Next for 2017
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:28 am
I have this little hotrod roadster pulling a tear drop trailer as my next project to complete. Rear wheels on the car are raised. If anyone was an old-school trailer camper, I plan to put “wings” on the trailer in honor of the many Shasta trailers my parents owned (even though to my knowledge they never made a teardrop style trailer).
I am trying a few different things this time around. I was reading about Styrofoam fillers used to smooth things out and prep before paint and plan to see how that works as a base coat before painting. I was also inspired to have the engine show. This engine has been loving donated from a Hot Wheels car (I think it was supposed to be a golf cart). That’s a good tip for you first timers… A Revell engine costs like $4.00 at Michaels or the hobby store (and is metal and can add weight where you don’t want it). I got the Hot Wheels one for $0.94 at Walmart, it's lightweight plastic and it’s chromed (which you can’t easily reproduce with paint). One small cut and it came right out. In another, different donor car, I had to pop the rivets on the bottom and destroyed the car. There are at least 3 or 4 models that have a ridiculously oversized engine that works well in a pinewood derby scale.
I am trying a few different things this time around. I was reading about Styrofoam fillers used to smooth things out and prep before paint and plan to see how that works as a base coat before painting. I was also inspired to have the engine show. This engine has been loving donated from a Hot Wheels car (I think it was supposed to be a golf cart). That’s a good tip for you first timers… A Revell engine costs like $4.00 at Michaels or the hobby store (and is metal and can add weight where you don’t want it). I got the Hot Wheels one for $0.94 at Walmart, it's lightweight plastic and it’s chromed (which you can’t easily reproduce with paint). One small cut and it came right out. In another, different donor car, I had to pop the rivets on the bottom and destroyed the car. There are at least 3 or 4 models that have a ridiculously oversized engine that works well in a pinewood derby scale.