Post by hobbybobby on Dec 18, 2012 18:54:30 GMT -5
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth is best known for his grotesque caricatures — typified by Rat Fink — depicting imaginative, out-sized monstrosities driving representations of the hot rods that he and his contemporaries built.
Although Detroit native Stanley Mouse (Miller) is credited with creating the so-called "Monster Hot Rod" art form, Roth is accepted as the individual who popularized it.
Roth is less well known for his innovative work in turning hot rodding from crude backyard engineering, where performance was the bottom line, into a refined art form where aesthetics were equally important, breaking new ground with fiberglass bodywork.
In the 1960s, plastic models of many of Roth's cars, as well as models of Rat Fink and other whimsical creatures created by Roth, were marketed by the Revell model company.
Numerous artists were associated with Roth, including painter Robert Williams, Rat Fink Comix artist R.K. Sloane and Steve Fiorilla, who illustrated Roth's catalogs.
"Drag Nut" was released in 1963.
In part the name was a take-off on a TV show of the day called "Dragnet" , a really, really dopey cop show that was wildly popular.
It comes with the coolest little 2 inch Rat Fink.
This little guy is awesome and you can use him in lotsa other car and diorama building projects.
"Drag Nut" was released as "Ga Ga" in Japan, and in the 70's he was de-Rothed and released as "Korporal Amerika"...
If this wasn't bad enough, they had the bal.... er... nerve to rename the little Rat Fink and call him "road freak"...
Well, I have no idea where the car is from this kit.
Similarly, the RatFink figure.
So I've just finished the figure.
I hope you like it so far and that the lost, threaded parts show up again someday...
Although Detroit native Stanley Mouse (Miller) is credited with creating the so-called "Monster Hot Rod" art form, Roth is accepted as the individual who popularized it.
Roth is less well known for his innovative work in turning hot rodding from crude backyard engineering, where performance was the bottom line, into a refined art form where aesthetics were equally important, breaking new ground with fiberglass bodywork.
In the 1960s, plastic models of many of Roth's cars, as well as models of Rat Fink and other whimsical creatures created by Roth, were marketed by the Revell model company.
Numerous artists were associated with Roth, including painter Robert Williams, Rat Fink Comix artist R.K. Sloane and Steve Fiorilla, who illustrated Roth's catalogs.
"Drag Nut" was released in 1963.
In part the name was a take-off on a TV show of the day called "Dragnet" , a really, really dopey cop show that was wildly popular.
It comes with the coolest little 2 inch Rat Fink.
This little guy is awesome and you can use him in lotsa other car and diorama building projects.
"Drag Nut" was released as "Ga Ga" in Japan, and in the 70's he was de-Rothed and released as "Korporal Amerika"...
If this wasn't bad enough, they had the bal.... er... nerve to rename the little Rat Fink and call him "road freak"...
Well, I have no idea where the car is from this kit.
Similarly, the RatFink figure.
So I've just finished the figure.
I hope you like it so far and that the lost, threaded parts show up again someday...
