Ed "Big Daddy" Roth probably did more to popularize California custom car culture in the sixties and make it mainstream than any other single individual. The ads for his line of fink t-shirts and the Revell custom car and fink kits were one of the defining influences on the baby boomer generation.
I've created this thread for the posting of "Big Daddy" Roth related items. Let's do our best to honour his memory! I'll start.
Here are a couple of shots of the shelf in my model cabinet devoted to Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kits:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ModelCabinetWeird-ohsandRatFinks.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ModelCabinetMiddle.jpg)
And here I am admiring a few of the kits:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HepcatAngelFinketc.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AngelFinkandDragNutModelKits.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MothersWorrySurfinkModelKits.jpg)
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Man ...you have some nice stuff! Thanks for the note too ...I'll get some stuff posted ...Weldon
Here are scans of my complete run of "Big Daddy" Roth magazines published by Millar Publications which also put out Drag Cartoons:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth3.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth4.jpg)
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Is it just me or is the man in the moon Frank Zappa?
&
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-29.JPG)
Great Stuff, Folks!
BDR was a huge early influence for me-
I'll never be able to thank my dad enough for taking me to all those great car shows
at the Hartford Armory in the '60s - nothing cooler!
& for letting me watch the Monster Shirt Painters for hours & hours...
(I don't think he really got it - so yeah, Big Time Thanks! ;D
Quote from: Street Worm on March 21, 2011, 05:31:07 PM
Is it just me or is the man in the moon Frank Zappa?
Hmmmmm. He does look like Zappa, although I strongly suspect that it's supposed to be "Big Daddy" Roth.
;)
Hep, wrong subject, but I'm digging your Star Trek models and the Hawk plane kits. I see you also have the Dam Buster w/secret bomb! Very cool. I searched along time to find the 3 Hawk models I had prized most as a kit......German V-1, German Me-163 Komet and Japanese Kamakazi. Love those kits! Buddy
OMG!...I think I'm goin' ta like this thread. I have been looking for one of the old ROTH T-shrt/sweatshirt advertisements that had the 12 FINK models represented ...probably from '65 since that was when the last model was released. I collect the B/W drawings and color them. I have a few already and have only recently started searching for the others. I have good pictures of Angel Fink, Brother Rat Fink on a Bike, Surfink, Scuz Fink, and Tweedy Pie with Boss Fink from that period. If ya have anything would you help me out?
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Black%20and%20White%20Drawings/ScuzFink.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/ScuzFink.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Black%20and%20White%20Drawings/surfink.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Surfink.jpg)
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interesting custom I saw on Ebay-
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/Hotrod_Hootenanny%5B1%5D.jpg)
based on the album cover-
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/Fink1.bmp)
Pretty Cool! But a might too pricey for me...
& the fine print said you have to find your own car~
Quote from: bigbud on March 21, 2011, 11:13:27 PM
Hep, wrong subject, but I'm digging your Star Trek models and the Hawk plane kits. I see you also have the Dam Buster w/secret bomb! Very cool.
I'll take some pictures of those specifically and post the shots in the non-monster collectibles thread.
;)
Quote from: weldonmc on March 21, 2011, 11:19:05 PM
I have been looking for one of the old ROTH T-shrt/sweatshirt advertisements that had the 12 FINK models represented ...probably from '65 since that was when the last model was released. I collect the B/W drawings and color them. I have a few already and have only recently started searching for the others. I have good pictures of Angel Fink, Brother Rat Fink on a Bike, Surfink, Scuz Fink, and Tweedy Pie with Boss Fink from that period. If ya have anything would you help me out?
Absolutely! I'll check my "Big Daddy" Roth and Drag Cartoons magazines this week. I love looking at your finished models and coloured drawings and this is the thread in which they can be really nicely displayed.
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Quote from: Street Worm on March 22, 2011, 07:15:32 AM
interesting custom I saw on Ebay-
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/Hotrod_Hootenanny%5B1%5D.jpg)
Wow! I love it! Here I am with my "Big Daddy" Roth LPs:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HepcatRatFinkLP.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HotRodLPs.jpg)
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Hep you are one hip cat. Love those albums. For those too young to remember:
The Weirdos featuring Mr. Gasser "Hey Rat Fink" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VHIzEnHQh4#)
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth was definetly the influence for the later Odd Rods cards I love.
(http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo156/CreepysFan/odd.jpg)
I've been talking with the fellow that made the "HOOTENANY" garage kit pictured here ...artist Geoffrey Greene. Done some tradin' with him too and he's a GOODGUY to say the least! I have the purple figure with the guitar ..."Johnny Rocker" ...and he is proudly displayed with my FINK stuff and is one of my favorite figures ...the detailing is excellent!
HEPCAT ...Thanks for taking the time to look through your mags for me ...much appreciated!
Odd Rods... YES!!! B. K. Taylor's artwork is KLASSICK!!!!
Quote from: weldonmc on March 22, 2011, 04:29:15 PM
HEPCAT ...Thanks for taking the time to look through your mags for me ...much appreciated!
I've found small pictures of T-shirt designs for Mr. Gasser, Mother's Worry, Dragnut and Super Fink in my magazine collection. They do not resemble the Revell box art very closely since the T-shirt designs (and the ads) were drawn by "Big Daddy" Roth's faithful employee Ed Newton while the Revell box art was done for Revell by Jack Leynnwood. Nonetheless, I'll scan and post the full page and two page ads I've found by the weekend.
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Thanks HEPCAT ...the t-shirt art you mention is exactly the art I've been looking for.
Here are a couple more that I have:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Black%20and%20White%20Drawings/BossFink.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/BossFink.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Black%20and%20White%20Drawings/brotherrf.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/brotherratfink.jpg)
Man weldonmc, those are all groovy. Can't wait to see more.
Weldon's shadings make for a finished product that's far better than any graphics program can manage.
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Hey THANKS! ...that makes me feel good and I'm glad you like 'em! Here are a few more picture I colored using PRISMACOLOR pencils.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/CU.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/Misc%20Crap/CD.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ERWRothOriginals.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ERWFatRatsRule.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ERWMyCar.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ERWMothersWorry.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ERWVolksWagen.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ERWVWPowerKing.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ERWBeetleBug.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ERWSuperBee.jpg)
Yay for Dodge Super Bees!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/Mikeytee3333/0601mopp_17z1969_Dodge_Super_BeeDri.jpg)
And for the fellow driving the Power King VW!
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I met Robert Williams a few years ago and he was telling me about working for BDR. He did some of those amazing ad layouts. I told him I used to buy the hot rod magazines just to get those ads. I said "...and I wasn't even into hot rods!". He reply: "Shame on you". ;D
SWEET! ...THAT is one good lookin' car!
A friend of mine took a photo of my '72 El Camino and fixed it for me:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/WeldonEC.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/Weldons72.jpg)
Cool! But with a little work on Photoshop you could get Weldon in the same script as the rest of the lettering you know.
;)
Ha! ...one of these days I'm going to get Photoshop for myself ...I've been using a photo editing program that came with the camera I bought 13 years ago
I posted these photos, along with a few more of each model, on another thread, on this site but here's a photo re-cap of all twelve Fink kits built for The Petersen Automotive Museum in LA. Also included are "Hold the Pickels" built for the Johnny Rockets located at the Museum, an extra DRAGNUT, and "TRIXIE" ...one of the eight custom FINKS by my late friend, Gary Pritchett, that I have worked on.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/Srffnk17b.jpg) SURFINK
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/SF26b.jpg) SCUZ FINK
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/sf1lmpm.jpg) SUPERFINK
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF28.jpg) RAT FINK
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MW16C.jpg) MOTHER'S WORRY
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MRG9B.jpg) MR. GASSER
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/fepm12.jpg) FINK ELIMINATOR
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DragNutA1b.jpg) DRAGNUT
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/dragnutB1b.jpg) DRAGNUT
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/A21.jpg) ANGEL FINK
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BRF19b.jpg) BROTHER RAT FINK on a BIKE
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RHF9b.jpg) OUTLAW with ROBBIN HOOD FINK
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BF21b.jpg) TWEEDY PIE with BOSS FINK
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/JR20B.jpg) "HOLD the PICKLES" ...built to Welcome visitors into the Johnny Rockets Resturant located inside the museum.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/TRX1b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/TRX3b.jpg) TRIXIE
"Big Daddy" Roth was known as much for his far out T-shirt designs and the ads for these as he was for the Revell model kits. I used to pore over these ads whenever I found any in magazines and even colour them in with pencil crayons. The ads were typically designed by Ed Newton, the same fellow who did the artwork for most of the "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts. Here's a sample:
Drag Cartoons 8
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons8.jpg)
Drag Cartoons 9
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons9.jpg)
Drag Cartoons 11
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons11.jpg)
Drag Cartoons 12
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons12.jpg)
Drag Cartoons 13
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons13A.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons13B.jpg)
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Hep those old shirt designs are far out, wish they were available now. Those would make wicked posters as well.
A few are available:
http://www.ratfink.com/rat-fink-t-shirts-1.php (http://www.ratfink.com/rat-fink-t-shirts-1.php)
Unfortunately, the focus is now entirely on Rat Fink and the current offerings no longer have the charm that they did in the old days.
:(
I'll try to take some pics of some of the "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts I still have from years past. Be forewarned though. Your parents were correct. Ed Roth's T-shirt designs will indeed stoke and sicken your mind.
;)
Now here's another tranche of ads for "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts:
Drag Cartoons 14
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons14A.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons14B.jpg)
Drag Cartoons 15
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons15A.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons15B.jpg)
Drag Cartoons 16
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons16A.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons16B.jpg)
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Weldonmc, those models are groovy as hell man. Awesome paint job.
Thanks CREEPYSFAN ...I get allot of enjoyment messin' with 'em ...painting seems to be the most fun I have these days too!
Glad you like them ...Weldkon.
I think Weldon somehow brings out the full whimsical nature of "Big Daddy" Roth's fink characters.
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In the Drag Cartoon ads 9 and 12 there's the Irresstible Beast. I'm more familiar with this title being used with a 4-eyed guy with multiple tongues. The one pictured here looks like a variant of Scuz Fink. Is that right?
Weldon is the KiNG of FINK MoDeL BUIlders!!
Quote from: Hepcat on March 27, 2011, 10:57:01 PM
"Big Daddy" Roth was known as much for his far out T-shirt designs and the ads for these as he was for the Revell model kits. I used to pore over these ads whenever I found any in magazines and even colour them in with pencil crayons. The ads were typically designed by Ed Newton, the same fellow who did the artwork for most of the "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts. Here's a sample:
Drag Cartoons 8
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons8.jpg)
Drag Cartoons 9
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons9.jpg)
Drag Cartoons 11
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons11.jpg)
Drag Cartoons 12
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons12.jpg)
Drag Cartoons 13
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons13A.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons13B.jpg)
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Quote from: Inkfink on March 30, 2011, 03:52:02 PM
In the Drag Cartoon ads 9 and 12 there's the Irresstible Beast. I'm more familiar with this title being used with a 4-eyed guy with multiple tongues. The one pictured here looks like a variant of Scuz Fink. Is that right?
That's what I thought when I looked at Irresistible Beast as well; that it must have served as the prototype for Scuz-Fink.
Quote from: Inkfink on March 30, 2011, 03:52:02 PMWeldon is the KiNG of FINK MoDeL BUIlders!!
Yes, that too is correct.
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Here's the last tranche of "Big Daddy" Roth ads from my magazines:
Big Daddy Roth 1
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth1A.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth1B.jpg)
Big Daddy Roth 3
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth3A.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth3B.jpg)
Big Daddy Roth 4
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/(edited)_BigDaddyRoth4A.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/(edited)_BigDaddyRoth4B.jpg)
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The Big Daddy Roth influence was everywhere! ;D
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/litb_circle_drive_facades.jpg)
Quote from: Street Worm on March 31, 2011, 10:19:49 AM
The Big Daddy Roth influence was everywhere! ;D
You know, that's true, but it seemed to disappear sometime in the late 60s-early 70s. When I saw an RF poster in the first pee-Wee Herman cable special around 81, it was like seeing it for the first time, it had been so long. A couple years after that, there was an article on BRD in a "slick Fanzine" called Fanfare, but until the 90s, not much around.
That's correct. I think Kenner's issue of the Rad Rods in 1990 or so heralded a resurgence of interest in "Big Daddy" Roth:
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RadRods1.bmp)
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Here are some "Big Daddy" Roth figures posted by a fellow calling himself Tablehead:
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-13.jpg)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-18.jpg)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-15.jpg)
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Ha! That's me (elsewhere)
Very cool (pretty) recent series-
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-10.jpg)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-09.bmp)
Translucent variants-
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-07.bmp)
& a mini figure behind the 8-Ball
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-26.jpg)
Cool! Mystery solved!
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So I take it the carded action figures are clear and then you painted them up yourself? How tall do they stand?
???
& a few more Kenner items-
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/Kenner%20Fink.bmp)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/thumb_hydro.bmp) (http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/hydro.bmp) (click)
1990 Rat Fink Toy Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd7ejDpGFHo#)
Quote from: Hepcat on March 31, 2011, 02:30:45 PM
Cool! Mystery solved!
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So I take it the carded action figures are clear and then you painted them up yourself? How tall do they stand?
???
The figures came both painted &/or clear-
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-05.bmp)
They're not all that big-
"Beast" is about 3.5"s tall (& 4"s wide)
Thanks for posting those cool ads, Hepcat. Ed Newton laid the groundwork and Robt. Williams pushed the envelope afterwards. I had a BDR "clone" sweatshirt from a place in Daytona called The Rat Hole. It was nice and colorful, but not quite up to the standards...
Quote from: Hepcat on March 31, 2011, 12:47:09 PM
That's correct. I think Kenner's issue of the Rad Rods in 1990 or so heralded a resurgence of interest in "Big Daddy" Roth:
I think it was more that the burgeoning "lowbrow art" movement and resulting resurgence of BDR made these seem viable to Kenner, although I don't know how well they sold. I don't know that any other mass-market RF toys came out after these. In his memoir, Roth said he wasn't too crazy about how they came out (and though I had them on a shelf in my office, I wasn't crazy about them--they seemed pretty cheap-looking and the vehicle designs were meh.)
There was an attempted revival of the Weird-Ohs in the 90s too, with a CGI TV show that went nowhere--the toy tie-in was through Taco Bell, which is never a good sign.
Street Worm:
Boss! But I've never heard of the Wrecker Rally. Is it a separate item?
Here I've swiped the decal page from Ed's 1965 catalogue:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ABigDaddydecals.jpg)
Each and every one tuff enough to stoke your parents to distraction, guaranteed!
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Quote from: dlhenderson on March 31, 2011, 02:39:18 PMThanks for posting those cool ads, Hepcat. Ed Newton laid the groundwork and Robt. Williams pushed the envelope afterwards.
Robt. Williams started doing the ad designs in the latter part of 1966. But Ed Newton continued doing 95% of "Big Daddy" Roth's T-shirt designs until Roth closed his studio circa 1970.
:)
These just need to be posted again because of the utter coolness!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HotRodLPs.jpg)
Was there a 45 or something that came with one of these? I could be mistaken here.
well there was 'Surfink!'
you can hear bits of all 3 albums here (http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Mr.+Gasser+%26+The+Weirdos/a/albums.htm)
This is my favorite modern era Fink-
(http://i52.tinypic.com/2motpww.jpg)
Made by Jonzo in 2000, distributed by Sideshow -RTM- (http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/655.shtml)
this one came boxed, a little later on they came out (in a slew of colors) on blister cards...
I think these were later reissued (carded) as 'Sidewalk Surfers'~
Quote from: MDG on March 31, 2011, 02:40:52 PM
I think it was more that the burgeoning "lowbrow art" movement and resulting resurgence of BDR....
Well that would explain why I like all the fink stuff since lowbrow is what I'm all about at the best of times.
:-[
I'm enjoying seeing all of these posts ...lots of NEAT -O stuff. I have a few colored pics of some of the t-shirt designs from the last ROTH ad HEPCAT posted. They were colored with PrismaColor soft lead pencils and pens.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/BossChevy.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/BrotherRatFink65.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/ChevyBreakfast.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/ChevyMan.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/FordBreakfast.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/FordSyndicate.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/FugitiveVette.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/KillerCoupeRed.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MrGasser.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/Race.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/RunnawayHonda.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/StorminGTO.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/Streetracer.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/ThouShaltDrag.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/VisciousVette.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/SidewalkSurfer.jpg)
Hope you like them ...Weldon
WOW...so much easier to see now, thanks weldonmc. Your colorizations are over the top fantastic. I wish I had posters of these. Between you and Hep, i'm really diggin this thread.
One of the all time coolest Big Daddy Roth tributes
I've ever seen is the Finkosel (http://finkosel.homestead.com/files/index.htm)!
(check out all the links to see the amazing work that went into it)
Finkosel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-nAhwBgtvw#)
Quote from: CreepysFan on April 01, 2011, 04:19:59 AM
WOW...so much easier to see now, thanks weldonmc. Your colorizations are over the top fantastic. I wish I had posters of these.
I agree. I could look through Weldon's renderings for hours. In fact, I already have that project on the agenda.
Quote from: Street Worm on April 01, 2011, 06:41:32 AMOne of the all time coolest Big Daddy Roth tributes I've ever seen is the Finkosel.
Boss, man! Every fair and carnival should have a Finkosel.
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Chuck Kaparich's FINKOSEL is an incredible piece art. He is a true Master in vision and the ability to carry it out and complete his vision. I'm not sure if everyone here recognized the name of the artist that made the concept drawings for the FINKOSEL project ...John Detrich ...but he is UMA's member ...INKFINK. What an extraordinary partnership these guys made together ...I cannot think of how proud they must be to be apart of something this unique. My "hat's off" to both!
Three cheers for Inkfink! And to think that he's been too modest to stand up and get his due!
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*raises glass*
Here's another batch of colored pictures from HEPCAT's last ROTH ad:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/100Ford.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/BadNews.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/BewareofChevy.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MightyMustang.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/Mustanger.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/RatFink63.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/TriumphUnholyTerror.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/VolkswagensForever.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/VWPowerKing.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/WildChild.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/Fugitive.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/GTOTiger.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/HarleyHound.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/HelpPromoteStreetracing.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/HeyBaby.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/Hunter.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/LoverBoy.jpg)
Sweet. Keep em coming weldonmc, really diggin them.
Had Weldon been coloring the T-shirts for Ed back in the sixties, he would have sold five times as many.
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Thanks for the nice comments! I have 450 or so of these colored drawings so I'm sure there will be more posted ...Ha!
I found this drawing on the Interent and showed it to my late friend Gary Pritchett. The character came from a Roth Studio Designs.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/ROTHOriginals.jpg)
Gary made the statue from Sculpy Clay. It stands about 5" tall and is painted with acrylic craft paints. This particular one glows in the dark.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ERWrthrgnl1.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ERWrthrgnl2.jpg)
I have a few more of Gary's figures that he made from ROTH's drawings that I will get posted. I donated all of them to the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA, Calf. so other FINKSTERS could enjoy seeing them too.
Boss move!
Quote from: CreepysFan on March 28, 2011, 01:43:06 AM
Hep those old shirt designs are far out, wish they were available now. Those would make wicked posters as well.
I have about twenty "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts. I'll see if I can get The MAN to agree to model them for some pics.
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Thanks HEPCAT ...That's how I've been able to get a few of my B/W pictures that I use to color ...from T-shirt photographs people have sent me. I hope your man stands still long enough to get a few good shots!
Here is another figure from Gary Pritchett. He was a terrific artist too. He drew "TRIXIE" up one night and asked me to color it for him. He started with a Rat Fink kit and changed what needed to be changed to represent what he had drawn. He cast a few of them and gave me one to play around with. The "boobs" weren't near big enough to represent what I saw in his picture ...so I did some work on her too. This is what we came up with:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/Trixie.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/TRX1b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/TRX2b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/TRX3b.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/TRX4b.jpg)
Hope you like what you see ...more of Gary's creations coming ...Weldon
Quote from: Hepcat on April 01, 2011, 10:19:18 PM
I have about twenty "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts. I'll see if I can get The MAN to agree to model them for some pics.
If the man doesn't see things your way Hep, pop out the claws. He'll get the point.
Those sculptures are boss weldonmc, thanks for sharing these. POST MORE.
Quote from: weldonmc on April 02, 2011, 12:27:55 AM
Thanks HEPCAT ...That's how I've been able to get a few of my B/W pictures that I use to color ...from T-shirt photographs people have sent me. I hope your man stands still long enough to get a few good shots!
Here is another figure from Gary Pritchett. He was a terrific artist too. He drew "TRIXIE" up one night and asked me to color it for him. He started with a Rat Fink kit and changed what needed to be changed to represent what he had drawn. He cast a few of them and gave me one to play around with. The "boobs" weren't near big enough to represent what I saw in his picture ...so I did some work on her too. This is what we came up with:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/Trixie.jpg)
I thought RF's wife was named Cupcake
So? Are you saying that you wouldn't expect a debonair fellow like Rat Fink to have girlfriends on the side?
???
I believe Cupcake was a previous wife before he married "TRIXIE" ...Ilene Roth
Here is another Gary Ptitchett builds ..."Chicken Shift". He started with a Mother's Worry plastic figure and made a chicken out of it.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/ChickenShift.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/CS1blkb.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/CS4BLKb.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/CS2blkb.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/CS3blkb.jpg)
More to come ...Weldon
Oh wow! That's great. I love it! Chicken Shift has always been one of my favourite Roth finks.
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This is Gary Pritchett's "Hey Baby" ...made from Sculpy Clay and stands about 5" high.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/HeyBaby.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/HeyBaby1blkb.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/HeyBaby3blkb.jpg)
Gary had also started "RACE?", "Get Punched", and "Bad News", but didn't get them finished. I haven't been able to devote much time to them either but they are always on my mind and I'm trying to work them in, Weldon
Both of these heads are resin shifter knobs of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. One depicts him at a young age and the other in his later years. They were sculpted by Jimmy Flintstone. They were painted for KAVAL Pewter who had the metal adaptors and threaded insert special made to fit any shifter arm available for all makes of cars and trucks.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/Roth1.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/Roth2.jpg)
Both pieces were cleaned up and readied for primer after washing with files and sandpaper.
A white enamel primer was sprayed as the base coat.
Using a brush and acrylic craft paints ...a mix of orange and white was applied and mixed on the heads for the proper flesh tones. A touch of red was worked into the flesh tone on the lips, cheeks, nose, and around the eyes.
The teeth were painted ivory then white was drying brushed for highlights.
The sideburns, mustache, and goatee on both pieces were painted with black or ivory, and then dry brushed with lighter shades to bring up the highlights.
The "HillBilly Crash Helmets" were painted the same way as the hair only with different colors.
The eyes were painted white and the pupils black.
An oil based walnut stain was brushed on then wiped off bringing up the low area details in the hair, face, eyes, and teeth.
A catalyzed automotive clear was airbrushed on to protect the painted shifter knobs for use.
I love doing this stuff ...I hope you like it too ...Weldon
I am trying to find a better picture of this ROTH advertisement:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/0069-vi.jpg)
I wished I new what magazine/year it was found in but I do not have a clue. It has the pictures of the models that I have been looking for ...it just isn't a large enough scan to get a good copy of.
Thanks ...Weldon
Interesting that those shirts are precisely the Revell kits plus Drag Fink. Given the prices of the shirts, that ad must be from 1990 or so. I'm guessing it could be very shortly after he got back into the T-shirt business after a long hiatus.
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Thanks for the kudos, Weldon and all! You might recall Chuck took the Finkosel to the Detroit Autorama and sold it to a dentist I think. I hope that thing isn't spinning around in his waiting room!
BTW, thanks for posting the Chicken Shift and Hey Baby! sculpts. Hadn't seen those before!
Gotta keep up with the posts here!
