by Björn Kluger

After some minor skirmishes Captain Hank Ontaryo of the U.S.S. Vanguard sent his Chief of Security, Lt.Cmdr. Jonathan Quincy for a little shore leave home to earth. After the Dominion war, the Runabout Rio Grande was assigned to the Vanguard . She had suffered minor damages which on Earth could be repaired, so Quincy took the little ship to a small Garage called „FedCoast Customs“ in the bay of San Francisco. He was a little irritated as the owner told him that in the short time only minor changes could be arranged but just went home to see his family

The garage owner, Xzibit XII, was happy to get one of this famous Starfleet ships into his hands, as normaly only 20th and 21st century cars were brought here for a little pimping - in old family tradition. After two days the officer returned and Xzibit XII. removed the big, white blanket from the ship shouting “And here´s your Ride!”

The old officer went numb, holding his hands above his head and said only one sentence: “The Captain will kill me!”

The base for the Pussy Grande was of course an old 1/72 AMT kit of the Rio Grande. It underwent some cleanings, repairs and of course got a new paintjob, based on the pussy wagon of Tarantino´s “Kill Bill”. The FedCoast Customs Garage is a foam plate I sprayed medium grey, with model train parts for the big door.

The figures are also from a model train kit and hand-painted to represent Xzibit XII. and Jonathan Quincy.

The cars came from a tuning line and are in Hot Wheels Scale, which fits near enough to the scale of the ship.

Last but not least I took the logo of WestCoast Customs und changed it into FedCoast, using an airgun to spray it on the wall."

Image: Chrome on top

Image: Left/rear

Image: Rear view

Image: Port side detail

Image: Quincy

Image: Xzibit Xii

Image: Fed Coast logo