GaryR Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 The body on this kit is horrible, barely covering the driver. AMT really didn't try very hard on this one! SO, how did you "fix" it? Is there a resin body that fits? Buying another kit seems to be defeating the purpose, so come on ingenious modelers, what did you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 The Too Much is based on the Tommy Ivo dragster Round 2 reissued years ago (probably one of their first reissues). Finding a partial, started, or built one of those might be an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Somebody does a resin dragster body for the Bushwacker Bantam. That might fit, or be close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryR Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 Thanks. There are a bunch of resin bodies that MIGHT fit, but before I buy some I need to know it WILL fit. These are good suggestion, I thank you. Anybody cut some styrene to construct a fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Don't see why you can't whip a couple of small pieces of sheet plastic on there to get the shape you really want. I'd probably lop off the nose section too, I might be wrong but I don't remember too many Top Gas dual-engine cars as having had bodywork forward of the cowl. Another thought: the Digger 'Cuda uses the same chassis...what about a two-engine 'Cuda? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 The digger cuda has the same chassis as the MPC wynns charger kit .. I think... I could be wrong...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Deuces said: The digger cuda has the same chassis as the MPC wynns charger kit .. I think... I could be wrong...? Nope, AMT and MPC were competitors when these kits were first issued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 (edited) Ok.... I was wrong...?☹️??? Edited September 11, 2019 by Deuces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boss 302 mustang Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 (edited) The Altered States Models shorty fed body is the right width for this chassis but needs to be cut down to work as it is too long. Also a top gas car would not have been running 426 hemis as the eliminator was gone after like 1971 I believe.....I think the only guy who ran one was Jim Minnick in a single engine car that was way shorter than this chassis. I plan to build one using 2 of the 426 wedges from the Tony Nancy 22jr kits ......2 392 hemis are what is really appropriate though. Not enough money in Top Gas for the late hemis to be affordable. Edited September 13, 2019 by boss 302 mustang typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 That, and if I remember right, this kit was first issued in 1972 after Top Gas had been abolished. At the time, this was a relatively cheap way of getting a "new" kit into the AMT catalog. Only the body, and a part or two to link the two engines together, were new. They pretty much molded two Ivo dragsters, and threw one complete kit in the box along with a second plated tree and engine parts. The original issue (not the Model King one) had two complete plated trees in the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I'm sure everyone knows that the AMT kit was a take-off on The Syndicate. According to Draglist, it was an AA/FD. Various sources confirm it had mediocre performance, and that the advent of rear engine dragsters caused it to get parked. http://www.draglist.com/draglist/search.php?q=the+syndicate&search=Search&exact=exact&VIEW=Extended Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boss 302 mustang Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Twin engine top fuelers never worked out very well. That car was an outlier anyway as almost all twins were in Top Gas. The only Top Gas cars I can recall with a full body were Jim Minnick (single engine) and the Gopher State Timing Assn. twin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Crapologist Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 On 9/15/2019 at 12:10 AM, Draggon said: I'm sure everyone knows that the AMT kit was a take-off on The Syndicate. According to Draglist, it was an AA/FD. Various sources confirm it had mediocre performance, and that the advent of rear engine dragsters caused it to get parked. http://www.draglist.com/draglist/search.php?q=the+syndicate&search=Search&exact=exact&VIEW=Extended Well, that's real dynamic looking. I've got the Too Much kit; anybody ever do Syndicate decals or maybe something else for this kit? Thanks, Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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