working on an alternative
"show ~n~ shine" body/detail...
1. fresh Honcho body
2. Dinky scale Interior
3. Wild Willy's driver figure
4. fresh Dinky bedside kit
5. LED Headlamps W fact. buckets
6. eventually new interior wheel wells for the front.
~ in the third picture below...
(and showing in the last few) ~
I had to alter the seat slightly to compensate somewhat
for the transmission height/placement.
I used my hobby grade heat gun.
and realized it was more then I wanted.
* so be careful with that heat gun !!
~ a good blow dryer could likely get it done ~
besides the clearance needed for the trans...
I also had to heat the seat to lower the WW's figure.
if that's not done WW's will sit too tall
and his helmet will hit the roof interior.
other options would be to cut for trans. clearance... or raise the body more.
But for me... I wanted the Honcho body as low as I could get it.
oh... and the Dinky interior plastic is fairly soft to cut
easily trimmed with an exacto knife and steady hand.
A light score line and pieces snap off easily with your fingers.
* don't score a line where you don't want a cut !!
I also eliminated the front body posts
(thru the body)
utilizing Velcro and a home grown mount.
this will be my bling body set up...
but for normal use...
the older body with the original forward mounting posts
will be the one that gets used and thrashed.
a few pics... :mrgreen: