papajohn97 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 This is the third (and my favorite) from my three-car production line, the legendary Sox & Martin A/FX - Match Racer Hemi powered FI wheel stander. I built this one from this Moebius AWB Al Eckstrand Golden Commando kit: I added a three-speed manual transmission and engine block from the A990 Butch Leal kit (and used the block and transmission from this kit in the Grump build posted elsewhere here), Slixx decal set, a Detail Master distributor and plug wires and scratch-built fuel lines and linkage. The rear wheels were pulled from the Revell '64 Ford Thunderbolt kit. The red and white base paints were left over Zero paint from a Lotus 49B F1 build and the roof was sprayed using Tamiya metallic blue lacquer rattle can. I tinted the side and rear windows by air brushing thinned Tamiya transparent blue acrylic. The Hilborn FI velocity stacks used are the long ones right out of the box which are intended for the automatic transmission version but I decided not to shorten them. Reference photos of this car seem to show stacks that are either these long ones or are mine-way between the short and long ones. I have one last unbuilt one of these kits in my stash along with a set of Lee Smith decals from Fremont Racing. I'll hopefully get around to doing later this year unless I get distracted by a new kit release that I could apply my Dick Landy decals to 😁....Cheers, John 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Thorne Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Very nice, clean, pretty build, but, inevitably, leads to questions. Three speed manual trans? Not a 4 speed in Leal’s car? The coil wire(?) leading from the inner passenger side fender appears to be unusually large? The chassis is exceptional. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodg Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Extremely nice build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajohn97 Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 48 minutes ago, R. Thorne said: Not a 4 speed in Leal’s car? Oops! Four speed. Thank you for the correction. The coil is from the kit which specified mounting it perpendicular to the engine bay wall. I went parallel which I like the look of better. Also the entire underside of the chassis should be totally white (S&M wanted it to SHINE when they popped wheelies!) but I thought it might look like I forgot to paint it so I painted the frame rails black. My scale modeling philosophy is fun over accuracy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altered Ego Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 As always, another fantastic rendition. You are starting to make the rest of us look like slackers, LOL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larman Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Super job! Very nice detailing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Man! You did a great job on this one. Thanks for sharing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bondo bill Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 real cool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Super nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catpack68 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Very nice work John!👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 My favorite too , very well done ! All three of them turned out great ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott8950 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Very nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrobarry Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Wow! Wish my stuff would turn out like that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 That is beautiful. Love the paint choices. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Very nice!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Excellent job. Another reason for the white bottom was so they could see if anything was leaking. The Sox & Martin team really stepped up the professionalism in drag racing and you captured it in your build. I started this car about 10 years ago using the MCW conversion for the Lindberg Dodge. Now you motivated me to get it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajohn97 Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 Thanks guys for all the kind comments. I have one last Moebius AWB ‘65 Plymouths in the stash and a set of Fremont Racing decals for the Lee Smith car which I hope to complete before the Moebius Dodge is released. Love these early/ mid-60’s super stockers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 You have captured this car perfectly IMHO. I am a big Sox & Martin fan, have been since the early Chevrolet days. Everything about this build is beautiful, your paint separation is right on. Looking forward to more beautiful build such as this, although I don't think any will be able to match Sox & Martin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Awesome. Beautiful detailing and perfect finishes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar2 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Very nice build...Love all the Sox and Martin cars... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobo2me Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Outstanding! Well done and done well.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytownshaker Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Beautiful build !!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6bblbird Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 VERY well done! I have enjoyed all of your builds. I am in the process of building the sedan body version. I only hope that it turns out as nicely as yours! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemifever Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 WOW! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moparmike619 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 8/15/2023 at 8:42 PM, Hemifever said: WOW! I second this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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