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I remember seeing a picture of this kit in the ole Auto World (Scranton, PA) catalog as a kid. It's been a holy grail build for me and I finally finished it after a few fitful starts and stops. It's the AMT Piranha chassis and the AMT Studebaker 1953 Studebaker body. 

-Paint on the body is Testors One-Hit 'Extreme'' (or whatever name they were using when it was discontinued) Emerald Mist.

-Frame is Tamiya gloss black with the panels cut out of bare metal foil, matt aluminum color.

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here's the original box art from back in the '60s....

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Thanks for looking.... -RRR

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RRR,  Your detail of the Piranha chassis with the BMF is over the top! 

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That and the paint job...

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...add one more outstanding build to your ever growing collection of superb art work pieces.  -KK

 

Posted
1 hour ago, thatz4u said:

RRR....Very well done, great use of an old standby model, what will you use the rest of the Stude kit for?

HA! I have few scattered around here. That hemi with the over-the-top double blower setup would look good in some kind of funky '60s show rod style 'T' wouldn't it? Other than that, gathering dust.... -RRR

Posted
19 hours ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said:

HA! I have few scattered around here. That hemi with the over-the-top double blower setup would look good in some kind of funky '60s show rod style 'T' wouldn't it? Other than that, gathering dust.... -RRR

use 2 Hemis with double blowers in some unusual rod build....

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Posted

An Emrald and Gemstone for sure . You achieved your objective with this build . Green is my favorite color . Thanx

 

Posted

I don't know how I missed this one but WOW - Rodney, that is stunning.  Definitely an improvement on the box art and I can just imagine this in the staging lanes at the Bakersfield Hot Rod re-union.  The chopped one in my collection is a salt racer but now I want to do a funnycar!

Cheers

Alan

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