"DrAgTiMe" 1953 Studebaker funny car

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

Body from the Revell Ms. Deal kit, top chopped, blower hole in hood filled, front air dam, exhaust cutouts just behind the front wheel well filled in, trunk scooped out for rollcage.

Chassis from the Revell Attempt 1 kit. It looks like the Mooneyes frame, but the roolbar hoops are more narrow.

Engine is a Potvin supercharged Hemi from the MPC Cosmic Charger kit.

Wheels and tires, fronts from the Monogram Slingster kit, wheels aftermarket chrome plated, rears from Polar Lights funny car kit.

Interior tin scratched together from Evergreen styrene.

Paint is Testors 'One Hit' Revving Red with Tamiya Pearl White cove faded with Testors 'One Hit' Inca Gold. Minwax polyurethane clear gloss. 

Decals (mostly) from Slixx.

 

 

buildup pix here: 

 

 

A whole buncha more pix here: https://public.fotki.com/jferren/dragtime-53-studeba/ 

Thanks for looking..... -RRR

Edited October 31, 2021 by Rocking Rodney Rat

[Scott8950]

Beautifully done! Very nice job

[ricki]

So well done!  A wonderful lesson in old-time kit bashing.

And I noticed the nod to a very accomplished Canadian driver & crew chief.

[Zippi]

Nice looking Funny car.  A 1/4 mile of fun.  The detail work on that sucker looks really good.  Side by side with another Funny car......now that's a drag race.

[chris chabre]

I WILL be building one of mine like this. I LOVE IT

[cobraman]

The model turned out great !  Nice work.

[Dave Armstrong]

Oooh, I LIKE IT! Well done!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[PappyD340]

SWEET, well done!

[Hmann68]

Cool! Well done ? 

[Reegs]

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[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi RRR!

Very nice, and that 60's flavour is really spot-on, Bravo! 

Now, that driver will be in a noisy working space with such exhaust pipes. Ear plugs anyone?

CT 

[majel]

That is a very cool build, great job!

[afx]

Turned out great.

[Kit Karson]

Once again you deliver on another marvelous early drag car with a lift-off body!  The SoCal ghost brought to the surface with day-glow blue under ware powered by a Potvin blown Hemi rolling on period perfect rims & tires... what more kould a grass-roots Sunday racer want in a straight-line hot rod?!. -KK

[happy grumpy]

A really good job. Beautiful build. 

So much plastic , so little time !

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

Thanks for all of the kind words, yes so little time...what's next??? -RRR

[Dennis Lacy]

Your creativity when it comes to nostalgia drag cars never disappoints. This thing looks bad ass from any angle!!! ?

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

7 hours ago, Dennis Lacy said:

Your creativity when it comes to nostalgia drag cars never disappoints. This thing looks bad ass from any angle!!! ?

Thanks, ADL, I appreciate the comment! 

[geemoney]

love seein Double A Dales name on there!

[High octane]

VERY nice build on that Stude.

[slusher]

Outstanding Funny car, RRR

[stavanzer]

Sweet Build! 

[Chuckyg1]

Very nice. A two in one kit with no left over parts. Love it.