MR. Macabre Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago Hey everyone, I go by the name MR. Macabre, and I just got back into the hobby after a 45 year absence. I was born and raised in SO. CAL. during the 60's, 70's, and 80's before relocating north to Washington state in 1994 with my family. Throughout the 70's I built dozens of model cars, planes, tanks, ships, trucks, and monster models. Once I got my drivers license in '75 I built model cars exclusively, because by this time I was a car fanatic and a huge fan of drag racing, so I built a lot of race cars, and was pretty good at it. I modified every car I built into a drag car, and I did this until March of 1980, when I met my then future wife. I was still living at home and had just gotten my first real full time job, and after we started dating there wasn't any interest or time for building models any more. Fast forward 45 years and I'm back in the hobby again. I've been retired on permanent disability since July of 2015, so I'm at home while my wife is at the office supporting us. My physical problems are making it harder for me to do anything outside of the house, so I decided to try my hand at model cars again a few months ago. I've finished 3 kits so far, a '71 Dodge Demon street car, a '71 Plymouth Duster Super Stock car, and a '69 HEMI GTX Super Stock car. I'm in the beginning stages of working on a '68 HEMI powered Dodge Dart Super Stock car. I'm using the back half of the '67 Chevelle model kit's chassis on the Dart, just like I did on the '71 Duster. By using the Chevelle as a donor kit, I'm getting the rear end, suspension, wheelie bars, seats, and the roll cage I need for the Dart. The parts and pieces from the Dart's kit aren't detailed enough for me, I'm trying to build a modern version of this legendary machine, something you'd see on the drag strip today. I'm also going to use a 3d printed HEMI engine from ICEMAN Products in the Dart, along with aftermarket tires, wheels, ignition parts, a pre-wired distributor, fuel pump, shifter, fire extinguisher, gauges, and hopefully headers. My builds aren't exactly works of art, but for a 66 year old geezer with shaky and numb hands, I think they came out pretty good. 2
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