Rocking Rodney Rat Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 (edited) Body from the Revell Ms. Deal kit, top chopped, blower hole in hood filled, front air dam, exhaust cutouts just behind the front wheel well filled in, trunk scooped out for rollcage. Chassis from the Revell Attempt 1 kit. It looks like the Mooneyes frame, but the roolbar hoops are more narrow. Engine is a Potvin supercharged Hemi from the MPC Cosmic Charger kit. Wheels and tires, fronts from the Monogram Slingster kit, wheels aftermarket chrome plated, rears from Polar Lights funny car kit. Interior tin scratched together from Evergreen styrene. Paint is Testors 'One Hit' Revving Red with Tamiya Pearl White cove faded with Testors 'One Hit' Inca Gold. Minwax polyurethane clear gloss. Decals (mostly) from Slixx. buildup pix here: A whole buncha more pix here: https://public.fotki.com/jferren/dragtime-53-studeba/ Thanks for looking..... -RRR Edited October 31, 2021 by Rocking Rodney Rat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott8950 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Beautifully done! Very nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 So well done! A wonderful lesson in old-time kit bashing. And I noticed the nod to a very accomplished Canadian driver & crew chief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Nice looking Funny car. A 1/4 mile of fun. The detail work on that sucker looks really good. Side by side with another Funny car......now that's a drag race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris chabre Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I WILL be building one of mine like this. I LOVE IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 The model turned out great ! Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Armstrong Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Oooh, I LIKE IT! Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 SWEET, well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmann68 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Cool! Well done 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reegs Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Thibodeau Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Hi RRR! Very nice, and that 60's flavour is really spot-on, Bravo! Now, that driver will be in a noisy working space with such exhaust pipes. Ear plugs anyone? CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majel Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 That is a very cool build, great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Turned out great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Once again you deliver on another marvelous early drag car with a lift-off body! The SoCal ghost brought to the surface with day-glow blue under ware powered by a Potvin blown Hemi rolling on period perfect rims & tires... what more kould a grass-roots Sunday racer want in a straight-line hot rod?!. -KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy grumpy Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 A really good job. Beautiful build. So much plastic , so little time ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 Thanks for all of the kind words, yes so little time...what's next??? -RRR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Lacy Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Your creativity when it comes to nostalgia drag cars never disappoints. This thing looks bad ass from any angle!!! 😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 7 hours ago, Dennis Lacy said: Your creativity when it comes to nostalgia drag cars never disappoints. This thing looks bad ass from any angle!!! 😍 Thanks, ADL, I appreciate the comment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geemoney Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 love seein Double A Dales name on there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 VERY nice build on that Stude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Outstanding Funny car, RRR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Sweet Build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckyg1 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Very nice. A two in one kit with no left over parts. Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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