Quote from: weldonmc on April 01, 2011, 11:17:57 AM
Chuck Kaparich's FINKOSEL is an incredible piece art. He is a true Master in vision and the ability to carry it out and complete his vision. I'm not sure if everyone here recognized the name of the artist that made the concept drawings for the FINKOSEL project ...John Detrich ...but he is UMA's member ...INKFINK. What an extraordinary partnership these guys made together ...I cannot think of how proud they must be to be apart of something this unique. My "hat's off" to both!
Hey HEPCAT ...you may be right ...there is quite a price difference in this ad isn't there. Thanks for the link to VSR. I've been in contact with Greg Holland for 3-4 years and I have been in constant contact with Jack Lister for 6-8 years now ...he got ME started in collecting ROTH drawings. When I find something new I send it to him and vise versa. He also stays in contact with ED NEWTON! I ran across NEWT's Facebook page and he has several of his drawings that I colored posted there ...I was shocked and I am very proud that he liked them enough to post them. I have too much fun coloring them and for him to post them almost made me cry with pride!
Hey INKFINK ...I didn't know Chuck sold his FINKOSEL ...I'll bet there will never be another one of those.
I'm glad you liked Gary's figures. He had the "BAD NEWS" figure finished and painted, and a very detailed PURE HELL altered started ...the figure is incredible. His "GET PUNCHED" is built and needs a few punches built and then I'll paint it. I'll try to get a few pictures posted here but it's getting harder and harder for me to stop and take the time to take them anymore ...and I don't know why.
Weldon
Here are a couple of pics of my still sealed Mr. Gasser in BRM Racer slot car kit:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MrGasser2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MrGasser.jpg)
The Rat Fink in Lotus Ford slot car kit has to this point eluded me. I actually had a deal with a comic shop owner in Vancouver to buy one for $100 fifteen years ago but he never sent it after I paid for it. He claimed he knew he had it somewhere but had not been able to find it. He returned my money after about two months. A year later I heard that he ended up selling it to someone else for $250 or so.
>:(
Who needs The MAN? I took this first tranche of pictures of my "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts without his assistance. The first five are T-shirts offered by Roth licensees:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/BigDaddyRothSkateboardTee.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/WildChild2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/WildChild.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/BrotherRatFink.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/TheJunkYardKid.jpg)
These next three though I commissioned for my own use from designs in old ads that I had copied and then Photoshopped:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/DragKat.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/DetroitIronsRule.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MakeMineHemi.jpg)
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Man Hep, those shirts are out of this world. Especially the two Wild Child ones.
Cool pics HEPCAT ...Those RF slot cars are certainly getting harder to find thses days and I don't get to see many tees like these anymore either. I found some better pics of the ones on your tees and I'll get them posted for those that may want to see some sharper and more detailed view of everything in those pics:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/SidewalkSurfer64.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/WildChild90.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/WildChild64.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/BrotherRatFink65.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/JunkYardKid.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/DragKat.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/BewareofChevy2.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/DidgeHemi.jpg)
Hey, those T-shirt decals are super! Are the still available somewhere? Buddy
Quote from: weldonmc on April 06, 2011, 06:17:18 PM
Cool pics HEPCAT ... I found some better pics of the ones on your tees and I'll get them posted for those that may want to see some sharper and more detailed view of everything in those pics:
Yours put the officially licensed T-shirt designs to shame.
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Quote from: bigbud on April 06, 2011, 06:43:32 PM
Hey, those T-shirt decals are super! Are the still available somewhere?
A few are available:
http://www.ratfink.com/rat-fink-t-shirts-1.php (http://www.ratfink.com/rat-fink-t-shirts-1.php)
Unfortunately, the focus is now entirely on Rat Fink and the current offerings no longer have the charm that they did in the old days.
:(
Here's another tranche of my "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts. These I ordered from Ed himself in the early nineties and even gave him a call in Manti, Utah to check on the status of my order. I added the streaks of neon paint because that's the way the T-shirts came from Ed's shop back in the mid-sixties! The first two pics are the front and back of the same shirt:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RatFinkFace.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RatFinkImage.jpg)
These now are individual shirts with the design very properly on the back:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SlyFox.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ThouShaltDrag.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Mustanger.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/GoodOlBoys.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/PlymouthRoadrunner.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/CoyoteDuster.jpg)
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Here's another tranche of my "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/BADTee.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/BustinLoose.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Camaro396.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/CamaroZ-28.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Charger.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ColorMeFast.jpg)
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HEPCAT ...those are some NEAT-O shirt designs and you have more than anybody I know too. I found these matching designs in my colored collection:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/RFHead.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/RatFink87.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/ThouShaltDrag.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/Mustanger.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/PlymouthRoadrunner.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/CoyoteDuster.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/Camaro396.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/CamaroZ28.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/Charger.jpg)
I managed to get 3 of your last group that I did not have too ...THANKS!
Quote from: weldonmc on April 09, 2011, 01:46:36 AM
I found these matching designs in my colored collection:
I like yours better!
Quote from: weldonmc on April 09, 2011, 01:46:36 AMI managed to get 3 of your last group that I did not have too ...THANKS!
I'll post one more tranche.
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Back in '63-'64, Hillbilly Crash Helmets hit the scene. I think MOUSE came out with them first but they were pretty NEAT. Big Daddy advertised them for $1.98 and he always paid the shipping fee ...and I still couldn't afford to buy one from him. In the mid 60's the BEACH BOY movies came about and one Cool Cat wore one. I found an old hat and painted one up for myself ...it wasn't that good but I had one. All of the kids in my neighborhood wanted my hats. I was constantly looking for more hats to paint and when I found one I always sold or traded my last one to one of them. I've painted quite a few over the last 48 years. My family still makes fun of me for wearing those hats ...and I still wear them!
Big Daddy also sold SURFER HELMETS ...and the price was way out of my range. I found one on eBay a few years ago and recently had it replated
Here's my "latest" R.F. hat and my rechromed SURFER's HELMET. Hope you like them...
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/HCH1.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/RHlmt.jpg)
Hey guys! I found these water-lift decals at a local flea market. Ever seen them before or know anything about them? Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/ratfinkdecals.jpg)
Quote from: bigbud on April 09, 2011, 03:10:52 PM
Hey guys! I found these water-lift decals at a local flea market. Ever seen them before or know anything about them? Buddy
Hey Buddy ...I can remember seeing these for many years but can't offer any info about them other than they were being made by IMPCO ...and they made a few decals for ROTH too.
I believe that company's name was spelled IMPKO but I know nothing more. I have a few "Big Daddy" Roth decals made by IMPKO though.
I always loved those hillbilly hats sold by "Big Daddy" Roth! They were zany! I never had one though. I wonder how much an authentic Roth hat goes for these days?
???
Quote from: Hepcat on April 09, 2011, 10:19:00 PM
I believe that company's name was spelled IMPKO but I know nothing more. I have a few "big Daddy" Roth decals made by IMPKO though.
I always loved those hillbilly hats sold by "Big Daddy" Roth! they were zan! I never had one though. I wonder how much an authentic Roth hat goes for these days?
???
I'll tell you what HEPCAT ...my spelling has really suffered the last few years! I've made quite a few of the R.F. hats and sold a few the last several years to help keep afloat in this world. I sold one to a fellow about 6 years ago for $45.00. Another buddy emailed me a couple of years later and said he saw one of my hats on eBay as it had one of my "patented" (HA!) wiggle flies attached to it. The seller said he got it from his late father's FINK collection and did not know anything about it. I still had the picture I had sent for approval on my computer and the the seller was using it on eBay. It auctioned for $249 and some change.
Here's a "Big Daddy" Roth decal sheet I lifted off the web:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Revelldecalsheet.jpg)
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NICE lift HEPCAT! Here they are a little bigger (gave me somethin' to do):
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/FordBreakfastBW.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/LonesomeBW.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/SuicideScramblerBW.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MothersWorryBW.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/RatFinkBW.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/FordSyndicateBW.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/BigBadChevyBW.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MightyMustangBW.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/ChevyBreakfastBW.jpg)
Well then here I've lifted six more for your perusal:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth6.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth4.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth3.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth5.jpg)
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HEPCAT ...I found my colored ones to match your originals.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/LoverBoy-1.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/HungryVette2.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/WildWilly.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/DoUntoCharlie.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/ArmorInCommand.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/NavelAir.jpg)
This'll keep you busy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coop666/sets/72157605594959854/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coop666/sets/72157605594959854/)
You're right! That it will.
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I grabbed these and will be making replacement "album art" for my ipod touch. :)
Another fellow that had a great deal to do with the times was Stanley Miller ...aka MOUSE! He is probably most known for his concert poster work for the Gratefull Dead. His MONSTER art is not as easily found as Big Daddy's these days. Miller also had a line of models with Monogram during the mid 60's ...Fred Flypogger.
All I have to offer here are some colored drawings. I know allot of you will recognize them:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MOUSERotEye.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MOUSEShifterArm.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MOUSEExcuseMyDust.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MOUSEMothersWorry.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MOUSEBeast.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MOUSEDragStripTerror.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MOUSEDotBugMeMan.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MOUSEDrifter2.jpg)
If you like these ...I have quite a few more.
Then by all means weldonmc........POST EM. ;D
It's hard to imagine how transgressive these probably seemed to parents at the time (as opposed to today, when you can go to Target and it's hard to find a kid's t-shirt that doesn't incorporate skulls)
MDG ...my parents didn't seem to mind much ...but the teachers certainly did. I had the Shifter Arm and flies drawn all over a book cover that I had and one of my teachers brought me another cover and told me to get it changed before I came back into her class again.
CREEPYSFAN ...HEPCAT showed me the way to another thread with FRED FLYPOGGER and MOUSE stuff and I'll be posting my other Stanley Miller art pics there ...Thanks Hepcat ...Weldon
Quote from: MDG on April 14, 2011, 08:03:35 AM
It's hard to imagine how transgressive these probably seemed to parents at the time....
That is so true.
No sooner had my father spotted the T-shirt upon which I'd pressed a Revell T-Shirt Iron-On Transfer of Brother Rat Fink than he seized it and used it as a rag for the garage.
I also remember the time my buddy Joe's father saw the skull 'n crossbones flag that my buddy had affixed onto the rear of his bike. His father went on and on for what seemed like half an hour with questions on whether that was nice and what people were supposed to think. Huh?! Nice? Since when do eleven year old boys want to be "nice"?
Why is it that parents forget what it was like to be kids?
:o
Quote from: Hepcat on April 14, 2011, 06:10:33 PM
Why is it that parents forget what it was like to be kids?
Parents during that time were hung up on how we reflected on them. What others thought was more important than letting us kids BE kids.
Quote from: CreepysFan on April 15, 2011, 02:07:59 AM
Parents during that time were hung up on how we reflected on them.
Yes, yes, that is so true!
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QuoteStrangely enough, that is EXACTLY how I worded the auction when I put my kids up on eBay.
I agree too, Creepysfan! Got it in my mind that the gap between Myself, and my parent's generation and how they thought is far wider than Myself and my kid's generation. (With the exception of Rap music, but that's just me)........Buddy
Quote from: CreepysFan on April 15, 2011, 02:07:59 AM
Parents during that time were hung up on how we reflected on them.
Ain't THAT the truth.
Yea, now we're likely to say...."kid?....What kid? I'll hold em while you go search for their parents". And then we run, run, run.........and laugh, laugh, laugh.......all the way out the store! Buddy
More MOUSE colored pictures posted in Collecting Monsters/ MONSTER KITS / Monogram Fred Flypogger Kits:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=12255.0
I had my share of teachers who ridiculed my interest in monsters, comics and Rat Fink. I remember being told by several that if I continued drawing and reading this type of material that this stuff would rot my brain and I would never amount to anything. Well, ironically, I'm an elementary and high school art teacher and also a pastor. However, my brain probably has rotted along the way!
BTW, I'm using Big Daddy Ed Roth's designs as the basis for an art project for my 4th, 5th and 6th graders.
QuoteBTW, I'm using Big Daddy Ed Roth's designs as the basis for an art project for my 4th, 5th and 6th graders.
Boss! That'll stoke the brains of the little monsters.
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Quote from: RICKH on April 16, 2011, 11:03:09 AM
Well, ironically, I'm an elementary and high school art teacher and also a pastor. However, my brain probably has rotted along the way!
BTW, I'm using Big Daddy Ed Roth's designs as the basis for an art project for my 4th, 5th and 6th graders.
Hey RICKH ...what a cool idea for the students in your art class ...wished I'd had you for a teacher 50 years ago! I have 560+ B/W and another 460+ colored ROTH/FINK drawings you are welcome to view or use any of them if you think they could help you any. Please PM me if I can help you out with anything ...Weldon
Thanks guys! I'll post some of their better efforts. Since we are nearing the end of the school year and state testing, I think they will really enjoy this!
Weldonmc, thanks for offering your images, that's a huge help. I'll send you a pm.
Inspirational You're doing your part in keeping Kustom Monsters alive!
I make these as color examples for painting my models. I color them ...then glue them to posterboard before cutting them out. I attach a bent piece of copper welding wire with tape on the backside so they will stand up. I curve the ears and body slightly to give them a 3D look ...then bend the tail up so both feet will touch when they are standing. They stand about 6" tall when I'm finished with them. I always like to try out different colors and these really help me out with that.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/RFCutOuts.jpg)
Here's the last tranche of my "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/JunkYardKidT-Shirt.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/WheelsofFireT-Shirt.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/WildBunchT-Shirt.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MightyMustangT-Shirt.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/GTOJudgeT-Shirt.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/TexasRangersT-Shirt.jpg)
And here's one by Pete Millar, cartoonist and publisher of Drag Cartoons and "Big Daddy" Roth magazines:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/FlatheadsForeverT-Shirt.jpg)
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Hey HEPCAT v...those are great ...I snatched four of them! ...THANKS!
Did you tell me that you were lokking for "Grave Digger"? ...I came up with this one last night if it will help:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Black%20and%20White%20Drawings/gravedigger.jpg)
Boss! That looks like an early version. Are you going to colour it up?
:)
Hey HEPCAT ...yep I'm sure I'll get around to coloring it. I have a bunch of more interesting ones on my list ...this one just don't have allot to color ...mostly smoke. This is the same drawing as "Cherry Picker" that I colored a while back and I have never liked the way it came out either.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/cherrypicker.jpg)
Hmmmmm. It's brighter than your usual efforts, which is not necessarily a bad thing either.
Which four designs did you need? I'm guessing the Flatheads Forever was one.
???
I grabbed Flat Heads Forever, Wild Bunch, Wheels of Fire, and TEXAS Rangers ...and I already have them cleaned up and printed.
Here are smaller versions...a few lines added here and there to clean them up a bit
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TEXASRangers.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/WheelsofFire.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/WildBunch.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/FlatHeadsForever.jpg)
Cool! Twill be interesting to see the final version.
Here are three of the Rad Rods that Kenner released in 1990:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RatFinkRadRods.jpg)
And here is my set of HydroRacers!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RatFinkHydroRacers.jpg)
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I bought all of the Rad Rods but I never bought any of the Hydro Racers ...hardly see these anymore.
Anyone have a nice clear photo of the Roth early Frankenstein decal?
Like this one in the ad from the April 1963 "Car Model" magazine?
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ARothFrank.jpg)
???
Yes that's the one. All I have ever seen is blurry images of it or small ads. I'd like to see a
full size image......thanks
Here are front and back scans of my Revell "Big Daddy" Roth Rat Fink Iron-On Transfer:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RatFinktransfer2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RatFinktransfer3.jpg)
They also exist as decals. The Rat Fink Iron-On is sadly the only one of the whole lot that I have. I'd love to find the other eleven, particularly the six in the bottom row that were not issued as model kits but I've had no luck so far.
:(
I had bought the Brother Rat Fink Iron-On Transfer as a kid at a hobby shop on the north side of Seven Mile Road just west of the Southfield Expressway in the summer of 1964 and successfully applied it to one of my T-shirts. No sooner did my father see me wearing it though than he confiscated it to use as a rag in the garage. What a square!
>:(
Not sure what happened to the last (4) pictures that I posted in this thread. I wished I could go and edit that post but I don't see how ...so ...here they are again:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/FlatHeadsForever.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/TEXASRangers.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/WheelsofFire.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/WildBunch.jpg)
GOOD STUFF Hepcat!
SO much cool stuff!
Here are some miscellaneous scans of cool Roth decals from my collection:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Rothdecals1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Rothdecal2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Rothdecals3.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RatFinkMadModelerdecal.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ChickenShift.jpg)
And here are scans of a couple of carded "Big Daddy" Roth designs I picked up somewhere:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Rothcards.jpg)
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Man those are some sweet decals Hep.
Glad you re-posted those weldonmc, i was wondering what happened.
While this is not specifically an Ed Roth item, it still drips with vintage kustom kulture mojo. Didn't they sell these decals in the back pages of Famous Monsters back in the day?
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/Gasport2000/VINTAGEHOTRODDECALS.jpg)
"Big Daddy" Roth "joined" the staff of Pete Millar's Drag Cartoons with issue #4:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons4.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/23-05-201182150PM.jpg)
"Big Daddy" was featured in a one page story in issue #4:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/23-05-201182205PM.jpg)
The issue also contained both an ad for Roth's T-shirts:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/23-05-201182215PM.jpg)
Plus another for the "Big Daddy" Roth fan club:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/23-05-201182219PM.jpg)
The artwork for both the stories and the ads appears to be by Pete Millar himself. This Millar drawn ad for subscriptions is reflective of the general zaniness featured in the magazine:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/23-05-201182210PM.jpg)
Drag Cartoons also invariably featured a membership ad for the National Association for the Advancement of Flatheads:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/23-05-201182155PM.jpg)
Let me solemnly assure everyone that I would certainly have joined this august association had I the money at the time.
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GREAT stuff guys! I wanted to add a colored version of HEPCAT's Black and White "STREET is NEAT" T-shirt design for your viewing pleasure:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/StreetIsNeat.jpg)
...Weldon
On a Roth-related note, I got the Monte book from Amazon yesterday and it looks great (haven't actually read anything yet). And it comes with a repro four-pack of decals.
Check this out on eBay....
http://cgi.ebay.com/A-VINTAGE-LOT-SLOT-CAR-POSTERS-MONSTER-WEIRD-OHS-/200610581501?pt=Slot_Cars&hash=item2eb5528bfd (http://cgi.ebay.com/A-VINTAGE-LOT-SLOT-CAR-POSTERS-MONSTER-WEIRD-OHS-/200610581501?pt=Slot_Cars&hash=item2eb5528bfd)
BTW, I'm not associated with this auction in any way.
Two page "Big Daddy" Roth stories were included in Drag Cartoons issues 5-10:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons5.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons6.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons7.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons8-1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons9-1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/22-05-201130927PM.jpg)
The Roth stories were reflective of the non-stop zaniness in the rest of the magazine. Here's the subscription ad from #5:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons5sub.jpg)
And here's the NAAFH membership ad from the back cover of #7:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons7-1.jpg)
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Quote from: MDG on May 27, 2011, 11:46:05 AM
On a Roth-related note, I got the Monte book from Amazon yesterday and it looks great (haven't actually read anything yet). And it comes with a repro four-pack of decals.
This one?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BYzH82meL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
???
I had to do this one ...THANKS HEPCAT!
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/txrngrs.jpg)
Zany!
C:)
I love the October `64 monster cover of Drag Cartoons. I'd also like to BE the shirt Annette Funicello is holding.
Great stuff guys, love the drag cartoons and roth type car stuff. Have the whole drag cartoons collection on CD. Was lucky enuff to get Millar and Big Daddys autos before they went to that big drag strip in the sky......
I never got "Big Daddy" Roth's autograph although I did speak to him on the phone in the early part of this century after sending in an order for fifteen T-shirts.
Pete Millar though actually contacted me himself after seeing my ads advertising for back issues of Drag Cartoons in the Comics' Buyer's Guide. He wanted to know whether I had doubles of certain issues because he was interested in buying them. What I didn't know at the time is that his days were numbered and he was working on getting all his cartoons on CD. Fortunately, I kept the written correspondence I received from Pete:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/PeteMillar.jpg)
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Drag Cartoons #11-16 no longer featured "Big Daddy" Roth stories but each of these issues still had a different ad for his T-shirts. The ads in #11 and #12 were full pagers while issues #13-16 contained two page centerfold ads.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/22-05-201130930PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/22-05-201130934PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/22-05-201130937PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/22-05-201130942PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/22-05-201130946PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/22-05-201130949PM.jpg)
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Damn, those Drag Cartoon covers are beautiful! Love they way the duped the Mad magazine logo with all the artwork going on inside the letters. I know i used to have some of these, but can't recall what happened to them. Thanks for posting!
"Big Daddy" Roth was previously associated with CARtoons magazine before he struck up his deal with Millar Publications:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/16-06-2011101037PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/16-06-2011101045PM.jpg)
The first Roth's Wierd-Oh Pad was used to launch a sketch Mr. Gasser contest:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/16-06-2011101054PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/16-06-2011101050PM.jpg)
I'll post the results of the contest in three days!
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Odd Rodney sculpts Rat Fink #1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5naLuRJWDKk#)
I wonder how many hours of real time that took?
Does anyone know Odd Rodney?
???
The results of the sketch Mr. Gasser contest were announced two issues later in CARtoons 14:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/13-06-2011105031PM.jpg)
Here they are:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/13-06-2011105045PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/16-06-2011101059PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/16-06-2011101103PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/13-06-2011105052PM.jpg)
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Check out the final winner: Art Spiegelman, Rego Park, NY!
And Rick Veitch as a runner up!
Those two fellows certainly moved on to bigger and better things!
Art Spiegelman Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Spiegelman)
Rick Veitch Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Veitch)
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WOW!
Before he got into the fink T-shirts, "Big Daddy" Roth was already known for his custom car creations. Many of these were turned into model kits by Revell in the 1960's. I have all the ones Revell issued with the exception of Surfite:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/OutlawandTweedyPie.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/BeatnikBanditMysterionRoadAgent.jpg)
Here as well is one of the two slot cars of "Big Daddy" Roth designs that Revell released:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MrGasser.jpg)
In the 1990's Revell rereleased the Mysterion in a limited edition metal box:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Mysterion2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MysterionLunchBox.jpg)
In addition a diecast model of the Beatnik Bandit was released:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/BeatnikBandit.jpg)
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Here are some cool pics of Tweedy Pie, the first of Ed's custom show cars that Revell turned into a model kit:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ATweedy4.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ATweedy.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ATweedy.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ATweedy5.jpg)
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Here are pics of the Outlaw, which was the second "Big Daddy" Roth custom car to be turned into a model by Revell:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AOutlaw1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AOutlaw2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AOutlaw3.jpg)
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That outlaw is one SWEET, GROOVY looking ride.
Here's Ed's fabled Beatnik Bandit:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ABeatnik.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ABeatnik2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Abeatnik3.jpg)
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Very futuristic looking, but I'd still have to go with the OUTLAW wheels. :)
I was digging through some boxes of magazines to put up on ebay (my set of Cinefex Magazines if anyone is interested) and found this book which I thought might be of interest to Roth fans. It's part history and part art lesson. Not only does it cover Ed Newton's collaborations with Roth, but offers lessons on perspective, shading, coloring, warts, flies and drool.
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/JimBertges/Miscellaneous/EdNewtonBook.jpg)
The Mysterion was the fourth "Big Daddy" Roth show car that Revell turned into a model kit. It was probably Ed's wildest show car of them all:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AMysterion5.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AMysterion.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AMysterion3.jpg)
cl:)
My nephew is visiting his future in-laws on Mainland China and he is emailing some photos back to us along the way.
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/24499068(*at*)N04/6010021985/)
(http://<a%20href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24499068(*at*)N04/6010029031/"%20title="MeiNChina2011WRatFink%20by%20godwinshelley,%20on%20Flickr"><img%20src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/6010029031_f815b71e14.jpg"%20width="375"%20height="500"%20alt="MeiNChina2011WRatFink"></a>)
I'm terrible at inserting images in these forums. However - they found a rather large "Rat Fink" statue while in China.
