There seems to be some interest in junkers and beaters and rough daily drivers done as a model in any scale. These are some of the most interesting and fun models around and they always seem to generate interesting conversation. If any of you builders have junkers or junker ideas please post your pics and comments here and lets see if we can generate more interest in this type of model building. Come on guys!......Join in!

Heres a couple of more pics of some I've done. Junkers and beaters come in just about all forms....cars, trucks, motorcycles etc.. Just about anything you can think of can become a junker.

Those are wonderful . . . in a "junked" kind of way . . . I never get tired of seeing your work. Congrats on a fine collection.

Here's a working beater tow truck we use to move the other vintage projects around the yard. Its not too beat, just weathered.

Interesting topic here, Twister... ... This one should get a lot of posters.

I'm not much of a junker builder even though I've owned a few real ones in my life... I normally try to build pretty vehicles but I did build this one for another project.





Also... I'm not real sure what kit this came from or how old it is... I bought the unbuilt pieces at a model swap meet... Any help identifying it for me

QUOTE: Originally posted by heepey

Here's a working beater tow truck we use to move the other vintage projects around the yard. Its not too beat, just weathered.

Excellent work! Thats what we want to see. Nice background also.

Nice weathering on the mini bike Tommy. I saw it in the WWIII post. I don't know what kit it came from but if it were real I'd say its a Honda 50 from the 60's or early 70's.

Here's a couple of mine...

First, my 39/40 that I'm using in my "Bootlegger" Diorama...



Here's my 56 Belair...




These 3 in the last pic are about an inch and a half long...pretty cool lookin' though...

Great job from MoldinOldies! That little tiny diorama is just too cool! I can't remember...Was that in the Peanut Butter Lid Project?

It was supposed to be...just never got around to finishing it...I seem to be having that problem a lot lately...I'll start 'em...just can't finish 'em...Thanx for the compliment !!!

It is hard to finish projects sometimes and I know what thats like. Work and the real world sometimes interfere with our favorite hobby. This post is a little slower than I thought it would be..........There must not be as many junker builders as I thought.

Darryl, I too am suprised there are not a ton of them showing up...I think a lot of folks just don't look at this section. there was a post down in suggestions and feedback asking for a seperate forum for them...http://www.scaleautomag.com/sca/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37325
Maybe if this stays near the top for awhile you'll get more response...I haven't got any yet or I'da put something here...

Darryl . . . these vehicles are looking good and I think lots of people build them . . . I know Daveinthehat builds lots of them, and so does Pat Covert and many others . . . I love doing them and here, I'll post a couple . . . including my Gunk Mobile which I finished earlier this year and of which I'm rather fond! Cheers, V.

Here are a round of pics . . . there are more up in the old Fotki.

Curses! I build almost exclusively junkers and beaters. Probably more beaters than junkers, as I like all my builds to look like they could still be driven. Well-worn daily drivers. But, I've just moved and everything's still packed. I have posted a few builds in the past, but I'll try to get a few pics up when I find the camera and unbox the models.

So far the work shown here is great. Tommy, that bike is awesome! And Darryl, your work is always cool to see. I really like the For Sale in the windows. It helps tell the story a little better.