dragin70s Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 OK, many have been done, and many are better than this, but here are a few not so great pics of my version. Hope to put a few more shots up later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedjester Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 the car looks great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 looks cool. nice build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimebolt Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Looks great man. Any chassis/engine pics also? Corey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 One of my favorite funny cars, looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tye Brown Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 That looks nice man, great car. Is that the Model King kit man? Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragin70s Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 Thanks guys. Chassis/engine pics to come, accidentally deleted all of those so must redo. 'Hippie Dude": Yes, that's the MK Challenger kit. Officially my least favorite kit ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sflam123 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 That's nice and not so usual subject. Nice clean job all around, gotta love these 70's Funny Cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagedragfan Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 very nice I like it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caine440 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Looks really nice to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuzzed Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Thanks guys. Chassis/engine pics to come, accidentally deleted all of those so must redo. 'Hippie Dude": Yes, that's the MK Challenger kit. Officially my least favorite kit ever. I never saw a review of this kit and though I have opened mine, I never really checked it out... are there any problems with the kit? Yours came out really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragin70s Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 Johnbuzzed: Aw heck, maybe I'm being too picky. It just seemed a little too "simple" for lack of a better term. Never built any FCs that weren't Revell or Monogram, so it was just different. When I get the chassis pics up maybe it will show, maybe not. Thanks to all for the kind comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Very nice . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tye Brown Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Hey Dragin70's. So is there anything bad I need to know about this kit man? The stance looks pretty good man is that how it comes out of the box or did ya mod it mate? I know with the Revell kits you have to lower them. Just curious man because I want to build this car dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) Looks good. I started one of this car and had major decal issues so I got disgusted and shelved it . Floppers Rule And I'm not bashing , just making a gentle suggestion but just as an fyi neither car pictured here used the chassis style in the MK challenger funny car. The Johan challenger is a more accurate choice. Johan on the left - MPC / model king version on the right . Edited November 16, 2012 by gtx6970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 l really like it, very cool.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARTSMARTY Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 IT LOOKS SO COOL.-REMEMBER IF YOU LIKE IT-THAT'S ALL THAT COUNTS.DON'T WORRY ABOUT OTHER PEOPLES OPINIONS.ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragin70s Posted November 16, 2012 Author Share Posted November 16, 2012 Thanks all for comments. Gtx6970: I'm not offended at all, actually, that is a big part of why I didn't like this kit. It was a little hard to get motivated using what I knew was the wrong chassis. I used the kit chassis and built the car, but I have the intention of mating up my body (which I am very pleased with) with the correct chassis in the future. HippieDude: Oh yes mods are necessary. Doghouse modified to fit over linkages at blower hat among others. Seems like every tin is a major pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tye Brown Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Cool, the only problem is that Johan kits are hard to come by here in OZ. Would the new Judge GTO chassis be the right one? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Cool, the only problem is that Johan kits are hard to come by here in OZ. Would the new Judge GTO chassis be the right one? Cheers I believe the Model King GTO and the Cougar are close if not one and the same But, even though I have several of each I don't have one handy right now to compare, but from what I do know it would be closer than the MK challenger chassis ps, Johan challengers are all over Ebay ( I just bought 3 myself ) typically they run in the $25-$35 range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBorg Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Your best choice chassis wise is the Revell Hawaiian. I'm not sure how close the wheelbase it but it should be real close. MIke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) Your best choice chassis wise is the Revell Hawaiian. I'm not sure how close the wheelbase it but it should be real close. MIke I never even thought about that one, even any of the Polar Lights chassis could be a good fit. The problem with any of them besides the Johan kit is going to be interior tin choices that fit the MK challenger body with a reasonable amount of work Either way, to the OP, my apologies for the hijak, I think it looks great and would have no problems putting it on my shelf. If I may, what did you use for the body color ? as a general rule the Model King Challenger is accurate for builds representing cars from approx 1972 thru 1974 ish with the Johan more accurate for 1970 thru approx 1972 ish all depending on individual teams and funding determined how often they updated / changed rides Edited November 17, 2012 by gtx6970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Teresi Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Rob.......one of my all time favorite F/C`s.........you did a very FINE job on this build........AWESOME man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Beautiful model. Love the graphics and stripes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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