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That's a Chrysler 300 too, the AirTrax body. I don't know the differences between Fury and 300, but it really looks close to me. I don't know who has Mastered it, but it really looks good to my eye. I paid 5 euros from mine, but it was only the body without bumbers etc. and it was damaged on a mold. Well, it looked good enough for me, so I bought it. Anyways I have to buy the hood, bumbers and grille for it in some point. But the quality is great.

Send an Email to raurata@yahoo.com http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=26136 Those bodies are really great quality.

Then I glued the body halves together. Now some styrene and bondo, then it'll look better. I'm planning to fill the rear wheel openings from the body, move rear axle forward and shorten this body from rear side of rear axle. And then I started making the windshield. It's not the easiest thing to do winshield for this, because nowhere will probably be correct glass, and it's inpossible to make one from actetate. So I took the kit's windshield which had seen better days, but that's not so important, since I will make it smooth now, after narrowing and then I will heat form new windshield from acetate.

Yep, you read the title right, it sounds odd. Maybe the builder is bit odd too, but yes, I'm building a Hot Rod from '64 Dodge 330 Glue Bomb. I'm not sure will this be shiny, nicely finished HotRod or satin colored "Rat Rod"... We'll see. The inspiration for this build is this '66 Nova Roadster by Chuck Most: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=57970&st=0 I started working today. I'm building this while parts are drying for other builds, so I guess it's not gonna be finished in week or two. But it's not going to take forever. Honestly, I've been planning to build something like this for a while, but today I decided to test my new Razor Saw. It worked nicely. Here are some pictures. The project Basis was this Glue Bomb. Well, of course the body was too wide, so..... Here is the top sawed. More sawing:

Not much done since the latest update, some work with the engine, but no primer painted yet. Maybe after next sanding? Only picture, for now, is about these '64 Dodge 330 parts, I found from my parts box. I don't know which ones I'll be using, but that front axle is very helpful. I'm going to use it, and then I can move that other axle to '71 Cuda Pro Stocker project. That pile of parts in front of everything, is interior floor... I'm going to glue it together to see, if I can use it or not. As I said, not much done, just wanted to show you that I'm doing something other than eating chocolate.

Now we have to hope that paint don't go under the tape... You're doing great job, keep at it. Subject is great, haven't seen too many '63 Chevrolets, especially Wagons.

Wow, fantastic builds, Derrick! You know how to make excellent paint job, all of them are very nice and smooth! I like the '55 Gasser the most, but others are very nice too. Thanks for the inspiration!

Derrick: Absolutely, post some pictures of your builds. You build great stuff, and more inspiration we get-faster we build I guess. (Or at least I do. ) Gray, feel free to join in and start the T-Bird! I will add you to the list. And the Eye Candy continues soon!

Looks fantastic, John! The chassis is a piece of art, especially now when it's painted. I like the engine details too. I think it looks more 1:1 than 1:16.

I think it looks very good too! Nice paint job, and excellent color choice. I really like this one. But I say that no spoiler for my taste. This is more Old School styled, so it wouldn't fit so well on this. But whatever you'll do, it'll look great. Now you must do some burnouts with it to get some burnt rubber to the rear fenders.

Looks Good! I'll be following this one for sure. These Opel Rekords from the 60's are really cool looking cars and with your building skills this is going to be fantastic build!

Thanks, Matti! You're probably one the only persons in this forum, who have seen this (or will see this) in person. [Well, some year I HAVE to visit in Model Car Show in the States, but first I have to learn how to talk english so everyone understands what I'm trying to say. And now I mean maybe about 5 or 10 years.]

Heh, sometimes I think the same thing, but I still keep building models what need "too much" bodywork... You're doing good job, though. Keep It Up.

Scott: Thanks, I'm glad you understood what I tried to say... Chris: Thanks! I've noticed that many people like that Burnt rubber, I like it too. Well I must put it for the '70 Torino Stocker too. I started a thread about '69 Chrysler 300 with Blown Hemi to On The Worbench. Yep, it'll be street car. And I'm working on the '62 Catalina Super Stocker too, just painted the body today... Also I'll keep building the Torino Stocker.

