Drag-On-Lady '65 Plymouth Hemi

[papajohn97]

This one is built using the Moebius '65 Plymouth Belvedere A990 Butch Leal "California Flash" kit and a set of Slixx decals.  I replaced the 426 engine with stick shift that came with the kit with a Moebius 426 Hemi with a TorqueFlite automatic that came out of the Moebius '65 Belvedere Hemi hardtop kit. I added a Detail Master distributor + plug wires, solder wire fuel lines, seat belts, Fireball Holley 3116 resin carbs and a detail Master tach. I have used the nice machined aluminum Detail Master velocity stacks on previous Hemi S/S builds but they were never period correct so I decided to try making my own scratch-built velocity stacks for this build using styrene sheet and tubing that I think came out a little closer to the original factory stacks (although larger/ taller like the resin carbs!).  Exterior paint is Scale Finishes "Tru-Blue" and white base with TS-13 clear coat, everything else Tamiya and a little Alclad metalizer. I was a little apprehensive in attempting to align the Slixx pinstripe decals adjacent to my masking borders but it came out pretty good I think.

Shirley Shahan was an amazing super stock driver back in the sixties, shutting all the boys down in the '66 National's and taking home top stock eliminator, all while working at the Gas Company full time and raising three kids.  I believe she is still with us (83?), retired and living in the Central Valley of Cal.  What a cool woman! 

Cheers, John

 

Edited April 25, 2022 by papajohn97
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[M W Elky]

Cool build looks great. I have the decals left over from the hemi dart that I built some time ago. I plan to build the injected version of this car. I’ve been to figure out what shade of blue to use. It seems like every 60’s color photo is a different shade. I really like the color blue that you used. I wonder if it was repainted in a darker shade?

[TransAmMike]

Well John, great and realistic looking build?

[bondo bill]

sharp build

[bisc63]

Very nice build of the iconic racer's ride. Fantastic details in that engine bay; highly realistic. Well done.

[tim boyd]

Outstanding!   TIM

[ChrisR]

Awesome!

[catpack68]

Nice work John!?

[Nitrobarry]

Great engine work! Great model! As a side note, I wish Slixx would have done the side decal as a solid white "band" which would make application easier. There might be some bleed through of the blue, but careful masking could make that go away. Anyway, well done!

[Hmann68]

Beautiful build! Clean work and nice detailing. ??

[Safire6]

11 hours ago, Hmann68 said:

Beautiful build! Clean work and nice detailing. ??

I agree 100% !

 

[papajohn97]

Thanks guys for the “at-a-boy’s”! Compliments here are very flattering (and encouraging!).

17 hours ago, Nitrobarry said:

Great engine work! Great model! As a side note, I wish Slixx would have done the side decal as a solid white "band" which would make application easier. There might be some bleed through of the blue, but careful masking could make that go away. Anyway, well done!

I thought the same thing when I first saw the pinstripe decals on the Slixx sheet so I photocopied the decals and used it as a guide when cutting my tape masks. Slixxx prints a thin white boarder on both sides of each pinstripe which really helps maintain an even gap between each stripe and the masked blue edge on the final two-tone painted body. If Slixx had just made the pinstripes a single blue line, I think the final mounted decals on the masked painted body would have looked much sloppier and uneven.

Edited April 26, 2022 by papajohn97
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[Nitrobarry]

Brilliant idea about the photo copying! I have a kit and the decals and I`ll use your tip! Thanks for that!

[grodudulle77]

Very nice, awesome look !! ??

[Bainford]

Great looking build, John, done in your typical clean style. Engine detailing looks spot on. It always a pleasure to check out your builds.

[R. Thorne]

Really nice job (complete with period correct Class and Eliminator Finalists stickers).  In the 1:1 pics the muffler has been replaced or removed?

[MADmodelDOCTOR]

Very nice build. Great detail in engine comp. What paint for interior'

[MADmodelDOCTOR]

Forgot to mention the cool decals and number on windshield.

[papajohn97]

R. Thorne - I left the stock exhaust system (muffler) in place per NHRA rules for S/S in ‘65.  I’m not sure when the 1:1 photos were taken (’66?) but in that time a lot of these cars were morphing into match racers/ pre- funnies so it’s likely they removed the stock exhaust. I believe Shirley replaced the dual cards with Hilborne FI sometime in ‘66.

MADmodelDOCTER - I used Tamiya acrylic tan (FX-55 deck tan I think), airbrushed on the interior.

[Fish_65]

Nice Work, turned out great ?

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[R. Thorne]

Thanks for responding, John.

[Swinger 340]

Very nice build John. Very clean and all the details add up to an excellent model.

[MADmodelDOCTOR]

On 4/29/2022 at 9:33 AM, papajohn97 said:

R. Thorne - I left the stock exhaust system (muffler) in place per NHRA rules for S/S in ‘65.  I’m not sure when the 1:1 photos were taken (’66?) but in that time a lot of these cars were morphing into match racers/ pre- funnies so it’s likely they removed the stock exhaust. I believe Shirley replaced the dual cards with Hilborne FI sometime in ‘66.

MADmodelDOCTER - I used Tamiya acrylic tan (FX-55 deck tan I think), airbrushed on the interior.

Thanks for the tip.

[slusher]

Beautifully done!!