M W Elky

some progress on the wheels chassis and windows. Building really slows down this time of the year

Sweet build and one of my favorite mopar colors

Ah you can never go wrong with the red white and blue. Nice nose graft you would think that the body came that way . Also nice work on the engine bay . I for one would love to see a complete reissue of that old mpc kit with some upgrades . Round 2 should know there’s a big mopar fan base for drag , replica stock , and stock car

This really captures the essence of the early 60’s great job

You made that lindburg kit look so fine . Well done

It looks like I’ll be adding to my box art collection

How about it round 2 I would buys bag of those tires

Oh yeah you nailed that 60’s gasser look this kit is also one of my favorites and it pairs well with parts from all sorts of other kits . Like the gasser parts you used from the 55 nomad

I completely agree with you these are very scary times indeed. Thankfully I’ve got a pretty good stash that will keep me going for at least a few years

Wow that looks really nice with that smooth black paint and the white chassis a sixty’s custom trick many racers thought it would reflect the heat from the strip’s hot pavement. The Grumpy one painted his chassis white . As he was always looking for that competitive edge

Don’t be to hard on yourself you’re really capturing the look very well

Hey thanks

I really like that bench seat interior and that white will really wake up the Sox & Martin car

I built this a few years back and just used the slixx decals which are only close as they were made for the 64-65 cars . Woopiekat abruptly closed up shop before I could get the right set from them . Then along comes Joe Curtis of FREEMONT RESIN to the rescue so scraped off the slixx decals and on went the freemont’s . So I will now move it to the finally done shelf . Although not the most detailed build I think it really captures the jacked up Landy look . This is the earlier version before he lowered the back half of the car and radius the rear wells .So here’s the parts list altered states resin body : (NOW AVAILABLE FROM JOE @ FREEMONT RESIN ) it’s very well done AMT 1967 Dyno Don awb comet funny car : the back half of the chassis and interior panels cut down to fit Polar Lights funny car any mopar will do : front half firewall forward of the chassis, engine , transmission, fuel and water tanks front wheels and tires AMT Double Dragster kit : headers , injected intake manifold I used the valley cover paired with the carb mounting blocks from the 8 carb set up the injector stacks are parts box items left over from the AMT 66 Mustang funny car kit . Tamyia : Matt black Testors : diamond dust silver FREEMOMT RESIN : decals , the window decals are parts box clear blue sheet plastic/ .010 clear styrene sheet : windows AMT OLD PRO NOVA : Crager S/S rear wheels AMT Parts pack : blue streak slicks this was a very fun and rewarding project and not to hard even for a novice or someone just getting familiar with working with a resin body . It’s even better now that everything is easily available until next time thanks for looking, Mike

Your build looks great I agree Sox & Martin are high on the favorites list . For as nice and new as the revell kit is they really missed the mark on the body proportions it looks really chunky next to the fantastic johan body . Maybe just my opinion?

Now that looks like it was a fun conversion build it looks spot on . Kinda a forgotten W J car from the 80’s that must’ve been from when he first secured the GM sponsorship I guess.

Thanks it’s really a pretty nice basic kit just like the early funny cars were Unfortunately no I only have a 7’x8’ room which leaves very little room for display. Lucky for me I have some unclimate controlled space for unbuilt kits and box art collection.Really I’m just happy with that much, maybe down the road when I run out of kits to build I’ll add on a display area . Right now the road looks long

I built this straight from the model king release of this kit I did swap out the kits headers with ones that I made from solder and aluminum tubing. Which was my first attempt at solder headers my skill set making them has definitely improved. I also shortened the injector stacks the body is painted with Testors Italian red lacquer . The front wheels are resin and the back wheels are from the AMT 62 bel air kit . The slicks are AMT parts pack . The modern rod cover is a great shot. Until next time thanks for looking. Mike

Hey thanks Dennis the decals in the new kit look much better than the slixx decals that I used

They all look great. The mustang is a real pleasure to build I’ve done about 14 so far . There’s a lot of decals available for that kit right now.

The polar lights kit is a better rendition of the loggie chassis however I think I’ll try using the MPC chassis from the cougar when I build the 66 Dyno Don comet as it better represents the early loggie chassis. Plus I’ve been accumulating cougar parts kits as I have the need to build 5 of the 66 comets . The roll cage around the driver is very different and these cars evolved rapidly through the early years. Like in your photo the car has no pin stripes and in outer pitchers it has them. So maybe I’ll just leave them off .

Well it’s not mine but that’s a fabulous paint job

Yeah I masked them as I wanted the stripes to match the roof . I think it was the first time I bought masking tape just for building models. It had to be at least thirty five years ago which seems like a long time ago now.

Thanks . The 67 body is from the AMT 1967 comet kit all I did was glue the hood shut and added a front bumper spoiler that i made from sheet styrene. I had to slide the engine and the drivers compartment forward in the chassis. All in all it all fit together pretty good.

The Sox & Martin Plymouth is a great kit to build straight from the box . I built this one 30 + years ago right when it came out the paint is krylon white with Testors red , and Artic blue enamel. Also one of the first models I sprayed clear over. As for the Dyno Don comet it’s a straight up kit bash between the AMT 67 Comet and the Polar Lights 69-70 Mustang funny car . The paint is by testors gold base coat with a coat of metallic red topped with clear red . It looks like I got the color match right .Decals are by slixx . However I had a little more than a hard time with the white pin stripes I’ll have to try them again on another day. As for the cover I wanted something a little special for # 100 with these programs being seldomly seen plus the added bonus of two of my favorites Sox and Dyno . I was lucky enough to have met them both always professional . Until next time thanks for looking. Mike