Jungle Crawler-Complete

So finished this one up last weekend, just haven't had a chance to get good pictures.
Weather here has been nasty and overcast....

But here it is with the interior and "glass"....

Didn't really change much, other than the wheels and tires, and the paint color.

Added some detail painting, such as the running boards being black, and the little "jerry cans" are now olive drab. Also picked the engine out in silver rather than the lime green it was molded in.

Also added a little contrasting color to the brush gard, and picked out headlights and winch cable in silver.

All in all, I think it came out pretty sharp. Probably could have done more with the interior color, but I felt it worked well with the darker green body color, and the green "glass" as well.

BMW M30 contest winner

There were two categories for the BMW Custom contest. They have revealed the winner for the Repaint category.

These are not my pictures, and are "borrowed" from the contest's blog, so I hope I don't get in too much trouble....

Just wanted to share as a await the results of the unlimited custom category, in which mine is entered.

Congratulations to Ernest Li, for his recreation of Ken Done's Art car from 1989.

 And the original for reference...

 Still hoping for more info today on the second division of judging.

Matchbox Jungle Crawler

Okay, so now that I have torn apart the Matchbox Jungle Crawler as seen here.

Not my picture, but gives you an idea of where it started.

So after adding the bigger wheels from a Baja Bone Shaker, and repainting the tires to look more natural.... I decided I liked the a can of metallic green paint that I had laying around.

So here is the first mock-up/ test fitting....

Still needs the interior tub along with the running boards and glass, but liked the look of it.
The rear wheels just barely roll, and clearance is very, very tight.

But with the original neon green glass piece, and a little more detail paiting, I think this one will turn out pretty sharp.

Matchbox - Hotwheels custom

Okay, so this one is going to be a little bit bigger than the E30 M3, and a lot less complicated.
Just planning to swap the wheels to something a little bigger, and repainting the body.

Frankenstein chassis

So here is the Matchbox chassis, with the Monster Bone-Shaker wheels from Hotwheels.

So hopefully this one will be a quick project when I get some time for the painting.

As always.... stay tuned, and I'll reveal the body that is going on it....