dragcarz

Wow, that’s just amazing!!!!!

I built this shortly after it’s release in, I think 85. I built it and gave it to my brother in law, he’s a great guy and we’ve been to the drag races many times together over the years. 6 years ago I had to move to Georgia for my job, and we don’t get to hang out or go to races like we used to. Recently we returned home for a visit and I asked if he still had it, he retrieved it from his office and I got to visit a very early build. It still looked great, and only had a couple loose parts. I pulled out the cell phone and got some pictures of it. It’s a little dusty.

Many years ago, I was able to purchase a collection of models from a man in Rosebud Missouri. He had quit modeling in 1962. In that collection was a few pick ups, a built 60 Ford, a built 61 Ford, an unbuilt 60 Chevy, and a started 62 Ford. I can’t bring myself to redo the built trucks, so there in the display case, but I’ve been working off and on, on the 62. I go back and forth on a stock service truck for my hopeful one day Texaco station, and a day 2 driver. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Here’s where I am now. I repaired holes in the cowl, and repaired the sink marks. I wanted a different color for this truck other than the standard white, red, that so many trucks are. I went with gray..

Cut a popsicle stick the width between the letter and the edge of the gate, start with 240 grit sand paper wrapped around the end and start sanding. It will go faster than you think. Once the area is flat, use bottle primer and brush the primer only where it is needed. When it’s dry sand with 320, or 360 grit using the same popsicle stick, and brush prime again if needed. This way you control just what needs sanding and the brush primer keeps the primer build up from diminishing the detail around the area. Hope this helps. Here’s my 62 so far.

Progress?

I was wondering if you’d be interested in a stock hood from a Blazer kit, I have an extra if you need it. I like what your doing here, great work so far. Early Baja vehicles are really cool. I’d love to do a replica of Steve McQueens Truck from way back when. Keep at it I’d love to see it completed! PM me, if your interested.

I really have a soft spot for these old Dodge trucks, In early 1979, I purchased a brand new 1978 D300 Adventurer extended cab dualie. I have collected some Of the original MPC kits and parts in hopes of recreating my first new vehicle. Yours is coming along very well, I love the color, and agree with the white walls!

Awesome project, and great work so far, can’t wait to see it finished.

Looking good, I like your detail work!

Quick update, it’s been a busy work week, slow model progress, but some. Motor coming along, trying to make the kit injector look a little better. Seat ready to install, and a test fit.

I’m liking this!

Great work Tom, and I agree to saving everything, you just never know what will inspire you.

That’s got to be the best build of that kit I’ve ever seen! Great work, I love the color and the decals just work on it. I love the Telstar Challenger also, I remember seeing that car run at Gateway International many years ago under the AHRA.......

Great start, I’ll be following. I love the old box art!

Wow Very Cool!

Very nice work Jim.

Yes sir

Busy day, sanded and polished paint on the body, metalizer aluminum on block and heads, intake and supercharger. I painted the tin work with some Testors spray enamel, Burgandy purple metal flake. Closest match that I had. I think it’s a pretty good match. I have reference material that shows this car with the frame painted a pink/ purple color, black, and gun metal. I chose the gun metal as I have too many with the black chassis, I didn’t want the pinky purple color so I went with the gun metal color.

Sorry this is kinda long, but I’m gonna finish this thing if it’s the last thing I do. Starting today!

I ended up using all three sets, patching the decals with scraps left over and I proceeded to clear it with 2 part clear for model cars, the clear crinckeled some of the roof decal, dirt and the patch edges showed, so back in the box. October 2018, my daughter and I redid a guitar and we painted it blue and I used my old faithful DuPont Chroma Clear for 1/1 cars, and I had some left over. I hate to waste this stuff it’s REAL expensive, so I remembered the mustang, and went and grabbed it. I didn’t even sand it, I tacked it off and gave it two really heavy coats. It looked pretty good.......

Again I try and get the decals on the body, and no luck. I even requested help from the guys here on the forum, and was given the suggestion to use a hair dryer. This helped tremendously, but I still had issues.

May of 2018, I pull it out of the box and back into the purple pond. I have for some reason 3 sets of Slixx Trojan Horse decals and decided to try and save my hard work. I paint it black.

I have another build posted in WIP Drag Cars, one that I started some time ago, Snake saw it and suggested I post it here. With the end of September deadline, I don’t think I can pull that off, so I started looking at some of my other stalled projects and came across my Revell Mustang Funny car that I started back in Augusta of 2005! Wow how time flies.....15 years ago.... This kit as many are aware has An incorrect roof, in that it’s rounded at the spoiler instead of flat. My original goal was to fix the roof and do the Shirley Muldowney F/C. I got the roof fixed and then the trouble started. Two failed paint jobs having to strip the body both times, and repaint it, then for the life of me I couldn’t get the Slixx decals on the car. Not the decals fault, I just was out of practice, and I could not get them to conform to the contours of the Ram Air hood. After exhausting two sets of decals, I tossed it back into the box.

Hey Joe, it coming along great, I can relate to the end of the build slow down. Your so close to finishing, so far you’ve overcome everything this kind of build can throw at you. I for one can’t wait to see it completed. I just wanted to encourage you to keep at it. It’s looking fantastic!