rebuild

[baja beast]

this will be a rebuild of a baja beast kit that i did in 95, and was done as a slammer. now it deserves to be rebuilt with losts of detail. it will have candy red or cherry over metalflake blue with possibly some airbrushed graphics. but before that, it has to be stripped, so here goes...............








steve

[eviltwin]

oops!! this thread was started by me, but i thought i was logged in when i started it. my bad.

[Harley]

I've always liked that kit (in all its incarnations), just a shame it's so basic inside! I'm sure that will be corrected as part of this build though!

[jwhalen]

Hi,

I'm with Harley - I'm sure you'll do a good job of giving this kit some good detail work to go with the cool body!

Cheers,

[Dave Neave]

Totally agree with you guys, a really cool old kit. Built mine as a flamed gasser many years ago. Looking forward to seeing this one progress.

[eviltwin]

ok, its been a bit of a slow start with this as i am also building a sci-fi model at the same time. but as you can see, i have made some more body mods. i have also decided to use a ford motor from one of the 32 fords mated to a heavily modyfied viper trans, this will be the transaxle.








steve

[Dave Neave]

Viper powered VW sounds cool. I fancy building a Baja Beast like this one.

[eviltwin]

thats one cool ride. ;D ;D

its been ages since i have done anything on this beast, but with music events, birthdays, and me building a star wars vehicle, namely the Millenium Falcon, i have gotten a bit side tracked. however, while searching for parts to detail Han Solo's hotrod, i came across a Tamiya Ferrari F50. originally i was going to put a Ford V8 coupled with a Viper gearbox. but seeing the V12, well i think you can guess where the V12 is going. ;D ;D

steve

[Harley]

Steve, feel free to ignore this but the more I look at that body work the less I'm convinced by the shape of the window on the side opening. The cabin window openings have a sharp leading edge which gives them a really purposeful look (he said getting all poncey) but the side opening doesn't really match that look. Maybe if you opened up the side window so that, as you look at it, the right hand edge was parallel to the edge of the door? Make the two windows look like a pair of curved teeth?

Probably too much coffee this afternoon.......

[eviltwin]

;D ;D or the ends of surf boards? i have made some more progress after the hot rod shows, gigs and holiday. i have modyfied the chassis/floor so that the ferrari V12 now fits. changed the centre door window, and the rear lights as i wasn't happy with the way they looked.





;D ;D

[Dave Neave]

That Ferrari motor looks right at home there.

[jwhalen]

Hi,

Thanks for updating us - looks like the build is coming along well. A Ferrari V12 exhaust note would be pretty cool coming out of this custom!

Cheers,

[Harley]

I think that might be the first time anyone has taken notice of my opinion on how a build looks!

Definitely sharpened up the looks.

[eviltwin]

here are some updates. basically started priming and preparing the body and chassis. also began working on the interior panels and dash.









in case you were wondering, i applied scotch tape to a body panel, then put body filler to the interior panel and pressed them together and left to set. the result is that the fit of both panels, are nice and tight.

[eviltwin]

decided to carry on with the scratchbuilding using chemiwood. have made the dash, valve covers, oil pan and filter to replace the stock version. oh, yeah, its going to be right hand drive. :-)







steve