1/64 LSR salt racer

[ismaelg]

Hello,

  Keeping with the jet car theme, here is another one I started a while ago.

The Hot Wheels Salt Shaker represents a slat flat LSR (Land Speed Record) vehicle featuring 2 massive jet turbines.

From the factory, the transparent "body" includes the engine covers. 

 

 

Not long after getting it, I took it  apart. The metal base was stripped and the transparent body sprayed with primer. My original idea was just to paint it. Yeah, right...

 

I found the molded cockpit canopy to be too small. So I drilled it out and made a longer canopy... 

 

And one thing led to another and the engine covers were cut, sanded and modified.  the idea is to hinge them to the centerline.

 

And that's where I am now with this project......

Thanks!
Ismael

[AzTom]

Great start.  I like the hinged engine covers.

[ismaelg]

Hello,

  It's only been 3 years since I started on this 

  I was not happy with the original cockpit. It was too small and looked out of scale.   The one I did was also too small.  So I started to look around to see of I could find something much bigger that would work.  I was dreaming to find something like an F-16 canopy that would fit but had no luck.  At the end I started scratchbuilding my own. This is where I am now.  I started using clear plastic with high hopes but it is evident it will not be fully clear due to cracks, sanding marks and glue residue. 

Still in the rough but the basic shape is there.

I may just paint it gloss black but haven't got to that point yet.

I hope the next update will not take another 3 years 

Thanks,

[ismaelg]

Hello,

  WOW! It WAS 3 years since last update!  That makes this a simple 6 years project!  

But it is finally FINISHED!!!

I started this in 2015 but it was until 2021 it was finished.  Modified Hot Wheels Salt Shaker. I originally cut open the engine covers but glued them back to speed up the project.
Scratchbuilt canopy, rear wing with supports and parachute. Machined parachute tube.  Paint is 1956 Chevrolet Nassau blue (one of the many colors with that name). Gotta have a Chevy connection somewhere
















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Thanks,

[Earl Marischal]

Very neat and nicely done!

steve