RE HASHING

ok so this weekend i decided to re hash a few old projects and maybe improve on some that i though at the time i sould have done better but didnt so i sat down and picked 2 that were the worst and the ones i really wished i had done more to improve them so i ended up with one of my 49 mercs on the bench and a 65 chev pickup

heres the merc this is one of 4 on my shelf and this one annoys me the most the paint is ridiculous and the wheels are stooooopid and the engine is stupid aswell
so out with the old in with the new











not bad looking? i painted it brilliant blue added some LED's changed the wheels to 12 slot fords i havent modified the chassis yet but i will be going with laker pipes but scratchbuilt ones the kit ones are nice but look to fake, the motor will be the kit one not the USA-1 big foot one, theres still alot of little things to be done mirrors etc but the re hash turned out good.

next on the list is the pick me up now this thing peeves me off i spent ages on the paint and it looks black the engine is a loss looks stupid





it looks stupid in my opinion so out with the old in with the new








so clearly a change in paint metallic red was the call here i kept the wheels, lowered the bum a bit tried to lower the front but not alot of room under the front, put on a bull bar and antenna made some rails for the tray with solder put on a rollbar, side pipes, loaded the tray up with just random stuff and oh that engine woot a 302 chevy plumbed and wired mwahaha oh and i made a new tray bed out of balsa wood but you cant really see it with all that crap in the tray lol so still a few little things to do of course but not bad for one day stint re doing old projects other re hashes in line after these are a mini cooper and an r32 skyline. got about 10 in a box ready to re hash so should keep me busy for a while haha

haha should have maybe posted some pics of the merc before the re hash eh?? here they are sorry there small

Nighthoon, that's crazy cool mod's happin'n, me dig's it real well. Just curios, how and what type of led's did you use? may be quick how to is in order. cheer's John.

both looking a lot better now.

absolutly easy peasy mate, i just used standard 5mm LED's only problem i had was that i only had one proper red LED the other was clear but was red anyway i had to paint over it clear red to get the effect. i had soldered wires to the LED's first before install and tested them all once i got the test stage done i mounted them all singularly with putty to hold em in place, then once the putty had set i wired them all together and i was going to wire them to 3 button cell batteries stored above the fuel tank and below the rear parcel tray however i then planned on putting it on a base so i have run the wires thru the fuel tank and you can't see the wiring, once you have a switch sorted out wire em up to the battery and hey presto let the lights shine i must add that some LED's will not work in parrallel or series if their ohm's or voltage are different i found this out the bright whites are 6 volt LED's and the reds are 1.5 volt but that teaches me for scavenging them out of toys

Both look heaps better mate, especially like the Chev