Dennis Lacy

I loved following the pickup project in Modelers Corner back in the day. The conversion looks just right and the model as a whole is awesome. It inspired me to grab a couple of those white metal chassis kits from R&D Unique. Let’s just say they were beyond my set of skills at the time. What a mess I made of that stuff! I still don’t think I’d have the patience. ?

Absolutely beautiful factory stock ‘48 Convertible! BONZAI!!!

Wow, absolutely gorgeous! Nice job on the SD conversion and you can’t go wrong with Maroon on a ‘32 Ford. Also liking yellow as the accent, don’t know that I would have tried that but it works nicely. Detailed Flathead looks awesome!

Has it really been 12 years since the chopped ‘48 Came out?! Geez! I’ve seen and studied this model on your Fotki account. While everyone complained that the chop was terrible in style for a period custom it sure looks perfect as a drag car! Love the stance and wheel & tire combo. I also like that you went with an unpredictable small block Ford. It looks to me like you used the frame and complete rear suspension from the MPC ‘57 Chevy/‘53 Pickup “flipnose” kits with the ‘41 Willys front suspension fit to it.

Bitchin’ drag combo! Just imagine the looks as that rolled into the local strip. ? Love the two-tone paint scheme and the wheel & tire swap on both.

Turned out freakin’ sweet! I especially like the chassis with the ‘41 Willys front end and ‘65 Chevy II rear axle set up. This might be the first kit-bash of those new Moebius parts on the forum?

Love it! Excellent color choice and the back-dated wheels are perfect.

I had never heard of the original full scale dragster. Talk about an engineering puzzle! Great job on your scale replica. Must have took some thinking to bring it all together!

That’s absolutely bad ass!!!

Looks great from here! These Custom Car Parts sets were more like suggestions, not so much specifically engineered to go together. ?

Looks WICKED with the chop and one piece front clip! Also really dig the orange and white color scheme. Very cool!! And I remember that well! (That is from the 90’s when I went through all of my dads back issues one summer. I was still in diapers when the article came out! ?)

This is killer, Tim! Very authentic looking and I especially like the fade paint. Also dig that last 3/4 rear shot with the headers coming down and quick change poking out. Looks ready to conduct business! (I also had a laugh that you got complaints for using too many sources for your kit-bash projects. Sorry folks, that’s the name of the game! ?)

Excellent work! This is now my favorite rendition of this kit that I’ve ever seen. Love everything about it and especially the injected Pontiac and car name / graphics. Thank you, also, for your commentary on Gassers. I’m no authority but the one thing that kills me (full scale or model) are the exaggerated nose-bleed stance some people build into them. That’s not how they looked back in the day!!!

I just love this! It has the right look from every angle. Stance, proportions, wheels & tires. All on the money. I also like the restraint you showed such as the simple single carb small block. Looks like it would be a nice driver.

Wow, the chassis’ and interiors look so nice and clean! Fantastic color choices throughout!!

I wish I still lived in the United States ?

RAD!!! Looking forward to following along. Whatever it takes you have to keep the slammed mock up stance.

Wow does that body look WICKED!!!

I’ve looked and looked and fail to see any flaws? Glad you shared it cause the consensus is that it’s awesome! Looks like a Weesner painting brought to life. Absolutely killer, RRR!!!

More chop!!!

I like the black steel wheels and whitewalls with satin paint. If it deep shiny black then I’d say the Americans.

This goes to show that I don’t give this kit enough credit. It clearly builds into a great looking model and you’ve proved it x2. They’re both very well done and this is an excellent study in how the same pile of parts can be put together into two vastly different looking cars. My preferences lean me towards the red Coupe with less chrome, cast finishes on the engine accessories and black walls.

Looks really good on that wheel and tire set! I don’t care for those front tires on the Willys they come in (or under other early cars) but they look appropriate under the 60’s Nova body. Any fit issues with the slicks? They’re quite a bit wider than the piecrust slicks in the Nova.

This is a bitchin project! Love it! One of my go-to’s for raw aluminum is Tamiya Silver Leaf with their Flat Clear. Check out the intake and oil pan in the picture below.

Proving once again that if you put a mediocre kit in the right hands it can be transformed into something bad ass! Love all the changes and details you added and it’s really hard to go wrong with the Icy Blue.