CadillacPat
11-29-2008, 12:59 AM
The crowd at the AutoRama goes crazy when they come through our 60' booth and see Diecast Customs.
I have my regulars who come through every year but 95% of most people have never seen Customs made from Diecast.
When you tell them the process of how Customs are made they just freakout.
I thought I would show them some raw "In Progress" pieces showing different stages of development before the painting process.
Give them a little insight to what goes on behind the scenes.
Here's a trio I built last week called "Shake, Rattle & Roll".
The Fat Fender40 you saw in my earlier post is joined by a 40 Coupe and TailDragger.
All nice castings of real cars.
They've all been painstakingly filed and sanded of imperfections to attain a high degree of realism.
All have their headlights drilled out for Frenched set Rhinestones.
The 40 Coupe like the Fat Fender has it's running boards removed to accentuate the fenders.
Further emphasizing the rear fenders to make them more pronounced is an addon of QuikSteel and 1/8" Armature wire.
They've all had the hoods opened up with a Jewelers saw to allow a Boneshaker engine to peek out.
Each opening is also divided in half with a 1/32" Brass rod.
Here's an early endeavor with those BoneShaker engines.
A little something I took to the Atlanta Convention about 3 years ago.
I called this "TailShaker"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/CadillacPat/Customs%20Misc/TailShaker.jpg
Now here's the beginnings of "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/CadillacPat/Customs%20Misc/PICT0019-6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/CadillacPat/Customs%20Misc/PICT0018-8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/CadillacPat/Customs%20Misc/PICT0017-11.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/CadillacPat/Customs%20Misc/PICT0014-11.jpg
The Conventions are a lot of fun but you get 10 times the action and traffic at a huge Custom Car Show like the Houston AutoRama.
--CadillacPat the UnCustomizer--
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/CadillacPat/BulletProofWebcopy.jpg
I have my regulars who come through every year but 95% of most people have never seen Customs made from Diecast.
When you tell them the process of how Customs are made they just freakout.
I thought I would show them some raw "In Progress" pieces showing different stages of development before the painting process.
Give them a little insight to what goes on behind the scenes.
Here's a trio I built last week called "Shake, Rattle & Roll".
The Fat Fender40 you saw in my earlier post is joined by a 40 Coupe and TailDragger.
All nice castings of real cars.
They've all been painstakingly filed and sanded of imperfections to attain a high degree of realism.
All have their headlights drilled out for Frenched set Rhinestones.
The 40 Coupe like the Fat Fender has it's running boards removed to accentuate the fenders.
Further emphasizing the rear fenders to make them more pronounced is an addon of QuikSteel and 1/8" Armature wire.
They've all had the hoods opened up with a Jewelers saw to allow a Boneshaker engine to peek out.
Each opening is also divided in half with a 1/32" Brass rod.
Here's an early endeavor with those BoneShaker engines.
A little something I took to the Atlanta Convention about 3 years ago.
I called this "TailShaker"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/CadillacPat/Customs%20Misc/TailShaker.jpg
Now here's the beginnings of "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/CadillacPat/Customs%20Misc/PICT0019-6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/CadillacPat/Customs%20Misc/PICT0018-8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/CadillacPat/Customs%20Misc/PICT0017-11.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/CadillacPat/Customs%20Misc/PICT0014-11.jpg
The Conventions are a lot of fun but you get 10 times the action and traffic at a huge Custom Car Show like the Houston AutoRama.
--CadillacPat the UnCustomizer--
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/CadillacPat/BulletProofWebcopy.jpg