raisin27

I recently won a Model King Rat Packer kit as a door prize and decided to do a quick build on it. My intention was to to basically do it box stock just so I could actually finish something, but as we all know it very rarely works out that way! It is getting pretty close to finished, just have to detail under the hood and do a few more things to the chassis. It is pretty much box stock but I did redo the interior and chassis tin along with relocating the front tires a bit farther forward. These old AMT "funny cars" are pretty basic, but they are fun to do and make some pretty cool looking old drag racers. Thanks for looking, Raisin

Thats one cool ride, excellent details on the interior and mill. Raisin

Built from an original JoHan Comet glue bomb. I added the engine compartment from a Monogram Mustang and replaced the chrome headlights with lenses from an AMT 56 Ford kit. The rims are resin pieces from Scalemodelingbychris, the paint is Duplicolor, and the decals are from Slixx. Thanks for looking, Raisin

Nice build, I like the details like the bluing on the headers. Raisin

Looks low and mean! Raisin

Nice job on the chassis, she turned out great. Funny these old fairlanes are one3 of my favorite cars and I havent built one yet! Raisin

Whats not to like?................great looking old Chevy! Raisin

Scalemodelingbychris has an excellent selection and quick servive as well. scalemodelingbychris.com

This was the first show I ever attended, that was back in 2004. I enjoyed it so much I have gone back every year since then and plan on being there again this year. Good job guys, Raisin

Check out scalemodelingbychris.com they just released a resin 351 cleveland mill in 3 versions. Factory stock (4bbl), Street rod (with 3 valve cover options), and Pro stock (dual quads on a high rise manifold) Raisin

The motor in the Monogram Torino is the big block 429. I personally dont know of any kit with a cleveland mill except for maybe some of the NASCAR kits (the AMT taurus nascar kit I won as a door prize has a Chevy motor in it!) You could use parts from the Boss 302 motor in AMT's 69 Cougar or Monograms Mustang to make a pretty convincing cleveland mill. The heads and valve covers are the same. Here is a cleveland mill I made using this method.............

This is the my first finished build for the year. Was built using an old MPC pinto glue bomb and lots of parts from a mustang II firefighter kit and my parts box. Paint is duplicolor rattle can and the decals are slixx. I used parts from the AMT 69 Cougar to make the cleveland mill. Thanks for looking, Raisin

Like the grill, I used the dash from a Danbury Mint diecast, I had to section it a bit for proper fit.

Thanks Bill, The grill is from from a Danbury mint diecast that was sectioned to fit the opening. Hendrix resins also offers a 55 grill as can be seen on my 55 4 door. Its not quite as nice as the Danbury grill but is a lot cheaper!

This is one of my favorite builds. I used parts from AMT's 56 Ford and 58 Edsel, Lindbergs 53 Ford, Hendrix resins, and some scratchbuilding to make this 55 Ford Crown Victoria. Thanks for looking, Raisin

The theme for this years Motor City NNL was Hemi and all I had were Fords so I built this Sox & Martin Cuda. Its a Johan kit with slixx decals. Thanks for looking, Raisin

The Edsel got a bad rap because of bad timing. 58 was a very bad year for all midpriced cars. Pontiac, Buick, and Olds sales were off between 40 and 60 percent that year. Other brands like Packard, and Desoto were on the skids or went under all together. Before the Edsel launch Ford had hoped to get between 3 and 6 percent of the midpriced car market, they actually achived this goal with a 5 percent share. However they hadnt counted on the entire market being down by 50 percent! If the Edsel would have been introduced a few years earlier or a few years later chances are it would have been a great success.........you know what they say "Timing is everything!" Raisin

Really getting into these pro stocks of late, this one is made from an old MPC Pinto I picked up on Ebay. After a few days in the "purple pond" it came apart pretty easily. I used some parts from the Firefighter Mustang kit to tub it out, and am making a cleveland motor with AMT 69 Cougar parts. Got rid of the chrome headlights (I HATE chrome headlights!)and added a set from a Lindburg 53 Ford. Still got a ways to go, but shes off to a pretty good start. Thanks for looking, Raisin

Heres a link to what I was able to cobble together this year. I even surprised myself as to how many I was able to do! Thanks for looking, Raisin http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v19/amaz...ss%20of%202006/

Check scalemodelingbychris.com he has anything you might need for garage diorama supplies. Raisin

Thanks everyone, the Cammer is the kit supplied one from JoHan. I think the JoHan Cammers and Boss 429's are about the best out there!

Finished up the Don Nicholson car............

i remember a few years back in the 24 hrs of daytona the nissan team was so far ahead they stopped near the end of the race to wash off the car for the victory pics

I finally got the decals for the Don Nicholson Maverick..........still have to paint the black trim but I think I got a pretty good start on it. Thanks for looking Raisin P,S, Im not sure why the pics are so blurry, but if you click on them thet are much clearer

The Maverick is just about ready for the first shakedown runs now.............just a few small details and touch ups left, and if that Boss 9 delivers what it promises I may have to add a set of wheelie bars! Thanks for looking, Raisin