ModWrench Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Building a replica of the '79 Syracuse Supernationals race-winning car driven by PA icon Smokey Snellbaker. There will be lots of scratch building on this one to make it look like the car from 1979 as-run at the race that year. Started by laying out the Evergreen rod and drew up plans to create a Lloyd sprint car chassis. Used the bottom rails from an old Monogram frame and scratch built the cage and lowered the top frame rails to accommodate the big block Chevy engine that this car ran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModWrench Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 Scratch built a top wing and added the mounting spuds on top of the cage. This car ran a small wing offset to the left. I got it pretty close to the reference shots I have. Also got body panels and a dash made from sheet styrene. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModWrench Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 Finally got some time and painted the chassis and a bunch of parts. Putting the engine together now while paint is drying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Looking forward to seeing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 This is coming together nicely! Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sflam123 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Very nice work thus far!! Outstanding detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModWrench Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Made good headway this weekend on my build-off car. Got the big block buttoned up, ran some plumbing in the chassis, tires mounted up, body parts all painted two-tone and started to lay down some graphics. Still lots to do, but will definitely make the March 29 entry deadline! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModWrench Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 In my rush to try and beat the entry deadline for this Facebook site build-off, I bollixed up a few things. I was required to post only one photo to qualify for the build-off, so I cobbled the thing together and shot these pics and made the entry cutoff. Disappointed and frustrated, I walked away from it and the model has been sitting on my bench for a couple of weeks. I will get back at it in short order when I get in the right frame of mind to finish it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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