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Unusual Aftermarket Details?

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  • Member since
    December 2007
  • From: Louisville, KY.
Unusual Aftermarket Details?
Posted by Cosmic J on Saturday, January 26, 2008 4:59 PM

I'm building a model of the Darwin Award / J.A.T.O. myth, and I've got a bunch of ideas for details I'd like to add to the model, including the following:

-a rabbit's foot on the key chain, keys in the ignition

-handcuffs or Mardi gras beads hanging from the rear view mirror

-a Nevada or New Mexico license plate

-a copy of "Engineering for Dummies" or "Physics for Dummies" on the passenger seat

-a vulgar bumper sticker

-a dashboard Jesus figure (even better if it's a bobble head)

Is there anyone who makes aftermarket details like these, or am I stuck scratch building all of it myself?

Any help at all is appreciated.

  • Member since
    May 2005
  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Saturday, January 26, 2008 5:30 PM

The license plate is easy http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/licensemaker.cgi?text=&state=Nevada&r=1517546025

You can make your license say pretty much anything, then print it out on a color printer at the right scale and glue it to a piece of foil. I use the foil that comes with the coffee cans these days.

The bumper sticker should be pretty easy to find online or you can make your own.

The rest I think you'll have to scratch build. 

So long folks!

  • Member since
    September 2015
  • From: The Redwood Empire
Posted by Aaronw on Saturday, January 26, 2008 11:00 PM

The book is pretty easy too, go to Amazon and do a search until you find a book cover you like, the resize it and print it glue it to some styrene or balsa wood for some bulk.

No idea where you could find a Jesus bobblehead, maybe a store that sell doll house stuff?

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