1:64 Rat Wheels

[mike@af]

Here goes my first rat ever. I never thought I would ever in my lifetime build one. My buddy gave me a 1/64 Hot Wheels Bone Shaker a few weeks ago, and what better to do then rattify it. So far I've chopped off the front end (will be substituting for a '32 Ford Front unless I find a good engine), chopped off the back and modded the body. I chopped the top just a tad. Filled in the back panel, and started making some rust holes.





Yes, crappy pictures. I should be getting my new camera this week.

So here are the plans for the rest of the build.
-'32 Ford Front end, unless a really nice engine is found.
-Scratchbuilt frame with lefspring solid axel front end, and a solid leaf rear end.
-Zoomies out the side
-Triple Velocity Stacks
-Machined Steelies, fats in the rear, skinnies up front
-Scratchbuild slicks and salt flat front tires.
-Primer paint scheme with a ton of rust.
-Machined Moon Tank
-Retro Drum Brakes

Enjoy.

[nosliw2004]

those pics arn't bad. this sounds like a fun project. what exactly is a "rat"? is it like a beat up car, reminds people of "rats"? can't wait to see the final product!

[rasta_dubbed]

wow! thats a delicate project you got there...

its hard doing 1/64..

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by nosliw2004

those pics arn't bad. this sounds like a fun project. what exactly is a "rat"? is it like a beat up car, reminds people of "rats"? can't wait to see the final product!

The pics are nowhere near as sharp as I would prefer. A rat, is another name for hot rod. Hot rods are of all types and genres. A "rat" is a budget build, for retro style. Build with what money, and what parts you have. Dont use any of the new stuff, all retro '50s stuff. A lot of times they are just in primer, dont have paint at all, or are rusted out. It maintains the style of the '50s.

[hugosilva]

Originally Posted by GTmike400

The pics are nowhere near as sharp as I would prefer. A rat, is another name for hot rod. Hot rods are of all types and genres. A "rat" is a budget build, for retro style. Build with what money, and what parts you have. Dont use any of the new stuff, all retro '50s stuff. A lot of times they are just in primer, dont have paint at all, or are rusted out. It maintains the style of the '50s.

in other words,people go to a junkyard,pick an old totaled 50´s hot rod ,and fix the engine ,but they dont fix the apearance,the interest is to make the car work spending the miniiiiiiiimun money

for the project,is getting awesome till now,it really got apearance of an rat rod,very rusty like it should be