Daddy Warbucks Falcon

[Swinger 340]

Started with the AMT Falcon. Located a Trumpeteer Falcon chassis and interior. Modified them to fit the altered wheelbase.The rear axle and traction bars are from the Revell Thunderbolt and the engine if from the Moebius Comet. I narrowed the kit intake to fit the Moebius motor and the injector stacks are from Speed City Resins. I removed the side and trunk moldings and filled in the space for the parachute in the trunk. Paint is Tamiya acrylics I mixed to what I thought looked right with Ts13 clear on top. The decasl are the kit deals with others from various ones I had from other projects. Not 100% accurate but much better than the original Amt chassis. Thanks for looking.

[iBorg]

Nice build. I appreciate the interior. Not sure what other donors are out there to replace AMT's AF/X interior. Nice improvement over the stock piece.

[cobraman]

Nice work, cool model. Love the AWB cars.

[Swinger 340]

4 hours ago, iBorg said:

Nice build. I appreciate the interior. Not sure what other donors are out there to replace AMT's AF/X interior. Nice improvement over the stock piece.

Thank you

[Swinger 340]

2 hours ago, cobraman said:

Nice work, cool model. Love the AWB cars.

Thank you. 

[papajohn97]

Very nice execution Eric on this kit-bashed AWB Falcon. I tried making something acceptable out of the sister kit AMT ‘65 Mustang AWB “funny car” using the toy-like chassis supplied in the kit- what a challenge (= what a mess!!!) I think you did this right by adapting the Trumpeter chassis which looks like it provided a more accurate enclosed engine bay as well as more realistic stance. 

Look’s like we share the same taste in drag car models (‘60 - ‘66 super stocks). I love the ‘65 Plymouth Bill Jenkins Black Arrow build you posted last month as well as this Falcon. I’ve been trying to pick up a few more of the excellent Moebius Plymouth A990 kits before they all disappear to match up with a few of the also disppearing Slixx decal sets to fill out my SS collection. Hoping to soon build a Black Arrow as well as a Shirley Shahan Drag-On-Lady.

Thanks for posting Eric! Show us some more of your builds!

Edited December 12, 2021 by papajohn97
Corrected reference to Trumpeter chassis

[afx]

Nice work.

[Swinger 340]

3 hours ago, afx said:

Nice work.

Thank you

[Swinger 340]

3 hours ago, papajohn97 said:

Very nice execution Eric on this kit-bashed AWB Falcon. I tried making something acceptable out of the sister kit AMT ‘65 Mustang AWB “funny car” using the toy-like chassis supplied in the kit- what a challenge (= what a mess!!!) I think you did this right by adapting the Trumpeter chassis which looks like it provided a more accurate enclosed engine bay as well as more realistic stance. 

Look’s like we share the same taste in drag car models (‘60 - ‘66 super stocks). I love the ‘65 Plymouth Bill Jenkins Black Arrow build you posted last month as well as this Falcon. I’ve been trying to pick up a few more of the excellent Moebius Plymouth A990 kits before they all disappear to match up with a few of the also disppearing Slixx decal sets to fill out my SS collection. Hoping to soon build a Black Arrow as well as a Shirley Shahan Drag-On-Lady.

Thanks for posting Eric! Show us some more of your builds!

Thank you for the kind words John.  The stock chassis for me does leave a lot to be desired. I built the Iowa Shaker Stock from the box and it never looked right to me I have the Mustang as well. Haven't built it yet because of the chassis. Maybe I'll come up with something for that one someday. I do like all the 60's and early 70's drag cars but super stocks and altered wheelbases are my favorite. I have a few of the Moebius kits waiting to be built. Stock and AWB.  I am going to do Shahan"s 68 Dart. Hopefully soon myself. Now if they would just come out with the dodge version of the A990 and AWB.

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[Len Woodruff]

Very nice. I need to finish mine.

[papajohn97]

Thanks for replying Eric. I read somewhere on here that Mobius is working on a Dodge version of their ‘65 Plymouth kits - hope this rumor is true, I would love to build an accurate version of Landy’s AWB Dodge (using the Slixx decal set) without having to resort to resin parts. A ‘65 Dodge AWB could also be built as a Ramchargers, Bud Faubel “Honker”, Dave Stricker car, etc.

