Duke's Rat Rod "Lil Scarlett "

Short Bus Kustoms · **Joined:** Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:57 am

I saw this Playmobil hot rod awhile back and always thought it had potential. I then saw another customizer paint one up, then I knew I had to make one. I used the rat rod style to make it dirty and worn. Wanting to keep with a Joe theme I added shark teeth and a pin up girl on the trunk from Bad Mother Tattoos. Overall I think it turned out how I envisioned it. Enjoy

chad_ghost · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Fun stuff. This is the kind of thing that would be great for the GI Joe Go-Cart GP!

2DARK2C · **Joined:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:59 pm **Location:** MS

really nice!

DarkJedi · **Posted:** Mon Dec 12, 2016 3:44 pm

The only thing I would do is add some of that tan weathering around the decals, to make it look like Duke is still working on it.

The white around the pin-up decal and the thickness of the Tiger Force decal, to me, look like they are something Duke (or Clutch) temporarily slapped on to eyeball how it is gonna look when finished.

Not slamming your effort, just giving an in-universe background to the vehicle itself.

Short Bus Kustoms · **Joined:** Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:57 am

The waterslides had a white backing, so unfortunately there was always a thin white strip, i tried washing it, but it didn't hide it completely.

2DARK2C · **Joined:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:59 pm **Location:** MS

I just noticed the cherry bomb type mufflers. they get lost in the black. maybe paint them red??

also did you mod it to fit a joe size figure? or will it fit from the get go?

OreoBuilder · **Posted:** Mon Dec 12, 2016 6:57 pm

That's a fun use for the Playmobil Rod. How well do modern Joes fit? Did you have to modify it?

OB

indrox1 · **Joined:** Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:57 am

Cool lil rat rod!

Short Bus Kustoms · **Joined:** Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:57 am

Quite a bit of modification was done, had to raise the engine up, cut holes, made custom radiator shroud, custom pipes.

Short Bus Kustoms · **Joined:** Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:57 am

Hard to see, but I added styrene to lift up the engine.

2DARK2C · **Joined:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:59 pm **Location:** MS

with being a one seater it really reminds me of the 50's era indy cars.

Short Bus Kustoms · **Joined:** Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:57 am

2DARK2C wrote:

with being a one seater it really reminds me of the 50's era indy cars.

That looks identical!!! Lol

sgcaper · **Posted:** Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:49 pm

Yup, consider this idea stolen

Short Bus Kustoms · **Joined:** Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:57 am

sgcaper wrote:

Yup, consider this idea stolen

Lol, go for it bro!

DarkJedi · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2016 12:36 am

I bought one of those TMNT hot rods to bash onto a damaged Thunder Machine.

Gotta get to it now...

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