GS
The Road Agent was the fifth of Ed Roth's showcars to be turned into a model kit by Revell:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ARoadAgent2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ARoadAgent.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ARoadAgent3.jpg)
The Road Agent was also the first rear engined showcar to be created by Ed.
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The bubble cars are awesome. I had many a Matchbox car that must have been inspired by these.
I agree! Awesome they are.
Here's the next one in the series, the Orbitron:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AOrbitron3.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AOrbitron6.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AOrbitron-1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Aorbitron5.jpg)
Despite its rad futuristic lines, the Orbitron was not as successful on the show car circuit as its predecessors. "Big Daddy" Roth has speculated that this was probably due to its Chevy 283 engine being hidden under the hood in contrast to his previous showcars' engines being openly on display. Perhaps particularly telling was that Revell didn't opt to turn the Orbitron into a model kit.
:-\
Yeah, That one isn't as impressive as the others you've posted. Still gotta go with The Outlaw.
Here's the last "Big Daddy" Roth custom show vehicle that Revell turned into a model kit. This one is a wild and wacky surf buggy!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ASurfite.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ASurfite3.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ASurfite1A.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ASurfite2.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ASurfite5.jpg)
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Today was the Kansas City Toy Show! And I finally got myself a Big Daddy Roth Revell Gasser! Still sealed, and with Big Daddy's autograph on the box lid! And all was right with the world! Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys110.jpg)
Couldn't be cooler, or go to a cooler guy Bud!
Kind of an unfortunate but interesting story about the "Big Daddy Roth" signature on the box......I knew the fella I purchased the Revell Gasser racer from and he told me this.......He had previously sold this item at a car show not that long ago......the guy who purchased it paid him with a check.......later in the day at the same show someone pointed out that the guy that purchased the Gasser car had placed it out for sale at his own table, BUT FOR $50 LESS THAN HE HAD PURCHASED IT FOR! My acquaintance instantly realized that the check he held was very possibly worthless. He was further convinced as the Gasser car was whisked off the table as he approached. He told the guy "This can go easy or ruff, but here is your check and I want the Gasser car back." The jerk licked his finger, smeared the signature, and handed it back. What is odd is that the signature was written in an erasable black ink. Thus the smear. So I can attempt to carefully clean up the smear, or erase the black entirely! I think I'll just leave it alone for awhile and think it over. Buddy
If that guy did that in front of me than that would have meant ruff!
Quote from: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 11:23:32 PMThe jerk licked his finger, smeared the signature, and handed it back. What is odd is that the signature was written in an erasable black ink. Thus the smear.
Unbelievable! What a jerk!
:o
Quote from: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 11:23:32 PM
The jerk licked his finger, smeared the signature, and handed it back.
A good canidate for the old Tar and Feathers solution. >:(
QuoteA good canidate for the old Tar and Feathers solution.
Yes I agree, but a lifetime of experience points out that jerks and cowards are very well attuned to picking their moments. Imagine that you are the fella demanding the Revell car kit back......the jerk licks his finger, smears the signature and silently, with a smile, hands the kit to you. Are you going to start yelling on the the convention floor? Lift his table and dump his stuff? Come round the table and start swinging? Call a cop? Report this act to the convention promoter? Who would share your level of rage and indignation? No one. You got the kit back. What's your problem? Why are you getting so upset? As I said, cowards and jerks are well aware how any actions by the injured party will be viewed. Unfortunate but true. Buddy
The number of designs "Big Daddy" Roth would sometimes create over the years around the same theme was interesting:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AStreet.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ThouShaltdrag3.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/shaltdrag.gif)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AThou.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AThou2.jpg)
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Here is something I did between mask jobs. Something to hang one of my Hillbilly Crash or
Surf helmets on.
(http://home.mlode.com/~spain/BIG-DAD.JPG)
AwEsOmE!!!
Cool! "Big Daddy" Roth right up there with Frankenstein, Wolfman and the Creature!
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Here's a very cool website with hundreds of "Big Daddy" Roth decals:
Coop's Roth Decals (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coop666/page428/)
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Here are some cool pics of Big Daddy and his studio:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AEdRoth8.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AEdRoth4.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AEdRoth.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AEdRoth5.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AbigDaddy2.jpg)
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Love the '55. I've gotta post a pic of a friend of mines built Roth cars, he's almost as talented as Big Daddy was, seriously, well maybe not, but can he ever sling paint onto plastic
Here's my Rat Fink long board:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Ratfink3.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Ratfink2.jpg)
It's built for stability and thus speed as opposed to tricks.
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Hep, how old an item is the board........super cool! Buddy
It's only about six years old. They might still be available.
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Recent build of the brother Rat Fink kit. Fun Build, my first grey Fink.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/july22011018.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/july22011016.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/july22011012.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/july22011011.jpg)
Wow! I love it!
And post your other build-ups please!
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a few more of Big Daddys monster kits, i have 8 built, 4 more to go.....Mothers Worry, Surf Fink, Fink Eliminator, Boss Fink with Tweedy Pie.
These figures are all brushed with Acrylic Craft Paints, then clear coated. Cars are Tamiya rattle can. Loving these kits!
Robbin' Hood Fink with Outlaw:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/may202011038.jpg)
Scuz Fink with Dingbat:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/april32011007.jpg)
Drag Nut:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/april32011031.jpg)
Quote from: zombywoof on November 03, 2011, 10:03:27 AM
Recent build of the brother Rat Fink kit. Fun Build, my first grey Fink.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/july22011011.jpg)
That wasn't the motorbike that originally came with the kit, was it?
Quote from: zombywoof on November 03, 2011, 02:38:36 PM
Loving these kits!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/april32011007.jpg)
And I love your buildups! But how did you get the high tech glossy texture on Scuz-Fink's spacesuit?
???
yep, that's the bike from the kit.
Mr Scuzzys' suit is Tamiya rattle can Light Gunmetal with a blackwash for highlights, then a gloss clear coat from a rattle can.
:)
Nice builts, great monster color choices!
thanks! here's Angel Fink, Mr. Gasser and the one and only Ratty.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/april32011027.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/feb132010006.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/april32011004.jpg)
Quote from: zombywoof on November 10, 2011, 01:22:32 PM
thanks! here's Angel Fink, Mr. Gasser and the one and only Ratty.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/april32011027.jpg)
Yes, yes, yes! Blue is her colour!
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Zombywoof, your RF kits are magnificent!! I need to pick up some of the reissue kits one of these days, I'd love to build some of these kits.
zombywoof, awesome models!
thanks guys....one more build to show, now i gotta get the building mojo back and finish the last 4 kits from the Roth Monster collection.
it's a bird, it's a plane......no it's Superfink!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/sept242010013.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/sept242010009.jpg)
Love 'em, Zombywoof!
I love the detail on the Superfink!
I'm constantly amazed at how good many of the kitbuilders are here on UMA. And I never get tired of looking at nice build-ups of the "Big Daddy" Roth kits!
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My favorite is Mr. Gasser! Buddy
thanks guys! i'm really in awe of Mr. Weldons builds earlier in this thread......sweet!
These pics below show the hardest Roth kit to find, Boss Fink with Tweedy Pie, so hard to find that i never did see one for sale and i'm sure it would have cost a fortune to get one. But i found a resin conversion kit and found an original tweedy Pie kit in fantastic condition for a 45 year old kit. Of course after buying they announce the rerelease of the Tweedy Pie kit. harumph! I'll keep the original and use the repop.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/march232011002.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/march232011001.jpg)
Quote from: zombywoof on November 17, 2011, 10:21:47 AM
thanks guys! i'm really in awe of Mr. Weldons builds earlier in this thread......sweet!
I agree! And I think it's high time Weldon posted some more shots from all angles of those marvelous kits he's built!
;)
Quote from: Hepcat on November 17, 2011, 12:40:50 PM
I agree! And I think it's high time Weldon posted some more shots from all angles of those marvelous kits he's built!
I'LL SECOND THAT. GET POSTING THE GROOVY GOODIES WELDON. ;D
Quote from: bigbud on November 16, 2011, 05:19:39 PM
My favorite is Mr. Gasser! Buddy
Considering "Pull My Finger" should be engraved on your tombstone, I'm not surprised.
Hey guys ...zombywoof your FINKS L(.)(.)K great. Thanks for wanting to see the FINKS I built a year or so ago ...I would be happy to post them for you. I had a very bad experience with Mr. Dick Messer of the Petersen Automotive Museum after I had spent over a year of my free time building them for the Museum ...seems he thought they were his and took them for himself and his Johnny Rockets Burger joint. It left me horribly hurt and I haven't had much to do with model building since. There is alot more to this story and I just can't talk about it. Let me find all of my photos and I'll get them posted here for you.
THANKS! Weldon
There were a bunch of modifications done to this kit and all the rest of them too. I'll try to get them listed for each kit. The figures were brush painted with Acrylic Craft paints, then dry brushed to bring up the details on the "high" spots, then stained with an oil base Walnut to bring up the "low" area details. The vehicles were all airbrushed with enamel paints then top coated with a catalyzed automotive clear for a very shiney and hard as nails finish. All of the models were attached to the 1/8" masonite bases with brass screws.
ANGEL FINK...
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/A21.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/A22.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/A23.jpg)
The stir stick ends were removed and a longer and straighter plastic coated wire rod was added between them. The serpents tongue was replaced with flattened and trimmed copper wire. Stretch cobwebbing was used as vapor in the NITRO Kettle. Slots were cut in the cape around her face and white craft fur was stuffed in. I loved the way this brought her to life.
Oh man, yes, that's what we want to see!
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Quote from: weldommcThe figures were brush painted with Acrylic Craft paints, then dry brushed to bring up the details on the "high" spots, then stained with an oil base Walnut to bring up the "low" area details.
I never cease to be amazed at the sophistication of the painting techniques displayed on this board. It's as if you fellows went to modelling school or something.
:o
BROTHER RAT FINK on a BIKE...
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BRF19b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BRF25b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BRF24b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BRF22b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BRF20b.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BRF26b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BRF21b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BRF23b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BRF1b-1.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BRF2b.jpg)
The bike has tons of modifications made to it. The basic rear frame and front yoke is from the kit. The Springer front forks were fabricicated from aluminum tubing, aluminum wire, plastic coated wire, and aluminum plate. The fork perches plastic coated wire and tubing. The Ape Hangers are plastic coated wire. Foot pegs were made from plastic tubing and plastic coated wire (PCW). A metal gas cap was made from a nail head. The seat springs are aluminum wire. The sissy bar was made from PCW. a suicide shift was added and the dice shifter knob is a real die I had from the 50's. Twin carbs were added from the par6ts box. The throttle and brake cables are plastic rod. I got the idea for the BERDOO sign from an old ROTH decal CALIFORNIA CHOPPERS. BRF's right arm and hand were cu,t trimmed, repositioned ,and rebuilt, with the "PEACE" sign.
DRAGNUT...
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DN1a.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DN1f.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DN1b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DN1c.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DN1d.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DN1e.jpg)
Taller Carburator stacks were cut from aluminum tubing and added to the engine, along with a distributor, plug wires, and plug boots for added detail. The rollbar was made from plastic tubing. The chute, and cords were fabricated, along with the "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT" tag, for the Dragster look. Larger rear tires came from Toosty Toy. A tall shifter arm was added as well as a skull shiifter knob. DRAGNT also got a "sole patch" added to his lower lip.
FINK ELIMINATOR
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/fepm11.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/fepm13.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/fepm14.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/fepm15.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/fepm16.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/fepm17.jpg)
A longer eye was made with Aves Apoxy Sculpt. The right rear pocket of the Mechanic was opened up for a tissue paper shop rag and a large opened end wrench made from plastic sheet. The Monster Picture setting behind FINK ELIMINATOR, was taken from a poster made by Rat FRink artist Johnny Ace, and was my inspiration for this build.
All these kits are great. But, the FINK ELIMINATOR is super sweet. >:D
Superb!!
MOTHER'S WORRY...
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MW16C.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MW18C2.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MW19C.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MW20C.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MW21C.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MW22C.jpg)
Taller Velosity stacks were made from aluminum tubing, a disrtributer made from plastic tubing and PCW, plug wires with plug boots, were all added to upgrade the engine. A filler neck and gas cap were added to the gas tank, the rear frame rails were boxed, and an aluminum tube rear axle cover was put in place. The tonnoue cover was made from sheet plastic and pins were attatched for snaps. Craft fur as applied under the hat and yet another soul patch was added.
I don't even know where to start praising these!
:o
If I could build like this I might actually start BUILDING kits again LOL
MR. GASSER...
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MRG9B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MRG11B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MRG10B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MRG12B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MRG13B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MRG15B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MRG18B.jpg)
The engine in this Mr. Gasser was moved back into the engine bay to allow the fan belt and pully to be IN the engine bay and not hanging out in mid air . The belt and pulleys were also removed and cleaned up then cemented back into place. A distributor was made from plastic tubing and PCW, the plug wire,s w/ plug boots, were added. A tongue was made from Aves Apoxy Sculpt and placed in the blower scoop to lick up some air. Rocker moldings were made from plastic sheet and added. The wild orange hair was added ...I wanted to trim it down but everyone told me to leave it that way ....hope you like it.
OUTLAW with ROBBIN HOOD FINK...
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RHF9b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RHF15b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RHF10b.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RHF11b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RHF14b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RHF13b.jpg)
This is one hard kit to build ...so was the TWEEDY PIE car ...just way to fragile for my numb fingers and hands to mess with buy it finally came togethe for mer. An inner mouth was made from Aves Apoxy Sculpt. The shot gun barrels wee removed and 3/13" longer plastic tubing was used for a more life like look with open barrels. The orange windshield was added just to give the wild green a break. Slots were cut under the hat and craft fur stuffed in dfor another far out hair do. Hope you like it ...Weldon
RAT FINK...
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF28.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF29.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF30.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF31.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/rf25.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/rf24.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/rf23.jpg)
The eye dimples were filled then sanded smooth to round them out. Slots were cut under both ears and the molded hair removed so craft fur could be stuffed in. Asmall length of clear fishing line was attached and 5 minute epoxy dripped on to make the drool. The last (3) photos were takn before the Dark Walnut stain was applied but they show the white edge details added to the finger and toenails. Hope you like it ...WELDON
Damn, Weldon...Seeing your miraculous kits again are certainly a sight for sore eyes! Thanks, once again for sharing your world of sheer FINK perfection with us all!! Sorry to hear the museum jerk has taken such unfair advantage of your mind boggling talent. He should be on his hands and knees thanking you instead of ripping you off. Don't worry, the karma police will eventually catch up with this clown and come down on him harder than the Fink Eliminators hammer!
SCUZ FINK with DINGBAT...
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/SF26b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/SF27b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/S31b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/SF28b.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/SF29b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/SF30b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/SF12.jpg)
Both ends of the kit's straight antennas were removed and new antennas made from PCW and plastic tubing (a 3 step taper).The ends were drilled and then put back in place. The flag was removed from the pole and a new made from a longer and straighter piece of Plastic Coated Wire. The flag was drilled and then the flag pole wire inserted to finish it out. The CHROMED Ray Gun received some leather straps and pearl handles.Stretched bcobwebing was used for vapor coming out of the Jet Pack, and a "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT" flag was added. The figure is pinned and brass screws attach it to DINGBAT.
SUPERFINK...
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/sf1lmpm.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/sf1lnpm.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/sf1lppm.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/sf1lopm.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/sf1lspm.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/SuperFinkc.jpg)
Superfink needed some way to ontrol his motorized skateboard so a hand throttle was fabricated from plastic tibing ...the cable is plastic rod. The engine was detailed with a gas filler neck and cap, a fuel line, and a plug and plugwire. Hair was also added under the hat.
SURFINK...
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/Srffnk17b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/Srffnk24b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/Srffnk25b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/Srffnk26b.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/Srffnk27b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/Srffnk28b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/Srffnk23b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/Srffnk16b.jpg)
The molded hair was heated and pushed down to fit the head better. Floral wire was used for the swim trunk draw strings. Waxed cord was braided and made into a ankle strap board tender. Ashark frinmade fom plastis sheet was added in the water ...and ashark bite taken out of SURFINK's board. The figure was screwed to the board, the board screwed to the wave, and the wave screwed to the masonite base with brass screws. The "R.F." crash helmet was made from a felt witch hat ...too cool!
TWEEDY PIE with BOSS FINK...
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BF21b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BF22b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BF23b.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BF24b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BF25b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/bf10b-1.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BossFinkc.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/BF2b.jpg)
This was the other very hard vehicle to build ...just way too fragile. A resin repop was what I was working with and a Tweedy Pie II car kit. The resin figure is so heavy I thought the frame should be beefed up to support the extra weight. The modifications worked out nice and it is not even noticed. The round gas tank was made from a curtain blind rod, ends from sheet plastic, and a gas filler neck and cap from plastic tubing. The shifter arm was made with plastic coated wire. The BOSS is screwed to the seat with a brass screw.
Weldon, these are some of THEE BEST BUILDS EVER!!!
Your builds are fantastic weldonmc, a lot of work with all the mods you did. What a horrible story about what happened to them. Yikes!!!!!
Quote from: Inkfink on November 27, 2011, 10:45:40 AM
Weldon, these are some of THEE BEST BUILDS EVER!!!
I agree! And not just when it comes to Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kits!
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Weldonmc:
Have you ever applied your talents to building one of "Big Daddy" Roth's custom car kits, or even somebody else's such as Tom Daniel's?
???
I would like to THANK everyone that has written here with their very nice comments ...I've always had fun and enjoyed building these kits with a passion.
To clarify my experince withe Mr. Dick Messer and the Petersen Automotive Museum (P.A.M.) a little better ...I want to write this:
Dick Messer was the Director of the P.A.M. when he contacted me to build all 12 models for the ED ROTH display located in the museum. Mr. Messer stepped down as director and had opened a Johnny Rocket's Burger inside the P.A.M. and I learned he had taken the models with him. I tried to contact him for several weeks to no availe. I finally did get in touch with him and asked him why he took them ...he told me they were his and I just needed to do whatever I could do about it for myself. The new Direcctor, Mr. Buddy Pepp, was not aware of what had taken place and agreed to get them back after I had written to him. I have attached photos of the letters I recieved from the P.A.M.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/mrpepp1.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/MrPepp2.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/email.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/mrpepp3.jpg)
My last corrospondence from Mr. Pepp ...he agreed that the models belonged to the Museum. Mr messer was displaying them in hisw Johnny Rocket's but he was on top of it. I agreed to thiss as long as The Petersen Automotive Museum was driving the boat and NOT Dick Messer ...then I could live with that. I wanted to go see them in the museum but probably never will ...and I bet WELDON MCDOWELL will never get any recognition for building them either ...and that breaks my spirit and my heart to think I was dumb enough to let it happen.
What a bum deal. Don't let it break you though you did a great job on the kits and you should be proud
Quote from: Hepcat on November 27, 2011, 02:46:46 PM
Weldonmc:
Have you ever applied your talents to building one of "Big Daddy" Roth's custom car kits, or even somebody else's such as Tom Daniels?
???
The only 2 custom ROTH cars I'ved built have been these two. I tried one back in '63 when I was 13 years old and couldn't do it and these really gave me fits at 59 too. I don't remember ever building a TD kit either ...I love looking at them bu tnever wanted to build one.
Quote from: Inkfink on November 27, 2011, 10:45:40 AM
Weldon, these are some of THEE BEST BUILDS EVER!!!
Thank You John ...I certainly am a fan of your FINK work for sure! I was looking at one of my old ROTH catalogs a few days ago and ran across a drawing of a Henry J that was so bad you almost couldn't make the car out as to what it was. I had a drawing of a Henry J I think that you did (with spoked, narrow wheels) and recreated the drawing with it. I love these things!
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/bwHenryj.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/CHenryJ.jpg)
" Hold the Pickles" was built for the Johnny Rockets Mr. Messer opened inside of the Petersen Automotive Museum. He wanted something to greet customers as they entered. He contacted me and we agrred on a price of $175 which paid for my time, a pre-built Superfink kit, and a Rat Fink kit to build it with.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/JR15B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/JR16B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/JR17B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/JR18B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/JR20B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/JR19B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/JR22B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/JR21B.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/JR7B.jpg)
So this rat Fink kit has a few modifications too. Both arms/hands were removed and replaced with repositioned Superfink arm/hands. The plastic was removed around the teeth and an inner mouth was made from Aves Apoxy Sculpt and put in place. the molded hair was removed , slots cut under the ears, and craft fur was stuffed in. Both feet were replaced with feet from Superfink too. The burger patty was cut from some computer packing foam then colored with markers. The burger buns were cut from styrofoam, covered with tissue paper that had been soaked in Elmer's glue, then poked into to styrofoam with a stiff brush giving it the right texture. A red styrofoam plate was used for the tomatoes, plastic strips were used foronions, and a plastic sheet gave it up for a slice of cheese. Aves Apoxy Sculpt was used to make the pickles. The tail was also curved a little tighter and the everpresent tail bandage applied.
I like that one better than the Rat Fink you built dressed in black. Rat Fink just doesn't look right if he's not in red.
;)
DRAGNUT 2...
I had promised another guy that I would build a DRAGNUT for him. I had always wanted to do one in Blue with a Black Bantam so I thought I would build two together and let Mr. Meser choose which one he wanted for the Museum. Well ...he wanted them both. I charged him $35.00 for the unbuilt kit and $200.00 to build it.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DragNut.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DragNutA1b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/dragnuta2b.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/dragnuta3b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/dragnuta4b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DragNutA5b.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DragNutA6b.jpg)
All of the modifications that were made to this DRAGNUT are the same as the other one.
I still look for old drawings that I can color at night when I can't sleep. I have 620+ colored so far. Here is one HEPCAT posted a few months ago ...hope you like it:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/GoodoLBOYS.jpg)
Quote from: weldonmc on November 28, 2011, 10:57:06 PMI had promised another guy that I would build a DRAGNUT for him. I had always wanted to do one in Blue with a Black Bantam so I thought I would build two together and let Mr. Meser choose which one he wanted for the Museum. Well ...he wanted them both. I charged him $35.00 for the unbuilt kit and $200.00 to build it.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DragNut.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DragNutA1b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/dragnuta2b.jpg)
Here's the original box art for comparison's sake:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/DRAGNUT-OPEN.jpg)
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I've made one with those colors too Hepcat:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DragNuta.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DragNutb.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/DragNutc.jpg) ...except I changed RF's colors.
Sweet!
But you've posted three now. I take it two were unethically, and probably illegally, appropriated by the previous museum curator for his restaurant. Where is the third? And surely you keep some build-ups for yourself?
???
HEPCAT ...I have built quite a few of them ...I think this one went to New York and is in another artist's studio. I have a DRAGNUT that is just like the last one but without the roll bar and the wide whites ...and the little RF is grey with a red suit. As far as my FINK models go ...I only have ANGEL FINK, MOTHER'S WORRY, MR. GASSER, (2) RAT FINKS, SUPERFINK, and SURFINK.
I also have one of the 12" RAT FINKS that I built for someone and never got paid for it:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/ERWRMrf02.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/ERWRMrf06.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/ERWRMrf09.jpg)
I have an idea for an ANGEL FINK done up in White that I hope to do sometime this year ...maybe.
Here's a scan of the one and only issue of Drag Cartoons featuring "Big Daddy" Roth on the cover:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/16-12-2011121033AM.jpg)
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In my opinion I think this is one of the rarest Big Daddy pieces ever made. Made by Moon, Trains and Mooneyes, this big pre-painted statue was actually the paint prototype entered into the model contest this year at Wonderfest. I did a cash trade deal and it was expensive. No markings on the base and the bottom is just raw resin with paint marks, indicating it's a prototype. While I have the original box, these were hand packed to survive the trip from Japan. One of the actual production pieces was sold for $800 at the show. Only two were available and since I have been doing business with these guys for years I was able to talk the guys out of this very rare prototype.
This piece is 12" tall and probably the best pre-paint ever offered. While this is a hand painted prototype the paint detail will be ten times better than the production units. These are already SOLD OUT through Mooneyes.
Thought I would share pics here, and I'm putting him up for sale here on the board and then off to ebay.
