majel

Your skill level is off the charts John!! I always enjoy seeing your builds. The oxy-acetylene torch, tool box, and battery charger are great additions.

Just finished this project. It's the Revell 1/16 Mickey Thompson US Marines kit with Chuck Boerner decals. The aftermarket parts came from ProTech, Top Studio, and Detail Master. Body color, clear coat, and chassis are all Tamiya paints.

Really nice detail, great looking dragster. Where did the driver figure come from?

That is a very nice build and a great tribute! Well done!!

Thanks guys, i saw him and Jungle Pam in 75 or 76 at Beeline Dragway in Scottsdale, AZ. Love the 70's and 80's funny cars.

Here is a box stock build of the 1/16th scale Revell Jungle Jim funny car that i built around 1998. It was the first large scale model I built after i got back into the hobby in 1994.

Same issue, I have the 1mm and the 2mm pens and both have turned to silver. Tried soaking the tips, shaking it up real well and still get the same silver results. Not impressed with the apparent short shelf life.

So after stripping off all the decals I realized the Chuck Boerner decals are much different from the Slixx decals I originally used. The Slixx decals assume using the rear glass, whereas Chuck's decals are correct for the actual car that ran without rear glass. So I filled in the rear window with sheet styrene and glazing putty and repainted the car. I've got the new decals installed along with the parachute and interior things so I'm ready for a coat of clear and finish it up. I was incredibly impressed with Chuck's decals, they go on great and are almost foolproof.

It is extremely frustrating when your build goes backwards. I lost some stars on the roof because the decals were old and some didn't stick well. I thought I could get another set of Slixx decals and replace the missing stars but that set is out of production. I found a set on Ebay for $58, but that's ridiculous!! So I bought a set of Chuck Boerner decals and stripped the old decals off. Now I've got to repaint or massively touch up the blue on the body and try this again! Hopefully I have better luck the second time around.

It's a shame that the kit was so bad because that is a nice looking car. Thanks for the info on the kit, you did a great job of persevering and turning it into a good looking model.

Wow!! This is coming along nicely and looks awesome. Very impressive work!

Looks like it's seen its share of races, very well done!

As soon as I get the body finished and clear coated and install the parachute, cord, and mounting bracket I can call this one done!

That is very nice, I've always loved the early pro stockers.

I would say that is an aptly named car!! Love the color, very well done!

Very cool model, great job!!

Thank you guys, I'm on the home stretch!!

Not sure my brake line setup is 100% correct, but I did see a similar setup on a Hawaiian funny car. Used .025 stainless welding wire for the brake lines and the kit tee. Might not be exactly right but I think it looks better than the kit supplied brake hose.

Nice clean build, great detail work under the hood.

That is a very cool dragster! Extremely well done.

Very nice looking, great detail work! This definitely deserves a third life, as they say the third time is the charm!!

Very clean looking build, nice job!

Very cool, the old pro stocks were awesome looking!

That is amazing looking!! Your paint jobs are always incredible, and the detail work looks great.

Wow Tim that came out real nice! I'm using a set of Slixx decals that I bought at least 15 years ago. Unfortunately all but about four of the decals tore into multiple pieces, most of them in the water while still on the backing paper! Very frustrating!! The stars on the roof are all individual pieces and after letting everything set up for four days I wiped the model down and ten of the stars came off! So now I'm trying to find another set of decals so I can finish this up.