Wild Child Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Hello All, I am new to this forum, but after seeing all the cool builds, I decided to join. While I had mostly built Muscle Cars and Customs in my younger years, I have more recently rekindled my love for building and have been doing a lot of Funny Cars and Dragsters. I focus on groups of cars that can be displayed together, such as in dioramas. Below are two Cougars I did for my 1969 Winter Nationals diorama. The Dyno Don car was built as box stock and won that class at the Detroit Motor City NNL event a few years ago. The high gloss paint features a hand applied paint pattern which really accents the Candy Red. Schartman's '69 started off as another Dyno Don car, but I modified the nose and tail, then fabricated a spoiler, scoop and fuel tank. The SOHC motor has been nicely detailed, and the paint finish has been buffed to a nice luster. The figures I custom made, including the ABC remote camera, and are also part of my '69 Winter Nationals diorama. 17
Little Timmy Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Nice job! Love the pattern on the hood of the Red Cougar.
M W Elky Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Those are some fantastic builds that MPC Cougars are really good kits especially for their time. You did a great job on detailing them out . I think Dyno’s cougar was the best looking funny car ever. Thanks for joining in the fun. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your builds
ybsluos Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Bill, do you know how to make an entrance! Welcome to the forum, my friend. Wow all I could say is wow those look beyond fantastic! You definitely have given them the 60s and 70s vintage flavor. The candy blue fuel cell in the Schartman car is a beautiful contrast to the yellow. Nice and flashy!
Wild Child Posted January 20 Author Posted January 20 Thank you for the kind words. It is fun to see what other folks think of all these various cars fellow builders do. Variety is what makes our hobby cool. Thanks again.
gtx6970 Posted January 24 Posted January 24 Well done, The cougar kits can be quite a handfull to get them to sit right
Mopar2 Posted January 24 Posted January 24 (edited) Great builds...Totally cool... Edited January 24 by Mopar2
Wild Child Posted January 26 Author Posted January 26 Thank you for your comments. I have been asked a few times about the hood/deck pattern. Initially I laid down a couple light coats of gold, then masked off the lines and shot a couple more heavier coats so I could get the ghost line pattern. I then did the red pattern by hand. As a side note, I have found a lot of gold pattern box decals are a bit transparent and do not show well.
Wild Child Posted Thursday at 04:23 PM Author Posted Thursday at 04:23 PM Recently I saw Mike's "Building the Covers" post on his neat Eddie Schartman '68 Cougar. Very cool car, and I love the neat original box. This post was my first post on these forums, and it just happened to be Eddie's '69 Cougar, which I actually made off the '68 car. It is neat to see both cars, and the subtle body differences.
iBorg Posted Thursday at 11:24 PM Posted Thursday at 11:24 PM The Cougar's hood, sail panels and trunk are noteworthy. Very nice. Are those the Round2 reissue decals?
Wild Child Posted Friday at 06:31 PM Author Posted Friday at 06:31 PM 19 hours ago, iBorg said: The Cougar's hood, sail panels and trunk are noteworthy. Very nice. Are those the Round2 reissue decals? Hey Mike, No, some of the decals are an old partial sheet of his '68 kit. The Rattler I used and paint enhanced. The Fast Eddie, Cougar front spoiler logo and Paint by decals I had made. Small sponsor ones I had. I originally got the ones off E-Bay printed on yellow paper, but I did not like these and the yellow is tuff to exactly match.
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