Paul
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/383339_2612053293303_1014120709_32734722_567780541_n.jpg)
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/382626_2612053493308_1014120709_32734723_590005796_n.jpg)
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/378878_2612053773315_1014120709_32734724_2033778178_n.jpg)
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/393602_2612053933319_1014120709_32734725_785912982_n.jpg)
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/378139_2612054173325_1014120709_32734726_1869400004_n.jpg)
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/378678_2612054573335_1014120709_32734728_1250819619_n.jpg)
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/379566_2612054933344_1014120709_32734729_132841853_n.jpg)
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/378975_2612055253352_1014120709_32734730_236191742_n.jpg)
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/383013_2612055613361_1014120709_32734731_1609291112_n.jpg)
Sheer FINK perfection....CONGRATS!
THAT is a nice piece! ....The colors are excellent, love the hair detail ...heck ...all of the details are excellent. I wonder why they didn't do something with the seam up the sides?
It was evidently Revell PR man Henry Blankfort who tagged Ed Roth with the moniker "Big Daddy" as a kit marketing ploy.
While longtime Roth employee Ed Newton was the one who transformed Ed Roth's air brushed fink designs into the finished drawings we see on T-shirts and decals, Revell employee Ricardo Diaz was the one who did the marvelous box art for the "Big Daddy" Roth fink kits.
The sculpts for these kits were done jointly by "Big Daddy" Roth and another Revell employee, Harry Plummer.
You can vote for your favourite Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kits in the following thread:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=17103.0 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=17103.0)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ALotus.jpg)
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Plenty of cool showrod stuff in this one, figured it belonged on Big Daddys thread.
Awesome kit Hep.
(http://home.comcast.net/~cougrr/zmag.JPG)
Quote from: jimm on March 11, 2012, 08:44:19 AMAwesome kit Hep.
It certainly is!
Unfortunately it's not mine. I just lifted the picture off the net as a visual aid.
:(
I'm painting a RAT FINK SURFER resin statue for a friend in NJ and though I would post what I do on it here.
The piece is a pretty rough casting ...lots of pin holes. Some will be repaired and some will be left as they are. The first photos here show that the area around the left side of RF's mouth needed some attention. Aves Apoxy Sculpt was used for the fix along with filling the eye dimples and making a larger nose.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350b.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/rf350c.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350D.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350E.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350G.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350F.jpg)
A WHITE enamel primer was used. Next acrylic craft paints were brushed on for the basecoats.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350C1.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350C2.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350C3.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350C4.jpg)
Quote from: weldonmc on March 19, 2012, 11:34:58 PM
I'm painting a RAT FINK SURFER resin statue for a friend in NJ and though I would post what I do on it here.
The piece is a pretty rough casting ....
You're right. It was indeed a casting that needed work. But you've done a good job whipping it into shape.
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I have a few more pics of the RF Surf statue:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/RF12.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/RF13.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/RF14.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/RF15.jpg)
Looks like the next challenge will be detailing the surfboard, dry brushing the figure then I want to stain the whole piece.
Any progress on the surfboard?
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AW! A thought! Since the wife won't let me do a life-size Frankenstein in concrete for the front yard maybe I'll work up to suggesting a concrete Rat Fink! We'll see..........Buddy
Tasteful and unique too! You'd probably have the only Rat Fink on your stretch of road.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RATFIK-4A.jpg)
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Not much progress just more clean-up and some paint touch-up here and there.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350C5-1.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350C6-1.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350C7-1.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/RF350C8-1.jpg)
I am getting ready to put together some old convention kits of Flip Out and Speed Shift... I am very excited to find this thread.
Resin mold kits in bags... no color pics or directions.... Living with Frankie the collector.. Making models as he wants, throwing in my
special effects. >:D
I did some Wolfman, The Mummy and The Creature from the Black Lagoon....
What do you mean by "old convention kits"? Are these the original issues? How many do you have?
???
Here are better threads for the Monogram Fred Flypogger kits though:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=12255.0 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=12255.0)
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=17113.msg272171#msg272171 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=17113.msg272171#msg272171)
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Here is an update on the Rat Fink Surf Statue. Still struggling to get finished with it.
I made then base a little bit larger with some Aves Apoxy Sculpt ...I wanted to add some tall beach grass behind the surfboard. An EBONY stain was used to cover the entire statue and I didn't like what it did to the color on the surfboard. I tried to remove it and I guess you can see what that did to it. My plan is to use the same base color and use a MOHOGANY stain next time around.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/RF350C16.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/RF350C17.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/RF350C18.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/RF350C19.jpg)
The shark is a nice added touch.
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Well ...it's been yet another "LONG HAUL" trying to get this one finished ...but here it is. A high gloss nail polish was brushed on the teeth and eyeballs for the wet look and some catalyzed automotive clear was airbrushed on the sutfboard.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/C350RF29.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/C350RF30.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/C350RF31.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/C350RF32.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/C350RF33.jpg)
Perfection!!
How many hours do you think you put in working on this piece?
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Thank you Scatter!
How many hours? ...I would have to guess 40-50 hours. I had it for 5 months and had to force myself to work on it ...sometimes it would be a week or so before I would do anything to it.
Excellent Fink you have there, weldonmc, simply beautiful!
Here's my recently completed Fink Eliminator, box stock, heh.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/aug92012063.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/barfco/aug92012066.jpg)
Just have Mothers Worry, Surf Fink and Boss Fink left to complete da Finks.
Quote from: zombywoof on August 10, 2012, 08:58:33 AM
Here's my recently completed Fink Eliminator, box stock, heh.
If that's how you would have done it at the age of ten, why do it differently now? And I love the way you painted it by the box!
;)
Cool FINK ELIMINATOR Zombywoof ...OL' BLUE EYE!
Quote from: Hepcat on August 10, 2012, 10:42:49 AM
If that's how you would have done it at the age of ten, why do it differently now? And I love the way you painted it by the box!
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I know what you mean, I enjoy both the period look and the modern finish, bring 'em all on!!
Here's a few more of my
Finky favorites-
Todd Schorr's Hiwantha Encounters the Purple People Eater
(very Scuz Finkish...)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/2002_purplealian_lg~0.jpg)
Sonny DePalma's custom garage-
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/garage%20sign1.jpg)
https://www.facebook.com/sonny.depalma?sk=photos (https://www.facebook.com/sonny.depalma?sk=photos)
Dave Burke's Martian Fink
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-30.JPG)
Remember when Todd McFarlane almost had the Rat Fink license?
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/McF-finks1.JPG)
& the 18" Johnny Ace Frankenfink
(one of my 'grails')
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/garagework-industries-franken-fink.jpg)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/Frankenfink0~0.bmp)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-01.jpg)
In the early 1980s, I was hanging with my best bud, the late Erik "Hi Fi" Kish (of Hi Fi and the Roadburners), who lived in West Chicago at the time. We were both into 50s/rockabilly big time (played together in bands), and this day went to the DuPage County fairgrounds to an old car swap meet, looking for parts for our cars- I had a '52 Ford and he had a '49 Buick. After wandering the grounds for a couple of hours, we come across a small booth in the very corner of the fairgrounds, and to our shock, it was Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, selling T-shirts and just hanging out in a lawn chair. We idolized the guy and couldn't believe he was sitting there with us. The funniest part about it- nobody cared who he was at the time! People just wandered past. It's just really odd to me, because now the guy is treated like a god!
Kinda similar to Jack Kirby imo
Quote from: Monster Bob on August 14, 2012, 03:27:39 PM...we come across a small booth in the very corner of the fairgrounds, and to our shock, it was Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, selling T-shirts and just hanging out in a lawn chair. We idolized the guy and couldn't believe he was sitting there with us. The funniest part about it- nobody cared who he was at the time! People just wandered past. It's just really odd to me, because now the guy is treated like a god!
That was certainly the case in the seventies and eighties. Only an isolated few fans still cared about "Big Daddy" Roth. I think it was the Kenner Rad Rod and Hydro Racer toys that sparked the reinterest in "Big Daddy" Roth in 1990:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RatFinkRadRods.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RatFinkHydroRacers.jpg)
Roth diecast toys and all kinds of other items then began to hit store shelves.
I ordered about a dozen T-shirts from "Big Daddy" Roth himself in 1993-94. His wife referred to it as "the big order" when I phoned him about it some four weeks later. I now wish I'd order another couple of dozen. Better yet, I should have gotten an original airbrush painting from him at the time. By 2000 after the resurgence of his popularity was well under way, he was asking $1000 for one of these. I suspect they'd go for several $thousand now.
:-\
I think Big Daddy's revival was more due to the lowbrow art movement and wasn't (still isn't) really a mainstream things. I dont thing the rad rods and other mass market toys on the 90s ever really caught on.
I won this at a Ratfink reunion auction years ago. Big Daddy auctioned it himself, it was for a Children's Hospital fundraiser.
I can hit myself for not getting a picture with him.
He told me it was one of the prototypes for the stuffed rat finks they did.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8172/7891554144_f712d4cb2d.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/61960106(*at*)N05/7891554144/)
ratfinkproto (http://www.flickr.com/photos/61960106(*at*)N05/7891554144/#) by ilikemonstersxoxo (http://www.flickr.com/people/61960106(*at*)N05/), on Flickr
At least I got him to autograph it, he asked where to sign it and I said anywhere so he, of coarse, picked this spot!
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/7891550756_951f7d82e6.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/61960106(*at*)N05/7891550756/)
BigDaddyAuto (http://www.flickr.com/photos/61960106(*at*)N05/7891550756/#) by ilikemonstersxoxo (http://www.flickr.com/people/61960106(*at*)N05/), on Flickr
Eric
Neat! What year was this?
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It must have been 1997 maybe 1998... probably '97 it must have been December cuz the charity was for X-mas for the kids It was at Mooneyes in Santa Fe Springs.
Memory is a little hazy, but it was awesome!
Eric
Here are more photos of some of my Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kits:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/MrGasser.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/MothersWorry.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/DragNut.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/BrotherRatFinkonBike.jpg)
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Hugohernandez has done a great job imparting fabulous, wild colours to this Mr. Gasser:
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m635/huedez/1Gas_zpsac4d9578.jpg)
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Wow thanks Hepcat. Lovely compliment, and MAN OH MAN your collection and storage for your collection.
the Best.
Hugo
WOW. That is one groovy paint job, hugohernandez. Fantastic.
Here are 21 of the "Big Daddy" Roth designs I like the most that were never enshrined as Revell model kits:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/DidgeHemi.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/BewareofChevy.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/MightyMustang.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/Mustanger.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/WildChild.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/HarleyHound.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/LoverBoy.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/DragKat.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/CoyoteDuster.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/PlymouthRoadrunner.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/SidewalkSurfer.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/NavelAir.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/txrngrs.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ERWSuperBee.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/BossChevy.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/FordSyndicate.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/FugitiveVette.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/VisciousVette.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/StorminGTO.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/ThouShaltDrag.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color350High/KillerCoupeRed.jpg)
Colouring above courtesy of Weldonmc.
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And here are three more:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ColorMeFast.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AThou2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/PontiacPower_zps8ae8bd49.jpg)
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Not Ed Roth but definitely inspired by them, found these Scooby cars at TJ Maxx and Marshalls over Christmas. The headlights light up, engines rev and tires squeel when you push on the character's heads. Really cool.
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/glane21/STP62793_zps5d9f02f8.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/glane21/STP62794_zps990d57ae.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/glane21/STP62796_zps801c97d1.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/glane21/STP62797_zpsfcb7aa89.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g41/glane21/STP62795_zps363bfaad.jpg)
Dang woulda been all over those
My neighbour from across the street is the star drummer of Tennessee Voodoo Coupe which was playing the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Car Show last weekend. He brought this very cool T-shirt back for me:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/RatFink_zpsc3a69a30.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/StyxRatFink3_zpsd80552b6.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/StyxRatFink2_zps68fd3a75.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/StyxRatFink4_zps14e665a4.jpg)
Cowboy of course wants to borrow it!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/CowboyRatfink_zpse5a832f7.jpg)
:)
Here is a brochure that was distributed to dealers to promote the new line of Testors "Big Daddy" Roth paints in 1964:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/TestorsRoth2_zps0ed70674.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%202/TestorsRoth2_zps0ed70674.jpg.html)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/TestorsRoth_zps32063d61.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%202/TestorsRoth_zps32063d61.jpg.html)
I very clearly remember being wowed at the time by both the ad for these paints in DC comic books and then the display in the hobby department of Cowan's Hardware store in downtown London. As a result, the brochure holds a lot of nostalgia for me.
And here is a poster that would have been used as a point of purchase display in stores when Revell first released the Mr. Gasser kit:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/BigDaddyRothAds_zps2a881f89.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%202/BigDaddyRothAds_zps2a881f89.jpg.html)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/MrGasserAd_zps6783ebae.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%202/MrGasserAd_zps6783ebae.jpg.html)
Interesting the way the poster could be used for either the Mr. Gasser or the Capitol Hot Rod Hootenanny LP!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/HotRodHootennanny_zps06253d22.jpg) (http://s1101.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/General%20Album%202/HotRodHootennanny_zps06253d22.jpg.html)
These promotional brochures/displays are really tough to find these days.
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Imagine what a complete Roth paint display might bring at auction!
Here are a couple of shots of my Rat Fink speed board:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Ratfink3.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/Ratfink3.jpg.html)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Ratfink2.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/Balticprince/media/Ratfink2.jpg.html)
:)
VERY COOL, Hep... Looks like it's beckoning the viewer to jump on and go for a ride!
One of my kids is a mechanic & he gets me cool, finky stuff from the Matco Tools catalog...
(this thing's huge!)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/DSC00001~37.JPG)
Wow! Neat!
But how is Matco involved with "Big Daddy" Roth, or how do the Roth finks help promote Matco?
???
No idea really, but there's been Fink stuff in their catalog for years, now-
from huge tool boxes to diecast cars & (now) this banner-
Here's a Matco/Rat Fink car he got me a few years ago-
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-32.jpg) (http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-34.jpg)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-33.jpg)
gotta repaint that pink eye one day... >:(
Diggin' that banner!!
I had not checked this thread in quite a while and had not seen weldonmc's awesome work! I wish his photos were larger or not so compressed. I love saving images of well-done kits on my PC since most of them I will probably never do myself. Those are beautiful!
Quote from: Street Worm on August 22, 2013, 07:21:10 PM
One of my kids is a mechanic & he gets me cool, finky stuff from the Matco Tools catalog...
(this thing's huge!)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/DSC00001~37.JPG)
That is WICKED!
I had never found this model website until yesterday. Here's the link to the section with Ed Roth models:
http://www.theclubhouse1.net/museum/modelshumor.htm (http://www.theclubhouse1.net/museum/modelshumor.htm)
LOTS of photos (including many of the same ones from Wendell). My searching did turn up a few larger photos of Wendell's on another blog, but I guess the compressed photos originate from him. Love to see the detail, so I'm glad I found a few larger ones. I see I'll have a lot of other model photos to look through on the other pages!!
Quote from: curseofthewerewolf on August 23, 2013, 01:41:17 PM
I had not checked this thread in quite a while and had not seen weldonmc's awesome work!
Weldonmc is an absolute master alright.
Quote from: curseofthewerewolf on August 24, 2013, 10:54:38 AM
I had never found this model website until yesterday. Here's the link to the section with Ed Roth models:
Oh man! So cool! "Look at this custom by Roger Fluhr:
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/RFluhr/RatFink3-2.jpg)
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Just found Big Daddys facebook tribute page. Wow, ALOT of cool pics there!!!
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/534260_10151431276747858_186701602_n.jpg)
Cool pic! Must be around the time Big Daddy's Surfite appeared in Beach Blanket Bingo
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/surfite.png)
Quote from: jimm on September 17, 2013, 09:54:00 PM
Just found Big Daddys facebook tribute page. Wow, ALOT of cool pics there!!!
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/534260_10151431276747858_186701602_n.jpg)
Annette Fullajello! (take that Spell Checker!) :D
Quote from: horrorhunter on September 18, 2013, 04:08:22 PM
Annette Fullajello! (take that Spell Checker!) :D
Was that a popular name for her in your neck of the woods or did you just make that up?
???
I love how they tool around in some wild show rods in those flix. I recall a bubble top getting a cruise to the drag strip
(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/dam/assets/130225120331-orbitron-ed-roth-car-gallery-620xb.jpg)
http://money.cnn.com/gallery/autos/2013/03/01/ed-roth-cars/index.html (http://money.cnn.com/gallery/autos/2013/03/01/ed-roth-cars/index.html)
Quote from: Hepcat on September 18, 2013, 06:35:08 PM
Was that a popular name for her in your neck of the woods or did you just make that up?
???
Some guys I used to game with called her that. Just a silly mispronunciation in the heat of a Champions fight. Those battles would go for hours and a staggering amount of balderdash, tomfoolery, and poppycock would ensue.
Quote from: Street Worm on August 22, 2013, 08:04:06 PM
No idea really, but there's been Fink stuff in their catalog for years, now-
from huge tool boxes to diecast cars & (now) this banner-
Here's a Matco/Rat Fink car he got me a few years ago-
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-32.jpg) (http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-34.jpg)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/RF-33.jpg)
gotta repaint that pink eye one day... >:(
Target stores use to sell theses Rat Fink cars.
Quote from: Flower on September 18, 2013, 09:22:31 PM(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/dam/assets/130225120331-orbitron-ed-roth-car-gallery-620xb.jpg)
The Orbitron was actually the first Ed "Big Daddy" Roth show car that was an Ed Newton design Sadly the Orbitron was never turned into a model kit by Revell.
:(
I agree but there is always hope. I just love the bright blue color of the Orbitron.
Quote from: Hepcat on September 19, 2013, 12:10:01 PM
Sadly the Orbitron was never turned into a model kit by Revell.
:(
They might have thought it too similar to Beatnik Bandit.
Here's a Batman satire from the first issue of "Big Daddy" Roth magazine:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/039_zps5bc4579e.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/042_zpsd115f808.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/040_zpsa48cfc27.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/041_zps16c5d74d.jpg)
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Thanks Hep, feel free to post more stories O0
Alright. Here's a Green Hornet satire from the same issue:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/035_zps15a60236.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/036_zpsc1ff07c2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/037_zpsb4702310.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/038_zps8933ab48.jpg)
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This two page feature ran in "Big Daddy" Roth 2 in 1964:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/017_zps9b00e2f5.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/018_zps9cf8a1db.jpg)
As you can see, it was the right query but Ed got the band wrong!
;)
Here's a cool ad for the Revell Road Agent model kit from the back cover of Big Daddy Roth 2:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/016_zps5b20ab2f.jpg)
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Here's a great Man from U.N.C.L.E. satire from Big Daddy Roth 3:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth3.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/006_zpsa2f14b00.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/007_zps150937fd.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/008_zps77fa923f.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/003_zps0572190f.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/004_zps2666b304.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/005_zps77e71c49.jpg)
I very clearly remember being delighted with this story as a kid. What stuck in my mind all these years though is not the Playboy aspect but the zaniness of Napoleon and Ilya losing their pants from one panel to the next as they pass through the cleaners and then a model airplane showing up out of the blue in Napoleon's hand.
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Here's a fabulous Lone Ranger satire from Big Daddy Roth 4:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/005_zps10a41bec.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/006_zps57656721.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/007_zps6b376840.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/008_zps2a746bc6.jpg)
Here's the wild cool subscription ad:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/009_zps140821d4.jpg)
Sadly though any subscriptions received wouldn't be honoured since #4 turned out to be the last issue.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth4.jpg)
Subscribers would I suspect have received Drag Cartoons issues instead.
:(
Classic Leave it to Beaver "Monster Sweatshirt" episode on this morning, felt this is a good spot for this 8)
http://neatocoolville.blogspot.com/2013/10/sweatshirt-monsters-from-leave-it-to.html (http://neatocoolville.blogspot.com/2013/10/sweatshirt-monsters-from-leave-it-to.html)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CFTiDN7xr4Y/UmGR6X0CAzI/AAAAAAAASfE/4PQ6ElcMvSg/s1600/Leave+It+to+Beaver+Sweatshirt+Monsters+Window+Display.jpg)
WOW .. $3.75 for some very cool sweats ... sweet ... 8)
One of my favorite episodes! ;D
I've been once around the LITBs on METV - (still have to see the last two)
mornings just won't be the same around here...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/10004011_10152050404032858_1821667682_n.png)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjQwWDQ4MA==/z/elQAAOxy0NtTCkwH/$_3.JPG)
Wow, stoke! Is that your Roth catalog?
???
Nah, just copying cool stuff from the FBook tribute page as I see it
(https://scontent-b-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1781989_10152052950157858_1043485782_n.jpg)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/bdr.png)
I have the "Dumb Junk" Catalog.
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Love this thread dude & HEY if ya ever want to unload a Surf Fink man give me a shout :)
Peace
So what do you think? Is it the best "Big Daddy" Roth thread on the web?
???
OH Hell Yeah man!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's awesome I can look at this all day man 8) 8)
Peace
Here are scans of some of the "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirt designs that Revell elected to turn into model kits with colouring courtesy of our fellow member Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/004_zps4eac770c.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/005_zps5c18dedf.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/002_zps99a1828a.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/004_zps378f771c.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/003_zps9225a7ee.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/001_zps478fb7c9.jpg)
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Think this would be a good spot for my Odd Rods stickers? I'm near complete...
The "Showcase Your Monster Cards" thread would be the best place for your Odd Rods cards:
Showcase Your Monster Cards (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=13334.135)
Thanks, I knew I posted my Donruss silly cycles somewhere. How you know where all these threads are ?? :)
The Search function on this board is a decent one.
:)
Why I gotta search? Where you goin'?:)
Here are scans of a few more of the "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirt designs that Revell elected to turn into model kits with colouring courtesy of our fellow member Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/007_zps3d9966a3.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/010_zpsd3dc50f9.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/007_zps24fdcaee.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/006_zps5c914dcc.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/008_zpsd5f828ae.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/009_zps6fc9b5a1.jpg)
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Here are scans of a few more of the "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirt designs with colouring courtesy of our fellow member Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/008_zps1682c822.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/022_zps4a68ae05.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/020_zps3b851f2f.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/026_zpsd767a469.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/024_zps4cf7613f.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/029_zps729052ca.jpg)
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Here are scans of a few more of the "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirt designs with colouring courtesy of our fellow member Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/006_zpsdb63423d.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/010_zps86543cfa.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/014_zpse7862384.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/021_zps5bea885e.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/025_zps6006db89.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/028_zpsc1c4cdec.jpg)
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Here are scans of a few more of the "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirt designs with colouring courtesy of our fellow member Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/005_zpscfe64919.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/015_zpse0fd8680.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/016_zps6487a2a8.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/019_zps995d3627.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/018_zps50efc02f.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/031_zps4a789b72.jpg)
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Here are scans of six more of the "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirt designs with colouring courtesy of our fellow member Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/009_zpsa4073c07.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/013_zps49f1fcad.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/017_zps103cbde4.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/023_zps09f3a6fb.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/030_zps01d166a7.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/032_zps4926d9c2.jpg)
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Wow. It's been years since I've seen that Road Runner design, had forgotten about it. Thanks for the memory trip. :)
Are you sure it wasn't this one instead?
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/011_zpsb92280fe.jpg)
And here are six more scans of "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirt designs with colouring courtesy of our fellow member Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/012_zps35d28bdb.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/034_zps032400c4.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/033_zps1248d3b5.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/027_zps3b084366.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/035_zps3f9113f0.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/036_zpsfcfd78a9.jpg)
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Mr. Gasser that I finished building yesterday. It was modeled after the cover of Amazing Vehicular Modeler Vol. 1.
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/JimBertges/100_8426_zpse7f1063c.jpg)
I like the 442, Duster and most of the designs posted .. very nice coloring .. 8)
Quote from: Jim Bertges on June 25, 2014, 02:24:19 AMMr. Gasser that I finished building yesterday. It was modeled after the cover of Amazing Vehicular Modeler Vol. 1.
Cool! Out of what did you build the base?
???
