Phantom FED

[majel]

This started life as a Revell 1/16 scale Tony Nancy kit that had some broken parts and no decals.  My hope was to build a Tom McEwen Tirend dragster by swapping out the kit engine for an lph 1320 model products 392 hemi.  I built the engine and installed it in the chassis without test fitting the body panels to make sure everything would go together like it should.  After trying to install the panels and realizing they were not going to fit without a lot of cutting and reshaping I changed directions.  I decided to make it a phantom late 1960's style dragster with the addition of a more modern seat belt harness.   Along with the 392 hemi I used Top Studio fittings,  Detail Master rubber hose for fuel lines,  Detail Master and Pro Tech braided lines,  Pro Tech harness and hardware, Competition Resins Hilborn hat and parachute, lph 1320 rear wheels,  and nylon cord for the parachute cord.  The front wheels were made by Curt Raitz and are amazing!  The chassis was painted Tamiya  light metallic blue and the body panels Tamiya pure blue.  I'm fairly happy with it,  just wish I'd done better planning so that I could have built the dragster I wanted. 

[Yeah Nah]

Now THAT is one superb build! Love it.

[ChrisR]

Awesome!

[Zippi]

Nice looking build of an old school Dragster.  

[dragin70s]

Nice build! And “The Canuck”, love it. 

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[athlon]

Great work and great detail, looks great

[deuces wild]

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[bytownshaker]

Very nicely detailed FED, That LPH 1320 engine is amazing.

[TarheelRick]

Really love those FED's and your build is a superb example. Also like that color of blue.

[echo]

Beautiful model, great details & paint.  It's nice to see that you used some authentic looking front wire wheels, which is the major shortcoming with all the dragster kit no matter the scale, the new wheels add so much to the build.  It may not be the model you envisioned but it's a nice piece.

[Nitro330]

It may not be what you started out to do, but man is it cool!  Great detail and looks the part.  Awesome work!

[majel]

Thanks everyone!!  I have a buddy that builds 1:1 cars and he told me "this is why we put everything together before paint to make sure it all fits".  I just don't know if I have the patience to build it twice. 

[Safire6]

I wish I put those wire wheels on my Tony Nancy Sizzler when I built it a few years ago. Those look great, as well as the rest of your build!

 

 

 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Great looking build. Excellent detailing. Very nice.

[bbowser]

That's a beauty!  Great work.

[slusher]

Fantastic build!