The TROGster

[modelfink]

Finished this one up this weekend. The original inspiration came from Mike Santiago's single seat speedster that ran on the beach at TROG a couple years ago. My research took me back to the early 30s and the birth of open wheel sprint cars. Most of the kit parts in this build came from the  Revell 31 Woody. I narrowed and shortened a T model frame, kicked the rear, used a model A rear crossmember and a perch style front sprint mount. Split bones front and rear. I made my own front spindles, and relocated the steering arms. The only brakes are rear mechanical brakes operated by a hand lever. The nose is from the Revell 29 pickup, flipped upside down and cut in half. the grill is 37 Ford. I scratchbuilt the Cragar/Miller OHV speed head, the headers, the body and the gas tank. A full build thread can be seen here: http://trakinscale.proboards.com/thread/18983/single-seat-bobtail-speedster-trogster Thanks for looking.

 

Edited September 16, 2019 by modelfink

[afx]

Very nice Travis.

[Gramps46]

Your research really paid off and the model looks great.  Thanks for sharing the build link too.

[Phildaupho]

Fantastic looking TROGster and very well done. I like it a lot.

[Draggon]

That is really nice! ✔️

[stavanzer]

Wow! Awesome Build of a very correct car.

[tim boyd]

Very, very sharp!  Hope Tom Woodruff gets a gander at this one.  Congrats....TIM 

[Matt T.]

VERY well done! Great replica. Nice use and retrofit of kit parts. 

[bobthehobbyguy]

Love it. Nice mix of scratchbuilding and kit bash. You really nailed it.

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Very cool project, nice touches all around.

[ChrisR]

COOL!!

[echo]

Nice work ! Innovative use of parts along with scratch building, like it a lot.

[ewetwo]

That is pretty cool.