Ace-Garageguy Posted June 4 Posted June 4 (edited) Curt can be reached at miniscurtraitzing, 686 Helen Dr., Hollister, CA 95023. Email is ceraitz@gmail.com. Edited June 4 by Ace-Garageguy 1
bobss396 Posted June 5 Posted June 5 Wow. I have a set of the old MAS PE dragster fronts with rubber tires. I have to dig them out and take a picture. 1
peteski Posted June 5 Posted June 5 2 hours ago, bobss396 said: Wow. I have a set of the old MAS PE dragster fronts with rubber tires. I have to dig them out and take a picture. I think those used standard rubber O-rings for tires. With round cross-section and no tread or sidewall detail they aren't super realistic but I guess they might be acceptable. 1
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 5 Posted June 5 Some years back, I also found several hand-laced wire rims made for scale WW I vintage aircraft, a few of which were sized right for 1/25 dragster front wire wheels. At the time, all the sizes I wanted were sold out, and I never followed up. There have been multiple posts on this very forum about hand-lacing wire wheels for various applications, and though it takes a slight learning curve, the results look good. AND...the guy who does the great looking 3D-printed wire sports car wheels might be receptive to the idea of doing dragster wires as well.
Exotics_Builder Posted June 5 Posted June 5 42 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Some years back, I also found several hand-laced wire rims made for scale WW I vintage aircraft, a few of which were sized right for 1/25 dragster front wire wheels. At the time, all the sizes I wanted were sold out, and I never followed up. There have been multiple posts on this very forum about hand-lacing wire wheels for various applications, and though it takes a slight learning curve, the results look good. AND...the guy who does the great looking 3D-printed wire sports car wheels might be receptive to the idea of doing dragster wires as well. I picked up a pair at an IPMS show a few years ago that looked pretty good and are still sitting in the parts box. Trying to remember whom, thinking it was UMM-USA. I'll have to pull them out to photo them. Seems to me they were about right for the AMT Double Dragster kit. 2
LDO Posted June 5 Author Posted June 5 (edited) I just got an e-mail from Curt. I will be ordering a set from him. I’ll have figure what size to get. I haven’t had a model bench in several years. Now that it’s set up again, I decided to jump in to the deep end. Edited June 5 by LDO 6
Andrew McD Posted June 6 Posted June 6 Ohhhhh, that looks like a wild machine in the making. Will you be doing a WIP?
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 6 Posted June 6 7 hours ago, LDO said: ...I decided to jump in to the deep end. Oh yes, that's going to be cool.
LDO Posted June 6 Author Posted June 6 8 hours ago, Andrew McD said: Ohhhhh, that looks like a wild machine in the making. Will you be doing a WIP? Thank you. It’s my version of “Dodge Fever”, built by Jim Keeler in 1968. I will start a WIP thread. After Jim won a National contest with it, he published a 5 part how-to article on building one, but using a 1969 Dodge Daytona body. I mail ordered those magazines. If anyone else wants to do the same, note that the measurements for cutting will not be the same for the 1968 Coronet. Also, the b&w photos of modifying a white body show very little contrast. It’s easy to miss details. That’s why the back end of mine is straight rather than a shallow angle. I’m leaving it this way. It’s my interpretation, not an exact copy. My reasoning is that a real fiberglass drag car body would not start out as an accurate Coronet, then get cut up. 1
LDO Posted June 6 Author Posted June 6 10 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Oh yes, that's going to be cool. Thanks. I hesitated posting these, because I take so long to finish anything. I have a model bench set up again after not having one for several years. Hopefully that can get some momentum going for this project.
1930fordpickup Posted Saturday at 07:47 PM Posted Saturday at 07:47 PM This is going to be very cool.
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