“ BUILDING THE COVERS “ Vol # 100 SOX & MARTIN 1967 super stock Plymouth with DYNO DON’S 1967 COMET FUNNY CAR

[M W Elky]

The Sox & Martin Plymouth is a great kit to build straight from the box . I built this one 30 + years ago right when it came out the paint is krylon white with Testors red , and Artic blue enamel. Also one of the first models I sprayed clear over. 
As for the Dyno Don comet it’s a straight up kit bash between the AMT 67 Comet and the Polar Lights 69-70 Mustang funny car . The paint is by testors gold base coat with a coat of metallic red topped with clear red . It looks like I got the color match right .Decals are by slixx . However I had a little more than a hard time with the white pin stripes I’ll have to try them again on another day. As for the cover I wanted something a little special for # 100 with these programs being seldomly seen plus the added bonus of two of my favorites Sox and Dyno . I was lucky enough to have met them both always professional . Until next time thanks for looking. Mike

[Old Buckaroo]

Now this is a cool combo to see , Excellent work on both !

[TransAmMike]

Ditto, nice combo, great work!!  👍

[jlucky]

Always love seeing your "cover cars" - brilliant. They really take me back...I had many of those covers. Great to see your dedication to a theme. Love it.

By the way which body did you use for the Dyno Don car?

[PappyD340]

Very nice pair, well done!

[M W Elky]

On 4/4/2025 at 8:07 PM, jlucky said:

Always love seeing your "cover cars" - brilliant. They really take me back...I had many of those covers. Great to see your dedication to a theme. Love it.

By the way which body did you use for the Dyno Don car?

Thanks . The 67 body is from the AMT  1967 comet kit all I did was glue the hood shut and added a front bumper spoiler that i made from sheet styrene. I had to slide the engine and the drivers compartment forward in the chassis. All in all it all fit together pretty good.

[angelo7]

Love all your builds.  Would like to see a picture of all of them together on the cabinet where you keep them.

Like a lot the stance on the Eliminator.

Edited April 6 by angelo7

[Maurice Henderson]

Nice builds Micky..Bro, you are the hardest working man in modeling..Question? On the Sox & Martin GTX, did you paint the stripes because if you did they came out nice.

[Wild Child]

Nice cars, always liked the Dyno Don cars.  I like the theme you use.  Several of my Funny Cars I posted in pairs too, just looks cool.

[Hmann68]

Very nice….both of them! 👍

[Ragtop Man]

How would you compare the PL Mustang F/C to the MPC Cougar that has been out in a few iterations? 

Thought  maybe the Cougar might be a better start for the project, but I'm open to ideas all day! 

To expand on your post, this pic is from Dad's trick Rolliflex at Milan Dragway.

[M W Elky]

19 hours ago, Maurice Henderson said:

Nice builds Micky..Bro, you are the hardest working man in modeling..Question? On the Sox & Martin GTX, did you paint the stripes because if you did they came out nice.

Yeah I masked them as I wanted the stripes to match the roof . I think it was the first time I bought masking tape just for building models. It had to be at least thirty five years ago which seems like a long time ago now. 

[M W Elky]

5 hours ago, Ragtop Man said:

How would you compare the PL Mustang F/C to the MPC Cougar that has been out in a few iterations? 

Thought  maybe the Cougar might be a better start for the project, but I'm open to ideas all day! 

To expand on your post, this pic is from Dad's trick Rolliflex at Milan Dragway.

The polar lights kit is a better rendition of the loggie chassis however I think I’ll try using the MPC chassis from the cougar when I build the 66 Dyno Don comet as it better represents the early loggie chassis. Plus I’ve been accumulating cougar parts kits as I have the need to build 5 of the 66 comets . The roll cage around the driver is very different and these cars evolved rapidly through the early years. Like in your photo the car has no pin stripes and in outer pitchers it has them. So maybe I’ll just leave them off . 

[Mike 1017]

You always build the best of Historic NHRA Racers. Looking forward to your next Cover Build.

Mike

[slusher]

Super nice pair!

[Mopar2]

2 Very Cool Builds...Awesome detail on both...

[89AKurt]

Admire the dedication and execution!  So back then funny cars were just what looks like a bed frame, appreciate how the model shows that.