Quote from: Hepcat on June 26, 2014, 10:22:12 PM
Cool! Out of what did you build the base?
???
Like many modelers I collect the odd bits of plastic this and that which I think I might be able to use later. I had just such a plastic hemisphere in my box o' bits that I used for the half 8 Ball and that was attached to a small round wooden plaque.
Here are three books that are a must for "Big Daddy" Roth enthusiasts:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Roth4_zps1ea393d0.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/roth2_zps0f869265.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Roth3_zpsc75db365.jpg)
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Why no one made a kit of the Yellow Fang dragster is beyond me....they did near EVERY dragster between the model companies!
Quote from: Hepcat on May 05, 2014, 03:48:25 PM
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/007_zps3d9966a3.jpg)
I saw this movie before its theatrical release at the Toronto Film Festival in 2007.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/RtFink_zpscc39db37.jpg)
Although a bit superficial to a hard core Roth fan who wants all the inside details, the movie was still well presented and good fun.
What I hated though was the other people in attendance at the theatre. They were all artsy types who were film buffs as opposed to "Big Daddy" Roth fans. I really had nothing in common with them.
>:(
Hepcat you have an AMAZINGLY cool collection! Will you please be, like, my uncle or something? Haha! And Weldonmc you are a true artist!
I wanted to share my Finkster stuff-
My Drag Nut mask I bought new a few years ago:
(http://i.imgur.com/DeBkwQn.jpg)
1991 Collegeville Rat Fink mask and costume with box:
(http://i.imgur.com/ioCoTHF.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/vDmboO1.jpg)
The usual suspects: Brother Fink (a lil banged up), GID key chain, Rad Rods figure I got on the card at a local pop culture shop for $12, Funko GID bobbler, Mother's Worry that came in an auction lot with some Red Baron parts. Coincidently, the helmet fits perfectly! Haha! The spike I made out of a twisted up Hersey Kiss wrapper. :) And for my Fink I did the traditional color scheme, painted with Testors metalflake lacquer rattle cans. The pictures honestly don't do the sparklyness justice.
(http://i.imgur.com/nSUo2wE.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/N54Gnpv.jpg)
The Fink figure cruisin' in his 1953 Mattel Dream Car :D:
(http://i.imgur.com/ERCydZe.jpg)
Some Mr. Gasser bits I'm sure I can do something with...
(http://i.imgur.com/lFBPfrY.jpg)
Most of you have probably seen these cool tote bags on the electronicBay. Came from china and probably isn't legit, but for less than $10 it's a sweet beach/ car show bag
(http://i.imgur.com/S0nF7WO.jpg)
Lastly I had an old Fink shirt from when I was little. Because it didn't fit me anymore I cut it into a back patch for my jacket and fancied it up with an "Our Lady" framing done with a 3 pack of metallic Sharpie markers.
(http://i.imgur.com/qIncsJY.jpg)
Hope you cats dig!
Here is an iron on and a t-shirt design you might like Weldonmc. I myself being from Florida, Don Garlits and all things FL have a special place in my heart. I snagged these offline with the hopes of one day getting them printed into sweet shirts!
(http://i.imgur.com/dLupOvW.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/ozUcmgB.jpg)
Quote from: SpeedierThantheGrave on August 18, 2014, 03:10:42 PMI wanted to share my Finkster stuff-
1991 Collegeville Rat Fink mask and costume with box:
(http://i.imgur.com/ioCoTHF.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/vDmboO1.jpg)
That costume is wild cool!
Quote from: SpeedierThantheGrave on August 18, 2014, 03:10:42 PMAnd for my Fink I did the traditional color scheme, painted with Testors metalflake lacquer rattle cans. The pictures honestly don't do the sparklyness justice.
(http://i.imgur.com/nSUo2wE.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/N54Gnpv.jpg)
Hope you cats dig!
Oh I do! I've never seen a Rat Fink painted in metal flake colours and it's rad. Good job!
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Quote from: Hepcat on August 19, 2014, 10:08:02 PM
That costume is wild cool!
Oh I do! I've never seen a Rat Fink painted in metal flake colours and it's rad. Good job!
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Thanks! I'm really liking this thread! :)
I just delivered these finished Finks to my client and I thought I'd share them here.
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/JimBertges/100_8816_zps0e238798.jpg)
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/JimBertges/100_8815_zps2bd8200f.jpg)
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/JimBertges/100_8810_zps0fed0cb4.jpg)
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/JimBertges/100_8680_zpsc894b7d8.jpg)
Quote from: Jim Bertges on August 20, 2014, 06:24:50 PM
I just delivered these finished Finks to my client and I thought I'd share them here.
Those Finks are too cool. 8)
Very well done.
Quote from: Jim Bertges on August 20, 2014, 06:24:50 PMI just delivered these finished Finks to my client and I thought I'd share them here.
Oh I love those! They're wild!
One thing I always wonder about though. I think the Revell "Big Daddy" Roth finks must be tougher to paint than the Aurora Universal monster kits. Am I right?
???
Quote from: Jim Bertges on August 20, 2014, 06:24:50 PM
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/JimBertges/100_8680_zpsc894b7d8.jpg)
Awesome! (I need to finish my Robbin' Hood Fink someday...)
Quote from: Hepcat on August 20, 2014, 07:39:32 PM
Oh I love those! They're wild!
One thing I always wonder about though. I think the Revell "Big Daddy" Roth finks must be tougher to paint than the Aurora Universal monster kits. Am I right?
???
The big difference between the Roth Monsters and the Aurora Monsters is that the Roths have many more small parts and they can be fiddly to paint and place. The Robbin' Hood Fink comes with a nearly complete "Outlaw" car kit and that one has tons of intricate parts, the figure is just a front and back half with two little feet.
But the faces of the Roth finks seem to have far more detail that requires painting in different colours. I'd find that very challenging.
???
You'd use the same techniques for both, it's just that there would be those extra touches for all the warts, boils and slobber featured in the Ed Roth stuff.
Quote from: Hepcat on August 07, 2014, 10:01:44 AM
I saw this movie before its theatrical release at the Toronto Film Festival in 2007.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/RtFink_zpscc39db37.jpg)
Although a bit superficial to a hard core Roth fan who wants all the inside details, the movie was still well presented and good fun.
Here's the promo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqqLUAYYt_U (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqqLUAYYt_U)
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Managed to get this Kenner Hydro Blaster recently for $8. It's allegedly signed by Trixie Roth, but I really just wanted the cool Surf Fink and supercharged surf board! :)
(http://i.imgur.com/EU9nZvY.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/Odh56G4.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/Zxn20oS.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/dDLQyrZ.jpg)
The Kenner HydroRacers are rad cool! I have a set of three mint in box that I bought at Toys 'R us in the early nineties.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RatFinkHydroRacers.jpg)
I think the Kenner Rad Rod and Hydro Racer toys of 1990 had a key role in sparking the reinterest in "Big Daddy" Roth's line of finks.
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Nice! Hard to believe they're that old already
Bought this at Mondo Con this past weekend.
Original 1963 Roth Studios Originals. Monster by Ed Roth, car by Wes Bennett.
My first original Roth, so happy to have found it and with the help of Von Franco identified it.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10660227_10203801858979629_4213561237862585340_n.jpg?oh=787b5666173e29222cce4384ff720a89&oe=54832D34&__gda__=1418895650_5dff014f0173cbabe9b8c1ab9a0c48ed)
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Just finished a trophy mount for Drag Lover, and posted a how-to here if someone wants to do the same: http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=26811.0 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=26811.0). Rat Fink is next!
(http://i.imgur.com/9noIvvx.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/e2kehde.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/RIvDdJx.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/Tp7cvuF.jpg)
Here's a great photo circa 1964 of "Big Daddy" Roth signing autographs:
(https://federicodecalifornia.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/ed-big-daddy-roth.jpg?w=590)
I love the way some of the kids seem to be in awe of their idol!
:laugh:
Fabulous photo, Hep!
Several months ago I posted a picture of my late friend Gary Pritchett's original build GET PUNCHED in primer ...well I finally got him finished.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP1%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP1%20450.jpg.html) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP1b%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP1%20450.jpg.html)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP2%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP2%20450.jpg.html) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP3%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP3%20450.jpg.html)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP4%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP4%20450.jpg.html) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP5%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP5%20450.jpg.html)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP5b%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP5b%20450.jpg.html) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP6%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP6%20450.jpg.html)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP7%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/GP7%20450.jpg.html) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/TheClubHouse/GPGetPunched2-1.jpg) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/gp%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/gp%20450.jpg.html)
I'm not sure which models Gary used to create this little guy, but I think MOTHER'S WORRY is in here somewhere. I made the punches, RF belt buckle, and added more detail to his face, tongue, navel, and punch holes, with Ave's Epoxy Sculpt. The paint is acrylic craft paints and a Red Mahogany stain was used to bring up the details. I painted GP on his rear the way Gary signed his artwork ...just happens to be GET PUNCHED initials too.
...hope you like it! Weldon
] ]I built another ANGEL FINK. I wanted to do her in a Mulberry color. I made a tongue from Aves's Epoxy Sculpt and also a spider. Acrylic craft paints were used then an oil based Dark Walnut stain was applied to bring up the details.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF1%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF1%20450.jpg.html) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF1b%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF1b%20450.jpg.html)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF1c%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF1c%20450.jpg.html) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF2%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF2%20450.jpg.html) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF2%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF2%20450.jpg.html)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF2b%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF2b%20450.jpg.html) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF3%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF3%20450.jpg.html) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF4%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF4%20450.jpg.html)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF5%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF5%20450.jpg.html) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF5b%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF5b%20450.jpg.html) (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF6%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF6%20450.jpg.html)
...hope you like it, Weldon
Love both ... ;D
Quote from: weldonmc on July 06, 2015, 10:27:52 PM
Several months ago I posted a picture of my late friend Gary Pritchett's original build GET PUNCHED in primer ...well I finally got him finished.
I painted GP on his rear the way Gary signed his artwork ...just happens to be GET PUNCHED initials too.
Oh man! That's cool! And a great tribute to Gary.
:)
Quote from: weldonmc on July 07, 2015, 07:51:00 AM
I built another ANGEL FINK. I wanted to do her in a Mulberry color. ...hope you like it, Weldon
You know that may be your best effort yet!
:)
"Roth All Day - Mouse All Night"
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/mouse.png)
Quote from: weldonmc on July 07, 2015, 07:51:00 AM
] ]I built another ANGEL FINK. I wanted to do her in a Mulberry color. I made a tongue from Aves's Epoxy Sculpt and also a spider. Acrylic craft paints were used then an oil based Dark Walnut stain was applied to bring up the details.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF1%20450.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/ROTH%20Color%20Drawings/Color%20450High/AF1%20450.jpg.html)
...hope you like it, Weldon
Fantastic work on both, weldonmc!
Thanks guys for your nice comments! These were both enjoyable for me to do.
I want to do another ANGEL FINK in white some day. Gary also started a PURE HELL...BAD NEWS I want to finish ...but I've misplaced it in one of my moves.
I am also working on another SCUZFINK. I changed the ray gun by using a piece of green acrylic rod and turning it down with files, and my drill, to match the barrel and the hammer end of the gun. I also have the tapered antennas made.
Weldon
I could be wrong but I think this is a 'virtual' pinball machine (as opposed to the kind you find in your local gin mill)
but I just love the art on that back-box... Finks, Frantics, Silly Surfers, Weird-Ohs, Nutty Mads...I even see a
couple Lindy Loonys-
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/pb1~0.png)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/rf2~0.png)
(http://gallery.unrealspawnboard.com/albums/userpics/10006/rf3~1.png)
Oh man, that is awesome cool!
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NEAT-O ...the image is also an older poster by Todd Schorr.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w243/weldonmc/s-l1600cc.jpg) (http://s178.photobucket.com/user/weldonmc/media/s-l1600cc.jpg.html)
That's beautiful & I'm a big fan of Schorr's work...I knew the pinball back box art looked familiar,
can't believe I didn't make the connection - Todd's got a few big jam paintings the would appeal
to us Monster kids-
So besides the Finks, Silly Surfers, Frantics, Weird-Ohs, Nutty Mads & Lindy Loonys who else is
in the painting? The eyeball guy has gotta be Basil Wolverton's Stan (ugly stickers) & I'd bet the
guy playing the flute is Von Dutch...
how 'bout the wolf guy, the guy with the goggles (btm. center) and the cyclops cook?
Here's a photo of Ed doing some of the airbrushing for which he was justifiably famous:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Ed%20Roth_zpsqrws7lkc.jpg)
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Look at the wild custom design "Big Daddy" Roth did for Don "The Swamp Rat" Garlits!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Don%20Garlits_zpscsmvidqj.jpg)
Complete with gator!
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Here's a boss magazine ad that Revell ran for these slot car kits in 1965:
(http://slotblog.net/uploads/monthly_08_2015/post-4-0-03814600-1440767722.jpg)
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Quote from: weldonmc on April 01, 2011, 11:17:57 AM
Chuck Kaparich's FINKOSEL is an incredible piece art. He is a true Master in vision and the ability to carry it out and complete his vision. I'm not sure if everyone here recognized the name of the artist that made the concept drawings for the FINKOSEL project ...John Detrich ...but he is UMA's member ...INKFINK. What an extraordinary partnership these guys made together ...I cannot think of how proud they must be to be apart of something this unique. My "hat's off" to both!
John Detrich did a Design for me years ago, Fink on a BSA Flattrack Racer and I had the pleasure of meeting Chuck when I lived in Missoula
Scootin-Newton
I've always loved these Rat Fink hats:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Ed%20Roth1_zpshofmrb1j.jpg)
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Some interesting and useful information regarding the scarcity of the original Revell "Big Daddy" Roth fink kits can be gleaned from this book published in 1996 by noted board game enthusiast and collector Rick Polizzi:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/612VDTHDM9L._SS500_.jpg)
The book contains the following estimate of prices for boxed Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kits:
Outlaw with Robbin' Hood Fink $450
Tweedy Pie with Boss Fink $450
Scuz-Fink with Dingbat $300
Super Fink $300
Fink Eliminator $215
Angel Fink $180
Drag Nut $150
Surfink $150
Mr. Gasser $140
Mr. Gasser in BRM (slot car) $120
Rat Fink in Lotus Ford (slot car) $110
Rat Fink $90
Mother's Worry $75
Brother Rat Fink $65
Now we can argue from now until the cows come home about a current price list let alone one from 1996, but the fact is that Polizzi's estimates provide a very decent ranking of the relative scarcities of these kits. Quite simply, I'm in general agreement with Polizzi's assessment and I've not only been a huge fan of "Big Daddy" Roth and his T-shirt designs and model kits since I was a kid, but I've been collecting these and other select model kits since 1982-83. My biggest disagreement with Polizzi's ranking is that the Rat Fink in Lotus Ford kit should be up there in the top five when it comes to relative scarcity.
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Anyone interested in board games might want to pick up these other two books by Rick Polizzi:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61x%2BOj2Cl-L._SS500_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61PTZ7PDZBL._SS500_.jpg)
While not as comprehensive as some other books on board games, I found them more interesting because of their focus on the games of the baby boomer era. Polizzi was also the publisher of a short lived magazine on board games also entitled Spin Again which only ran for five issues in the early nineties.
Here's a great picture of Rick Polizzi with his board game collection from his website (http://rickpolizzi.com/books-3/):
(http://rickpolizzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Natl1.jpg)
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Here's the official Ed "Big Daddy" Roth website:
Ratfink (http://www.ratfink.com/)
A few, but sadly not many, vintage T-shirt designs from the sixties are available.
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'Enjoyed seeing so many Daddy Roth and Rat Fink items recently. So here's a few oldies for you guys.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7027/6514228109_a900de68c4_b.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yeQ_8In5m2o/Sq6-1TXrHBI/AAAAAAAAAWM/UDxZB40FcoE/s400/IMG_0393.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WMtmMcxCXY8/SmPXZGw3gjI/AAAAAAAAEGQ/VyWGIM8gi4g/s400/DSC02013.JPG)
Where/when were these pics from?
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Rat Fink Rings made their appearance in candy and convenience stores in 1965. They consisted of a ring that was a base for a detachable Rat Fink figure:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/23/82/e5/2382e539811311e1bb937df12848451b.jpg)
(http://www.ratfinkring.net/fink1front.jpg)
(http://www.ratfinkring.net/fink9.jpg)
(http://www.ratfinkring.net/fink6.jpg)
The Rat Fink figures came in at least twenty(!) different colours with at least eight different eye colours making for a minimum of 160 different combinations! Any collector worthy of the term will of course not be satisfied until he has every possible combination.
While fakes from 1984 exist as well, they're bigger and marked 1984 on the back making them easy to tell from the originals. Here's a great website with lots more info on these rad cool rings:
RatFinkRing.Net (http://www.ratfinkring.net/)
Some of the Rat Fink charms that were sold in vending machines such as the ones on the card below were cheap knock-offs of these rings. The fellow running the above website calls the knock-offs Crap Finks.
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c3/cf/93/c3cf933ecec3f0bb9fb74992d6851029.jpg)
I keep wondering though whether the rings or any of the Rat Fink figures sold as charms in vending machines were properly licenced by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and what if anything he received from their production and sale.
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Quote from: Hepcat on April 20, 2017, 04:09:22 PM
Rat Fink Rings made their appearance in candy and convenience stores in 1965. The consisted of a ring that was a base for a detachable Rat Fink figure:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/23/82/e5/2382e539811311e1bb937df12848451b.jpg)
(http://www.ratfinkring.net/fink1front.jpg)
(http://www.ratfinkring.net/fink9.jpg)
(http://www.ratfinkring.net/fink6.jpg)
The Rat Fink figures came in at least twenty(!) different colours with at least eight different eye colours making for a minimum of 160 different combinations! Any collector worthy of the term will of course not be satisfied until he has every possible combination.
While fakes from 1984 exist as well, they're bigger and marked 1984 on the back making them easy to tell from the originals. Here's a great website with lots more info on these rad cool rings:
RatFinkRing.Net (http://www.ratfinkring.net/)
Some of the Rat Fink charms that were sold in vending machines such as the ones on the card below were cheap knock-offs of these rings. The fellow running the above website calls the knock-offs Crap Finks.
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c3/cf/93/c3cf933ecec3f0bb9fb74992d6851029.jpg)
I keep wondering though whether the rings or any of the Rat Fink figures sold as charms in vending machines were properly licenced by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and what if anything he received from their production and sale.
:-\
Crazy cool.
I finally completed my collection of the Mr. Gasser and The Weirdos LP's, so I thought I'd post a pic. Capitol released three Weirdos records- Hot Rod Hootenanny (1963) was first, followed by two in 1964, Rods And Ratfinks, then Surfink!. Mr. Gasser was rumored to be Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and it looks like he did the munching sounds on "Termites In My Woodie" but it's not him on vocals. The musicians were uncredited. I've had Surfink since the '60's and it's my favorite of the three. Come to find out, the music on these records is so good because the musicians were all top-notch session players now known as The Wrecking Crew. Some of the musicians you hear on these three records include; Leon Russell, Glen Campbell, Billy Strange, Gary Usher on vocals- he's worked with The Beach Boys, The Birds, and Dick Dale. Jerry Cole on guitars- he's worked with Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the Beach Boys. Howard Roberts on guitars- he played that great guitars on the Twilight Zone TV Theme, and The Munsters TV Theme, and The I Dream Of Jeannie Theme. James Burton is on these records- he's played with Roy Orbison, Ricky Nelson, John Denver, and both Elvis's (Presley and Costello). Earl Palmer plays drums on these LP's. He's played with Fats Domino, Little Richard, Phil Spector, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, and Neal Young. Steve Douglas plays sax, he's played with Duane Eddy, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, and The Ramones. Hal Blaine plays drums on these, too, he's played on over 140 top ten hits, 40 of which are number one hits. And Carol Kaye plays bass on these- she has played on 10,000 recordings! She's recorded with The Doors, The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Simon And Garfunkel, Frank Zappa to name a few. She's also played on numerous TV show themes like Mission Impossible, M.A.S.H., Get Smart, Mannix, Cannon, Hawaii Five-O, Wonder Woman, Bonanza, The Addams Family, and The Brady Bunch- just to name a few (!!!).
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/Records/fullsizeoutput_ba4_zpstwigey0o.jpeg) (http://s853.photobucket.com/user/monolith_06/media/Records/fullsizeoutput_ba4_zpstwigey0o.jpeg.html)
Quote from: Monolith on June 08, 2017, 01:10:36 PMI finally completed my collection of the Mr. Gasser and The Weirdos LP's, so I thought I'd post a pic.
I wonder how much these LPs would go for these days in NM condition?
Quote from: Monolith on June 08, 2017, 01:10:36 PMI've had Surfink since the '60's and it's my favorite of the three. Come to find out, the music on these records is so good because the musicians were all top-notch session players now known as The Wrecking Crew.
Okay! I'll have to give my own
Rods 'n Rat Finks and
Hot Rod Hootenanny LPs a spin this week.
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Quote from: Hepcat on June 08, 2017, 01:42:41 PM
I wonder how much these LPs would go for these days in NM condition?
Okay! I'll have to give my own Rods 'n Rat Finks and Hot Rod Hootenanny LPs a spin this week.
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There's an original '63 copy of Hot Rod Hootenanny on e-bay right now. Looks like it's in similar condition to mine, but it has holes punched on the edge of the cover and the buy it now price is $199. The originals are rare. They reissued all three records in 2011. The reissues are plentiful.
Repros, but these Weird-Ohs Repulsives model kits should be fun to build. I haven't seen these before, but I like their Rubber Uglies style. They're listed as $10 each w/ free shipping. But I offered $5 each for all four and the seller accepted. It looks as though theres still a a couple of each left, if anybody else wants 'em. Here's a link to one, you can click on the seller's Other Items for the other three.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Weird-Ohs-Repulsive-Monster-Model-Kit-Voop-By-Hawk-Skill-Level-2/362175086028?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Weird-Ohs-Repulsive-Monster-Model-Kit-Voop-By-Hawk-Skill-Level-2/362175086028?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649)
(https://i.imgur.com/5x5SPDP.jpg)
Hey! Those are reissues of the Lindberg Repulsives from the sixties:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/.highres/Lindberg_zpslnryhi4n.jpg)
Here are the threads that first mention the rerelease of the Repulsive line:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=10611.msg168223#msg168223 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=10611.msg168223#msg168223)
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=28756.msg474072#msg474072 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=28756.msg474072#msg474072)
I'm a bit miffed that they've been relabeled Hawk Weird-Ohs though. They're far from being thematically similar to Weird-Ohs.
Here's the thread on Hawk Weird-Ohs:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=12257.0 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=12257.0)
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1st post here, I'd like to thank the members and site for this thread, Big Daddy was a bit before my time but I'm familiar with it from the car shows in the 70's my dad took me to when I was a kid, use to love those shirts and I remember all the knock-off stuff too. I went through this whole thread sometime ago and watched the doc and ended up engrossed myself in all things Fink the last year, got a fire lit under my dad too talking to him about it(which was more his time) and after going through some medical problems got his old Trans Am out of the garage and back on the road going to car shows again.
Thanks for all the Fink art and inspiration, just getting back into airbrushing after 25 years and did this quick freehand Surf Fink(touched up the wave up in PS), his red color came from a painted 60's surf fink I got off ebay that didn't have the wave or board -
(https://i.imgur.com/XSu4BQT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sb9hdGs.jpg?1)
Quote from: Ash on July 08, 2018, 05:21:05 PM1st post here, I'd like to thank the members and site for this thread, Big Daddy was a bit before my time but I'm familiar with it from the car shows in the 70's my dad took me to when I was a kid, use to love those shirts and I remember all the knock-off stuff too.
Do you have any of the T-shirts? "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts are still available here:
"Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts (http://www.ratfink.com/rat-fink-t-shirts-1.php)
:)
Some of my Rat Fink stuff including some Martian Fink charms and the original vending display card:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1797/29066793707_1789d2ff72_b.jpg)
The red Rat Fink charm with painted eyes is just like the one I had as a kid. Loved that little charm! :laugh:
The classic Rat Fink image always brings a smile to my face!