On the AMT Mustang AWB Funny Car chassis, in case you missed it you can check out how I did my chassis mods on my build of the Dick Brannan “Bronco” match racer using this horrid kit that I posted last June here.

Looking forward to enjoying more of your SS builds!

Edited December 12, 2021 by papajohn97
Removed extra word

[afx]

10 hours ago, Swinger 340 said:

Thank you for the kind words John.  The stock chassis for me does leave a lot to be desired. I built the Iowa Shaker Stock from the box and it never looked right to me I have the Mustang as well. Haven't built it yet because of the chassis. Maybe I'll come up with something for that one someday. I do like all the 60's and early 70's drag cars but super stocks and altered wheelbases are my favorite. I have a few of the Moebius kits waiting to be built. Stock and AWB.  I am going to do Shahan"s 68 Dart. Hopefully soon myself. Now if they would just come out with the dodge version of the A990 and AWB.

Possible options for a Mustang AWB build are the Revellogram 1/24 scale Mustang chassis and the AMT '67 Mustang chassis.  Of course you could use the Trumpeter Falcon chassis again as well.

I used the 1/24 scale chassis under an AMT '66 Falcon build.  I cut the chassis just in-front of the rear wheels to shorten it to fit the 1/25 scale Falcon body.  The width was very close as is.

 

[TransAmMike]

Good job Eric, bet the real car was a beast to drive down the track.?

[Zippi]

Good looking Falcon.  I like all the old school drag cars.  Great job.

[bogger44]

Oh man, nice work on all the kitbashing, love this.  A definite improvement over what this kit offers out of the box.  When building mine I only swapped out the wheels/tires, some engine bits, and hood.  

[Scott8950]

Nice job

[Swinger 340]

11 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

Thank you

[Swinger 340]

11 hours ago, Len Woodruff said:

Very nice. I need to finish mine.

Thank you.

[Swinger 340]

7 hours ago, papajohn97 said:

Thanks for replying Eric. I read somewhere on here that Mobius is working on a Dodge version of their ‘65 Plymouth kits - hope this rumor is true, I would love to build an accurate version of Landy’s AWB Dodge (using the Slixx decal set) without having to resort to resin parts. A ‘65 Dodge AWB could also be built as a Ramchargers, Bud Faubel “Honker”, Dave Stricker car, etc.

On the AMT Mustang AWB Funny Car chassis, in case you missed it you can check out how I did my chassis mods on my build of the Dick Brannan “Bronco” match racer using this horrid kit that I posted last June here.

Looking forward to enjoying more of your SS builds!

I have heard that as well. We'll see I guess. Would really like to do the Landy car. I checked out your build. A very nice job on that. 

[Swinger 340]

7 hours ago, afx said:

Possible options for a Mustang AWB build are the Revellogram 1/24 scale Mustang chassis and the AMT '67 Mustang chassis.  Of course you could use the Trumpeter Falcon chassis again as well.

I used the 1/24 scale chassis under an AMT '66 Falcon build.  I cut the chassis just in-front of the rear wheels to shorten it to fit the 1/25 scale Falcon body.  The width was very close as is.

 

JC Thank you for the suggestions. I will look into them. I figured a Mustang of some sort would be the way to go.

[Swinger 340]

6 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

Good job Eric, bet the real car was a beast to drive down the track.?

Thank you. From what I have read about it sure sounds like it.

[Swinger 340]

6 hours ago, Zippi said:

Good looking Falcon.  I like all the old school drag cars.  Great job.

Thank you. They don't make em like that anymore. Now they all look the same.

[Swinger 340]

6 hours ago, bogger44 said:

Oh man, nice work on all the kitbashing, love this.  A definite improvement over what this kit offers out of the box.  When building mine I only swapped out the wheels/tires, some engine bits, and hood.  

Thank you. Yes the chassis and interior do leave a lot to be desired.

[ChrisR]

Very nice!