{"id":8763,"date":"2020-01-12T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T22:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/?p=8763"},"modified":"2021-03-22T15:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T22:14:03","slug":"fink-eliminator-ed-big-daddy-roth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/12\/fink-eliminator-ed-big-daddy-roth\/","title":{"rendered":"Fink Eliminator &#8211; Ed &#8220;Big Daddy&#8221; Roth Model Build &#8211; Revell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5NQkHRZB9Sw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ed &#8220;Big Daddy&#8221; Roth&#8217;s &#8216;Fink Eliminator&#8217; plastic model &#8211; by Revell Model Company<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Fink Eliminator is my second Ed &#8220;Big Daddy&#8221; Roth kit. I scored a Revell version of this currently out of production model on eBay for not too high a price, which really made my day. It&#8217;s a hilarious and very fun kit. <\/p>\n<p>I should probably mention that, despite my current rash of hotrod and funny car related models, I am about as far from a gearhead as you can imagine. Cars don&#8217;t excite me, speed doesn&#8217;t thrill me, yet I love these crazy models.<\/p>\n<p>I bring this up because I decided to ignore the aim of Roth&#8217;s Fink Eliminator model. Imagine those &#8220;knock-off Calvin pees on&#8221; stickers you see on the back of certain vehicles. Fink Eliminator is the same sort of thing.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_8781\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"eliminator\" href=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/merketingSample.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8781\" src=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/merketingSample.jpg\" alt=\"finished Fink Eliminator model sample from the box\" width=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/merketingSample.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/merketingSample-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/merketingSample-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/merketingSample-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/merketingSample-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The car-smashing, decal sporting, example on the box<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Put the decal of the car manufacturer you like on the hammer and the one you utterly despise on the flattened car. Isn&#8217;t that satisfying? The whole concept took me back to some of the overheard schoolyard arguments of my youth. Not where I wanted to go.<\/p>\n<p>I decided that, instead, my Fink Eliminator would be an indiscriminate smasher, Detroit be damned.<\/p>\n<h2>Modifications To The Kit<\/h2>\n<p>Beyond leaving off the car, decals, bomb, and mouth back, the Eliminator&#8217;s hair was my only real &#8220;modification&#8221; to the kit.<\/p>\n<p>Right off, I knew I was going to use &#8220;real&#8221; hair on the Eliminator but I had a devil of a time choosing an overall color scheme. I finally settled on powder blue skin and that, I knew, meant hot pink hair. Luckily, I had some (told ya I wasn&#8217;t a gearhead).<\/p>\n<p>One of the big surprises of the kit for me was &#8230; the beard. Somehow I had missed the Eliminator&#8217;s beard. Had I noticed it before, I may not have been so eager to add the craft hair. It worked out in the long run, however. <\/p>\n<p>One important trick I learned this go-round was <strong><em>pre-painting the craft hair backing<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Craft hair backing may include off-color threads which can stand out horribly on a small project like this. The hot pink hair I used has white threads in the backing. Pre-painting the backing and any exposed edges solves this issue.<\/p>\n<p>Wish I&#8217;d figured that out before I mounted the beard.<\/p>\n<h2>Ed &#8220;Big Daddy&#8221; Roth&#8217;s Fink Eliminator<\/h2>\n<p>This kit was a blast. Roth&#8217;s sculpts are great fun to decorate, with lots of fun and unexpected detail. <\/p>\n<p>While this kit is currently out of production, I can&#8217;t imagine it will be too long before we see another reissue. I&#8217;ll certainly be tempted to pick another one up. <\/p>\n<p>Wotta blast.<br \/>\n<a rel=\"eliminator\" href=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogEndShot.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogEndShot.jpg\" alt=\"Fink Eliminator smashes a house\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogEndShot.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogEndShot-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogEndShot-768x681.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogEndShot-1024x907.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogEndShot-150x133.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed &#8220;Big Daddy&#8221; Roth&#8217;s &#8216;Fink Eliminator&#8217; plastic model &#8211; by Revell Model Company<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,2014],"tags":[991,973,990],"class_list":["post-8763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best","category-model-builds","tag-craft-hair","tag-ed-big-daddy-roth","tag-revell-model-company"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fink Eliminator - Ed &quot;Big Daddy&quot; Roth Model Build - Revell<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ed &quot;Big Daddy&quot; Roth&#039;s Fink Eliminator&#039; plastic model by Revell Model Company. 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