Lobo2me

Let's go to the strip and watch these guys battle it out with all of the cool cars above....

Very cool! My favorite Funny Car era too! Compared to today's "one size fits all" (which are still my fav class of dragsters), cars from this period had a unique, experimental, trail & error nature about them that still makes them fun to imagine, engineer and build. Another great job Claude!

Very cool Hot Rod! Really clean! Love the paint job, decals, and light the blue tinted windows and headlights. Well done!!!!

Claude...you kill me! This is nuts!!! Very cool, up to date, and very well done. Drifting while hanging on to that steering wheel reminds me of driving the porcelain bus when I was learning to drink!

Nice job...in one of my favorite colors!

Sweet! Nice paint job and a creative wild ride!

Lots of memories and proud moments I'm sure. Well done, great looking model!

Very cool. When style was in style! Well done!!!!

I posted this one a few months ago, but was never happy with the choice of wheels. I wanted to keep the original AMT 1:25 scale Dodge Viper RT/10 donor kit rubber, but never cared for the factory Detroit Wheel & Tire wheels. I monkeyed around with some ENKEI92 wheels leftover from a Scirrocco, shaved them down, press fit them into chrome trim rings, and added knock-off spinners. They looked OK, but not the best for this crazy drifter. Plus, I really can't stand fake knock-offs on 1:1 kit cars. So, I took another dive into the parts bin and came up a set of wheels from Lindbergh's '38 Ford Custom Van. But the low profile rubber was way too small in diameter. I finally got around to hogging the originals out, and shaved the flange off the back side of the wheels so they'd sit properly in the meaty Michelin's. I think it looks much better now. Thanks for looking

Thanks for the excellent shots of this epic build. Amazing! Can't wait for your next update.

Very cool! Nice job!!! Really like the overall look and nice job on the weathering.

Always one of my favorite cars. Well done and I really like the paint job!

What a beast! Miles of plug wires and all 96 exhaust pipes. Where did you source the motors? Great job!

Very nice. Love the engine detail!

Nice decal work and great color choice. Excellent job! Now you have me itching to do another Tamiya model.

Bang on! Well done!

Santo sgombro! This has got to be the most creative and beautiful repurpose of a junk bin find…ever. A battleship with left over doodads from a dragster kit and parts from a T-Bird, Challenger, Jag, with Ferrari power. Your vision and imagination is inspirational! Sensazionale!

What would a highly customized 1938 Custom Ford Delivery Funny Car look like? This project was one of those what-ifs that turned into a reasonably complicated, challenging build, hence the name. I try to include just enough realism to be plausible. In the end, I am happy with the results, which is the point of all this craziness. Enjoy, and thanks for looking. Donor Kits Lindberg 1:24 Scale 1938 Custom Ford Van - body o Body Mods Top chopped addl. 3” chop on already chopped 4” kit Body lengthened approx. 1.25 scale ft, smoothed and sectioned 6” Wheel openings reshaped Side vent cut-outs Hood blower lip Tinted windows - smoke Front Splitter & Rear Wing – styrene sheet Escape Hatch Revell 1:24 Scale McDonald’s Olds Funny Car - chassis Chassis Mods Posable Front Suspension – scratch built Fire Bottles, Black Box and Fuel Tank repositioned Engine Mods Plug Wires & Injector Plumbing Blower Pulleys & Belt – Pro Tech Add-Ons 5 Point Racing Harness Twin Parachutes – scratch built Paint Tamiya Titanium Silver TS-88 (body) Tamiya Light Gun Metal TS-46 (chassis) Tamiya Gun Metal TS-38 (engine block) Tamiya Black TS-14 (wheels) Tamiya Matt Black TS-6 (body underside) Tamiya Clear TS-13 Rust-Oleum Bright Coat Chrome (rear wing, tinwork, headers, fuel tank) Testors Gloss Red, Gloss Black, Flat Black, Med Silver, Zinc Chromate Molotow Chrome pen Decals – custom inkjet, model kit & carbon fiber

Fantastic! I only built one 1/8th model in my life and that was Monogram's E-Type in the mid-60s. Sadly, now I don't have the workspace, display area, or the brain power to take on a challenge like this. But I am really enjoying following your amazing work. Thanks!

Hi José. Hopefully we will learn something. Someone always seams to have a secret up their sleve. Thanks José

Hi José....did you ever get an answer to your question about how best to dissolve / remove old plastic cement, or did I miss something...? What did you end up using and what worked the best...? Keep going, looking good!!!

Sharp! Very classy!!

FANTASTIC! Great work.

That's a tough one...nice job!

Nicely done!