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Tony You are right! The exhausts are too long. I originally planned to mount the wing off the back of the gear box as per the Indy car setup with the exhaust exiting between two vertical fins but the wing took away the look of the rear body work so I went for something smaller. Unfortunately it would have meant major surgery to shorten the exhaust pipe at that stage so what you see is what you get!! Thanks for the good words Brian

Sweet rebuild mate! Awesome paint. Makes me want to drag mine out & have a go Brian

Always nice to move out of the Workshop & into the glassy bit I wanted to do another club racer & I wanted to do a camo paint job & something as typically British as the Europa seemed the go. Body & chassis are by Tamiya & the power plant, transmission & wheels are Indy car. I did the guards in evergreen sheet & scrap bits. Only sad bit was the decals. It has been a long time since I have built aircraft & the decals left over were pretty old. Close enough though. Brian [U

Thanks for the comments gentlemen Ville - the tubing is some ducting from the old Nascar kits. Being generally warmish here (currently 39C / 102F) air ducts like this are common on cars that don't run cool suits. Brian

Finally done something worth talking about. Interior is just about finished. Didn't worry too much about the roll cage joints as they are hidden by the roof. Interior colour is Humbrol cockpit green for reasons that will become obvious later. Inlet side of the turbo installation is next. Brian

Hi David I'm think of just using the wing off the Indy cay car. Is not so big so it wont dominate the bodies lines. Went to the Time Attack day in Sydney last month & saw some very cool ideas for mounting wings etc so I'll have a go at them. Just about to give the cockpit a final coat so I'll post some more pics soon.

My type of build - love the styling and the attitude. Ya gotta finish it! Agree with Andy above - Mid engine with maybe a BIG turbo & dump pipe etc This thing is a lot of fun mate Brian

Tony I agree!! Ari Vatanen (my all time hero driver) was asked if he would like 1000hp in a rally car. BMW had 1100hp out of their 1500cc F1 engines at the time. The Escort BDA's he was running at the time topped the scale at around 270/280. His reply was "1000 was maybe too much.. 6 - 700hp would be nice though!! And this was before Group B Thanks for the thoughts Brian

They do some pretty wild looking race cars at Club level. I can remember seeing something like this in Car & Car Conversions magazine many years ago although I don't think it ran a turbo V8 Indy motor!. Body & chassis is Tamiya Europa while wheels, rear end & engine are Mongram March Indy car Rear guard extensions are Evergreen sheet which is great to work with on this type of thing. Front guards came off the interior tub of an old diecast of all things. I needed something like that to handle the inner roll over as the tyres are taller than the guards. Still have the inlet side of the motor to do & I'm working on the interior at the moment. The screen is so big & so laid back that you will be able to see a fair bit of detail which makes its a bit more interesting. Comments & ideas welcome! Brian

Thanks for the comments gentlemen Tom, nice try on the track nose. I think the only thing is the straight top line on the opening. They usually had a more oval shape. I love the tracknose look, I've done a few now. Revell did a superb pair of Kurtis Midget Racers a little while back, one with an Offy & one with a flat head V8. The only difference in the kits other than the engines were the nose cones, the V8 had a bigger nose & radiator. In their infinite wisdom Revell had both noses & grills in each kit & after some heavy hints from my modelling mates I now have a small stock of the left overs for future projects. It is surprising how close these fit onto a T or A bonnet! The Pickup has the V8 nose & the rod below has the Offy nose. Its been faired it into the body work but I'm sure you get the idea. Bullet lights came from our local Parts Box (they are on the net). I just filed them down to sit close into the inner fender. I needed lights that blended in with the nose & I'm happy with these Brian

Raked the body & tray, shortened the tray, widened the rear guards & added the timber bed & track nose. I have no idea what the dash came out of though. Wheels are from the MPC Double Flip Ford Pickup. I was chasing that '60's custom look that so many of us grew up with in Hot Rod Magazine & others. Brian

Awesome work mate I have seen this one in the flesh. It sits just right & it looks mean! Brian

Thank you gentlemen John, your rod is exactly the style I'm looking for!! Only thing is I spent hours deciding between a bench seat of buckets & went for the bench as I thought it more correct. Looking at yours, I think I'll go dig out the buckets again. Thanks again Brian

This will be in the style of a 60's custom. Most of the parts are hand me downs from a mate The body is a little lower & raked. The bed is shortened & raked to match. Both bits are moved back a little to fit the old hemi behind my favourite track nose. Widend the rear guards, often wondered what to do with those unused fender sets! Initial mockup Widening the guards Guard extensions done & dusted Checking rake, stance & proportions Comments welcome Thanks Brian

My hack at a '32 Extended track nose, lengthened bonnet, cockpit moved back & a flathead V12 And one for the family man... 4 seats & a hemi Brian

I have two sixes in the cabinet The Corvette with the original six but hooked up to a supercharger And this GM Holden powered sprint car. Offy parts were hard to come by in Australia so many runners opted for very hot developments of the GM local product

AMT "Snapfast Plus" !! '96 Firebird A little lower & a little wider What I thought was not much of a kit turned out to be a fun build. I like these "Post Our" threads, you see some great ideas. Brian

I had a box full of chrome bits & pieces... enough to do a whole chassis & running gear. I was originally going to put a C Cab on it but couldn't make it work so I came up with this thing. Its the front bit of a T Tourer & the tank from a sprint car. Best I could think of at the time. I think I was inspired by those early hot rod show cars from the late 50's early 60's. It was a fun build whatever it turned out like! Brian

Thanks for the great feedback. Always good to get. Front wheels are old Nascar I think. No idea about the tyres sorry. They all came out of my junk box. I should do the trailer but I have a '32 waiting... & a gasser, & a time attack car & ... you know the story, never enough time but I will do it! Thanks again Brian

Partner to the Drag-U-Long. Its a bit ruff but so was the original kit & I just wanted a build that was a bit of fun. Added a Windsor & twin blowers & my usual big chop/drop. Like 'em low & mean!. When I get the urge I will do the trailer to match. Brian

Thanks for the comments, very much appreciated. I would have liked to have kept the original canopy but it was sooo thick it looked wrong. To get the extra length I just cut the stock chassis in half at the front of the coffin & glued it to the front slab. A modified coach is currently underway as a tow vehicle too. Thanks again Brian

Bit of fun. Started out as a stock build but it got a little lower, a little longer & with a little more grunt. Brian

A Repost for the record (thanks again for fixing the site) I posted it in the Drag site originally but this is probably more of a hot rod to the purists so here it is Chassis & body are much modified AMT Dual Dragster kit, basic motor is from Trantula & the rest is bits apart from the turbos & BOVs. This build was a lot of fun Brian

These were a pair of "Ol Boys" by my mate Richie that were amongst the lost posts! ...(Thanks to those who got the site fixed, much appreciated) I want to post them again because they are so good & I'd like to have them recorded here. Thanks again Brian

Very sweet build Bruce. It sits right & it LOOKS right. Brian