Kennyboy

Thanks for the heads up! Got her fixed now. Thank you Frank!

Thanks alot Sean! I also loved these when I was younger! I plan on using cotton for the tire smoke and will do flames out of the headers (maybe even an arm sticking out holding the 8 ball shifter!) Thanks Jeff! Glad you like it

So I got this Polar Lights 55 Chevy Badboy kit at a local swapmeet/rummage sale a couple weeks ago. The kit body is lacking to say the least, but I came up with the idea of putting a 1/16 scale blown HEMI in it from a Snake Prudomme Funny car (car was in fair shape anyway.) 1st order of business was to disassemble the engine and strip/repaint parts + add more realism (strip chrome and paint/alclad as necessary) 2nd (which I am working on at this time) work on engine details : new metal lines, new blower belt, anodized fittings, new wires, and new solder fenderwell headers 3rd: Make the engine fit the small body. This became a BIG pain! I had to stretch the body at the doors another 3/4" to get the giant mill to fit between the fenders.......no hood on this Badboy! 4th: Paint the body in a scheme that was reminiscent of the 50's.......Paint is Seaside Aqua from Rustoleum (decanted and airbrushed), once dry, I will paint the roof, quarters, and trunk white. 5th: Remove shotty kit body molded-in details and add back chrome parts/lights from a '55 Chevy kit (Polar Lights kit is molded in Flo Green like a toy) Here are some pics of where this at as of today on the last two. ENJOY!

Tears of the Sun.........Capt. Bill Rhodes

Above the Law.......Nico Toscani

Thanks guys!! I will be getting back to this soon....got to finish some lingering WIP builds first.

"Look! A rhythmic social gathering!" I'm gonna guess "Back to the future"

As a tuner builder (at times) like yourself Jonathan......I feel that was well said.

Too much is just enough!

--"I cant drive you around while you're killing folks. It aint my job!--Tonight it is." GREAT movie! Collateral, with Tom Cruise

Coneheads............

American Hustle

Aw man! I cant believe TDR came out with the kit on the NRE black motor!! Oh well....I wasn't moving that fast on it anyways. (I was building mine from scratch on my 1/12 Camaro GT car.)

VERY nicely done Zoltan! Looks great! I have this same kit on the "to do" pile.....gonna do mine in Abu Dhabi Blue.

Cant quote at work James.....but it is the Uncle in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Wing looks great Kerry! Love how you got the wheels/tires tucked in there. You forgot the money-shot photo though.....the one from behind showing those steamrollers!

Achilles from the movie "Troy"

No matter how much you change, you still have to pay the price for the things you've done I'm gonna guess.........The Town? Doug MacRay

Definitely go with the disks!! Was well worth your time, and will make the build look great!

That is correct Carl!

I am glad that we could work thru the issues.....just wanted to see this keep going! LOVE the direction it is going!!

Oh WOW.......of course.

It is a quote from one of the songs on the album Quadrophenia from The Who.......but dont know the movie it was in.

This so awesome Kerry!! We are going to brainstorm this wheel and tire issue and keep this on track for sure!

Look man, you can listen to Jimi but you can't hear him.