Mr. Red Primer - MODEL NERD

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

195x Plymouth Snaptogether

This kit has popped up on a few blogs done up in a different style-it's a simple snap kit that is seen occasionally in the sale part of the shop for cheap-it comes with lowrider twenties with very thin tires but here it's sitting on some whitewalls from a Ford roadster metal kit-a sixpac of Strombergs replaces a blower on this build and the stance has been radically dropped-it's tempting to repaint it but the silver and red scheme mocks a Chrysler bodystyle like the haunted title car from "Christine"-Mr.Red Primer

JEEPS i

Bob Crane was great as Hogan, and of course the film about him was weird but hot-It's been a pleasure to work with his son Scotty in the rocknroll business, it was he that engineered Pat Wright's soul-gospel version of Jesus Christ Pose- regardless of rumors about The Cranes or John Banner or even Werner Klemperer (who as a European Jew took cruel delight in playing Colonel Klink) the show put lots of WWII gear on TV, including a jeep kit created as a spinoff of Hogan's Heros. Too bad there isn't a Schulz' BMW kit or Burkhalter's 'cedes: at least Rommell was immortalized with one of those oddly 1/24th (WHY 1/24TH!!???????!!!!!!!!????)half track Benzos complete with Benz motor that will be hotrodded: (check sidebar: it will be joined by a rat rodded early Lincoln on large wire wheeled- white walls.

Pretty sure I had this kit as a youth in California, and I'm glad it comes with military accessories for another project, and lots of gaudy parts for a Philipines style Jeep taxi-It was one of the first kits I got on this recent binge of model building (keeps me off the streets)several years ago and it was finished in khaki enamel with a flat black chassis-the stock knobby tires are great, and detail in general is pretty good on this one: recently found a cheapy used dupe kit and the knobby tires were gone from the kit but replaced with very cool oversize tires with detailed tread that will be great to give some of these truck rebuilds a higher stance-the second Jeep was finished in a shade of Tamiya flat brown, and gray primer, and was built as a hiboy with styrene channel added to the leaf springs-the tires are Firestones with some Lindberg knobby tires in the rear-the Jeeps are not weathered or detailed yet-Mr. Red Primer

little red wagon 1 (I)

This was a very popular dragster that always popped a spark inducing wheelie on the quarter mile asphalt, and inspired lots of hot rod posters and a wildly popular model kit back in the 60's/70's-
I never got a chance to see Bill Golden race and never built the kit-
found one a while back and luckily all the stock parts are included-
it will be built as a raggedy pickup and chances are good it will not be red-
the goldenrod photocopy is from a reissue of the kit-

Mr. Red Primer

Monday, June 27, 2011

good old days

Fellow model nerds and weirdos: had to get your attention somehow. Really want to add links to likeminded blogs- Please put your link or email in the cbox- THANKS!!