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I recently re-discovered the work of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. I am a huge fan. I remember seeing his work when I was a kid. I was born in 86'.... I remembered it vividly, but I never knew who the artist was. Recently I saw some work that reminded me of those images I saw when I was a child. Through a little research, I quickly found him. I drew his "Nitrous Nut" in Pen and Ink as a tribute, and wanted to share it! Love his work! It has been a huge inspiration to me....https://instagram.com/p/BmomutDFf65Ohq7wvseTyJCM-D9VNQCwi05boI0/(https://instagram.com/p/BmomutDFf65Ohq7wvseTyJCM-D9VNQCwi05boI0/)
Welcome to the UMA, dandy201 :)
If you want to share pics in messages, you need to have your photos in your own web space and link to them in a message. Or, if you have your pics on a page, somewhere, you could just put a link to the page.
Thank you. I am new. I just re tried. Not sure if that worked.
Quote from: dandy201 on August 19, 2018, 07:38:48 PM
I just re tried. Not sure if that worked.
All I get is "Sorry, this page isn't available." Don't know if Instagram is restricted to members?
Quote from: dandy201 on August 19, 2018, 12:12:32 PMI recently re-discovered the work of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. I am a huge fan. I remember seeing his work when I was a kid. I was born in 86'.... I remembered it vividly, but I never knew who the artist was.
I must admit that I simply don't remember my precise first exposure to "Big Daddy" Roth. It may have been an ad for one of his Revell custom car kits or fink kits in
Boy's Life magazine in 1963 or so:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/roth-models-ad_zpswid5boqw.jpg)
I do clearly remember looking at the Revell Beatnik Bandit model kit at the Tuckey Hardware store two blocks from my house in around the year 1963:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Beatnik_zpsdxecuiza.jpg)
This is not to say of course that I hadn't admired the same Beatnik Bandit or an earlier Revell Roth kit at Cowan's Hardware on Dundas Street in downtown London, Ontario. I later bought his Revell Mysterion kit at Tuckey's and sometime thereafter a Revell Rat Fink kit at the Coles bookstore on Dundas Street downtown.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Rat%20Fink_zpsgyakbhoq.jpg)
In the summer of 1965 I bought a Revell Brother Rat Fink T-Shirt Iron-On Transfer at Seven Mile Hobby Shop in Detroit and successfully applied it to one of my T-shirts. My very old-school father though took one look at it, confiscated it and used it for a rag in the garage. Very sad. The same fate befell the Rat Fink sweatshirt I ordered up and received from "Big Daddy" Roth's shop in the winter of 1965-66.
Whenever that first exposure of mine to "Big Daddy" Roth's designs was, I was absolutely captivated from the get-go. This stuff I knew was absolutely outta sight wild cool (and something my parents just couldn't understand of course)!
By 1983 I was buying up whatever MIB Revell Roth kits I could find. At the time they were surprisingly cheap in comparison to the Aurora monster model kits. And here I am today still a wild-eyed drooling fan of "Big Daddy" Roth and his custom rods and finks! (Don't you just love those happy endings?)
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Quote from: horrorhunter on August 12, 2018, 07:17:50 PMSome of my Rat Fink stuff including ... the original vending display card:
Have I ever told you that I love those vending cards?
???
Not surprising perhaps. Bubble gum vending machines were a big part of my life when I was a kid! A big honking grape or cherry flavoured gumball for a penny, mmmmmm, mmmmm!
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Not Roth but definitely inspired SoCal car culture Dave Deals design... both Revell Deals Wheels cars and planes. This one a rare politoys diecast, 1/24 or so(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180906/9bd9125bacb3e4b02f11cf834582fa19.jpg)
Here's "Big Daddy" Roth's not often seen Wes Bennett rendered Surf Nut design:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Surf%20Nut_zps7dzknzmq.jpg)
Colouring by noted Roth disciple Johnny Ace.
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There are of course Rat Fink Wacky Wobblers:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Funko%20Roth%202_zpsekyw7hok.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Funko%205_zpsrogxagi6.jpg)
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Funko has evidently produced hundreds and hundreds of different variants of Rat Fink:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Funko%20Rat%20Fink%208_zpspxxlpmr4.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/rat-fink-monoeyes-wacky-wobbler-%20Rat%20Fink%20pergunte-antes-de-fechar-D_NQ_NP_812777-MLB27097094960_032018-F_zpstucpjar9.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/fUNKO%20rAT%20fINK%20product-image-255049339_1024x1024_zpsf1yes4vs.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/fUNKO%20rat-fink-metallic-green-bh_zps7ud6eenk.jpg)
A properly dedicated enthusiast/collector would of course need to get them all.
;)
Here are a couple "Big Daddy" Roth themed Funko Wacky Wobblers that have yet to be made:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Funko%20Wacky%20Wobbler%20M_zps20ubnrdp.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Funko%20Roth_zps3axjhy8l.jpg)
There is a Surf Dude Wacky Wobbler though:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Surf_zpsfjm9xh5m.jpeg)
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Here are a few pictures of the Collegeville Surfink costume from 1964:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Surfink%203_zpsocueda4u.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Surfink%202_zpstvuhsgdg.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Surfink%204_zps65abjrij.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Surfink%206_zpsm1wbraoi.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Surfink%201_zps3sjixin8.png)
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The memory of "Big Daddy" Roth and his wild car and fink creations had been engaged in a slow but steady fading in the 1970s and 1980s. New "Big Daddy" Roth items just weren't released for well over twenty years. But Kenner's release of the Rat Fink Hydro Racers plus these Rat Fink Rad Rods in 1990 acted to catapult "Big Daddy" Roth back into the public consciousness where he's remained ever since.
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Kenner%20Rad%20Rods%203_zpsyyprrqd8.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Kenner%20RR_zpsmbwok0ly.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Kenner%20RR2_zpswsg5dqe0.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Kenner%203_zpsn8red4nx.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Kenner%20Rad%20Rods_zpsxeyc0tki.jpg)
We "Big Daddy" Roth fans therefore owe a big vote of thanks to Kenner for helping to re-establish "Big Daddy" Roth as a present day pop culture icon!
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Quote from: Hepcat on March 20, 2011, 07:18:52 PM
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth probably did more to popularize California custom car culture in the sixties and make it mainstream than any other single individual. The ads for his line of fink t-shirts and the Revell custom car and fink kits were one of the defining influences on the baby boomer generation.
(https://i.ibb.co/d53w8nK/rat-rod-4.jpg)
To this day Northern CA has quite a few rat rod clubs and I've seen them in my area.
Next time I see them parked in a group I'll have to see how many of 'em have some Ed Roth
items for me to photograph.
Boss rod!
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Quote from: Hepcat on January 28, 2019, 09:46:15 AM
Boss rod!
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I enjoyed your Rat Fink stuff and so here's a nice FAT Rat Fink as thanks:
'Remembering when it was normal to use a wheelie bar until we got it just right.
(http://i.ibb.co/QYnV9Rb/rf-bike.jpg)
kit bashing
(http://i.ibb.co/f1bMR1c/rf-torino.jpg)
Oh man! That looks like a 1974 Ford Torino! Am I right?
And is that your kit bash?
???
Quote from: Hepcat on January 29, 2019, 02:54:51 PM
Oh man! That looks like a 1974 Ford Torino! Am I right?
And is that your kit bash?
???
It's a 1975 Ford Gran Torino. Not my kit.
This tribute to "Big Daddy" Roth Halloween sketch for T-shirts by Eightballart is wild:
(https://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic/image/private/s--7K4mxaNa--/t_Preview/b_rgb:ffffff,c_limit,f_jpg,h_630,q_90,w_630/v1446199389/production/designs/149112_0.jpg)
I like how Eightballart drew bats in place of the flies!
Halloween Hot Rod - Teepublic (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/149112-halloween-hot-rod)
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Quote from: Hepcat on March 09, 2019, 10:00:45 AM
This tribute to "Big Daddy" Roth Halloween sketch for T-shirts by Eightballart is wild:
(https://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic/image/private/s--7K4mxaNa--/t_Preview/b_rgb:ffffff,c_limit,f_jpg,h_630,q_90,w_630/v1446199389/production/designs/149112_0.jpg)
Halloween Hot Rod - Teepublic (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/149112-halloween-hot-rod)
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Munsters' Koach?
Good eye! Yes, the vehicle is indeed deliberately based on the Munster Koach.
(https://fairfieldcollectibles.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/6/16563nx_hero.jpg)
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Quote from: Hepcat on March 09, 2019, 02:52:19 PM
Good eye! Yes, the vehicle is indeed deliberately based on the Munster Koach.
(https://fairfieldcollectibles.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/6/16563nx_hero.jpg)
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The red & black look great together. Also three cheers for the bats!
Quote from: Hepcat on March 09, 2019, 02:52:19 PM
Good eye! Yes, the vehicle is indeed deliberately based on the Munster Koach.
(https://fairfieldcollectibles.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/6/16563nx_hero.jpg)
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;D
This is a good "Big Daddy" Roth video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s__tEvOtLfs# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s__tEvOtLfs#)
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Here are pictures of the Rat Fink Hydro Racers that Kenner released in 1990:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Kenner%20Hydro%202_zpszm86epjh.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Kenner%20Hydro%201_zpsmsjkiytn.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Kenner%20Rat-Fink-Hydro-Racer_zpsjmmh5jku.jpg)
I was delighted to see Ed "Big Daddy" Roth making a comeback as a kids' icon when I saw these Hydro Racers on Toys "R" Us shelves in the early nineties!
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Rad!!
Unlike the Hawk Weird-Ohs, the actual sculpts of the Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kits were extremely well done and fully up to the quality of the box art.
Here are some great examples built by our fellow UMA member Zombywoof:
Rat Fink
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth4-Copy.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth10.jpg)
Scuz-Fink
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth2-Copy-Copy.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Scuz_zps6xtwrlft.jpg)
Brother Rat Fink
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth1-Copy-Copy.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth11.jpg)
Superfink
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/sept242010013-1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth19.jpg)
Angel Fink
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth3-Copy.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth13.jpg)
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Spectacular work on these. Thanks for posting them, Hep. How are you feeling? Is your eye better?
Yes, after a final touch-up for preventative purposes on September 19th of another more minor "break" on the other side of my retina by a senior ophthalmologist, my left eye should be fine. My final check up is on October 22nd.
But weak areas/breaks on the retina of my right eye will require laser work prior to going in for cataract surgery on my right eye. Compared to laser procedures, I found the cataract surgery to be a piece of cake.
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Here are a few of the Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kits assembled and painted by our own master craftsman Jim Bertges:
Rat Fink
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Revell%20Roth%206_zps9fwk40rf.jpg)
Mother's Worry
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Revell%20Roth%208_zpsj3rd6xoh.jpg)
Scuz-Fink
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Revell%20Roth%204_zpsfbetspqs.jpg)
Super Fink
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Revell%20Roth%205_zpsfr6o5flg.jpg)
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So here Jim Bertges built a custom Mr. Gasser model to duplicate as nearly as possible the one that once appeared on the cover of Amazing Vehicular Modeler magazine:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Revell%20Roth%202_zpsdkkzi7jk.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Amazing_zpsmynxhipd.jpg)
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Interesting the way Revell modified the name of the original Surfink kit from 1964 for its 1990 reissue as Surf Fink:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/surfink_zps57dd6928.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/R0th16-Copy.jpg)
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In 2014 Moebius Models released this wild cool Stoned Hoods & Crooks kit based on a Von Franco painting:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Stoned_zpsbrfhftr2.jpg)
As such the kit can be seen to pay tribute to both the febrile imagination of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and to the 1941 "Swindler" Willys gasser with which beginning in 1961 Stone, Woods & Cook competed in NHRA events and on the match race circuit for several years:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Ston%20W1_zps87t7twrg.jpg)
Hot Rod magazine in 1982 named the Stone, Woods & Cook Willys the most famous drag car of all time. Then again in 2008 the Stone, Woods & Cook Willys topped NHRA's poll for the "National Dragster Favourite Race Car Ever". A lovingly tarted up Swindler can be seen on the show car circuit these days:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Stone%20Woods%202_zps8suqq5ku.jpg)
Here's the Moebius kit built by our own master craftsman Jim Bertges:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Revell%20Roth%201_zpstr1rwvgp.jpg)
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Here from Big Daddy Roth issue #2 is another Alex Toth story:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Toth%201_zpsueil3dom.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Toth%202_zpsraonftfc.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Toth%203_zpsrrzv7tuk.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Toth%204_zpsvrcuqfkf.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Toth%205_zpsy3wuwk4v.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Toth%206_zpswdhkvpue.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth2.jpg)
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The August 1959 issue of Car Craft magazine contained this boss cool article on the emerging monster T-shirt cultural phenomenon:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Car%20Craft%201_zpskbc3npod.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Car%20Craft%202_zps8klbgkhm.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Car%20Craft%203_zpsyzxcfh2p.jpg)
Note the presence of not only Ed Roth but Pete Millar who would soon go on to co-create CARtoons magazine for Petersen Publishing and then as himself the publisher launch Drag Cartoons, Big Daddy Roth and Wonder Wart-Hog magazines.
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"The Amazing Hot Rod Cult" was the cover feature of the 24 April 1961 issue of Sports Illustrated:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Sports%20Illustrated%20April%201961_zpss7pnzozu.jpg)
A prominent part of the article on the hot rod cult was devoted to "Big Daddy" Roth.
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Here's a Scuz-Fink build by our own Tom Hering:
(http://u.cubeupload.com/Tom_Hering/theringscuzz01.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Scuz%20Fink%201_zps9umylgg2.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Scuz%20Fink%203_zpscm4rgzij.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Scuz%20Fink%204_zpsdka6qvvh.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Scuz%20Fink%207_zpsxprh83ii.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Scuz%20Fink%208_zpsfjittauj.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Scuz%20Fink%205_zpsfsyd8iit.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Scuz%20Fink%206_zps9x73foua.jpg)
The Moon Eyes decal that pops right out on the pearl white painted flag was a custom addition on Tom's part.
Any way you look at it though, it's sensational from head to toe! Tom is clearly among the many unsung modellers we have here on UMA.
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That is really beautiful work and I, for one, would love to see more from Tom.
That Scuz-Fink looks truly, Out-of-this-World. Impressive.
Here's an absolutely wild Surfink build done by our fellow UMA member weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth7.jpg)
Note the addition of custom "hair"!
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Sadly I've failed in my efforts to get in touch with weldonmc. He used to add a lot of excellent content to this board.
:(
Quote from: Jim Bertges on December 10, 2019, 12:50:44 PMThat is really beautiful work and I, for one, would love to see more from Tom.
Oh so would I!
:)
Here's another fabulous build of the very Roth-esque Moebius Stoned Hoods & Crooks kit by our own rkoenn:
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/rkoenn14_zpszqnriaon.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/rkoenn15_zpsnm3mh8mg.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/rkoenn12_zpspffezxzi.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/rkoenn13_zps0awfwkii.jpg)
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Here are some pics of a wild cool Brother Rat Fink build by UMA's own Mark McGovern:
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Blanchard13_zps1tnmfpfs.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Blanchard11_zps8i8nimvg.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Blanchard12_zpslod2oer7.jpg)
Mark built this Brother Rat Fink for Rob Mattison, the producer of the Monster Model Review.
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It's a shame what Photobucket has done to these sites losing all the photos or blurring them. I killed my account with them, using a new one so hopefully we won't see that happen again. Lot's of great stuff on here tho. I remember Weldon from way back, he does some crazy kool work! I didn't know you had a specific thread for this or would have posted my stuff here. I will in the future.
This is a Rat Fink I did for Von Franco a few years ago. I never get tired of building these little guys....
(https://i.ibb.co/kQcbmzM/IMG-4174.jpg) (https://ibb.co/wM6Gc8Y)
(https://i.ibb.co/DCF4PFH/IMG-4178.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Njqxgqd)
(https://i.ibb.co/YchLGTJ/IMG-4181.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0CrG3V1)
(https://i.ibb.co/6t72xRW/IMG-4184.jpg) (https://ibb.co/94kJL9r)
Here's a couple more Rat Finks I did. One was for Mike Wolfe from American Pickers, the other went to a client/ friends and it matches their show winning chopper motorcycle.....
(https://i.ibb.co/d4g06xC/IMG-0074.jpg) (https://ibb.co/CK25vDC)
(https://i.ibb.co/jD6swXK/IMG-0091.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4pm3Sry)
(https://i.ibb.co/v4ZY58T/IMG-0087.jpg) (https://ibb.co/m568s72)
(https://i.ibb.co/5KvTMQL/IMG-0089.jpg) (https://ibb.co/FHJ6xQz)
(https://i.ibb.co/vHWBQ2k/IMG-0078.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mGKBXQ4)
Quote from: Tim Nolan on January 22, 2020, 04:19:34 PMI remember Weldon from way back, he does some crazy kool work!
We miss Weldonmc here on UMA. I don't know why he stopped coming around.
:(
Quote from: Hepcat on January 22, 2020, 04:42:53 PM
We miss Weldonmc here on UMA. I don't know why he stopped coming around.
:(
I heard he had some health issues years ago, but not sure.
Here's a couple of links for you Roth fans that are on my web site.
This is a Ed Roth Archives with hundreds of photos in it:
https://ratdaddystudios.smugmug.com/My-Photography/Roth-Archives/
This is the Gumball Rat Fink Museum, showing lot's of variations of the original Rat Fink toys you got out of gum machines back in the day...
https://ratdaddystudios.smugmug.com/My-Photography/THE-GUMBALL-RAT-FINK-MUSEUM/
Well here's one more before I call it a day, Roth's "Mothers Worry". This was a commissioned piece I did for one of my regular clients who also digs anything Roth!
(https://i.ibb.co/k23SRqr/IMG-0626.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZzHMncw)
(https://i.ibb.co/Btzhnfy/IMG-0622.jpg) (https://ibb.co/drWNmfP)
(https://i.ibb.co/yNyRcJ5/IMG-0617-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/L0tPXf6)
(https://i.ibb.co/d4f4dFr/IMG-0613.jpg) (https://ibb.co/60y03zm)
(https://i.ibb.co/wYqyhNh/IMG-0603.jpg) (https://ibb.co/YbS2B7B)
(https://i.ibb.co/jz8SmqB/IMG-0616.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vhcSpfg)
Quote from: Tim Nolan on January 22, 2020, 04:54:10 PM
Well here's one more before I call it a day, Roth's "Mothers Worry". This was a commissioned piece I did for one of my regular clients who also digs anything Roth!
(https://i.ibb.co/k23SRqr/IMG-0626.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZzHMncw)
(https://i.ibb.co/Btzhnfy/IMG-0622.jpg) (https://ibb.co/drWNmfP)
(https://i.ibb.co/yNyRcJ5/IMG-0617-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/L0tPXf6)
(https://i.ibb.co/d4f4dFr/IMG-0613.jpg) (https://ibb.co/60y03zm)
(https://i.ibb.co/wYqyhNh/IMG-0603.jpg) (https://ibb.co/YbS2B7B)
(https://i.ibb.co/jz8SmqB/IMG-0616.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vhcSpfg)
Wow! Gorgeous!
Tim, your work on these Roth pieces is eye poppingly wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing them with us.
Quote from: Tim Nolan on January 22, 2020, 04:54:10 PMThis was a commissioned piece I did for one of my regular clients who also digs anything Roth!
Ahhhhhh, certainly a man of taste!
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:o YOICKS! I gotta show the pics of your collection to my wife, Hep'! She needs to see how bad it can get - er, how good she's got it!
Tim Nolan, the Finks are wild and crazy kits, and your paint jobs are perfectly suited for them!
Quote from: Hepcat on January 20, 2020, 03:59:06 PM
...Mark built this Brother Rat Fink for model kit collector Mike Blanchard who owns The Core (https://www.thecoreonline.com/) comic shop in Cedar Falls, Iowa. 8)
Actually, Rob Mattison, who produces the Monster Model Review (http://monster%20model%20review) series, has that one. I did a Scuz Fink for Mike. ;)
Quote from: Mark McGovern on January 28, 2020, 09:30:26 PMActually, Rob Mattison, who produces the Monster Model Review (http://monster%20model%20review) series, has that one.
Okay. I've corrected my post above.
:)
Mark McGovern built this fabulous Scuz-Fink for model kit collector Mike Blanchard who owns The Core (https://www.thecoreonline.com/) comic shop in Cedar Falls, Iowa:
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Blanchard%208_zpsbrvklntn.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Blanchard9_zpsvsg2tafy.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Blanchard%2010_zpsvmw4mxcv.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/MM5_zpsj8sub7xk.jpg)
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Here are some pictures of a wildly colourful Mother's Worry kit built by our own rkoenn:
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/RKoenn1_zps2dekxath.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/thumbnail_DSC_0091_zpsxpymlrre.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/thumbnail_DSC_0090_zpsorkzufwe.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/thumbnail_DSC_0089_zpsy4wv66s8.jpg)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/thumbnail_DSC_0087_zpsntoifbxm.jpg)
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Here's a neat magazine ad for the Revell Brother Rat Fink model kit:
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Brother%20RF_zpsucks09em.jpg?t=1581821895)
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A close examination of the ads for other kits on the sides of the Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kit boxes reveals that unlike Hawk which released the Weird-Oh kits in groups, Revell released the "Big Daddy" Roth kits individually. Here is the order in which they were released:
Custom Hot Rods
1962
H-1282:198 Outlaw
1963
H1286:198 Tweedy Pie
H-1279:200 Beatnik Bandit
H-1277:200 Mysterion
H1274:200 Road Agent
1965
H-1240:200 Surfite
Finks
1963
H-1301-100 Mr. Gasser
H-1302:100 Mother's Worry
H-1303:100 Drag Nut
H-1305:70 Rat Fink
1964
H:1304:100 Brother Rat Fink
H-1306:100 Surfink
H 1307:100 Angel Fink
H-1308:100 Superfink
1965
H-1309:100 Scuz-Fink
H-1310:100 Fink Eliminator
H-1270:200 Outlaw with "Robbin Hood Fink"
H-1271:200 Tweedy Pie with Boss-Fink
Once again the last number indicates the suggested retail price of each kit, e.g. 198 translates to $1.98. Note the inconsistency in the format of the serial numbers from one kit to the next which also serves to indicate that the kits were released one at a time. Nor are the kits consecutively numbered by the apparent order of their release.
Now the final two kits listed, Outlaw with "Robbin Hood Fink" and Tweedy Pie with Boss-Fink, may have been released at the same time. The others though appear to have been released individually.
It's interesting that Revell released no more "Big Daddy" Roth kits after 1965. Part of the reason is that the whole Fink/Weird-Oh phenomenon had run its course. "Big Daddy" Roth's own T-shirt designs had by the late sixties evolved away from finks and more toward featuring a specific make and model of a car.
But custom show car kits remained very popular until the mid-1970's. After all Monogram released a whopping 77 model kits based on show car concepts by Tom Daniel between 1968 and 1975. The other reason that Revell stopped releasing "Big Daddy" Roth kits was that Roth started to do more custom motorcycle designs by the mid-1960's while Revell wanted cars. Moreover he then started to associate with the Hell's Angels. This didn't exactly jive with the kid friendly corporate image Revell was trying to present. A scruffy beatnik who designed wild show cars and even wilder fink T-shirts was fine with Revell; an outlaw biker was not.
Pity. Roth's Orbitron and Druid Princess custom cars would have made for great model kits.
