1966 Chaparral 2E

[Reeves Racing]

This is the IMC Chaparral 2E, A really nice kit for its day. The engine detail was lacking so I used some spare parts and some odds and ends to spruce up the engine and make it look like a Chevy big block. The valve covers are from the Revell Yenko Nova, the heads, intake and Webers are from the AMT 63 Vette kit. The stacks are electrical terminal ferrules with one mm brass tube as venturies The headers are solder primaries with the kit parts for the collectors and secondaries with the ends drilled out. It has some of the plumbing and a wired distributor I used PE screen, Dezus fasteners, and seat belt/harness pieces. Decals from eBay for the out side, Slixx gauge decals for the instrument panel Kit wheels and tires with hand painted letters and stripes on the tires (i am out of gold Firestone tire decals) Front brake cooling ducts are wire wrapped around a paint brush handle and then covered with heat shrink tubing. The chassis is laminated with BMF sheets and in some places painted with bright chrome paint. Duplicolor primer and paint with Testers Wet Look clear Its a tiny model for 1/25 but this car was very compact. One of my favorite race cars of all time.

                    

Edited March 16, 2017 by Reeves Racing

[tedd60]

I think Jim Hall's Chaparrals number among some of the most beautiful racing car ever drawn.  This is a very good build.

[cobraman]

Great looking model !

[bigdrag1]

Mitch, you did a great job with this kit , what a great build !!

[XJ6]

WOW....That is really nice....Really like the subject

[Foxer]

Stunning!

[iBorg]

I've always thought of this as a hard kit to build. You've done exceptional with it.

[Misha]

That is a beautiful build Mitch! Your attention to detailing the engine compartment, chassis and the interior plus the overall finish on the body makes this jewel shine. Always been a Chapparal/Jim Hall fan and have built the IMC kit a couple of times since it's release. Still have one in the stash and your build will be my inspiration.

Congrats, Misha

[1959scudetto]

Excellent result that you achieved with a lot of effort you put into this rather crude kit, Mitch.

Jim Hall would like it, and so do I.

[Jim N]

Excellent, excellent work!

[bbowser]

Very, very cool!  One of my favorite race cars modeled exceptionally well.  Thanks for sharing.

[Howard Cohen]

Very nice build! The 2E is my favourite race car and has been since 1966 when I built my first IMC 2E, shown below  

[Phildaupho]

You did a fantastic job with the IMC kit. It is too bad many of the great kits they produced were in a scale smaller than standard.

[tedd60]

You did a fantastic job with the IMC kit. It is too bad many of the great kits they produced were in a scale smaller than standard.

Or in 1/18th scale.  I know almost the entire Chaparral stable has been produced in 1/18, but the prices are such I can't afford to even LOOK at them too hard.

[Silver Foxx]

Real nice work on this , looks great .

[vintagercr]

Beautiful!

[Reeves Racing]

 It is too bad many of the great kits they produced were in a scale smaller than standard.

It seems to be a great 1/25 scale kit to me. The real car is very small. It looks just right next other cars on the shelf.

 

Thanks for all the nice comments guys.

[GT4494]

Really nice build.  As a child I remember slot racing this body style.  Fell in love with the racing concept and the pure, brute speed and ingenuity these cars had.  Llook where car racing is now.  Can I say "cookie cutter" cars. 

[Snake45]

Fabulous! You're making me wish this kit would magically reappear.

[bondo bill]

sharp build