dragcarz Posted January 23, 2024 Posted January 23, 2024 You might want to use the Grumpys Vega for the stretched rear wheel openings.
David G. Posted January 23, 2024 Posted January 23, 2024 It does have more eye-appeal with the changes you've made. Subtlety is the key. David G.
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted January 23, 2024 Author Posted January 23, 2024 3 hours ago, dragcarz said: You might want to use the Grumpys Vega for the stretched rear wheel openings. The Grumpy's Toy fenders aren't that much different from the AMT Vega bodies I'm using. I'm going to use the openings from the Revell Vega body (Gene Snow car) I have. -RRR
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted February 4, 2024 Author Posted February 4, 2024 I spent a good part of yesterday working on the Vega and I got a lot accomplished. First of all, a big shout out to @Muncie. He had contacted me and offered some Revell Jungle Jim Vega funny car parts. Much appreciated! Those will be put to good use. Alright, alright, alright...First order of business is replacing the front wheels wells with ones from another Revell funny car. I used the Gene Snow 'Snowman' kit that has had bits and pieces languishing in a box for many years. the bottom part of the body as marked will be removed and replaced with an angled piece... ---------------------- the driver's side.... -------------------- On to the big moment, mating the two bodies together. The 'back half' body was heavily braced with pieces of sprue to maintain rigidity.... ------------------- The body was carefully measured and cut line was taped off and marked.... ------------------------- You can see how flimsy the body would be without bracing.... ------------------------- I cut off the unneeded part of the front body, making sure I left plenty of material. I had originally planned to use the Revell funny car frame but after some consideration, I decided to use a JoHan funny car frame. This is from the Boss Hoss Mustang kit.... The length of the body is determined by the length of the frame to match up wheels to wheel wells... -------------------------- The 'front body' was cut to length and glued to the 'back body' like so. I didn't take too many pix of the process. I hacked the rear wheel opening flare off of the Jungle Jim body, and sanded it down. The wedge piece will be added to the bottom of the body... ------------------------- Rear wheel flare was shortened and glued on here. The remaining opening on the Vega body was ground out with the trusty Dremel.... ----------------------- The next step is to fill in the hole in the extended hood..... ------------------------------ The hood from the cast off front part of the back body was cut out... ------------------------------------ After much fitting and futzing and sanding and grinding, it's starting to look like something!!!! If you look closely, you can see the two parts of the hood 'hump' don't really line up across the center line. That's going to take some serious filling in..... -------------------------- Here's another angle. I ran the hump on the hood most of the way up to the windshield, since I don't know how much of an opening I'm going to need for the blower, it's better to have more than needed, rather than not enough... Can you say "Bondo??" Thanks for checking in.... -RRR 4
dragcarz Posted February 4, 2024 Posted February 4, 2024 That is so COOL! Great work! It’s really looking like a funny car should!
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted February 5, 2024 Author Posted February 5, 2024 2 hours ago, dragcarz said: That is so COOL! Great work! It’s really looking like a funny car should! Thanks, Roger...it's coming along. Now I have to start slinging mud over the body.... -RRR
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted February 5, 2024 Author Posted February 5, 2024 (edited) 1 hour ago, slusher said: Edited February 5, 2024 by Rocking Rodney Rat
Straightliner59 Posted February 5, 2024 Posted February 5, 2024 Well, I'll be...somebody made that old turd of an AMT FC into one that actually looks like a Vega FC! Nice! 1
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted February 5, 2024 Author Posted February 5, 2024 3 hours ago, Straightliner59 said: 3 hours ago, Straightliner59 said: Well, I'll be...somebody made that old turd of an AMT FC into one that actually looks like a Vega FC! Nice! LOL...thanks for the compliment! -RRR 1
David G. Posted February 5, 2024 Posted February 5, 2024 Wow, it's like putting together a 3D puzzle in which you have to make all the pieces yourself! ? It definitely has that stretched Funny Car profile. Impressive work! David G. 2
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted February 5, 2024 Author Posted February 5, 2024 56 minutes ago, David G. said: Wow, it's like putting together a 3D puzzle in which you have to make all the pieces yourself! ? It definitely has that stretched Funny Car profile. Impressive work! David G. Thanks, David. It's what AMT should have done with that kit... -RRR
Kit Karson Posted February 6, 2024 Posted February 6, 2024 On 2/5/2024 at 8:32 AM, Rocking Rodney Rat said: Thanks, David. It's what AMT should have done with that kit... -RRR KKK, it may have been "what should have been", but it took your expert skills & keen eye to bring these two Vega's together into one sharp flip-top funny car! -KK 1
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