The winner gets this trophy

[spinman]

The Kid Rat with the most votes gets this:

SPECS:

- plastic bobble head painted bronze
- section of '50s Higgins skiptooth chain
- solid wood base from scrap 2X12
- Military stencilling

I'll ship to the winning Rat after the contest.

Spin

 

[maddogrider]

Cool thats gonna look real good in my trophy case. Oh wait i dont have a trophy case.

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Why does it look so edible?

 

[rick74304]

Spin,
Very nice gesture on your part! kudos 2 u my man.
Rick

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Not that thats a bad thing...

It looks great
id love to win

 

[maddogrider]

You could eat it if you want probably wont get led poisoning it wasnt made in china :mrgreen:

 

[Boardtrack fan]

The wife will love that on the mantle! Very cool trophy and a very cool thing to do.

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

You could eat it if you want probably wont get led poisoning it wasnt made in china :mrgreen:

:lol:

 

[ej599]

Flawless craftsmanship. Kool.

 

[karfer67]

very stand up thing you did there nice job and heck the section of skip chain makes it all worth it

 

[KOTA]

It's absolutely beautiful!......I want it! You've inspired me to get going and finish the bike! Everybody gets one, right? :lol: :lol:

 

[fast eddie]

you should get a trophy for makin such a cool trophy! i better finish my bike!!!
fast eddie outty

 

[Rat Rod]

Why does it look so edible?

You've been watching too many episodes of Ace of Cakes....ha ha!

Awesome trophy indeed.

 

[spinman]

Thanks for all the kind words and getting the "Rat Seal of ApprovaL'

It looks better in person and is not as brightly metallic as in the pic.
It was fun to build and ALOT easier than working with metal, as in headtubes, rear fork stays, grease and grime.

Wrenching bikes is way different than shaping some pine and plastic.

Spin

 

[Joshua85]

that is a beauty!

 

[Anonymous]

is that lead base paint. :mrgreen: :roll: sweet

 

[spinman]

Here's how it really looks w/o the flash. I really like the chain. I got the paint from a Hobby store (14ml vial of Humbrol (british) metallic bronze. I think the military modellors use it.

Spin

 

[sensor]

well since i know im not gonna even come close...........ill just have to make my own :roll:
looks great :mrgreen: thanks for taking the time to build one!

 

[KOTA]

well since i know im not gonna even come close...........ill just have to make my own :roll:
looks great :mrgreen: thanks for taking the time to build one!

Personally, I think your the guy to beat. .....But just in case, maybe you should "bronze" one of your SHOES! :wink:

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Why does it look so edible?

You've been watching too many episodes of Ace of Cakes....ha ha!

Awesome trophy indeed.

thats EXACTLY what it reminds me of