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Beatnik Bandit
Posted by roony on Sunday, April 19, 2015 10:36 PM
I just finished the Beatnik Bandit. Try as I might, the frame warped on me. So I'll just post the ones that don't show it.
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Posted by roony on Sunday, April 19, 2015 10:39 PM
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Posted by roony on Sunday, April 19, 2015 10:43 PM
I'll try to get overhead in here.
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Posted by roony on Sunday, April 19, 2015 10:46 PM
Here is 3\4 f ront
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Posted by roony on Sunday, April 19, 2015 10:49 PM
and 3\4 rear with bubbl e open.
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Posted by roony on Monday, April 20, 2015 12:56 PM

And why is the commentary split into above and below picture, sometimes in mid word?

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  • From: East Bethel, MN
Posted by midnightprowler on Monday, April 20, 2015 4:52 PM

Cool.

Hi, I am Lee, I am a plastiholic.

Co. A, 682 Engineers, Ltchfield, MN, 1980-1986

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 1 Corinthians 15:51-54

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Posted by SteveFL on Monday, April 20, 2015 5:18 PM

Best build I've seen of this.  Excellent job! Love it.

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  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Monday, April 20, 2015 9:51 PM

Great job! Those bubble top canopies would make things pretty warm for folks in the summer...

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 9:50 AM

AHA ! !

One of my all time Favorite show cars .Saw it with my own baby blues .Nice Job !

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Posted by rangerj on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 11:26 AM

Did Ed Roth do the "Rat-Fink" stuff? He was a top car customizer in the 50s and 60s. Nice job on the model. Did you use a pearl white paint? Are the scallops and pinstripes decals? Is the kit a remake of the old Revell kit?

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Posted by roony on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:04 PM

Thank you all for the compliments.

T.B. I've always assumed your eyes were brown, now I know better.

ranger: Ed Roth was the creator, as can be seen in the top pictures box top.  I used Tamiya Pearl White TS-45 over the white plastic of the kit. The scallops and pinstripes are the decals supplied with the kit.  The kits copyright is 2010, but its a remake of the 60's original.

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 4:56 PM

OKAY :

Watch it there !

     I always have had them there old blues, besides the ladies like them ! .  More the better to see all these gorgeous models with .

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 4:57 PM

Yes !

   Ed Roth , besides being the most awesome painter in So. Cal . did All the "Rat Fink " stuff too .

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Posted by roony on Thursday, April 23, 2015 1:15 PM

I had an artistic friend who would put on any of his custom work a "rat fink" and a ladybug.  They were his signature mark.

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Posted by STX440 on Sunday, May 3, 2015 7:01 AM
Nice job.Paint job looks great.
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  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Sunday, May 3, 2015 9:51 AM

Nice job on the Bandit and thanks for the trip down memory lane.

I'd forgotten about the whole Rat Fink genre.

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Posted by roony on Monday, May 4, 2015 12:56 PM

You're dating yourself Greg, that Rat Fink genre was before my time, and I'm getting old.  It's strange that its not being done anymore.  In the 60's there were all kinds of kits on rods.  They are being reissued, "the Black Widow" is now out.  But I can't think of any new rods being done.

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    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Monday, May 4, 2015 3:36 PM

You're right. But I wasn't old enough to understand anything about the genre, I just thought the cars were neat. I didn't even realise they were modeled after actual show cars. I had no idea about Ed Roth.

My first read of this thread the other morning sent me on a quite pleasant research trip on the Bandit and it's creator. So thanks for that too. Geeked

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Posted by philo426 on Monday, May 4, 2015 4:55 PM

Very cool!I also built it years ago and had to float the large decal in the rear onto the body.

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