Ian McLaren

Looks good! Nicely done

Well done, this is going to be a great model, I have a 1/12th MP 4/6 in progress but I have been seduced by the dark side "drag racing" Hope to get back to it soon.

Very cool, you don't see a lot of injected 409s. Dual quads and white paint will be next level, well done.

I had a similar problem my wife is super sensitive to any type of paint other than water based acrylics. I finally fell off my wallet and build a spray booth out on one sheet of MDF and a bathroom fan 150 CFM. Changed my life cut out a blank to go into the tracks of a sliding window and attached the exhaust hose to that Got fancy and added a furnace filter to the system Net result out of pocket $195,00 CAN, spray anytime I want to, wife HAPPY, so I'm happy, can spray small pieces without worry and the paint Jobs are better With the filter zero overstay on the exhaust fan. This has helped my modeling more than any other cash outlay, and our home life is much better. My recommendation build one ,buy one , or borrow one it's a no lose deal!

Firewall with fire windows cut out and framed, Upper tin framework and outer support structure added, tin and firewall test fitting body, tin, and chassis assembled for the first time Front and rear structures and fire wall all touching equally, the assemble is centered and straight. Success!

Shaping upper tin panel to inner body contours, Side rails only fitted and checking alignment with the chassis, Fitting process chassis to upper tin panel

BB/FC was a NHRA class back in the 70s it was part of a class call Pro Comp which pitted Dragsters, Funny cars and Altereds against one another. Dragsters and funnycar were further broken down into injected nitro A or blown alcohol BB, Altereds were very scarce and I'm not sure if both were allowed to compete or not but I think it was just one class. Beyond that the rules consisted primarily of safety issues and not so much performance related. It was pretty much a open series that spawned a lot of greats in drag racing. Ken Veney, Dale Armstong and many more.

Thanks Jerry we always enjoyed racing in Saskatoon, except mid afternoon when the wind came up and threw sand all over the track LOL I was with the Pony Express Pinto and raced with these guys for three years. It was those memories that drove this project.

No it was a Vega, originally with the old style flat nose when it was an A/FC ( injected nitro) then Brain put on the newer style nose and switched to BB/FC. Brian Louw the owner and driver and I have been talking through most of the build so it's pretty close to the original car. I'm now in the process of building the car In 1/16 in its earlier configuration . See WIP, Drag racing, Injected A/FC

36132.2 miles? In a lot of parts of the country cutting up a truck with that low mileage would have a lot of angry people at your door, I wouldn't spread that around too much!

The inner tin support frame sitting on the roughed out upper tin panel lots of sanding and fitting before they can be assembled

Love it, but I think I might have you out gunned However your looks quicker LOL

Nice clean build, the car looks good, well done

And the excellence continues. I saw the quick release and can only shake my head at the work involved in the smallest of parts.

Looking really good, well done!

I really like this project, it's different. I'll key an eye on this one

Really old build, A lot of my friends are military modelers and their general attitude (jokingly) was if you didn't build armor you weren't really a modeler. They had a contest coming up and wanted me to enter something and said this kit would be a great staring place. They were correct modifications include, Smooth and center turret on chassis, smooth side panels that include fences for the rear carbon fiber wing, side air intakes, smoothed front panel with SSR headlamps, chrome main gun, chrome machine guns with carbon fiber ammo boxes, new mesh rear grills, Mustang ll tail lamps. Rear diffuser and wooden F1 legality plank, full set of centerline bogie wheels with red and blue side markings, lowered the ride height, tracks with slick rubber pads, and additional air scoops on the turret. Once the body was smoothed it was sprayed in three different Chrome illusion colors to create a color shifting camouflaged paint scheme. The clear for some reason has lost some of it's shine mostly from abuse an handling over the years. May try to bring it back some day. The model did create quite a few conversations and laughs but they quit asking me to model military . Let me say here that this was for fun and I have the utmost respect for military modelers and their attention to detail and accuracy, and have made use of many of the procedures and products they use I my other modeling.

Starting tin work and firewall on the body. Building frame work to support the tin around the chassis, All of the pieces are fabricated out of .100" Evergreen L sections. Pieces shown next to chassis, roughed out firewall with mid plate flange in place. Chassis ow sits on the front and back structures as per the actual car and the midplate flange also just touches for a stable assembly.

Tremendous job

Just amazing

Thank you so much Christopher Yes the paint took two days to mask and paint not counting the clear coats after the fact. apparently painting the real car wasn't much easier so I've been told.

Part of a four car set I built commemorating the Alberta cars we toured with in Division six in the 70's

Can't believe I didn't include pictures of the fourth car of the set Doug Moody's Rentex Cuda BB/FC ! I'll fix that right now! Due to a computer crash I have none of the build photos for the model and the injector has been upgraded with a comp resins unit since these were taken

Car sitting on it's tube supports for the first time, kit clutch peddle, first and second upgrade replacement. Front body structure with body latch mechanism installed. I am re stripping the paint off the entire structure as it did not stick at all . Going to try a self etching primer this time as opposed to the Tamiya Grey. Detail shots of the body latch rod assy. Not sure the spring is going to be heavy enough. Now that the ride height is permanently set by proper supports front and rear I'm am starting on the body tin work. Custom built aluminum injector stacks have been ordered from Jeff Ferris and once they arrive I can finish the intake manifold and continue on with the engine.

Commenting on your skills and what you have built so far is redundant, but I do want to say that you are an inspirational and motivating force in the hobby. While I will never come even close to your level you have pushed me to improve as a modeler and I find myself going back two or sometimes three times to tweek a part for a better result. Thank you.