40 Ford Rat Mod!

[dogfish7]

Yeh Clay. Got the idea from a 1:1 shot of a street legal Modified picture. Why not a rat? Love those old Mods. Tube chassis legal for Rats? Might not be as interesting as some of the ones you guys come up with. If not, even have a few older frames.

[geezerman]

Man, rat up yer rat any way you want.... that's the beauty of them.
Clay

[dogfish7]

I checked the body on the Tobias frame and it's not going to work too good, so the earlier frame looks like it might.

[dogfish7]

Looks like the first frame may be the best. Got my drilling tool out and carved out some rust holes. Put a little super glue, then baking soda on. Then put some rust on. Ehhhhhh...



Got to be a better technique.

[geezerman]

Basicaly the way I go about it, except for super glue. That hardens the stuff to unworkable.
My method, after getting the holes thru from the backside, is to daub around them with a dark brown or umber acrylic paint - fairly thick. Then I sprinkle table salt on the acrylic paint and let it dry. When it's dry, scrape, rub or sand off the salt crystals. now you have a nice crusty dark brown area around the hole and you can brush on thinned rust color as you see fit.
Baking soda is good for getting a finely pitted rusty area, like a roof or hood. A combination of both works well in other places.
If you feel you need to seal your rust with superglue, fine, but I never do that.

Cheers,
Clay

[dogfish7]

Great tip Clay! I will give her a try. I already put super glue on from behind the holes though. Guess I should leave those alone now?

[Chuck Most]

I won't laugh too hard- looking mighty good so far!

[dogfish7]

Thanks Chuck. With teachers like you and Clay, at least I'll have a chance.

[dogfish7]

Not likin the way it's turning out. Think I'll strip it and start over

[olskoolrodder]

You'll get it,Brother. I hate when that happens

[dogfish7]

Thanks for the support. Sent down a special order for a bolt of Fine Upholstery and it came today. This tapestry is renowned for it's driveability in all conditions, as well as it's dureability to corrosion and inflamability. Let's not forget, you can still find your keys!!
Ta Da!!!


Look at that. Yards and yards of the finest fabrick for....... The Rat Rods! San Diego couldn't have done better

[olskoolrodder]

That'll be killer! ;D

[geezerman]

There ya go, man!
Mexican blankets up the wazoo !!!
Nice score!

[dogfish7]

OK. So many forums, so little time. Stripped the body in the Purple Pond and re shot the prime. So now I'm back to the first shot, only with a few holes in it


Now back to rusting 101.

[dogfish7]

Managed to get a little rust on the Mod also today.