3D Head Custom Paint turn a VW into a WWII German fighter plane

3D head Custom Paint in Knoxville, TN, http://3dheadgraphics.com do their airbrush magic to turn Mark Smith's classic VW Rat Rod into a WWII German fighter plane. Tony & K.W.airbrushed hinges, fasteners, grills and grates, battery box doors, exhausts pipes, the "Shark Tooth" grin, and 1155 rivets, to give the old VW an truly unique look. K.W. even airbrushed custom nose art of the "Wolfsburg Ratte" and made it into a magnetic decal that Mark, of Halls, TN can add or remove as he pleases.

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[berkelusa]

They mixed a Messerschmidt ME-109 (German) and a P-40 Warhawk (American)?

[kwclayton]

@berkelusa Actually, Messerschmitt Bf 110s ( twin engine heavy fighters) of 3 Staffel, ZG.26 (the famous Horst Wessel unit) were decorated with sharks teeth. Please check out this site: h

[kwclayton]

Thanks for those good observations. I'll tell the owner about getting some german tags for shows. We looked at several different examples of paint schemes in a great illustrated book about WWII airplanes of all combatants, and this was the paint scheme he preferred. I think the Splinter camo would be really sick too!! I'll use that suggestion if we ever do another one.

[zonacaliente]

wow dude that bug is awsome i would love to see my glass buggy with a paint job like that again awsome good job

[kwclayton]

thanks for the positive feedback...it was a fun but tough job..There are 1155 hand airbrushed rivets (each rivet takes 6 steps) plus all the airbrushed hinges, doors and the exhaust!

[kwclayton]

Thanks for the positive feedback! It was a blast airbrushing it. There are 1155 hand airbrushed rivets (each rivet takes 6 steps) plus all the airbrushed hinges, doors and the exhaust. The music is a classic piece called "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner

[RedBeardTattoo]

Myself, I think I would have done it up like the "Red Baron", but red is my color. My question to the artist. I'm reading it right, that you airbrushed the exhaust? If so, I have to say that that part alone blows my mind. With all the shadows you put in it, even at different angles it was hard to tell that it was painted like that. One would almost think that it was cut into the body of the car. Most excellent job on this one bro. Keep up the killer work.

[hotrod347]

@berkelusa actually that "old crow" is a P-51B Mustang. not a P-40.

[staccio80]

amazing work!wunderbar!!!

[kiriakoskakos]

nice job man did you make it wider (axles and body)

[os101king]

@kwclayton You're right about the basic concept, but the only photos I could find of the ZG26's BF's had a white and red mouth, of quite a different shape. I'm not an expert, and I would sort of doubt any connection between a German bomber unit and Chennault's Flying Tigers. However there's no doubt that what they painted on here was sourced from the AVG's RAF P-40's. Unless of course you've got photos of BF110's sporting the curved mouth with black red and white.

[ExUSSailor]

Amazing paint work!

[cristi0094]

very nice done!

[MrChillin65]

10*s !!!! great ride, incredible job....