Snake Bite Monster Truck

[Blackkat13]

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.

 

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Edited April 4, 2017 by Blackkat13

[slusher]

Super nice!!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[espo]

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 ??

[vintagedragcrazy]

Hey David they are backwards just switch them and you'll be fine it looks really nice excellent build!

vince

[Blackkat13]

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.