If you’ve never built a vehicle custom before it’s kind of hard to know exactly what’s the challenges are. Often if your using vintage vehicles or broken ones that have been well played with over the decades they are warped or cracked in ways that make customizing challenging. I cant tell you the number of times I’ve started to build something and realized the parts I want to use are bent or just broken in general. Mostly all of it actually. My style has always been to build vehicles that look like they could be part of the original ARAH line. Recently with the prices of the vintage toys I find myself being much more selective with what I use especially small parts. Things like steering wheels and antennas and things are often parts I get off thrift store toys. Anyway I’m getting off track here, what I wanted to talk about was making sure things are straight. There’s nothing worse than building something then realizing the front is slightly turned to the left, or one wheel sticks out a little wider on one side, problems are endless, unless of course it’s 3d printed.
So my advice is if your going to build a vehicle take the time to measure twice cut once as they say. Test fits parts before glueing and do lots of mock ups.
This little custom was just left over parts, the hardest part about was building the underside
As you can see I even used left over styrene.
I like doing vamp customs, but almost everyone I’ve ever used the roll cage is bent in some way. I often cut them out and Reggie them straight. If not the whole roof will be off.
If you going to make some with opening or moving parts even greater care is needed to keep things straight. If not it just looks stupid.
The more pieces you cut the more test fitting is required.
It also important to make sure figures fit and see how the look in the vehicle.
All this and sometimes, if I have the time I can build something from start to finish in one day. I often find just throwing random pieces together helps fore your creative hand. This was one of my favourites this year.
Sometimes I recycle old customs I don’t like, this was a glider I turned back into a snowmobile.
Crazy ideas, oh yeah sometimes things just don’t work out lol.
Modern parts work great on vintage vehicles, I love those Walmart vamps for the missile launchers.
Most importantly have fun! I love just laying out parts to see what I can come up with.
Yo Joe!
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