1928 Ford Pickup rat rod

[Alex Flint]

I call it DREADNAUGHT. It's painted with a yellow acrylic craft paint. the rust is two shades of brown acrylic craft paint patted on using some sponges i found at the dollar store. The body is a Jimmy Flintstone resin 1928/29 Ford Round Cab Pickup. The frame is a Nahuel Customs Tracknose frame that I 3D printed. The headlight pods are 3D printed with the lenses made from a couple of googly eyes. I even made some headlight bulbs out of some UV resin colored with a yellow dye and applied on the end of some pieces of styrene rods. The front suspension, the grill, the blower hat, the 1959 Cadillac taillights, and the rear axle are all 3D printed and designed by Nahuel Customs. The dual stacked supercharger is 3D printed. the drive belts are made from some narrow black masking tape. The spark plug wires are made from some red rubber bead cord. I attached some Black Box STL gatling gun exhaust tips that I 3D printed to the headers. the engine is a supercharged hemi from Iceman Collections that I modified for this build. the wheels and tires are salvaged from several different kits. The license plate is one of my custom designs that I did for this build. The steering mechanism is made from a 3D printed Matty's Custom Scale design and connected with a piece of styrene rod that I flattened at each end. The beer keg fuel tank is 3D printed and the chain that is on it is a real metal jewelry chain. I had to combine a Nahuel Customs fuel cap design with the beer keg design on my slicer program so that I wouldn't have to drill into the keg and also so I can 3D print both at the same time. The 1959 Cadillac Taillights are 3D printed with some clear resin that I dyed red and attached them to some piston style taillights that I also 3D printed. The visor is a Nahuel Customs design that I 3D printed and painted flat black. The interior tub is made from scratch styrene sheets and painted black. The smooth bomber style seats are 3D printed. The dashboard is another one of the Nahuel Customs designs that I 3D printed and painted the same yellow as the body. The firewall is made from scratch using a piece of a styrene sheet. The steering wheel is kitbashed and modified by cutting off the top and bottom curves of it. it is mounted to a piece of styrene rod I used as a steering column. It's hard to see but i 3D a bare foot gas pedal and a bare foot brake pedal that was designed by Nahuel Customs. I used a styrene tube to mount the rear wheels and I made a 4-link rear suspension from scratch. This build came out so nice I am going to build another one.

[STU111]

G’day Alex. That looks awesome! Reminds me of the vehicles in the movie Mad Max Fury Road. Excellent rat rod. ??

[ChrisR]

Cool!

[thatz4u]

nice Rat, well done..

[PappyD340]

Awesome rat rod Alex, well done!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Cool build. Gonna need a lot of gas!

[Zippi]

Nice looking Rat Rod.  I'm diggin it.