Wild Wasabi: Sinister Orientals CC no.2

[puddingwrestler]

They said it couldn't be done by man, so it's probably a good thing I am basically a gorilla, cause I'm doing it!
A Mazda Carol hotrod. Scratchbashed chassis and running gear, custom interior, heavily modified bodywork. Lime green paint.
Anyways, this is the body in the kit:

And this is the photoshop mockup I did to work out what had to be changed and cut.

Here the cutting has started. I removed the nose first, then fitted the firewall for strength and cut off the front section of the doors and windshield. I added scrap styrene across the front of the rest before removing 11mm of roof and door.

Like so:

And stuck it back together

There'll be plenty more body mods to follow. I need to remove all pillars and window frames, and reshape the rear window for a sleeker look. And I need to find that Ford Flathead V8 from the Tamiya gun tractor - I think it's at the parents' place.

[Mossie]

Cool!  When I first saw the pic I thought it was a Trabant (surely you've bought a brace of the new Revell kits???), the Carol isn't a car I knew about.  I've seen a Mini similarily shortened, you'd never need to worry about finding a parking space ever again!

Is this what you're attempting?
Mazda Carol on a blog with ridiculously long URL

[puddingwrestler]

Yes, that is my inspiration. Mine will be somewhat different due to parts availability and the fact I'm using a Flathead V8 for power.

As to the trabant, well, I only found out they had been issued as a model on the weekend, and have yet to think about what to do with one.

Incidentally, I'm also posting all my model car work on the Model Cars Magazine Forum.

[buzzbomb]

Has Toyworld down your way been having a sale on Cars

You are on a real Automobile (if that is what you call 'em) kick at the moment

[puddingwrestler]

Arii Owner's CLub at toy world? I wish. I ordered them from Hong Kong.
Mostly I'm building cars to promote them on this forum, we're getting dangerously aero-centric, and we've always been military-centric. I'm just provig whiffery doesn't have to involve weaponary.
Besides, I've always been a car builder, It's not so much that I am on a car kick as that I have come off my aviation kick and gone back to my roots.