High and Mighty inspired Shoebox Ford

[Ferbz]

On 8/22/2025 at 7:00 PM, Redisetta said:

Wow, and the color is great!

Thanks! Yeah  It's a pretty close match to the original 1:1 car's blue primer. The color is Tamiya Coral Blue (TS-41) with Tamiya Flat Clear on top (TS-80)👍

[Ferbz]

On 8/22/2025 at 9:18 PM, Dragline said:

Superb! The colors, the stance, the outrageousness.... All on one car.

Thanks so much! Not all my ideas work out lol but this build came together pretty well!

[Ferbz]

On 8/23/2025 at 12:36 AM, Straightliner59 said:

I love building projects that draw inspiration from "classic" sources. I have a project on my bench shelf that's inspired by the first Warren, Coburn and Miller rear engined car. I have a plan to build Monogram's Long John as inspired by Mel Heath's '56 Nationals winner. I have a couple of others, like that, as well. I don't see anything at all wrong with it. I have only ever built two replicas; Dick Kraft's "The Bug" and Cook and Bedwell's dragster, from a Monogram Slingshot. Most frequently, I pull together cool features from different sources, and incorporate them into my models. I guess I mostly look to capture an era.

Yes, that's very cool!😎 The historical eras of hot rodding, custom car building, drag racing is fascinating to me. It's very satisfying to pull from history and add our own creativity and spin to things👍

[Ferbz]

On 8/23/2025 at 7:26 AM, MeatMan said:

Awesome work!

Thanks man!🙂

[Ferbz]

On 8/24/2025 at 5:19 AM, meechum68 said:

I followed this build as well, and you knocked it out of the park!!  Such a fun piece and the backstory sells it! 

Excellent work!!! 

Thanks for following along! And it took me less than a year to finish which is a new record for me 🤪 lol

[Ferbz]

14 hours ago, NitroMarty said:

I am diggin' on this thing so frickin hard!!!!!😎

I have looooooong wanted to build model of the original High & Mighty, but never seem to actually get around to it. (With too many ideas of my own, I suck at building replicas)

Your build here has got me thinking maybe it would be cool to throw a H&M inspired 51 Chevy into the mix 😁

I'm so glad you like it! Don't feel bad.....I find that exact replicas are hard to build. The pressure to get all the details as accurate as possible can be tough to navigate. Oh man, I would love to see a 51 chevy version! 😁👍

[Straightliner59]

4 hours ago, Ferbz said:

The pressure to get all the details as accurate as possible can be tough to navigate.

The fluidity of their change, from day to day, race to race, definitely adds to the challenge. There are almost always some educated guesses involved.

[Nitro330]

Love the back story on this and the very, very Roth-like execution.  This is just way cool!  Awesome job!

[Ferbz]

28 minutes ago, Nitro330 said:

Love the back story on this and the very, very Roth-like execution.  This is just way cool!  Awesome job!

Thanks so much! This is one the rare builds for me where all my wacky idea(s) came together nicely 🤪 

[pulln4dejr]

That’s one “Fink-a-died” ride! Love it and love the back story as well!

[Ferbz]

11 hours ago, pulln4dejr said:

That’s one “Fink-a-died” ride! Love it and love the back story as well!

Hehe! Thanks man! 👍

[slusher]

Fantastic build and story!

[Ferbz]

13 hours ago, slusher said:

Fantastic build and story!

Thanks! Once I discovered the 1:1 High and Mighty, it didn't take long for my off-centered mind to come up with this idea 🤪