Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Tribute Thread!

[marsattacks666]

Rad!!

[Hepcat]

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





Scuz-Fink





Brother Rat Fink





Superfink





Angel Fink

[Mord]

 Spectacular work on these. Thanks for posting them, Hep. How are you feeling? Is your eye better?

[Hepcat]

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.

[Hepcat]

Here are a few of the Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kits assembled and painted by our own master craftsman Jim Bertges:

Rat Fink



Mother's Worry



Scuz-Fink



Super Fink

[Hepcat]

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:

[Hepcat]

Interesting the way Revell modified the name of the original Surfink kit from 1964 for its 1990 reissue as Surf Fink:

[Hepcat]

In 2014 Moebius Models released this wild cool Stoned Hoods & Crooks kit based on a Von Franco painting:



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:



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:



Here's the Moebius kit built by our own master craftsman Jim Bertges:

[Hepcat]

Here from Big Daddy Roth issue #2 is another Alex Toth story:

[Hepcat]

The August 1959 issue of Car Craft magazine contained this boss cool article on the emerging monster T-shirt cultural phenomenon:







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.

[Hepcat]

"The Amazing Hot Rod Cult" was the cover feature of the 24 April 1961 issue of Sports Illustrated:



A prominent part of the article on the hot rod cult was devoted to "Big Daddy" Roth.

[Hepcat]

Here's a Scuz-Fink build by our own Tom Hering:

















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.

[Jim Bertges]

That is really beautiful work and I, for one, would love to see more from Tom.

[marsattacks666]

That Scuz-Fink looks truly, Out-of-this-World. Impressive.

[Hepcat]

Here's an absolutely wild Surfink build done by our fellow UMA member weldonmc:



Note the addition of custom "hair"!



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.