Blackkat13 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) Here's my 1994 Snake Bite Monster Truck. I started this when I was a kid over 20 years ago. I stopped after I glued up the engine, and after some of the body was painted. I decided to finish the kit for a model contest. Sadly, Snake Bite didn't win, but it took 3 months to build and detail it. I built it with the body able to come off. So I can remove the hood/cab or just the box. The hood has all the scales/ridges outlined black to show thru the transparent red paint.I also switched out the metal axles since they were short and couldn't hold the weight of the tires. I used a coat hanger and that works just right to support the tires weight and is now long enough to work. I ended using the one of the axles on my Graffiti coupe since the plastic bars couldn't fit since they were too short over the motor. I filled in the gap for the grill with a cut piece of the spare hood for the Graffiti coupe. This is probably going to be my last monster truck since I forgot how much I hate kits with frames. Monster trucks now fail in the pain in the kits to build with dragsters, and NASCAR cars. . Edited April 4, 2017 by Blackkat13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Super nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I don't know a lot about Monster Trucks, but it is plan to see you put a lot of work and effort into this build. I like the paint treatment. Again not knowing that much about the subject, are the directional treaded tires going in the correct direction ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagedragcrazy Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Hey David they are backwards just switch them and you'll be fine it looks really nice excellent build!vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackkat13 Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 I don't know a lot about Monster Trucks, but it is plan to see you put a lot of work and effort into this build. I like the paint treatment. Again not knowing that much about the subject, are the directional treaded tires going in the correct direction ??I built the truck so if I needed to remove them I can take them off at anytime. This way it made boxing this up and traveling pretty easy. The tires are glued/jb welded on one side. This way the axle stays nice and straight. The other side just comes off, and other side slides out. I have to watch it since it moves very soothly it can be mistook for a monster truck toy. The tires are on the truck the correct way in the display at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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