High and mighty

[mnwildpunk]

Did anybody make anything close to a 48 plymouth I have always wanted to build the ramchargers high and mighty

[Nitro Neil]

Dave,

I built mine by using an old Racing Champions diecast of Lee Petty's racecar, but it isn't very accurate. I figured I was going to have to cut it up anyway to make the model that the lack of accuracy wasn't a big problem.

This is what I started with:

And what I ended up with:

R&R Vacuumcrap made a 1949 Plymouth Business Coupe in resin that might be better, and I think someone is still casting them.

Here's a link to my complete build on Fotki.

http://public.fotki.com/NitroNeil/model-cars-1/high_mighty/

[Ace-Garageguy]

Neil, great model of a real drag racing icon. Man, that's cool. It's the only model I've ever seen anyone do of that car.

[Art Anderson]

Did anybody make anything close to a 48 plymouth I have always wanted to build the ramchargers high and mighty

Motor City Resin Casters made (and may still make) a resin body for the 1948 Plymouth 4dr sedan. That car was pretty much exactly the same from Chrysler's resumption of civilian automobile production in the late summer of 1945 (my dad bought one of the first postwar Plymouths to arrive here in town) until the introduction of the 1949 Plymouths in the fall of 1948.

Art

[Baugher Garage]

Neil - that's out of control!! Awesome!