Friday, April 29, 2011 - 01:34 PM UTC
Dr. Cranky from his Lab-RAT-ory and AK interactive are getting ready to get their know-how and products into the realm of cars with this new book showing how to achieve heavy weathering and other goodies.
120 pages, over 200 photos)

This book shows beginners, intermediate, and advanced model car builders how to make their models ZING, ZAP, and POP! with dramatic weathering techniques, flair and character. This book will help make turn your models into unique MASTERPIECES, and you will develop your own building style.

* Doctor Cranky shows you how to weather your models to get them rusty, crusty, and dusty.

* Basic, intermediate and advanced airbrushing tips and techniques.

* Create custom graphics and special FX.

* Scratchbuilding and kitbashing.

EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about creating unique car models that will have people saying WOW.
Plus an exclusive gallery of Doctor Cranky's creations, profiles of some of Doctor Cranky's favorite fellow builders, and much, much more!
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Greetings all you CRANKYHEADS out there, Doctor Cranky is here to answer any questions you might have about this wonderful collaboration between AK-Interactive and Doctor Cranky's Lab-RAT-ory. I poured my heart (and mind) into this book, so I hope everyone finds it useful at the bench and fun to read.
MAY 01, 2011 - 02:07 AM
Doc, I've seen your handywork in Model Cars magazine and am a fan. Where do you come up with some of those ideas for your builds? What's your muse? I'd like to get that book for added ideas and insite.....will the book be offered thru AKi or will there be another{other} source{s}?
MAY 01, 2011 - 04:00 AM
Thank you, yes, I believe it will also be available through AK-INTERACTIVE USA. I hope to be able to have copies available through my own website which should open by this coming Friday just in time for the book to be released. Thank you for the kind words. I've been a big fan of the artistic genius of Mig Jimenez for years and what makes him a genius is not his great models (although those are AMAZING), what makes him so good is the fact he is a true Alchemist when it comes to coming up with great products, which Doctor Cranky has adopted in his tool arsenal in the Lab-RAT-ory.
MAY 01, 2011 - 10:29 AM
Doc, great to see you here. Iain at AK interactive USA believes the book should be in soon and hopefully we'll have a copy to review asap from him...just to get everyone drooling... When you get your website up and running let me know ([email protected]) and I'll add a link in the news.
MAY 01, 2011 - 12:28 PM
Oh yeah, we{I} need a go to place for these pearls of wisdom and ideas. My LHS is having issues since last fall- seems they can't get in Model car mag for nothing so I've been left out in the cold for good reading and ideas....cept here of course!
MAY 02, 2011 - 10:33 AM
Thanks, my friend, I will, it should be up and running by this coming weekend. I will keep you posted.
MAY 02, 2011 - 01:40 PM
Very good news, very good indeed. Would be nice to see a few pics, from the book. Definitely sounds like a must have
MAY 03, 2011 - 11:09 PM
I was actually under the impression that this was going to be a DVD as well. I'm glad it's a book and I'm really looking forward to seeing it.
JUN 19, 2011 - 02:08 PM
Just found the Book on the USA site- here's a link folks for those of you who are interested- Ratz, rods and rust- USA book
JUN 28, 2011 - 01:09 PM
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