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Here's a pic of a great Robbin Hood Fink assembled by our own Jim Bertges:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Bertges_Robbin_Hood_Fink_Copy.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
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Customers responding to "Big Daddy" Roth's T-shirt ads before 1963 got a T-shirt individually air brushed by "Big Daddy" Roth himself:
(https://antiattitudekounterkulture.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/monster_03.jpg?w=940&h=764)
By early 1963 the T-shirts "Big Daddy" Roth was offering through magazine ads featured standardized images applied to the T-shirts by a silk-screening process. Many/most of the designs pictured in the ad below were line art renderings by Carl Kohler who together with Pete Millar had founded CARtoons magazine in 1959. These early finished renderings for silk-screening purposes are quite crude by later standards:
Car Model (April 1963)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Roth%20early%20ad_zpssrnvigu7.jpg)
By late 1963 artist Wes Bennett who did work for Petersen Publications (e.g. CARtoons, Hot Rod, Car Craft) was turning "Big Daddy" Roth's designs into far more sophisticated line art renderings. All the T-shirt designs in the following two ads with the exception of "Rat Fink", "Mother's Worry", "Pray for Surf" and "Genuine Junk Parts" were rendered by Wes Bennett:
Hot Rod (March 1964)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/54/75/60/547560fe44ecf2a87a76b2580d1a66f2.jpg)
Ed Newton was then hired by Roth in 1964 both to design show cars and to create magazine ads for Roth's T-shirt line. The first ad designed by Newt was for the August 1964 issue #6 of Drag Cartoons. The same ad was featured again in the next two issues. Almost all of the designs displayed in the ad though had been drawn previously by Wes Bennett:
Drag Cartoons 8 (October 1964)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons8.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons8-1.jpg)
But Newt quickly leaned on Roth to be allowed to turn Roth's airbrushed concepts into finished line art for T-shirts. The ads designed by Newt soon began to showcase his own T-shirt renderings. Here's a great double page ad from early 1965 where all the T-shirt drawings are by Newt with the exception of "Chevy 409" and "Cherry Picker" which had previously been done by Wes Bennett:
Big Daddy Roth 4 (April-May 1965)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/(edited)_BigDaddyRoth4A.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/(edited)_BigDaddyRoth4B.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth4.jpg)
The quantum leap in the quality of the T-shirt drawings between 1963 and early 1965 is very apparent.
The T-shirts and sweat shirts came spray painted with fluorescent colour streaks as pictured in this Ed Newton ad where all the designs are drawn by Newt with the exception of "Rat Fink" and Bennett's "Mad Dragger", "Drag Lover" and "Big Bad Dodge":
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_coloured_ad.jpg)
The popularity of wild custom cars faded in the late 1960's due to cultural factors and Ed Roth himself made some questionable life choices which compromised his popularity with kids. Therefore I'm not entirely sure whether Ed Newton continued with Roth Studios right to the end of the 1960's. In any event Roach Studios hired Ed Newton in 1971 to work with their commercial artists as the Creative Director for their custom car and other t-shirt designs. That's why so many of the Roach T-shirt designs advertised in hot rod magazines thereafter such as the two below looked very much like those previously offered in "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirt ads:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7304/12287801415_1d5d20e5cc_b.jpg)
(https://2warpstoneptune.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/roach-1970s.jpg)
Roach T-shirt ads were omnipresent in car mags through the 1970's and the company dominated the wild custom T-shirt market in this period. I bought these two myself:
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2b/c3/61/2bc361413e7fb438d03ea1ff51973703.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/(edited)_Roach_Football_Player.png)
Here's a picture of Ed Newton in 2004:
(http://www.mikezarnock.com/ed.jpg)
:)
Here are a couple of nifty "Big Daddy" Roth designs (likely executed by Ed Newton) for the Blue Fox nightclub in Tijuana, Mexico coloured by our own Weldonmc:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/6fa1aee1-cda5-4a75-acb5-f5287f1d5803/5a96f940-0530-4ef9-a92f-ddec543a030e.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/6fa1aee1-cda5-4a75-acb5-f5287f1d5803/a51c2a05-0aea-462a-809e-755a5d379b8b.jpg)
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Here's a wild and crazy Mother's Worry model built and customized with "real" hair by Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MW22C.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MW16C.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MW20C.jpg)
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Revell reissued the Rat Fink kit with a cardboard "diorama" included in 2013:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Rat_Fink(1).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Rat_Fink_2.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
While the diorama concept was neat, using cardboard instead of styrene plastic for the garage and signs really cheapened the idea.
:-\
Quote from: Hepcat on October 04, 2020, 03:26:00 PM
Revell reissued the Rat Fink kit with a cardboard "diorama" included in 2013:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Rat_Fink(1).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Rat_Fink_2.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
While the diorama concept was neat, using cardboard instead of styrene plastic for the garage and signs really cheapened the idea.
:-\
I purchased this kit years ago.
Here's a swinging ad from 1963 for Revell "Big Daddy" Roth custom car kits:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_ad.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
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In 1963 or so Revell released at least 36 Custom Car Part Kits:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Custom.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Custom_Car_Parts.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Customs.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
Revell quickly began to employ Ed "Big Daddy" Roth as their pitch man for the new kit line:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Custom_Car.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Custon_car_parts.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
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I ordered a couple of Roth German Surfer Helmets from Roth artist Mark Harmon and we exchanged a few eBay messages. Mark's a friendly guy and he sent me the pics posted below. I've included a portion of the accompanying message in which he explains the pics. Following are Mark's words:
That's some pics of me with Ed "Newt" Newton at the Corvette museum opening of Roth cars. I got to do the art on the signage for the Orbitron, which was the first vehicle Newt designed for Roth! The other pics are me airbrushing toons on the Roth museum gift shop walls several years back and Ilene Roth with me and my girl Linda there at the reunion. Thought you might dig seeing them. Welcome to the Roth Army! Thanks, Mark
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/864AAOSwVYZf1PW6/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/xnkAAOSwWu1f1PcH/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6tkAAOSwzq5f1PcH/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dKgAAOSwHeVf1Pdj/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/SoQAAOSwfw5f1Pdj/s-l1600.jpg)
Couple of old Roth German Helmet ads:
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/sDUAAOxywTZSTCMp/s-l500.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/EBUAAOxyNSVSSOGq/s-l500.jpg)
I won a couple of eBay auctions for Roth German Surfer Helmets made by Roth artist Mark Harmon.
This is the classic version (red, yellow, and white, on a black helmet):
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kiAAAOSwrjBZ-SzD/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/fOoAAOSwcXVZ-SzK/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Ne8AAOSwh2RZ-Sy0/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/pfQAAOSwNWxZ-SzR/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CJ4AAOSwB3BZ-Sy7/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rdkAAOSwSQFZ-Sza/s-l1600.jpg)
This is the "Black Ops" version (black on black):
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/xYMAAOSwhJFdOfYa/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/HxsAAOSwDCtdOfYU/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/caoAAOSwIoNdOfYg/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/OxAAAOSwd3pdOfYr/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CMMAAOSwaSddOfYx/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DJgAAOSwb91dOfYz/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/jFsAAOSweTRdOfY0/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/SgUAAOSwhBBdOfY1/s-l1600.jpg)
Here's a pic of Mark Harmon with Ilene Roth's son Cody who's wearing one of the helmets:
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/e94AAOSwDk5UD6n0/s-l1600.jpg)
These are new items and are authorized by the Roth estate (Roth's widow Ilene), so they bear the Roth copyright. These are plastic German WWII novelty helmets with metal spikes. I usually prefer vintage collectibles but these are infused with that '60s Ed "Big Daddy" Roth vibe and they really resonate with me. Mark has created a striking tribute to Big Daddy's memory and the '60s Fink/Hot Rod/Surfer aesthetic. They scream '60s Monster Kid Fink Army for me. Mark threw in a couple of large "Ed Big Daddy Roth" decals since I bought 2 of the helmets, and officially welcomed me to the Roth Army. These and a few other items are making this a great Christmas here at my monster-cave.
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So, Cody is Ilene Roth's son, but not Ed Roth's son?
Quote from: Mike Scott on December 18, 2020, 08:19:37 PM
So, Cody is Ilene Roth's son, but not Ed Roth's son?
Ilene was Roth's fourth wife, so I assume Cody is her son from a previous marriage? I just know what I've read, and I'm certainly not a Roth expert. I grew up a Monster Kid in the '60s and had a few Rat Fink vending charms and a couple of other Roth items, and I like the look of the helmets.
Quote from: horrorhunter on December 18, 2020, 07:53:11 PMI won a couple of eBay auctions for Roth German Surfer Helmets made by Roth artist Mark Harmon.
Mark has created a striking tribute to Big Daddy's memory and the '60s Fink/Hot Rod/Surfer aesthetic. They scream '60s Monster Kid Fink Army for me. Mark threw in a couple of large "Ed Big Daddy Roth" decals since I bought 2 of the helmets, and officially welcomed me to the Roth Army.
Great stuff! If you're in touch with Mark Harmon, maybe you could provide him with links to this thread and this other Roth thread:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=17103.0 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=17103.0)
Perhaps he'll join UMA and treat us to some of his memories and insights.
:)
Quote from: Hepcat on December 18, 2020, 09:37:04 PM
Great stuff! If you're in touch with Mark Harmon, maybe you could provide him with links to this thread and this other Roth thread:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=17103.0 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=17103.0)
Perhaps he'll join UMA and treat us to some of his memories and insights.
:)
That's a good idea, Hep. I wrote to him about purchasing a green helmet so the next time I write I'll mention UMA. We need to recruit some new Monster Kid blood around here anyway. :)
Pics of my Roth Surfer Helmets on a couple of my monster masks:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50744149577_55e9517a80_b.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50741138113_d98c267a87_b.jpg)
Quote from: horrorhunter on December 21, 2020, 10:35:26 AMPics of my Roth Surfer Helmets on a couple of my monster masks:
Oh man, so cool! The Roth Surfer helmets look as if they were made for the monster masks.
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Grabbed a green Roth Surfer Helmet from Mark Harmon. Following are his eBay pics even though I didn't buy it through eBay.
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/exYAAOSw3PtdU2Mc/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rJQAAOSwoA5dU2Mp/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/owcAAOSwdAJdU2MX/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/EHoAAOSwAV5dU2M1/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~TUAAOSwn4FdU2Mv/s-l1600.jpg)
I bought it directly from Mark to get a better price and avoid eBay's taxes. This third one is the charm for my little collection. BTW, the helmets are signed and numbered inside. This one is #635.
This is an interesting eBay listing for Rat Fink fans:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/114622005358?ul_noapp=true (https://www.ebay.com/itm/114622005358?ul_noapp=true)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/e40AAOSwKy1f9RiK/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/5NwAAOSw30hf9RiV/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kCIAAOSwJn1f9Rid/s-l1600.jpg)
A plethora of Rat Finkery here, but 13 grand?!
$13000 for 500+ items is nearly $26 per item. The individual RF charms sell for around $20 each. The vending display cards sell for $50-$100+ each. I guess he's just testing the waters to see if someone with 13 grand to throw around is a RF nut. If he wants top price for these items he will probably end up having to break up the set and sell them individually, or at least in small lots. Do the work and get the money, or cut the price WAY down and move it to a dealer who will do the work. Anyway, I thought it was interesting enough to post.
Quote from: horrorhunter on January 11, 2021, 10:25:42 AMIf he wants top price for these items he will probably end up having to break up the set and sell them individually, or at least in small lots. Do the work and get the money, or cut the price WAY down and move it to a dealer who will do the work.
For whatever reason many non-collectors/amateur sellers think that if they're not getting top price, they're getting ripped off even if they've put in zilch effort to earn the top dollars.
I've had first hand experience in that regard myself. Circa 1998 I had an ad in
Canadian Sportscard Collector magazine featuring my CFL want list. An older fellow contacted me saying that he had about seventy NM 1956 Shredded Wheat CFL cards that he'd saved from his childhood years. These Shredded Wheat CFL cards are about as scarce a post war set as one can (actually can't) find since they were included inside boxes of Shredded Wheat cereal and a kid had to convince his mother to buy Shredded Wheat which the mother probably knew the kid wouldn't eat since Shredded Wheat was more of an adult cereal:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Shredded-Wheat-CFL-cards-1.jpg)
PSA Population - 1956 Shredded Wheat CFL (https://www.psacard.com/pop/football-cards/1956/shredded-wheat/45355)
His cards were of course not mostly NM. While almost all had sharp corners, some were somewhat off center. Much worse though from my standpoint they all had
varying degrees of toning which puzzled me since they'd ostensibly been stored in the same place. As individual cards they would have fetched somewhere between $35 and $150 each with most closer to the low end of my range. Given the toning issue, there were only five or so I could have used for my own collection.
I told him so, but he was opposed to me "cherry picking" the cards I wanted. He wanted me to buy them all or none! So I bid him a total which worked out to $20-$25 per card. He felt insulted. He wanted NM guide for every card all in one shot! And like I say they weren't NM by either PSA's standards due to centering or my own due to toning. (PSA is all about centering while I'm all about toning.)
When I asked him how it made sense for me to buy all his cards at full price when I only wanted a very few for my own collection, he replied that he assumed I'd be selling the rest to my contacts. In other words, he wanted me to do his job for him while he walked away with the money up front! I told him that his thinking was ridiculous. No deal.
>:(
Quote from: Hepcat on January 11, 2021, 12:11:12 PM
For whatever reason many non-collectors/amateur sellers think that if they're not getting top price, they're getting ripped off even if they've put in zilch effort to earn the top dollars.
Yes, I've encountered this before as well.
In the late '70s-'90s I rented tables at a few small local comic cons and toy shows to sell off duplicates and things I had bought for resale. I would occasionally have someone wanting to sell things to me. Some of them I bought because the seller realized that I had paid table rent and was entitled to dealer status as such. But, once in a while some clueless person would bring several books and demand full retail for unrelated comics in various condition. More than once I had people demand full NM Overstreet for books that were in mid grade. They were turned down, of course, and sent on their way.
It's a tremendous amount of time consuming work to prepare a large collection for retail sale. Researching the values, bagging and boarding...just putting thousands of comics in alpha-numeric order takes forever, and price labelling the bags takes that much longer. That's the reason why dealers pay a very small percentage of retail for large collections. They have to account for the man-hours necessary to work them up for resale, plus whatever other overhead they have to try to sell them, and allow for a profit to make it worthwhile.
No wonder so many sellers use eBay now to move books- the overhead is only the 10% eBay fee plus the 2.9 % PayPal fee, and you only pay those
when you make the sale. If you want to blow out books fast you just list everything at auction with a low minimum bid. You get less on average when you do that, but you have quick profit and cash flow. When I start selling small-time later I'll be selling almost exclusively on eBay, while buying mostly in person. People pay a big premium these days to sit at home and buy using their computer instead of getting out tracking the stuff down. It's much different now than it was 20+ years ago.
Bottom line is- do the work, make the money.
Holy Crap!!! And I thought I had a lot of Rat Finks!! One of the cooler Rat Fink items I have is a large blow-mold type that was glued to a gumball display card, it seems to be cut flush in the back of it so it actually could be glued flat against the display card, I've seen this piece being sold loose in a header bag that was probably a send-away product in the 60's.
Quote from: Hepcat on July 30, 2020, 04:04:32 PMEd Newton was then hired by Roth in 1964 both to design show cars and to create magazine ads for Roth's T-shirt line. The first ad designed by Newt was for the August 1964 issue #6 of Drag Cartoons. The same ad was featured again in the next two issues. Almost all of the designs featured in the ad though had been drawn previously by Wes Bennett:
Drag Cartoons 8 (October 1964)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons8.jpg)
I've been corresponding with Ed Newton to get his recollections and nail down sundry facts about his tenure at Roth Studios. In his own words:
Quote from: Ed Newton on February 5, 2021It's kind of strange; but I was the first "non-freelance" artist to ever work for Roth Studios. In fact, Big D had no place for me, so I plunked my drawing board down in front of his desk! We shared a tiny office until he bought the place next door and got a much larger office space. I'm attaching a beat-up shot where (Drag Cartoons publisher) Pete Millar clicked off his Polaroid from behind Roth's desk.
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Ed_Newton.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
I immediately noted that the hot rodder pictured at the top of his first ad bore a striking and probably not entirely coincidental resemblance to Newt himself!
;D
Here's a not often seen "Big Daddy" Roth design with finished pencils by David Mann or maybe Ed Newton (I think):
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Tijuana_Reject(1).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
Exquisite!
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"Big Daddy" Roth's second shirt catalog from 1965 featured cover art by Ed Newton:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Catalog(1).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
And here's a collage put together by Alan "Eye Bone" Eglington of "Big Daddy" Roth designs finished in pencil and ink by Ed Newton:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Newton_1.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
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Quote from: Hepcat on July 30, 2020, 04:04:32 PMBy early 1963 the T-shirts "Big Daddy" Roth was offering through magazine ads featured standardized images applied to the T-shirts by a silk-screening process. Many/most of the designs pictured in the ad below were line art renderings by Carl Kohler who together with Pete Millar had founded CARtoons magazine in 1959. These early finished renderings for silk-screening purposes seem quite crude by later standards:
Car Model (April 1963)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Roth%20early%20ad_zpssrnvigu7.jpg)
By late 1963 artist Wes Bennett who did work for Petersen Publications (e.g. CARtoons, Hot Rod, Car Craft) was turning "Big Daddy" Roth's designs into far more sophisticated line art renderings. All the T-shirt designs in the following two ads with the exception of "Rat Fink", "Mr. Gasser", "Mother's Worry" and "Genuine Junk Parts" were rendered by Wes Bennett:
Hot Rod (March 1964)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/54/75/60/547560fe44ecf2a87a76b2580d1a66f2.jpg)
Ed Newton was then hired by Roth in 1964 both to design show cars and to create magazine ads for Roth's T-shirt line. The first ad designed by Newt was for the August 1964 issue #6 of Drag Cartoons. The same ad was featured again in the next two issues. Almost all of the designs featured in the ad though had been drawn previously by Wes Bennett:
Drag Cartoons 8 (October 1964)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons8.jpg)
Wes Bennett was therefore the artist who drew almost all the "Big Daddy" Roth designs in the 1963-64 period featuring women including the ones in the two ads from 1964 immediately above. Here are closer looks at some of Bennett's T-shirt designs with women:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/I_Win!(1).jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Devil_Baby(1).jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Surf%20Nut_zps7dzknzmq.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/roth_unavailable.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/(edited)_Roth_Surfer_Girl.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/(edited)_Roth_Chicken_Delight.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/(edited)_Roth_Honda_Honey.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Queen_Shift.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_LG_Baby-Doll-e1480473798365.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_DRAG_ON_LADY_copy_(1).jpg)
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Quote from: Hepcat on July 30, 2020, 04:04:32 PMCustomers responding to "Big Daddy" Roth's T-shirt ads before 1963 got a T-shirt individually air brushed by "Big Daddy" Roth himself:
(https://antiattitudekounterkulture.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/monster_03.jpg?w=940&h=764)
By early 1963 the T-shirts "Big Daddy" Roth was offering through magazine ads featured standardized images applied to the T-shirts by a silk-screening process. Many/most of the designs pictured in the ad below were line art renderings by Carl Kohler who together with Pete Millar had founded CARtoons magazine in 1959. These early finished renderings for silk-screening purposes seem quite crude by later standards:
Car Model (April 1963)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Roth%20early%20ad_zpssrnvigu7.jpg)
The silk-screening technology was quickly embraced by both customers and T-shirt producers at the time. Producers liked it because any design could be silk-screened onto a T-shirt in less than a minute by any employee while it would have taken "Big Daddy" Roth himself several minutes to air brush a design on a T-shirt. Meanwhile silk-screening was also popular with customers because the wild cool image you saw in the ad was the exact one you got. What's ironic though is an original "Big Daddy" Roth air brushed T-shirt could now fetch $hundreds depending upon condition. A mint never worn/washed one of a popular design from the early 1960's would fetch well over a $1000.
The iconic Rat Fink image made its first appearance in the July 1963 issue of
Car Craft magazine in an ad entitled "The rage in California". Here's a decal of this early design:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Ed_Roth_Rat_Fink.jpg)
The original Rat Fink image may well have been drawn by Carl Kohler before he was supplanted by Wes Bennett as Roth's go-to artist some time in 1963. Here it is with coloured pencils applied by our own Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/004_zps378f771c.jpg)
Jack Leynnwood who did much of the box art for Revell then cleaned up the art just a bit by trimming the hair in and around Rat Fink's ears and rounding the "R" for the Revell model kit which was issued just a few months later in 1963:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/RevellratFink_zps656ab25d.jpg)
Jack Leynnwood's very slightly reworked Rat Fink subsequently became "Big Daddy" Roth's signature piece. The Rat Fink design thereafter sold by Roth Studios as decals and on T-shirts was Leynnwood's reworked version with slightly simplified R.F. lettering:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Rat_Fink_Roth(1).jpg)
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Quote from: Hepcat on July 30, 2020, 04:04:32 PMEd Newton was then hired by Roth in 1964 both to design show cars and to create magazine ads for Roth's T-shirt line. The first ad designed by Newt was for the August 1964 issue #6 of Drag Cartoons. The same ad was featured again in the next two issues. Almost all of the designs displayed in the ad though had been drawn previously by Wes Bennett:
Drag Cartoons 8 (October 1964)
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons8.jpg)
But Newt quickly leaned on Roth to be allowed to turn Roth's airbrushed concepts into finished line art for T-shirts. The ads designed by Newt soon began to showcase his own T-shirt renderings.
This was the new T-shirt ad that Ed Newton designed for
Drag Cartoons 9:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/DragCartoons9.jpg)
It can be seen that the "Mother's Slave" design is completely different in the second ad and that there are slight differences to "Drag Lover" and "Lover Boy" as well indicating they'd been redrawn by Newt. Now I know that
Drag Cartoons 6 hit newsstands around 14 July 1964 since my copy has a date stamp. Similarly I know that
Drag Cartoons 9 hit newsstands around 8 October 1964. Given the few weeks lead time Millar Publications would have needed for ad submissions to make print deadlines, Newton must clearly have already been doing T-shirt designs by September 1964 anyway.
Incidentally the reason Newt was redrawing some of Wes Bennett's still very popular earlier designs was that they wouldn't necessarily print "clean" until Newt redrew them in his own ink friendly style. In Newt's own words:
Quote from: Ed Newton...the Bennett "print problem" was not Bennett's fault... It's just that his (art) style of cross-hatching and fine line proliferation created difficulties only when (Ed) Fuller would mix the screen-ink improperly. My style of "tapered linear rendering" for shading areas like tires, smoke & chrome reflections allowed for a thick or thin "ink mix" without the white void-areas "closing in", so in essence, my art was "Fuller-proof"!
:D
Quote from: Hepcat on April 20, 2017, 04:09:22 PMRat Fink Rings made their appearance in candy and convenience stores in 1965. They consisted of a ring that was a base for a detachable Rat Fink figure:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/23/82/e5/2382e539811311e1bb937df12848451b.jpg)
Here's a great website with lots more info on these rad cool rings:
RatFinkRing.Net (http://www.ratfinkring.net/)
The Rat Fink figures came in at least twenty(!) different colours with at least eight different eye colours making for a minimum of 160 different combinations! Any collector worthy of the term will of course not be satisfied until he has every possible combination.
These rings were evidently also later packaged in pairs which included a whiskered variant:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Rat_Fink.jpg)
Quote from: Hepcat on April 20, 2017, 04:09:22 PMSome of the Rat Fink charms that were sold in vending machines such as the ones on the card below were cheap knock-offs of these rings.
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c3/cf/93/c3cf933ecec3f0bb9fb74992d6851029.jpg)
I keep wondering though whether the rings or any of the Rat Fink figures sold as charms in vending machines were properly licenced by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and what if anything he received from their production and sale.
This other Rat Fink gumball machine card suggests that vending machine Rat Finks pre-dated the ones on rings since the U.S. Postal Service introduced Zip Codes in 1963 and Cramer Gum was still listing its location as Boston 28 on this vending machine card:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Cramer_Gum.jpg)
Cramer Gum was a brand name of Gum Products, Inc. which was founded in 1940 by Wellington M. Cramer, Jr. in Boston, Massachusetts. But World Wide Gum of Granby, Québec was initially the Canadian subsidiary of the Goudey Gum Company which was a competitor of Gum Products, Inc. Goudey had ceased operations in the States in 1962 which was before Cramer's Rat Fink Gum hit vending machines. I'm surmising therefore that World Wide Gum was by then an independent Canadian confectionery.
