Lobo2me Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 As a follow-on to the "honor our veterans" theme I created a wild scratch-built Altered dragster named 12 O’clock High. I had a great time inventing unique items and including some nostalgic features - like the vintage looking WWII aircraft nose art, olive drab paint job with kills and bomb raid decals, a polished aluminum wing section with exposed rivets, replica 500 lb. bomb fuel tank and D-Day stripes. Thanks for looking... Donor Kits & Parts 62 Corvette – AMT 1:25 scale Body truncated at the firewall, narrowed approx. 10” scale inches at the tail end and pinched 14” just forward of the cockpit. To keep as much of iconic side scallops as possible - moved them back 12” (scale) to just forward of the modified rear wheel openings. The passenger compartment filled-in with sheet styrene and blended into where the stock windshield would have been Team Scandia’s Purple Sequent Top Fuel Dragster - Revell 1:25 scale 500 cu. in. HEMI Goodyear Racing Slicks & Weld Wheels Windscreen Butterfly Steering Wheel & Hand Controls Trojan Horse Mustang II Funny Car - AMT 1:25 scale Chassis Seat & Dash Panel Drag Team Dbl Dragster Kit – AMT 1:25 scale Front Wheels & Tires Monogram B-17G Flying Fortress 1/48 scale Fuel Tank (500lb. Bomb) Scratch-built / Modifications: Engine Dual MSD Magnetos w/ Red Spark-plug Wires Pro Tech Supercharger 3pc Pulleys & Belt Fuel Block, Fuel & Oil Lines scratch-built w/ AN Fittings Chassis: Logghe chassis from Trojan Horse kit w/ scratch-built roll cage, engine mounts and fuel tank (bomb) bracing from styrene rod Driver Seat w/ 5-point Racing Harness “Posable” Front Suspension scratch-built Coil Over Shocks front & rear scratch-built Misc: Top & Side Wings – sheet styrene & rod Parachute scratch built balsa wood & masking tape Wheelie Bars – scratch built from some other kit, styrene rod & masking tape Paints: o Tamiya Olive Drab (TS-5) spray - Body o Tamiya Pearl White (TS-45) spray - Body Scallops o Tamiya Clear (TS-13) spray - over Pearl White o Testors Dullcote (1250) spray - over Olive Drab o Testors Gloss Black (1247) Chassis o Testors Flat Black (1249) spray - Under body & D-Day Stripes o Testors Flat White (1258) spray - D-Day Stripes o Tamiya Dark Gun Metal (TS-42) - spray o Tamiya Bare Metal (TS-12) - spray o Tamiya Titanium Silver (TS-88) spray - Engine Block, Transmission & Rear End o Testors Brown (mix) Driver Seat o Rostellum MetalicFinish Chrome for Front Suspension, Linkage, Front Wheels - spray o Molotow Chrome – pen o Dupli-Color Metalcast Red & Blue for AN Fittings – spray o Testors Med. Silver – brush o Testors Gloss Red – brush o Testors Flat Black – brush o Testors Gloss Black - brush o Testors Flat Bronze - brush o Custom Ink Jet decals Build Time: 3 months 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4mula1fan Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Pretty awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 That looks wicked! (and really scary to drive) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragin70s Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 That is just plain freakin' cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinger 340 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 That's just too COOL, well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Very creative, I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 The unique idea and then the finished model is great to look at! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 As a veteran I thank you for the recognition. This is one awesome build. Love every detail of it. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajohn97 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Very creative! Beautiful craftsmanship! Love that bomb fuel tank! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keavdog Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Nice job - creative. Love the fact he's an ace with 6 kills and the invasion stripes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altered Ego Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Very original and very cool, nice job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skymnky721 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 whao! totally awsome wild,,great pics too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott8950 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Looks amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Thibodeau Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Hi Steve! very nice, and the detailing is world-class. Bravo! CT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Fantastic work on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goon Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 7:04 PM, Bills72sj said: That looks wicked! (and really scary to drive) +1. Mark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobo2me Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, the goon said: +1. Mark Yeehaw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Very creative and unique Gasser.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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