dragcarz Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Almost 3 years, 2 kits, A started Johan Hornet Funny Car kit and the Johan 69 Rambler S/C kit, 2 Sets of Slixx decals, repainted 4 times, lots of scratch built parts! I think it turned out well for all I had to go through. Comments, questions, criticism all accepted. ASI. Posting this I just realized I missed chrome on the door handles, but I’m headed out of town and wanted to get this posted. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott8950 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 This turned out absolutely beautiful!I really enjoyed following this build from the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Well, your finished model looks great so all your hard work was worth it. Don't think I've seen this kit completed before. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 I gotta tell you guys....the pics do not do this model justice. Roger brought the Hornet over the other day to show me and it is one fine looking built model. Very well detailed and the paint job is Bodacious. Roger is a Master Modeler with years of experience and it shows in all his builds. Just a Great looking build Roger. Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Scott8950 said: This turned out absolutely beautiful!I really enjoyed following this build from the beginning. Thanks Scott, I appreciate you following along! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 1 hour ago, TonyK said: Well, your finished model looks great so all your hard work was worth it. Don't think I've seen this kit completed before. Thanks for sharing. You know Tony, now that you mention it, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen this kit built either. Of course I didn’t build it as the funny car. Thank you for the compliment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 12 minutes ago, Zippi said: I gotta tell you guys....the pics do not do this model justice. Roger brought the Hornet over the other day to show me and it is one fine looking built model. Very well detailed and the paint job is Bodacious. Roger is a Master Modeler with years of experience and it shows in all his builds. Just a Great looking build Roger. Nicely done. Thank you Bob, you are too kind! I just a plastic hack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytownshaker Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Beautifully done model of a seldom done Pro Stock manufacturer. Glad you were able to fight thru all the issues it threw at you. Edgar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 Thank you Edgar, much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M W Elky Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Your hornet came out awesome. Great level of detail especially on the carburetors , altenater, wheels, and that’s a really smooth white paint job. I wish these hornet bodies weren’t so hard to find. I would like to park one next to my shaman gremlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Thorne Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I took a quick perusal of your WIP. Easy to see the passion and persistence of this build. Well done, sir. I do have a couple questions. Why do the tie rods and center link look radiused or bent? Camera angle, amc engineering, or model manufacturing defect? Also, where did the Mallory coil come from and does it look like the one I have pictured (happen to have one in the garage I used to use). No decal for it? Again, outstanding work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bondo bill Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 well done cool build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittagskind Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Wow, very neat and great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Way cool build. Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 Thanks Michael, the carburetor’s are Fireball Modelworks. They have amazing detail, and a great selection, I mix Testors Metalizer Brass and Aluminum to get the color I like and then Tamiya black wash. Johan kits get harder to find and the prices are crazy, the only reason I have this is, I started with a poorly partial build kit that someone gave up on. 7 hours ago, M W Elky said: Your hornet came out awesome. Great level of detail especially on the carburetors , altenater, wheels, and that’s a really smooth white paint job. I wish these hornet bodies weren’t so hard to find. I would like to park one next to my shaman gremlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 6 hours ago, R. Thorne said: I took a quick perusal of your WIP. Easy to see the passion and persistence of this build. Well done, sir. I do have a couple questions. Why do the tie rods and center link look radiused or bent? Camera angle, amc engineering, or model manufacturing defect? Also, where did the Mallory coil come from and does it look like the one I have pictured (happen to have one in the garage I used to use). No decal for it? Again, outstanding work. Thanks Ron, I had to go back and look at the photos and the car again, I used the lower control arms and steering linkage from a 24th scale Monogram 66 Mustang kit it is very close to the Hornet steering, there is a center link and outer tie rods. It does look a little tweaked. I started to scratch build the coil, and by chance I started building in the early Monogram Billy Meyer Funny Car and it had two coils and the decals are on the decal sheet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnslow Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Beautiful , inspiration for us all to tackle that put off project . 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catpack68 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Very nice! I enjoyed following the WIP👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altered Ego Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I don't follow many on the WIP page, but this build intrigued me. You showed amazing patience on this build. I can say with 100% certainty that I would have given up and rushed a finish on this project. Reference, my Flying Dutchman build, I simply ran out of patience. This is probably THE most amazing build I have seen on here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 11 hours ago, oldnslow said: Beautiful , inspiration for us all to tackle that put off project . 👍 Thanks Robert, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 10 hours ago, catpack68 said: Very nice! I enjoyed following the WIP👍 Thanks Scott, I sometimes think it’s a waste of time to post these builds, I’m glad you enjoyed it, I’ll keep sharing as long as someone is interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 5 hours ago, Altered Ego said: I don't follow many on the WIP page, but this build intrigued me. You showed amazing patience on this build. I can say with 100% certainty that I would have given up and rushed a finish on this project. Reference, my Flying Dutchman build, I simply ran out of patience. This is probably THE most amazing build I have seen on here! Thank you Jeff, I really wanted to do this build and at times I just walked away from it to get my perspective back. I did start to rush it, to get it done and my rushing the build actually caused some of my issues. There are some pretty amazing builders on this forum. Thank you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Although I called this finished, something just didn’t look quite right, I realized the grille needed to be blacked out, so I painted portions of the grille flat black. Much better now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytownshaker Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Absolutely beautiful build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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