Old school rail

[envious8420]

I have been wanting to build one of these for a long long time. Kit is the Hippie Hemi from AMT, without the crazy body. So far its been a pretty straight forward, box stock build, with some basic wiring and detail painting.

comments crits welcome

no sticks or stones

[Guest old man]

NICE CLEAN BUILD

[envious8420]

NICE CLEAN BUILD

Thanks Joe!

[Bernard Kron]

Very nice so far. Nice choice of colors and metalics. The Hippie Hemi uses the AMT Garlits Wynn's Jammer chassis/engine combo, which is a real classic. Any plans for the body?

Edited July 14, 2010 by gbk1

[Guest Johnny]

Beautiful build Jim!

When I was a kid there were at least half a dozen of those in garages around town and a few more out of town built in barns on farms I worked at!

They would block off a stretch or new blacktop a ways out (with theassistance of the county police)and set the cars up as close as they could on a Friday afternoon so they could head out Sat. morning to Oswego, US30, Union Grove or Byron!

Those were the days! Thanks for the memories!

[Romell R]

Really nice build Jim keep up the good work.

[Dragline]

Looking VERY good Broski. I love an old school rail.

Tame those wires a bit though....

Bob

[Nick Notarangelo]

I've been considering the same thing I just picked up the grabber and zinnger the other and was considering tossing the bodys and just building them as rails,Nice Job!!

[GOTH KUSTOMS]

Clean and effective, gotta luv those old rails.....

[glenn]

Nice work,is it just the angle you took the pic at or are the rear tyres in the first pic different widths?

[Fuel Coupe]

your doing a great job on this one Jim...

[envious8420]

Nice work,is it just the angle you took the pic at or are the rear tyres in the first pic different widths?

Glenn, it just the angle of the pic.

Thanks for all the comments guys!

it took a soak in the brake fluid, my son spilled some paint on it, but its stripped and re-painted in the same color. Working on a scratch built body for it right now. nothing crazy, just a simple tin wrap around.

[Terry Sumner]

Lookin good so far! If you're interested in any good technical info, go here... http://www.straightlinemodeler.org/ there is lot's of good stuff on this site.