dragsterguy

Tim, this depends on how accurate you want to get, as I said above the Revell 70's 426's are good. Speed City casting makes great 426 block, but Scott is usually out of stock. Check his site. I'd say the HUG is 90% accurate, save the body and exhaust and under front hood detail. I'm relying on memory here!

HRM had a detailed construction feature on this ill fated car. Worth finding it.

Mikes decal has some Slixx sets. Two versions of the Cuda, high front end (flew) then lower AND it became Fred Goeske's after Tom. Fred drove it for years without incident. Write to SLIXX and ask for them, it never hurts.

The Donovan was just ( to put it simply ) an aluminum block 392. There really isn't a "392" front cover, but the blocks are different. Some casters make accurate 426 blocks They HUG covers are similar to the M/T 426 covers, but no name. I can't remember who made them, The headers are totally different, the Cuda had 8 pipes going out the rear, no collector. The car was amazingly stock inside, when it flipped at LIONS the headliner caught fire from the roof dragging on the pavement. McEwen said was pretty stock other than the obvious. There are many pics of the car online. One of the many 70's FC Revell FC motors would work. Remember Plymouth sponsored the car, the motor was a 65 Plymouth Hemi. Plymouth never made a hemi in the 50's, no 392. They sponsored it to sell cars. One of the best features of the HH/HUG kit is the transmission. it's the ONLY B&M Torkmaster dragster trans ever kitted. This was an early to mid-later dragster "automatic" trans that was pretty much standard on that era fuel cars. I've bough several HUG kits just for that reason. GOOGLE sucks on this kind of stuff. EVERYBODY in AA/FD ran one...like The Snake. Lookie here! It was a fluid coupling as opposed to just a dry clutch. for slippage -1966 Look at the Cuda fender, B&M Torkmaster

The HUG motor isn't a 392, it's a 426 Hemi with the magneto in the wrong place. The 426 is on the r=passenger side front, the 392 rear of the intake manifold. It isn't really very difficult to fix. There are some differences between the Hemi Cuda and the HUG kit.

You did it right! Perfect , better than 99% of real cars then, most were clunky and overdone, yours is good tasteful design. It really has "THE LOOK">.

Good work on the floor. It's actually kind of difficult to fit right and you did it perfectly! The body panels on these can also be difficult. LOOOKING GOOD MAN! You are doing great!!!!

Looks like a good product but they want my email password? Uh, nope/I'll pass.

Ok I gotta say it. Could the Cuda lead into a 64-65 Dart? I'm an eternal optimist here.

Just to confirm, the Cuda chassis doesn't have everything molded on the chassis plate? Separate rear end and springs, separate front suspension? I see the under hood area actually looks MoPar instead of the totally inaccurate AMT original, I wonder if it will fit the 67 and later cars. Same as the Dusters? I haven't checked wheelbases, just thinking out loud Nice to see this car ( I had a 66, and a big surprise!

Now that's an early 60's HOT ROD! Straight out of Car Craft or Rodding and Restyling, it really gets the look right. I can see the Monogram display in the hobby shop window, my pre teen face lusting after it's polished plastic glory! REALLY nice man! Sanitary.

Nice work! Really captures the look of the car. Man! Those were the days!

VERY COOL WORK! That looks great. Not sure how much supercharging that ol' Ford can take! I have the Jiggler as well, a nice 3-d printed addition ,> Even with the semi OHV (Jiggler) mod, the motor was still a Ford flathead, making maybe 200 hp. Imagine that, "hot" cars of the day made as much power as your average Toyota, or less. You have done a fine job here, looks very good! Put a floor in that thing! Revell neglected that!

It was a money grab kit from the funny car fever that swept racing and models when released. Those old AMT/ MPC kits are what they are, not created as "replicas" but rather hobby kits for mid teens . they were in business to make a buck, put together several existing tools and hope kids bought them I was a high schooler when Dyno Don ran this Comet I tried to build realistic drag cars but my skills and engineering weren't always very good! Same with AMT! I'm building my Comet AWB kit as either an altered (C/A with a 289 or b/xs with a FE. I' m just happy that stuff from 60 years ago is still existing, it was the Golden Age of drag racing.

Man those are .........beyond awful. I see the "A" , but no "I". There is just no sense of art in these, YUCK! Like 1961 AMT cars with every optional part glued on.

Very nice work. Stockers were big in the 60's, big as fuel cars. You did a GREAT job here. I agree about the headers, I don't get why somebody doesn't produce a line of headers. VERY KOOL!

I bought a magnetic jig from Micro Mark that I like very much. I can use other stuff like magnetic alligator clips. blocks of wood and bits of Play Doh to hold to proper heights and positions. I'm building simpler constructs as I like pre 1960 stuff to build. but I find this sheet metal base with very strong magnets on machinists blocks to square things up very nicely. Plus of course getting cuts the proper angle I have several miter devices, squares and a metal box to be important.

Very , very cool . I build drag cars for the most part. that and 30's or earlier weird stuff. I am way old, I remember the Fuel Cuda debut at Arlington ( maybe ), the fans hated it. Pelted Grassi and Austin with beer cans as well as the car itself. Yes you could haul in cans of beer back then. Hated it because "funny cars" were current popular cars, lots of stock body parts, not Dave Grassi's old aa/gas dragster with a 66 'glass body draped over it. The Mercury factory cars were about the only tube chassis cars. Yes I'm sure there were exceptions and it changed fast. Anyway fans hated it, it was a BIG ruckus when the brought it out. Garlits built a similar car using an old dragster. Guys hated that them. Rules were changed because of these two. The thing was the driver behind the rear end like a slingshot. That made it a badly disguised slingshot dragster, not a funny car. Driver must be in front, I saw this car race many times in the NW, it ran low 9's when I saw it. Now people love it.

The vendors only supplied the files, the printing and selling and mailing were by Shapeways. The vendors , for the most part either cannot or will not have the time for both things. That was the whole idea. Shapeways ruined it. I KNOW the reused to fix the site, they did NOT care about individual vendors or customer service. The took the majority of every sale. What do think the reason they went under might be?

Have six tons of parts, maybe something you need? Let me know !

Pretty much what I'm doing. I wondered about sanding "matches" (thin sanding strips and even bought a battery sander. Hoping these might take the initial bits off, followed by whatever. Right now I'm working with a 25 year old MCW resin body. It seems there are umpteen resins and plastic!

What's your take on removing those stupid molded in wipers? No drag car on earth had wipers. Scrape ? Sand ? Slice ? All the above? All of them ? Hoping for a genius solution ! THANKS !

Actually my wife is great and totally supportive of my hobby! I was joking! I bought a resin 68 Pontian from MCW, haven't gotten it yet. As for Dodges, I have three 65 Monaco's I found in a bulk hoard purchase. 90% complete! We have more than enough 7-72 Cudas, Chargers, Chevelles, RR's, Mustangs, Camaro's and ALL muscle cars! Can we move on please. Buicks, Olds, Chryslers etc, wagons, 4 doors etc? Got my bank card ready!

Looks like many people want this reissued. I hope without the 64 olds kit engine. I must point out though that the "Judson" superchargers are total fiction, never existed! Judson's were small blowers for British sports cars, 60's triumphs, MGS's and even VW. They never were that large, never run on a drag racing Olds! The (I guess ) The Webers are from the moon too. Never saw carbs made to angle like these. The chevy in the AMT AWB is a better choice, but a Revell SWC Olds is still better. Lots of good 64 Cutlas models with these goofy "Judson" blowers.