Very interesting info, Chuck! Thanks for the link. It's great that everyone don't have same engines (same thing nowadays). When I've built these Nostalgic Race Cars, I've always used SBC or Hemi, just because I had no idea which other engines I should use. Well, Oldsmobile Rocket and Buick Nailhead of course, but they are hard to find in 1/25 scale. Now I need to get one more Hudson kit and build one Drag Car with that engine. Here's one good example, Ford Altered from Finland, runs with Mercury Y-Block with TwinTurbos. Best ET so far is 8,6 or something like that, if I remember correctly. And Vic: You're on the list. Sounds very good, can't wait to see the progress.

Thanks, Scott! I'm glad to hear that my thread has inspired you. This is great kit and turns out very nice. It's very fun to build too, I didn't find any bigger fit issues from this kit. I took one spare tire from my parts box. (The one you would never use). I installed the tire to the Motor Tool, there are many different ways to do this. One way is to drill a hole in spare wheel and install the wheel and tire combination to that motor tool with a screw. The way that I used for this, was to find some kind of round sanding tool what fits to Dremel and inside the tire. Then I just did a "Burnout" with that Dremel + Tire combination on piece of sheet metal, saved the burnt rubber and glued it to Dart with some clear by Revell. Hope this helps, I'll post pictures if this wasn't clear enough. (My bad english....) And thanks Brett! I'm very happy about this one too. One of my favorite Mopar Super Stockers. It's great to have one in the display case now.

Wow, Hudson Powered Anglia! Never saw one before, but it sure is very interesting powerplant. This will be something different for sure!

Don't know what is used as basis of this beautiful '63 Polara built by Juha Airio, but if it's JoHan kit, it really is not a box stock with some added details, I guess! http://renevaan.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat/Lahden+Pienoismallin%C3%A4yttely+08.09.2012/IMG_2497.jpg

Wow, that's cool! Is it built from AirTrax kit (or body) too?

Chuck-you're on the list. I'm looking forward of seeing some progress. And Michael, the Vette looks really good so far! Like the engine details alot. My Simca just got the glass parts. I will be working with it hopefully tonight, and I'm planning to get the engine mounts done.

I have two Resin bodies by Jimmy Flintstone ('60 Nomad and '58 Chevy Sedan Delivery). I'm quite happy about them, well, could be better, there are some air bubbles and other little things to be corrected but really nice bodies anyway. I don't find a reason to fear Flintstone Resins, if all of their bodies are as nice as these two. Then I have four AirTrax bodies, they all are GREAT quality. There is absolutely no air bubbles or anything, those bodies can be just sanded a bit, primered and painted. The quality is as good as with normal Polystyrene. Of course these are just my thoughts, but...

Thanks, Casey! Here are some pictures about the start. Not much done yet, but I'm going to use '75 Dart Chassis and interior, as mentioned above. The chassis needs some work, but it's possible to fit inside that Studebaker body. Not sure about the engine yet, I have one Thunderbird engine and many, many Glue Bomb engines that needs to look what fits the best. But engine will NOT have a Supercharger, Pro Charger, Turbos or anything. It will be just basic Street Car. Well here's the body: What I'll use for the chassis and interior:

Thanx Darryl and Bill! I'm really happy about this one, and I like those rubber pieces too on the rear fenders. They just fit nicely to this kind of Drag Car.

WOW! That Detail Blows Me Away! I'm Speechless, But I Can Hear The Engine Sound Already!

Thanks for the comments! They keep me motivated. Casey: Yes, it's AirTrax body. And really good one, I think. Now I have three Chrysler 300 Model kits, '57, '55 and now '69. Ricky: Yep, it looks very good to me also. I've always liked this body style-very big sized and fun when it has lots of power. This'll be a Bit same style as this Finnish '67 Plymouth Vip TwinTurbo Drag Car, which just run 7,95 with Drag Radials. http://kuvia.1g.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat+2012/FHRA/Bl%C3%A5klader+August+Nats+/Sunnuntai/MOP_9471.jpg Even if my build will not have turbos. Bob: These are really worth checking out, as other AirTrax bodies, I've seen. Of course these are not cheap, but that's the way with all Resin kits. John: Heh, I just picked the chassis from somekind of Mopar, and found the '64 330 chassis. I'm not a Mopar expert myself, but nice to hear that it's something what can be used. Does anyone know where that Hemi engine is from? It's molded in black. I should have an update later today, if everything goes alright.