RancheroSteve Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Just finished this one up - Wild Willie Borsch in the iconic Marcellus & Borsch "Winged Express" fuel altered . Started with the MPC kit, but backdated it to more closely represent the earlier version of the car. Reference is bountiful on this car, but it went through many changes during its existence - in fact, no two photos show it exactly the same, so my model doesn't represent any specific iteration, but rather a conglomeration of how the car might have appeared, if you get my drift. Driver figure, rear tires, and several engine parts came from Speed City Resin. Slixx decals. Lots of various items from the parts box and a few scratchbuilt pieces. Build thread here for more detail: Comments & questions welcome - thanks for looking! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M W Elky Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 It came out fantastic I just love the Willie figure . These cars changed weekly , and got banged up a little. Great attention to detail i like the back dating into the earlier version again well done . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Spectacular. You have really captured an outrageous era of drag racing. It must have been incredible to witness those fuel altereds race. I remember seeing photos of Willie with his hand on the body side hanging on for a wild ride. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrb124@sbcglobal.net Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Everything! So fun to see this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Great looking model and the driver really adds to it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodbuildNY Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Great job!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoMoCo66 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 It's like a cow, outstanding in its own feild. Great job. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Coomer Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 This turned out great. Amazing work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 That came out very nice! Great job backdating the car to match the earlier version of this iconic car, in fact I've had a plan to do the same thing myself so I have bookmarked your build thread for reference. Really nice build, the driver figure definitely finishes it off. Too bad the real car can't be seen on race tracks anymore, luckily I was able to see Mike Boyd (RIP) behind the wheel of this beast at the California Hot Rod Reunion a few years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Great looking model! I like everything about this one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vettegasser Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Very very nice build. Love this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vettegasser Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Well I’ve reread this whole build from wip to now again. Sir you’ve done an awesome job on this. Now I’ve got to do another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 8 minutes ago, Vettegasser said: Sir you’ve done an awesome job on this. Now I’ve got to do another one. Thank you, Jimmy! The Mondello Fiat is somewhere down the road once I work up the courage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Fantastic build, Steve. You nailed the period vibe of this incredible machine. I just love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Great looking model! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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