jlucky Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 You may have noticed that all of my posts so far have been dragsters, but I do build funny cars as well, although because of the body I tend not to do much if any detailing. That said, a few years back I made an effort to build Gene Snow’s 1970 “Rambunctious” Dodge Challenger funny car with some detailing. The kit is of course the Johan Challenger. Tip-of-the-hat to Tim Boyd and his fantastic book: Collecting Drag Racing Model Kits, where I learned that the Johan body is perhaps the most accurate Challenger body based on the proper wheel wells etc. This being built a few years back, it seems that all that detailing was so much easier. Included are various fuel, ignition and gauges wiring and plumbing. The kit had the “Ram-Rod” decals but I only used the ones that worked with the real car and then waited a few years to get the final touch – a set of Slixx decals to complete the look. I’ve also included a photo of the Funny Car collection as it exists so far and the latest iteration of “the garage”, which is always a work in progress. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott8950 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Nice build and a great funny car collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Kustomz Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Awesome collection man, and the dodge came out really nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 That's a sharp looking funny car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 17 hours ago, jlucky said: Tip-of-the-hat to Tim Boyd and his fantastic book: Collecting Drag Racing Model Kits, where I learned that the Johan body is perhaps the most accurate Challenger body based on the proper wheel wells etc. Heh Jerry,,,,thanks very much for the shout out here. Glad you enjoyed the book, and thanks for posting pix of this addition to your outstanding funny car stables....Best....TIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altered Ego Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 That is an impressive shelf of Funny Cars and I love the diorama. Keep up the great work and keep sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 12/27/2022 at 9:36 PM, Scott8950 said: Nice build and a great funny car collection Yes indeed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Great builds you have there ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Nunes Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Nice model build and great collection of models you have shared with us. 👍 Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B. Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Very nice build - awesome collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sflam123 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Very nice build! Beautiful collection of funny cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmann68 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Nice work! Clean and great detail 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragline Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Superb build and your collection looks a lot like my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogger44 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Excellent build, and love your collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Great looking build Jerry and that quite a collection you have built👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Fantastic build. Bunch of good looking Funny car models. Nice collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Beautiful classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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