Wayne Buck

Here's a couple chassis shots and a better shot of the paint.

I purchased my copy of the "Double Dragster" kit with the tin box a little over a month ago and was planning on leaving it sealed. BUT, over the next few days it kept on calling to me from the shelf... "Wayne.... Wayne.... Open me.... C'mon, just take a look inside..." I couldn't resist anymore and had to take a peek at it's contents. After going through the box, it occurred to me that this kit was just too cool to be left alone! I built the Fiat first and am now working on the twin engine dragster. Here's a few shots of the Fiat. I painted the body with Testor's Pearl White (White Lightning) one coat lacquer, but the pictures don't seem to show the pearl at all. I guess Mr sun doesn't want to come out today. Its straight from the box with the exception of the carbs and stacks, and I widened the rear a bit. Oh yeah, and a M.A.D. mag. Hope you guys enjoy it.

Jim's idea looks like a winner in my opinion.

Nice job so far! I really like all of the details that you added. Keep up the GREAT work! Can I just make one suggestion, though? Take that dip stick and put it in the driver's side of the engine block where it meets the oil pan. Manual transmissions don't have dipsticks.

Holy Moly! That thing makes me claustrophobic just looking at it! I'd go nuts if I was inside of it!

That's a really mean lookin' Cuda! The stance is perfect for it. Excellent job so far! Keep up the great work!

Wow!! That thing looks awesome! Lots of cool details! Is that T-handle a kit piece? or did you make it? It looks great in there!

LOL Reminds me of a story my dad told me about when he was in high school. He came home and my grandmother was like "how was school today, Ricky?" "Oh it was great, mom." And my grandmother said "Yeah right! You cut school again and were riding around all day with your arm hanging out of the window!" His left arm was all red.. LOL

Yes, definitely practice on something other than the body. Some lacquers are so "hot" that they will make the plastic look like stucco. Brake fluid aint gonna do the trick on something like that. Plastic spoons work great for this. You can buy a box of 100 for a couple of bucks. I have a whole assortment of spoons with all different colors for reference. Just write on the handle what kind of primer, paint and (if used) clear you used on it.

From my experience, it will usually lead to a brake fluid bath. You might be able to get away with dusting the paint on in a whole bunch of really light, dry coats though. Not sure on that one. I usually try to match the paint and primer types.

Now there's something you don't see every day. That thing is really cool! GREAT job putting it together!

Those are pretty cool! I had a couple of them when I was a kid. Back when I was in middle school, we were in a class (I forget what it was.. "Technology" or something to that effect) and we all got to make Pinewood derby style cars that were propelled by CO2 cartridges. The cars were made of balsa and had a big hole in the back for the cartridge to fit in. We would line them up 2 at a time and there was a little tool that would puncture both at the same time. There were little eye hooks underneath and they would run down fishing line to keep them on the track. We had eliminations until 1 car remained. It was really cool! My car didn't do so well. I guess this was because I was more concerned about it looking cool than being light and aerodynamic. I made it look like a funny car. It was red with yellow and orange flames on it. Pretty sure I still have it somewhere.

Like Nick and Mike, I use MS Word. Just insert the picture into a new document and resize it. The ruler across the top is very helpful. And like others said, the printer is what makes it look grainy. You will need a decent printer to make the real small images look good.

Try to push it out from the back. If the inner fender well is in the way, you can drill a few holes in that.

Looks cool so far! I'm honestly not a huge fan of mopar, but I've always loved Cudas. ...and Dusters too. Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out! p.s. you had one too many sets of tags

For what its worth, I'll add a little experience that I had when I went to tech school... After I graduated high school, I went away to UTI in Illinois for the automotive technology course. Part of the course was a 6 week course called "Hot Rod U". We all broke up into groups of 3 and rebuilt a bunch of small block Chevys, dropped them into these fiberglass bodied T-buckets and dyno'ed them. After we got a baseline, we had a whole stockroom full of performance parts and we were allowed to pick some of them, install them onto the engine and dyno it again to see what kind of improvements they made. It was pretty cool! They had some pretty cool parts too. Aluminum heads, roller cams, etc.. Of course we all fought over who got the 4-71 blower. Anyway, in the last part of the course, we had like 10 different regular street cars (Camaros, Mustangs, etc.) and we had an assortment of parts and did the same thing with them as the T-buckets. I think the cars were donated from an impound or something... Our group had an LT-1 Camaro. We dyno'ed it stock and then installed a K&N cold air intake kit. When we ran it again (same day, no temperature changes or anything) with no changes but the K&N kit, believe it or not, the car LOST 12 horsepower!! It just goes to show that cars are engineered to have everything working together in harmony, so to speak. I'm sure that if the car had some other upgrades and an ECU retune, the air filter would have helped it, but, in this case it actually hurt the performance.

Ok, cool. Thanks for the response, guys!

Hey guys, I just picked up some Testors One Coat Lacquer on sale and I've never used it before. I was just wondering what you guys are using for primer under it. I would prefer a sandable primer, but it's not absolutely necessary. Thanks!

This ought to be a really interesting build! I'll be watching this one for sure. I love how those old dragsters roast the tires most of the way down the track! So awesome!

I think that is the prime reason why most of us build! I know it is for me anyway. So many cars runnin' through my mind that I would LOVE to put together, but unfortunately so little money... That is looking really awesome!!! SUPER job, sir!

Thanks! The car in your pictures looks pretty similar to my model! Even the battery shutoff switch is in the same spot! lol I think I'm gonna fit the hood a little better and paint it to match. Also, I have to try to find the missing front end pieces, looks kind of bad without them. I'll make sure she gets a spot on a shelf though. It looks pretty cool for what is is. By the way, I got your 74 Camaro kit in the mail yesterday and I love it! I started working on it already...

So, that's what the whiskey is for... Get em' a little "motivated" first!

LOL, yep it gets a little scary when you're coming to a stop! Gotta find something to grab onto quick! I got the idea originally from my dad. He had some old pictures of him riding one that he had built, and it looked so ###### funny (especially with the afro that he had!) that I just had to do it.

That sounds cool. Be sure to post some pictures when you're done! I want to make a chopper bike eventually too, but maybe a 3 wheeled one... One tip, if you do decide to make an "upside down" bike: Make sure the tubing you use between the handlebars and the forks is pretty strong or it will be very weird to ride. My first one had really thin tubing that flexed a lot and it was kind of scary. And, to make matters worse, it had a steering wheel instead of handlebars. Also, don't put the seat too far back or it will want to pull wheelies all of the time, and when you're up that high, wheelies are no fun! I want to put a steering wheel on this one, too, but I don't have any right now that I'm willing to ruin. I'm thinking of making one out of a section of chain that I have, but the chain is a bit thick. It's surprisingly easy to ride. The only hard part is starting off. You have to stand on something and give yourself a good push. It feels like you're up pretty high when you're on it. I got quite a bit of looks and comments when I took it for a ride the other night.

Wow! That is pretty insane! I like the whiskey tap and the "smoking pipe". LOL Good thing they didn't get pulled over. That woulda ruined their run... Or would they have the officer put on a pair of roller skates?