Stephen King Inspired Cougar

[Jantrix]

Stephen King's "the Gunslinger" starts off- "The man in black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed." So I wondered what would the man in black be driving? Easy, a bad @$$ 429 powered Cougar. SK's works so often involve wicked cars that I couldn't resist designing my own. I was looking for a aggressive and predatory look to the car. Something you wouldn't want to see cruising around your neighborhood. I think I nailed it.

This is the AMT 73 "Black Cat" Cougar kit. The grill has been ground out from behind and rebuilt with rod stock and sculptors active wire mesh. The intake was modified for dual carbs and a tall plenum to push the v-stacks dead even with the hood. The suspension was modified a bit for ride height and stance. Some parts box wheels/tires and bucket seats. The rear view mirrors are from the parts box, but drilled out and a disc of aluminum tape added for the mirror. The exhaust is from a Nascar kit but modified with aluminum and brass tubing. The color is Krylon semi-gloss black. The rear brake lights were backed with BMF so that they stand out against the black paint.

This was entered in an online competition on another forum and won second place in the "Open" catagory. I'm pretty pleased with that. I hope you like it. I'm currently building a spooky dio-base for the car. I'll post it up when it's finished.

There are more finished pics here- http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/Jantrix/

And my WIP's here- http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/Jant...0King%20Cougar/

[FordRodnKustom]

Now that's different, I like it. Not overdone...just right. Nice job!

[evilone]

man i dont know where you live but i want that to be my neighbor's car its that cool

great work bro and very nice detail

[Bluzboy66]

Incredible car, and cool theme. I've been a huge Dark Tower fan since day one. I agree, that car would have fit Roland to a T.

Mike

[RodneyBad]

That is one Scary looking Cougar

Stephen King would be Proud (and probley scared)

reminds me of the Movie Duel..

sculptors active wire mesh?

Gotta looks for that stuff..

Awesome Job over all!! #1

[Jantrix]

Thanks for the kind words. I had a good time with this build. Theme builds are what I enjoy best. Right now I'm working on a Cannonball Run racer called the Captain Chaos Special. Check out the pics in my Photobucket link below, if you're interested.

[Spike]

sweet build. any pics of the headlights?

[Jantrix]

Hmm. Now that you mention it, I didn't take any head-on shots after it was done. Here is a WIP shot in primer to give you an idea of what I did. The headlights are just 4 rectangle headlights that were glued directly to the back of the screen. Which I then covered with a piece of sytrene from the radiator support to the grill, so you can't see how cheesy it is. It looks great tho. I'll take a head on shot soon.

[mhadman]

PERFECT!

The Dark Tower series is my favorite work of Kings..This even over his work from the 70's.

I think that would fit Randal Flagg perfectly...

[Spike]

Hmm. Now that you mention it, I didn't take any head-on shots after it was done. Here is a WIP shot in primer to give you an idea of what I did. The headlights are just 4 rectangle headlights that were glued directly to the back of the screen. Which I then covered with a piece of sytrene from the radiator support to the grill, so you can't see how cheesy it is. It looks great tho. I'll take a head on shot soon.

that looks awsome. whatd you use for the screen? and ya i know it sounds stupid put i had to ask

[Jantrix]

I used sculptor's active wire mesh, which is available in the sculpting aisle at any craft store like Michaels. Glad you liked it.

BTW, I recently finished a diorama base for this build. It's posted in the diorama section on this forum.

Edited April 17, 2008 by Jantrix

[stevegt738]

Mean and nasty, i like.