M W Elky

It looks like the pro charger just fits nicely done

I built this from the mpc hot rod mustang funny car kit. Right out of the box with the addition of a wheel swap from the amt double dragster, and decals sourced from the very talented chuck Boener. As always thanks for looking ?, Mike

Looks great nice clean work

Man that looks amazing the orange air brushing around the grill and front fenders really make it pop

Really nice job that captures the short wheel base early 60’s dragsters. Well done

I brought this kit at a car show swap meet 40 years ago because it was a red 64 dodge that mom & dad brought me home from the hospital in when i first saw the light of day.This became my first spray painted model which my dad painted for me in our old greenhouse. The red testors enamel went on nice and smooth with no orange peel or runs .However the humid greenhouse environment knocked the glossy finish off of it. I did the assembly and it lived on my shelf for the next six years at this time I decided to replace the kits born with hemi with the wedge from amt’s 49 Mercury. From here it went back on the shelf for 20 years. During a move it fell and hit the floor which took out the a pillar and cracked the windshield into storage it went. This winter I decided to take it apart and make it into the version that I always wanted with the help of smp decals a fresh paint job , and a more detailed chassis/ engine from the lindburg color me gone kit. I also used the new grill from the lindburg kit . The front wheels and tires are some leftover amt parts . The cool looking Jo-Han fender well headers don’t really fit the lindburg chassis to good and the tubes don’t meet the heads on the engine, but they look great from the outside. I think this build captures the look of the magazine cover, and I’m so glad to see it back on the shelf next to my other honker dodge’s. As always thanks for looking ? , Mike

They all are fantastic the 69 cuda is my favorite. You just can’t go wrong with the Sox & Martin red white & blue

Looks great perfect stance . what chassis did you use ?

Looks great it’s got that 90’s pro street vibe

I know that Buick had a air stream edition in the late sixties. It came with a trailer hitch and a assortment of balls in the trunk. Big block engine, turbo 400 and posi rear

This is timeless revell jungle Jim Vega funny car kit with parts box wheels , and slixx decals

Dave it looks fantastic. The green paint looks like a mirror and the shade of green looks spot on . I’ve been wanting to build this one for sometime myself, and my decals just came in the mail last week. Now seeing yours I really can’t wait.. thanks for posting.

This one started off with the amt nova pro street kit. I altered the rear wheel wells separated the front fenders and made a one piece flip front end . In the engine compartment is a big block from the amt 1967 pro street chevelle kit with the injector manifold from the amt 63 corvette the stacks are aftermarket , the timing chain cover was in the amt 1939 ford sedan The wheels are from the old pro nova . The front leaf springs came from the amt 1933 Willy’s the axle is aluminum tubing . I made the roll bar from 0.80 plastic rod . The hurst t- handle shifter is from the mpc flip front 1953 ford pickup. Amt blue streaks out back and Firestone supreme tires up front. The beautiful red enamel is plain old testors topped with slixx decals. as always thanks for looking ?, Mike

Great looking rail job . I’ll have to get some of those front wheels. Thanks for posting

I built the 1987 reissue and would love to see it back. The body proportions look fine to me as it’s only a model. I always thought the monogram kits looked a little big , but I also preferred 1/25 scale. I would be nice to have a more detailed chassis plate , and a interior with a removable back seat. A set of Fenton wide and narrow aluminum slots these would work well for a drag and a custom version , Firestone drag 500’s , and a couple of pro stock style hood scoops , optional hemi heads and valve covers , a tunnel ram with dominator carb’s just like the ones in the grumpy’s pro stock vega. A nice t- handle hurst shifter complete with reverse lock out lever, and a simple roll bar could nicely round out the drag option. Even though I usually build drag cars l would definitely build a winged and coned nose nascar version, and a full custom version. If nothing else keep that 440 six pack, and cool pistol grip shifter . I can also see some cool box art with a petty nascar racer , or a Sox & Martin drag car or a full custom even a stock version in that sweet mopar copper color . I don’t think round 2 can go wrong on this one. Here’s a couple of pictures of my 1987 issue survivor

Nice job ? you just can’t beat the looks of the Sox & Martin red white and blue.

Thanks Jeff , the 4- speed era was the best time for pro stock . You saw who the real drivers were. The Lenco transmission and compact cars changed everything

I built this model sometime in the early nineties from kit bashing the johan Sox & Martin cuda with the new at the time amt/ertl challenger kit. The aluminum slot mags are from the johan pro stock comet . I had to use two sets of Fred cady decals as the black base color bleeds through the yellow. The yellow panels had to be cut and splice together since they were drawn to fit the monogram 1/24 scale body. The hardest part of the build was sanding the molded in vinyl top texture off the roof. The hood scoop was from the mpc 1975 dodge dart kit. The black paint is from krylon topped future floor polish. Before slixx started it was always tough to piece together all the right small sponsorship decals. When slixx decals came on the market it really changed everything for the better. I still so grateful they are still here. As always thanks for looking ?, Mike

I don’t think the 50 degree weather I paint when it’s cool out all the time .I find as long as the humidity is low i ok. If you blow up the dart photo you can see all the tiny decal wrinkles the happened from the clear coat

That back-up girl was the crew’s mechanic Austin Coil’s wife Barbra

I have had a similar problem with the slixx decals that I used on my landy’s dodge dart. Against my better judgment I tried to lightly sand and polish it out. Then respray it with another coat of clear lacquer, but the results were that it only looked slightly better. I realized it would never be right unless I stripped it and started over. The only problem was that the decal sheet was out of production. Being that it wasn’t leaving my shelf l decided to leave it alone. I now put all my decals on after the clear coat which eliminates this possibility. Your hornet ? looks fantastic by the way. You can be very proud of it. These old race cars often had many small flaws in them when you see them close up and in person. So I guess if I were you I’d leave it alone. although while the decal sheet is still in production now would be the time to fix it . On a different note how did you convince slixx to make decals for a body that’s kinda hard to come by ?

The Omni inspiration started when I saw this unwanted snap kit on eBay. So I decided to give it another chance as a lesser built Sox & Martin car . I also found a 3-D printed 1978 challenger body also on eBay, and thought both of these bodies could work with the mpc Vega as a donor kit for the chassis and interior tub. So far the paint jobs came out pretty good although I had some bleed through issues on the Omni. The interior tub fit really good I used the Omni dash on the Omni and will use the Vega dash for the challenger . The Omni will get a 340 engine. The challenger will be built as a curbside. As I found the 3-D printed plastic very hard and brittle to cut. I’ll have to move the front wheel wells forward on both builds.

I started with the revell Sox & martin kit , and added steel wheels from my parts box. The decals are Fred Cady. As always thanks for looking ?, Mike

One of the best pro stock kits ever made. I would like to see a remake of this one. I’ve sacrificed many of these for parts over the years, and the inventory is low

The slixx decals do fit the mpc mustang body really nice . I only had to trim a little bit off at the top of the rear wheel wells. If memory serves me correctly the body color was testors grabber orange lacquer which was a 1969 ford color