Note also the pointy ears of the ring and vending machine Rat Finks which differ from the rounded ears sported by the iconic Rat Fink which was introduced in the July 1963 issue of
Car Craft magazine.
Tim Nolan indicates that the vending machine Rat Finks were first produced in 1962 in this reference guide to gumball machine Rat Fink charms:
The Gumball Rat Fink Museum - Ratdaddy Studios (https://ratdaddystudios.smugmug.com/My-Photography/THE-GUMBALL-RAT-FINK-MUSEUM/)
The above is the very best reference guide I've ever seen on the wide mishmash of gumball machine Rat Fink charms that were issued.
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The artist who did the box art for Revell's "Big Daddy" Roth model kits was the legendary Jack Leynnwood:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Jack_Leynnwood_Crowding_the_Box_(02)-960.jpg)
Box Art Illustrator Jack Leynnwood (https://youtu.be/pwJHhvDMUcA)
Leynnwood did the art for five "Big Daddy" Roth's show car kits in 1962-63 before tackling any finks. His effort on the Mysterion is the wildest if not the best:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Mysterion_zpsuxwegf3m.jpg)
Here's the order in which Revell then released the fink kits:
1963
H-1301-100 Mr. Gasser
H-1302:100 Mother's Worry
H-1303:100 Drag Nut
H-1305:70 Rat Fink
1964
H:1304:100 Brother Rat Fink
H-1306:100 Surfink
H 1307:100 Angel Fink
H-1308:100 Superfink
1965
H-1309:100 Scuz-Fink
H-1310:100 Fink Eliminator
H-1270:200 Outlaw with "Robbin Hood Fink"
H-1271:200 Tweedy Pie with Boss-Fink
Mr. Gasser was therefore the first of the Roth finks to which Leynnwood applied himself. But finished Mr. Gasser line art for T-shirt screen printing purposes had evidently already been done by Carl Kohler:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_early_Bennett_ad_Mr._Gasser.jpg)
Though Kohler's Mr. Gasser image was relatively crude, Leynnwood basically reproduced it for the Revell model kit:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_box_mrgasser.jpg)
By the end of 1964 Ed Newton had produced a much better Mr. Gasser drawing for T-shirts here beautifully coloured by our own Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/004_zps4eac770c.jpg)
Mother's Worry was Leynnwood's second fink kit. Now a line drawing of Mother's Worry by (probably) Carl Kohler was already being advertised in Roth T-shirt ads in early 1963. Here's the ad from the April 1963 issue of Car Model magazine:
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Roth%20early%20ad_zpssrnvigu7.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Mother_s_Worry_2.jpg)
Leynnwood though took a different approach to Mother's Worry and completely redrew the character:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Mother_s_Worry_model.jpg)
By the late summer of 1964 the earlier T-shirt version of Mother's Worry had been refined by Ed Newton. Here it is coloured by Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/005_zps5c18dedf.jpg)
I've not found any evidence of the existence of line art for Drag Nut before Leynnwood executed the Revell box art:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Dragnut_box.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
It appears though that Leynnwood redrew the Ford Man T-shirt art for Drag Nut:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Ford_Man.jpg)
Here's Ed Newton's subsequent late 1964 take on Drag Nut for T-shirt printing purposes coloured by Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/002_zps99a1828a.jpg)
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Here's a fabulous Surfink by our own Tim Nolan:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Surf_Fink_1.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Surf_Fink_5.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Surf_Fink_2.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Surf_Fink_4.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Surf_Fink_3.jpg)
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While "Big Daddy" Roth epitomized California hot rod and surf culture in the 1960's, his appeal transcended oceans and hemispheres. Here's an ad for Roth T-shirts that ran in Australia:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Australian.jpg)
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Quote from: Hepcat on July 19, 2019, 09:46:35 AM
In the summer of 1964(?) I bought a Revell Brother Rat Fink T-Shirt Iron-On Transfer at the Seven Mile Hobby Shop just west of the Southfield Expressway in Detroit and successfully applied it to one of my T-shirts.
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Brother_zpsff8qhble.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RatFinktransfer3.jpg)
My very old-school father though took one look at it, confiscated it and used it for a rag in the garage. Very sad.
Here's a picture I lifted off the net of two more of these Revell Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Iron-On Transfers:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Ed_Roth_Monster_Transfers.jpg)
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Quote from: Hepcat on July 30, 2020, 04:04:32 PMRevell's staff artist Jack Leynnwood then cleaned up the art just a bit by trimming the hair in and around Rat Fink's ears and rounding the "R" for the Revell model kit which was issued just a few months later in 1963:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/RevellratFink_zps656ab25d.jpg)
Jack Leynnwood's very slightly reworked Rat Fink subsequently became "Big Daddy" Roth's signature piece. The Rat Fink design thereafter sold by Roth Studios as decals and on T-shirts was Leynnwood's reworked version with slightly simplified R.F. lettering:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Rat_Fink_Roth(1).jpg)
With the Rat Fink kit having been a resounding sales success, Revell decided to leverage the Rat Fink name by issuing a Brother Rat Fink kit early in 1964:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Brother_Rat_Fink.jpg)
Jack Leynnwood once again did the box art. He almost certainly got his inspiration from these early Roth T-shirt designs by Wes Bennett:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Mother_s_Slave.jpg) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Rat_Fink_Motorcycles.jpg)
Wes Bennett had at some point in late 1963 or early 1964 tweaked the Mother's Slave design to instead feature a Rat Fink-type character on a motorbike.
By 1965 Ed Newton had reworked the Brother Rat Fink design into a tougher one for T-shirts:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Brother_Rat_Fink_decal.jpg)
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Revell released the Surfink! kit shortly after Brother Rat Fink in 1964:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/surfink_zps57dd6928.jpg)
Jack Leynnwood looks to have simply copied Surfink from the line art for Surf Nut that Wes Bennett rendered in 1963 with colouring here by noted Roth disciple Johnny Ace:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Surf%20Nut_zps7dzknzmq.jpg)
Here's the Surfink T-shirt design by (probably) Wes Bennett with colouring by our own maestro Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/007_zps24fdcaee.jpg)
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Revell released the Rat Fink in Lotus Racer and Mr. Gasser in BRM Racer slot car kits in 1965. Here are shots of the ones from my collection:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Rat_Fink_in_Lotus.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Rat_Fink_in_Lotus_1.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/MrGasser.jpg)
Revell launched the two kits with this ad in magazines such as Car Model and Boy's Life:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Roth_slot_car_ad.jpg)
This original piece of artwork was however found among Dave Deal's (Deal's Wheels, etc.) possessions after he passed away in October 2008:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Deal_20artwork_2002-20-12.JPG)
Unfortunately I've not yet been able to determine whether the above illustration was ever used for a magazine ad or as part of store displays.
:-\
Is it just me, or does Surf Nut look like a certain former President?
Yeah,and it looks like Stormy is next to him!
Hmmmm, yeah! We need more of that in public life! I don't like my politicians to be Mr. Clean when it comes to hickory, dickory, dork. Party hearty with interns and say "Yes!" to porn stars, but say "No!" to demands on the public purse.
:)
Angel Fink was the next Roth kit Revell released in 1964 with box art again by Jack Leynnwood:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth13.jpg)
The inspiration for the kit was this Roth design where Wes Bennett may have rendered the line art:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/010_zpsd3dc50f9.jpg)
Our own Weldonmc did the colouring of the above image.
:)
Quote from: Hepcat on February 24, 2020, 12:59:04 PMA close examination of the ads for other kits on the sides of the Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kit boxes reveals that unlike Hawk which released the Weird-Oh kits in groups, Revell released the "Big Daddy" Roth kits individually. Here is the order in which they were released:
Custom Hot Rods
1962
H-1282:198 Outlaw
1963
H1286:198 Tweedy Pie
H-1279:200 Beatnik Bandit
H-1277:200 Mysterion
H1274:200 Road Agent
1965
H-1240:200 Surfite
Finks
1963
H-1301-100 Mr. Gasser
H-1302:100 Mother's Worry
H-1303:100 Drag Nut
H-1305:70 Rat Fink
1964
H:1304:100 Brother Rat Fink
H-1306:100 Surfink
H 1307:100 Angel Fink
H-1308:100 Superfink
1965
H-1309:100 Scuz-Fink
H-1310:100 Fink Eliminator
H-1270:200 Outlaw with "Robbin Hood Fink"
H-1271:200 Tweedy Pie with Boss-Fink
Once again the last number indicates the suggested retail price of each kit, e.g. 198 translates to $1.98. Note the inconsistency in the format of the serial numbers from one kit to the next which also serves to indicate that the kits were released one at a time. Nor are the kits consecutively numbered by the apparent order of their release.
Now the final two kits listed, Outlaw with "Robbin Hood Fink" and Tweedy Pie with Boss-Fink, may have been released at the same time. The others though appear to have been released individually.
It's interesting that Revell released no more "Big Daddy" Roth kits after 1965. Part of the reason is that the whole Fink/Weird-Oh phenomenon had run its course. "Big Daddy" Roth's own T-shirt designs had by the late sixties evolved away from finks and more toward featuring a specific make and model of a car.
But custom show car kits remained very popular until the mid-1970's. After all Monogram released a whopping 77 model kits based on show car concepts by Tom Daniel between 1968 and 1975. The other reason that Revell stopped releasing "Big Daddy" Roth kits was that Roth started to do more custom motorcycle designs by the mid-1960's while Revell wanted cars. Moreover he then started to associate with the Hell's Angels. This didn't exactly jive with the kid friendly corporate image Revell was trying to present. A scruffy beatnik who designed wild show cars and even wilder fink T-shirts was fine with Revell; an outlaw biker was not.
Pity. Roth's Orbitron and Druid Princess custom cars would have made for great model kits.
These "Big Daddy" Roth kits were runaway best sellers through 1965. Revell evidently sold a whopping 3.2 million of these kits in 1963 alone because Revell paid Ed Roth $32,000 in 1963 at a royalty rate of $0.01 per kit. Ed Roth should in retrospect have had an agent to negotiate a better deal for him.
;)
Ed Newton rendered the line art for Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Sidewalk Surfer design sometime in the latter part of 1964 with colouring here by Weldonmc:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/031_zps4a789b72.jpg)
Perhaps a couple of months later Newton re-pencilled the above design with a Rat Fink-like character upon the same board:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Superfink_fxBBafWDMYhXumF8iMpmzn.jpg)
Since skateboards were a mega popular fad with kids at the time, Revell also released this Superfink kit in the latter part of 1964 featuring box art by the indomitable Jack Leynnwood:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Roth19.jpg)
So whose artwork inspired whom? Or did both fellows work completely independently using "Big Daddy" Roth's airbrushed design?
???
Quote from: Hepcat on July 30, 2020, 04:04:32 PMEd Newton was then hired by Roth in 1964 both to design show cars and to create magazine ads for Roth's T-shirt line. The first ad designed by Newt was for the August 1964 issue #6 of Drag Cartoons.
But Newt quickly leaned on Roth to be allowed to turn Roth's airbrushed concepts into finished line art for T-shirts. The ads designed by Newt soon began to showcase his own T-shirt renderings.
Quote from: Hepcat on February 06, 2021, 10:57:07 PMI've been corresponding with Ed Newton to get his recollections and nail down sundry facts about his tenure at Roth Studios.
Ed Newton("Newt") tells me that Killer Plymouth was the first Roth T-shirt design which he pencilled:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/021_zps5bea885e.jpg)
I'm guessing Killer Corvair came shortly thereafter:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/019_zps995d3627.jpg)
Colouring of the above two designs courtesy of Weldonmc. Both designs appeared in this Newt ad from the September 1964 issue of
Car Craft:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Eat_a_Monster.jpg)
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I can't find any Roth design that I would consider a precursor to the curiously named Scuz-Fink which Revell released in 1965 for which Jack Leynnwood once again rendered the box art:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Scuz_zps6xtwrlft.jpg)
Revell promoted the kit with a this contest that was advertised on the back cover of many DC comics as well as on the back cover of the April-May 1965 issue of Big Daddy Roth:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Rothad.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/BigDaddyRoth4.jpg)
Wow! Winning "Big Daddy" Roth's company as a house guest for a week! How cool would that be?
While Spacefink, Astrofink or Cosmofink would have been more natural names, Revell probably received thousands of entries with those names so that no unique contest winner could therefore be selected from those entries. The winning Scuz-Fink name was submitted by a girl in her early teens from New Jersey. I imagine that her parents were less than thrilled at the prospect of having Ed "Big Daddy" Roth as a houseguest for a week but the $250 that came with Ed for his care and feeding left them much more positively disposed.
Nor can I find any Roth design that might have served as a precursor to the Fink-Eliminator kit issued slightly later in 1965:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Fink-Eliminator.jpg)
:-\
I can't find any precursor T-shirt design for this the second last Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kit for which Jack Leynnwood once again did the box art:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Oulaw_with_Robbin_Hood_Fink_1.jpg)
It's also the second hardest to find these days.
Nor does there seem to be any precursor T-shirt design for the last Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kit which also happens to be the very hardest to find these days:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Revell_Tweedy_Pie_with_Boss_Fink.jpg)
Jack Leynnwood was the box artist of record for the above kit as well. But rumour has it that the Roth kits were far from his favourite commissions because at heart he was an airplane guy.
;D
Quote from: Hepcat on April 01, 2023, 11:01:48 PMWes Bennett had at some point in late 1963 or early 1964 tweaked the Mother's Slave design to instead feature a Rat Fink-type character on a motorbike:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Mother_s_Slave.jpg) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Rat_Fink_Motorcycles.jpg)
The Mother's Slave design was also continued after being completely redrawn for a tougher look by Ed Newton:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Mother_s_Slave_2.jpg)
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I'm sad to report that Weldonmc passed away in 2018. I've really missed Weldon's presence here on this board. His posts added incredible life and colour to this thread and others. Here's his obituary thread in the Cemetery:
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=36474.0 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=36474.0)
:(
This group of decals from 1963 rendered by perhaps Carl Kohler was probably the earliest decal offering from "Big Daddy" Roth:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Ed_Roth_Rat_Fink.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_63_Chicken_Shift.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_63_Bad_News.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Born_Mean_8hvxZoKzei559Lo88Sqi5a.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_63_Pray_for_Surf.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_63_Speed_Addict.jpg)
Rat Fink of course after some colour changes became Roth's most iconic design.
Chicken Shift underwent a redraw by Wes Bennett(?) and continued to be offered for at least a couple more years:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Chicken_Shift_mmsmYiZPJAK1igWi89UWfX.jpg)
Bad News and Born Mean also continued to be offered after redraws well into 1964:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_s_Weirdoh_Pad.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Big_Daddy_Roth_Born_Mean.PNG)
The Pray for Surf character may have inspired Revell's Surf Fink kit but didn't last much into 1964. Speed Addict's tenure as a Roth offering was mercifully short.
:-\
Quote from: Hepcat on March 24, 2023, 11:03:14 PMHere's a picture I lifted off the net of two more of these Revell Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Iron-On Transfers:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Ed_Roth_Monster_Transfers.jpg)
Here's another one from the collection of Jim H. Madison:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Mother_s_Worry_Iron-On_Transfer.jpg)
Jim is not only a big time Roth fan but is an artist in his own right. He offers a wide assortment of fully licensed limited edition prints of both classic Roth designs and wild cool collages of Roth designs such as these:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Jim_Madison_1.webp)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Mad_Modeler.webp)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Jim_Madison_2.webp)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Jim_Madison_6.webp)
Here's his Etsy store:
Jim H. Madison - Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/shop/JIMHMADISON?page=1#items)
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Quote from: horrorhunter on December 18, 2020, 07:53:11 PM
I won a couple of eBay auctions for Roth German Surfer Helmets made by Roth artist Mark Harmon.
This is the classic version (red, yellow, and white, on a black helmet):
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kiAAAOSwrjBZ-SzD/s-l1600.jpg)
Here's a pic of Mark Harmon with Ilene Roth's son Cody who's wearing one of the helmets:
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/e94AAOSwDk5UD6n0/s-l1600.jpg)
These are new items and are authorized by the Roth estate (Roth's widow Ilene), so they bear the Roth copyright.... I usually prefer vintage collectibles but these are infused with that '60s Ed "Big Daddy" Roth vibe and they really resonate with me. Mark has created a striking tribute to Big Daddy's memory and the '60s Fink/Hot Rod/Surfer aesthetic. They scream '60s Monster Kid Fink Army for me.
Mark Harman's rad cool art is available here on his Instagram site:
markart1 - Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/markart1/)
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Quote from: Hepcat on April 09, 2023, 06:50:45 PMThese "Big Daddy" Roth kits were runaway best sellers through 1965. Revell evidently sold a whopping 3.2 million of these kits in 1963 alone because Revell paid Ed Roth $32,000 in 1963 at a royalty rate of $0.01 per kit. Ed Roth should in retrospect have had an agent to negotiate a better deal for him.
I found that particular factoid on www.MrGasser.com (http://www.mrgasser.com):
Quote from: MrGasserDuring 1963 Revell paid Ed a one cent royalty for each model sold. Ed brought in $32,000 that year in royalties.
But Lone Wolf, a poster on another board, made the following statement two days ago:
Quote from: Lone WolfInteresting note, I did meet Roth (at a Staten Island model show in the late 1970's) and we talked a while about the value of his old kits.
He said Revell gave him three cents a kit royalty on every kit they produced and he received a total of about $100,000
A royalty of three cents for each kit sold is more in line with what I would have expected.
:-\
This Wild Child design rendered in pen and ink by the legendary Ed "Newt" Newton in 1964 was a particularly successful "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirt design. Here it is with masterful colouring by Weldonmc:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/WildChild64.webp)
I was delighted to see it being worn back in 1981 in the Neighbors flick:
Neighbors Trailer (https://youtu.be/HUO1OugYbRk)
But "Big Daddy" Roth had a slight redraw done to the design in 1990 to replace the dripping hatchet with an ice cream cone and eliminate the brass knuckles and straight razor because he didn't think these elements were consistent with the wild but harmless image he sought to convey. Here it is with colouring once again by Weldonmc:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/WildChild90.webp)
Was this perhaps "cancel culture" before the term was coined? Well maybe, but I like the redraw! If there's one thing that "Big Daddy" Roth represents to me it's outright over-the-top zaniness. And I think an ice cream cone in the hands of Wild Child conveys sheer zaniness better than does a hatchet.
Another slight redraw of the design also included a retitling:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Good_Old_Boys.webp)
;)
T-shirt concepts were in fact renamed fairly often. This was the Bad News T-shirt design sold in 1964:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Bad_News_2.jpg)
The Pure Hell design appeared in the Roth catalog released in the latter part of 1964:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Big_Daddy_Roth_Pure_Hell_2.jpg)
But by the time the next Roth catalog was released in mid-1965, the above design was rebranded Bad News. Here it is with colouring by Weldonmc:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Big_Daddy_Roth_Bad_News_6.webp)
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This Chevy's Worry design was advertised in the February 1965 issue of Drag Cartoons which meant that the ad copy had to be done well prior to year end 1964:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Big_Daddy_Roth_Chevy_s_Worry_nSCj1QKrZuNFvoeEbEFNRp.PNG)
The title was very quickly changed to 100% Ford since the previous title didn't make the wearer's loyalties clear. Here's it is with colouring courtesy of Weldonmc:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Big_Daddy_Roth_100_Ford_eF7uYWDcQeuKEQGENQM8XT.webp)
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Grave Digger was a Roth design turned into finished line art for T-shirt by Wes Bennett in 1964:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/gravedigger.webp)
By the time the 1964 Roth catalogue was issued very late in the year, the design had been renamed Cherry Picker with a very modest redraw beside the spade. Here it is coloured in by Weldonmc:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/cherrypicker.webp)
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The same theme could also spawn a number of "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirt designs over time. "Help Promote Street Racing" was a particularly good example of the evolution of the same basic theme:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/HelpPromoteStreetracing.webp)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/shaltdrag.gif)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/ThouShaltDrag_mSP1xpqzFXBpraRQ6ByhBy.webp)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AThou2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ThouShaltdrag3.jpg)
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I'm not sure which of these pencil and ink offerings Wes Bennett did first although one was clearly repurposed for the other:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/6fa1aee1-cda5-4a75-acb5-f5287f1d5803/771692c2-83cd-4abd-83e0-0ab69e6bf071.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Big_Daddy_Roth_Wrong_Number.jpg)
But for whatever reason I prefer the Chicken Delight one.
;)
Most of the Revell Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Iron-On Transfers consist of simplified redrawings of the model kit box art:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Mother_s_Worry_Iron-On_Transfer.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Mother_s_Worry_model.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Brother_zpsff8qhble.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Brother_Rat_Fink.jpg)
This of course is not surprising since the Iron-On Transfers were a Revell release as opposed to a direct release from Roth Studios. But some of the Iron-On Transfers didn't mirror any of Revell's Roth kit releases:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/RatFinktransfer3.jpg)
These Iron-On Transfers that weren't based on a Revell kit seemed to be somewhat simplified redraws of "Big Daddy" Roth's T-shirt designs. Here are a couple examples:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Ed_Roth_Drag_Fink_Transfer.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/012_zps35d28bdb.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Ed_Roth_Monster_Transfers_kVCrrsRZJKXufNr15mYbau.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Race_hhFbee4ed4ceMLQac6qvVt.jpg)
The colouring of the above two T-shirt designs was once again by our dearly departed Weldonmc.
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The same theme could of course spawn more than one T-shirt design after some time had passed:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/023_zps09f3a6fb.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/011_zpsb92280fe.jpg)
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It's also interesting to track how the nature of "Big Daddy" Roth's T-shirt designs evolved through the mid-1960's. In the 1963 to 1965 period the focus was largely on the monster finks in their cars:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Big_Bad_Dodge_2.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Chevy_Man_8aZ8bEmeu5vUaCk26ubqzD.webp) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_ChevyMan.webp)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Camaro_2.jpeg) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_FordBreakfast.webp)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Big_Daddy_Roth_100_Ford_eF7uYWDcQeuKEQGENQM8XT.webp) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_MightyMustang.webp)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/roth-dodge-rebellion.jpg)
By 1966-67 though the designs were featuring mostly the cars themselves:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/032_zps4926d9c2.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Charger.webp) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/70c06eb2c29954bf62e3133593d75aab.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/034_zps032400c4.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Fury.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/017_zps103cbde4.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_GTO.jpeg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Camaro396_d6iHrikzMKcXctNd1UYe1c.webp) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Camaro_Z-28_hAdwG2U3LpEFwD9YXs2BjX.webp)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Do_Ford.jpeg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/9d975f627e99a754395f07ce47f349e5.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Mercury_Cougar_2_4W9CEbghqBFwSgpYLBMEEZ.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Javelin_h7S7bByZ9kWq1QWDG8Nubn.jpg)
Here's an ad from 1969 that illustrates the extent to which "Big Daddy" Roth's T-shirt offerings had evolved away from monster finks by the late 1960's:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Late_Ad.jpg)
This was perhaps due to custom hot rod culture having been supplanted by the instant muscle offered by dedicated factory street rods, i.e. muscle cars, that arose in the latter part of the 1960's. Since muscle car enthusiasts were keen on celebrating their loyalties to certain models, the focus of "Big Daddy" Roth's T-shirt designs shifted to cater to this new market preference.
:)
P.S.: All full colour designs courtesy of Weldonmc.
Annette and "Big Daddy" Roth circa 1965:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Annette_and_Big_Daddy.jpg)
'Nuff said!
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While Ed Newton has indicated to me that he did the finished line art for all the new "Big Daddy" Roth designs from the latter part of 1964 through to the end of the 1960's, I've found several anomalous designs that don't reflect his style in any way. Take these designs for Volkswagens coloured in by Weldonmc. The first is clearly one rendered by Newt:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_VWPowerKing.webp)
But these latter two just don't reflect Newt's art style at all:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Volks_BeetleBug.webp) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Roth_Volkswagens_Forever.webp)
Now I have heard that "Big Daddy" Roth occasionally consented to turn fan art sent to him into T-shirt designs. That certainly looks to be the case in the bottom two designs.
:-\