OldNYJim

Thanks fellas! A little more progress… Cut some skinny strips of mask and laid down some simple pinstripes, rather than just have the body all black… Then shot black: Then peeled the masks: Then did some cleanup on the stripes (this mask that I tried isn’t quite sticky enough - need to try a something else next time…) then added a coupla three decals and shot it all with gunmetal Pearl Ex followed by Testors acrylic clear: Was going for a fantasy vintage NYPD livery - the idea of an illegal street racer in police insignia amused me… That’s in the dehydrator baking now ready for polishing in a couple of days; meanwhile, painted the bed and started detailing that with some woodgrain: Got some more painting to do on that bed, but it’s a start…need to start painting the suspension and wheels this afternoon so I can start assembling the frame. More soon!

That's a REALLY good tip, thanks buddy! There's plenty of jars of stuff formulated for lexan RC car bodies on eBay, but I haven't tried that over styrene so I'd prefer something I'm a little more familiar with. I'll check that out!

Been watching for one of these (the full detail version rather than the snap kit) at a decent price for a while…grabbed this one one on the bay for fifteen bucks: Another one for my Boyd collection…need to find some Chezoom Teal paint for it now!

Man, that hood fit is horrible...

Thanks buddy! Thank you too! I actually just used regular Tamiya styrene cement in the jar with the orange lid…but I gave the outside of the seam a good thick coat too to hopefully seal that seam up. It seemed to work ok! That’s a good idea!! I haven’t built one of these before so I’m (kinda) trying to build it box-stock-ish to see how this kit goes together and what to watch for…but I’ve also got ideas for like 10 more (11 now ?) so a more detailed version will be coming down the pipe I’m sure….is there a particular kit you like that has a decent big block? Little bits of progress here - trying to get some major components in paint so I can start actually putting some stuff together. Shot the engine and frame in Testors metallic blue: Then painted the bits I forgot the first time… Got the body straight enough to start laying down some paint, so tonight I shot one last thin coat of primer, followed by Createx pure white base, followed by Pearl Ex macropearl: This thing is actually going to be black with some white graphics, but it’s way easier to paint black over white than white over black… Not a bunch of progress, but excited to do more on the body next and see if I can hit the idea in my head…more soon!

I never saw that box art before - that's cool!

That's the name! I couldn't remember it, but yes! Curt makes some really nice looking wheels! And yes, it would really add to the look of any of these!

Who was it here who makes those awesome little wire wheels, with actual wire? Those would look cool on one all of these! And, admittedly, probably double the value of the build, but still...

A truck delivering something to my place of work today was also hauling this airport tug - it’s called an Eagle apparently. Not super exciting, I know, but exciting enough for me to go poke around it for a while and check it out…

Atlantis is doing such good work with these old kits - its so cool to see this stuff come around again.

It’s such a joy to see a real craftsman doing amazing work like this. Thank you so much for sharing the process ?

This thing is parked right inside the gates of our local junkyard, and I pass it twice a day commuting from work. I keep thinking how much it should follow me home…

They look legit for a pony cart I'd be interested to see if anyone knows if they're based on a real wheel design - I actually like the style of them, but I agree, they're not what I think of when I picture an early slingshot. Time to go research on The HAMB!

I got a text from Con-Ed asking me to help save electricity by turning my A/C off. Nevermind that I haven't been in NY for 11 months...I wonder if they turned off all those big screens in Times Square tho? That would save some juice!

Cool builds @Daddyfink! Dumb question for anyone who knows - what are the two levers in the cockpit of the Moon dragster? Brakes and 'chute?

Those are good leads, thanks Charlie! I had wondered about the Testors gloss green myself - I think you're right, it's slightly too bright out of the bottle but it wouldn't take much to get it matched to the right color

Thank you sir! Today’s (small amount of) progress… Stripped the chrome from the rear axle and got that assembled…not going wild on messing with the rear end as it’s nowhere near as visible as the front: Those tires look huge on there! With the cab and bed on there they look like what I was shooting for though: As you can see, I squirted a little primer on there to see how much work the body will need - I’ll need to do some more fine tuning but overall it isn’t too bad. Scratchbuilt a rear bumper, because it was just easier than cleaning up the kit part: And I was hunting to see if I had a parachute in any of my spares boxes but couldn’t immediately find one…picked up three resin cast ones off eBay for a fair price so that’ll give me some options to try: Would this thing need a parachute? Doubtful…but it would maybe intimidate your rival at the street drags a little ? More soon!

I did forget that one! Really should’ve picked one of those up before they were $50+ on eBay…

That’s what I thought (but never built either…) Thank you! There’s a lot of slingshot dragster parts and kits appearing all of a sudden, what with these and the Gopher/Revell frame parts pack that just got reissued

Those are different kits though, right? Or no?

Thanks for the comments guys! Nice job on the bodywork for yours @Snake45 - looks like you did about what I did too. Get ‘er brung out - we can race em! ? Spent the day at the bench today - I didn’t like the front axle that came with the kit too much: It’s not BAD, I guess, but I wanted to scratchbuild a straight axle for it seeing as all those suspension parts at the front especially are so visible on a car like this. Some hours later… Took me longer than I thought it would considering this is just a straight piece of styrene round bar connected to the springs out of the box ??. Looks better though, I think… Tomorrow’s job will be replacing the kit front shocks with some home made ones - replaced the mounting bracket part already and added receivers to the axle, just gotta make the actual shocks: Oh, and when I was waiting for the glue to dry I spun up those two-piece plastic tires in the lathe and levelled them out nice and smooth to get rid of the visible seam: Hoping to get this thing on it’s wheels tomorrow to see how the stance looks…more soon!

Absolutely outstanding! Looks like if the Terminator was a motorcycle! I like the photoetch mesh over the headlamp, those welds on the tank and the overall look... How did you achieve that hammered finish on the round piece on the front of the engine there? That looks amazing!

I've been really looking forward to seeing another of your projects hit the bench John. Back over Christmastime I spent an enjoyable few days going through the dozens of excellent build threads that you've posted here in the past...I've since referred back to them on multiple occasions and continue to re-read them frequently for inspiration. Can't wait to see this one come together!

I'd buy multiples of all of those too!

Ok, very minor progress after a few days putzing… I wanted a nice secure bond of cab to fenders so I cut some little styrene pieces that fit right inside the arches, tacked it all in place with Loctite gel, and then after I got it all straight used styrene cement to lock it all in place. Once that was done, I filled the gaps with some little slithers of styrene to plug any gap big enough to take a slither of styrene: This body isn’t super straight and will need some fettling before paint, especially as I’m going to go nice deep gloss black for this one…started some puttying tonight to help get it straight: The kit tires rear are pretty skinny, and whilst I was researching 1:1 builds I got attached to this wider-tire look: I ordered a set of AMT Jumbo drag slicks, but the seller sent me the exact size tires I had already: So, some parts-box digging later I came up with these instead: The stance isn’t right here at all, but I love that combo of bigs ‘n’ littles…they’re not as big as some I’ve seen, but big and dumb enough to look cool, and close to what I have in mind. Next jobs will be messing with the frame and suspension to get the stance how I imagined it, and figuring out how to have the hood attach back on nicely after I cut it all off…more soon!