought a diecast old navy truck and put wheels on it off of a matchbox car and dropped it...

sorry quality sucks. It was taken with a webcam. lol

looks good. I'm about to start on a nissan hardbody model as soon as it arrives in my mail box. models sure are a fun way to make the time go by

i was at the hobby lobby a few weeks ago and i saw japanese truck models of mini trucks. they were pretty sweet but they cost 28 bucks so i couldnt get one. nice models btw

did you find a Mazda b 2200 ??? I've never found one and I have been looking!! For years!
I just remembered, I had this , its at least ten years old! Maybe I'll finish it one day.

I have a 99 silverado with graphics and REAL air on it....chopped top, fully smoothed body, and all the glass fits....I beam front suspension trailing arm rear, and prowler wheels....if I could just find it....it's been in a box for years..

nah i wish they had a mazda model, but all they had were toyotas

this guy has some sweet rc model with hydro's prolly pricey tho....

I bet Tamiya has a B series. Their models are extremely high quality and they have all sorts of unique vehicles,but their kits are kinda espensive. I built a Mini Cooper S model a few years ago made by Tamiya,and it was one of the nicest kits I've ever built. I have one of their catalogs from like 1986 or something and they have all sorts of Japanese and Euro market cars and trucks,almost anything you can think of,so I;m sure a B series would be in there somewhere.


haha,fantom and dan,those models are cool!

Glad I'm not the only one crazy enough to think about hacking up a model kit,lol.

yeah and I started that thing like ten years ago lol, but I always know where it is! lol