Hooked on Chaparral

Sorry to bump this up folks trying to make contact with BRENDAN if he is still about.

Beautiful excellent work WOW

Brendan, I realize this is an OLD, OLD post, but I was hoping to get a couple clarifications from you. I have been away from the hobby quite sometime and only recently returned early 2018. I picked up one of these kits and according to the info I have gathered, Studio 27 claims it's a new tooling. This kit was released in 2002. I witnessed Davy Jones win with this real car at Mid Ohio, that after a short stay in a gravel pit to boot. I have a few pictures, mainly with a long lens and not real focused, also NOT the car I was there to see at the time. When you stated that a few things were not added or missing from the Bud Light version as opposed to the European based Silk Cut version would you mind elaborating on just what they were other than the roof "hump" and side exhaust tips? Considering the amount of cash I paid for this kit, I would really like to nail it best I could and anything you can recall that may need some care would be greatly appreciated. Your version is a real beauty and I cannot see anything out of order from the #2 when I saw it displayed at Mid-Ohio. thanks

These color choices are just perfect for this model looking forward to the finished product.

I began this project back in March of and on. Its a Trans kit from ZoomOn in cahoots with Beemax/Aoshima. Its a curbside but is extremely technical and challenging. I will be adding more photos and providing an commentary that I can. Commentary is NOT my strong suit>

Claude, very well thought out , planned , and executed. just a beautiful model sir.

So very clean, and done with no pressure obviously. Building slowly and precisely the only way to go.

STUNNING!!!! that is the only verbage coming to mind right now for me, and descrition wise typing!!

Man I guess i haven't been here in awhile. Beautiful work on these, you can always tell when someone truly feels the passion for these cars,Thank You for sharing.

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wow that works real well

I told you about that memory thing

Thanks Brian, sorry it's not the finished product if you look you can see in the second photo the stacks. I wanted to try something different and "stuff" an engine in there instead of the kit provided fake kit provided. On my next build I promise to photo the "power plant". George Folmers Javelin.

I do have an engine somewhere pretty sure you're not going to like it. I have to look here somewhere. I have made it known I am not much on photos, basically before and after covers the extent of my photo work.

Great job! Bobby Rahals ride if, ahem, memory serves me right? Very clean build.

amazing piece of work Dann you should be very proud

Thank you all for the comments. I appreciate them all very much. A couple more points, I reworked the firewall in the cab and even though its extremely hard to see, I also added a correct roll bar, the radiators are photo etched,the "black" air discharge marking on the radiators is also decal, and thinned aluminum tubing for the exhaust dumps. These points are minor, but, still..... again thank you.

There is a wired, detailed 427 tucked away in there, picture 2 shows the stacks peaking up through. I left the wheels magnesium instead of painting them aluminum per Paul's instruction, I just like that look a little better as far as realism. I also replaced all the molded in dzus fasteners and used photo etched (not sure whose, but not supplied) and exposed them though polishing, I also used IndyCal decals for the wheels. Instead of painting the dash and the wing edges I chose to use decal film, I wanted to make sure there would be no nasty paint edges involved. Please excuse the quality and size of my photos, I REALLY don't have this part down.

Great job Tony! I am also a huge fan of all things Chaparral, I never realized there was so much clean up on these you did a fantastic job with this, well done.

Wow! How did I miss this ? This is looking so fine. I HAVE got to follow this.

Me.. wayyy in the back on drums and "momma" on vocals.

Beautiful job Art, it just flows so well. WOW!!

I apologize for not going into any details I I will go into detail, when it is completely finished. thank you again for stopping by.