Willie Borsch fuel altered

[2002p51]

This was just a quick weekend project to while away the bad weather.

I've been wanting to do this one for a long time but the problem was I couldn't decide which car to do. This car, as all good race cars do, was constantly evolving and changing. It looks different in almost every photo I have of the car. Different wing configurations, chassis, injectors, scoops, and even markings.

So this model is really a composite, if you will, of several variations. Rather than focus on matching one specific photo this is more like a general representation of all of them! (Well, that's my story anyway, and I'm sticking to it!)

Mostly I back-dated the kit version. I converted the front end to a straight axle leaf spring set-up with a scratch built axle, radius rods, and steering. The roll bars and wing supports are a combination of Evergreen rod and padded sections from a Monogram stock car chassis. The entire wing is made from Evergreen .010" sheet. I also scratch built the wheelie bars.

The engine is mostly from the kit with the addition of better looking valve covers from the Revell '41 Willys kit and the scoop from a Tony Nancy dragster kit.

Wheels and tires are all from the kit. Strangely, there are no rear brakes in the kit so I made up a couple of disks to fit inside the back of the rear wheels and painted them a dark metalizer color to give the appearance, when you look through the holes in the wheels, of brake drums.

I didn't want to paint the front wheels straight gold as that would look too bright, so I mixed some gold in with some Metalizer Stainless Steel to tone it down. The two didn't mix all that well so there's some variation in the color which turned out to be a good thing I think.

Paint on the body is Testors Guards Red and the decals are Slixx.

As usual, comments, questions, and criticism are welcome.

[Fuel Coupe]

Way better looking than right out of the box. great job on the aggressive wing forward setup..

[Matt LeBlanc]

Looks good to me!!!

[george 53]

Same Here!!!! I likes it!

[2002p51]

Majorly cool! Where'd you get the decals?

Slixx

[S. Svendsen]

I dig it!!

[MADmodelDOCTOR]

Great job! It looks right on.

later,

[noname]

Very nice for a " quick build ". I'd like to see one of your not so quick builds. Much better than out of the box and I like the lower stance.

[Dragline]

Outstanding for a "weekend" build I must say.

All it needs is a Willy Borsche figure with one hand one the wheel and one on the sill, smoking the tires sideways all the way down the 1320.

If there are any who have never seen a Winged Express run I would turn your attention to YouTube and do a search. You'll see the MOST entertaining run down the 1/4 mile that ever was.

VERY nice build.

Willy R.I.P

Bob