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Post by superflekmoonbird on Jun 26, 2024 22:45:07 GMT -5
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Post by sharp on Jun 28, 2024 22:06:11 GMT -5
That's a cool looking build! Love the tigers tail!
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Post by mack2856 on Jul 1, 2024 15:26:30 GMT -5
Totally cool, right on, nailed it 👍
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Post by EchoBravoSierra on Jul 2, 2024 11:47:50 GMT -5
Looks great! Where'd the tiger tail come from?
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Post by skip on Jul 8, 2024 13:38:34 GMT -5
Looks great! Where'd the tiger tail come from? Ditto on the Looks Great!! Who's '27 Body is that? Looks like the one that Chuck Most was selling a while back. |
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Post by ChrisV on Jul 13, 2024 12:56:51 GMT -5
Nice job - Love the tiger tail!!!
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Post by RodBurNeR on Jul 13, 2024 23:02:02 GMT -5
very nice build and that tail is sweet added touch!
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Post by 41chevy on Jul 15, 2024 15:18:31 GMT -5
Sweet build, nice tail too. The Banjo wheel looks so real. Whose PE kit is it? I'd like to use one in my 36 Roadster.
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Post by styromaniac on Jul 19, 2024 12:29:44 GMT -5
Well Done !
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Post by superflekmoonbird on Oct 11, 2024 13:25:53 GMT -5
That's a cool looking build! Love the tigers tail! Thanks...I entered this in our local Hobbytown model contest and got a third place win. There was only one automotive category....after getting my clock cleaned for years by NASCAR Formula 1 and factory stock it was gratifying to get recognition for a vintage TRAK model . |
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Post by superflekmoonbird on Oct 11, 2024 13:56:30 GMT -5
Thanks guys...sorry I haven't responded to the questions...
I have been in cancer treatment most of 2024, two chemo treatments to get my blood disease in remission, then I bit the bullet and went
for the bone marrow/stem cell transplant August 1st after a donor was located.
I'll spare you the detail (UGH) but happy to say I'm on the mend and back home, still doing a lot of immunosuppression meds which have
curtailed my model building activity for a year (my doctor does NOT want me around solvents and chemicals) but I'm planning some builds
during my downtime.
Answers to questions:
BANJO STEERING WHELL:
The vintage banjo steering wheel is an excellent product from Model Car Garage (# MCG-2004 Banjo Steering Wheel Strait Spokes)
A little finnicky with the photo etch center part - that fits inside the resin wheel. The cool thing is they give you a tiny PE (microscopic)
V-8 emblem to put in the center that is real nice when you put a drop of clear epoxy on it.
TIGER TAIL:
The tiger tail was the result of a lot of experimentation.
I took a short piece of wire, rolled it in super glue and then rolled it in orange
upholstery powder (don't remember which brand name at the moment).
Rolled it several times with a little more glue in places until it built up to the width I was looking for.
I probably did four or five before I got what I wanted.
After shaking off any excess powder and flexing it to the shape so it would lay nice on the curved body, I took
a really fine point black marker...(Micron brand #005/.20 mm) and used some photo reference to draw on the stripes.
(in nature they are more haphazard in spacing and width and not exactly uniform like you might think).
When I cut it to the desired length I had to leave some bare wire to hang the tail around the stem of the gas cap.
The problem was the wait on the PE gas cap...which I needed to determine length of the gas cap stem and bare wire loop to hang the tail.
Sourced a good one from Brazil from a guy on Ebay.
27 T BODY:
Started with an old 1999 All American Models resin body.....never got the paint up to standards on it so I switched to a back up
Jimmy Flintstone body ....very similar.
Think that answers most of the questions.
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Post by superflekmoonbird on Oct 21, 2024 18:26:14 GMT -5
Whoooppeee!
This 27 T hot rod just got awarded 1st place Street Rod category in the TAMS 32 contest last Saturday.
Gratifying to get recognition.
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Post by styromaniac on Oct 25, 2024 22:18:03 GMT -5
I was at the show. Nice to see TRAKable projects get their due.
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