Gasser 57

[James2]

[bad0210]

that looks amazing, i love it. the colors are perfect.

[John Teresi]

Everything about this build screams....."BAD TO THE BONE"......great job!

[crazyjim]

Looks excellent! Are those kit headers or solder, or Evergreen rod?

[dencon]

Very Nice. Great job on the flip nose.

Matt

[tuffone20]

Yes what everone else has said!! Great job and I like the flip nose on it!!

[walt francis]

He steps up to the plate, He swings, Yes folks it's a "HOMERUN " It's out of the park .

Edited March 6, 2010 by walt francis

[Blake Rogers]

you have to show us how you built this one man great work

[John Truby]

That's a great looking Gasser!!

John

[James2]

My link

Here is the file for the build. This started as the Black Widow Kit.

Early Modified Sort Tracker Engine block wit FRW V-covers, Oil Pan, Manny and Injectors.

Front axle is scratch built with 55 Chevy truck leaf springs, 32 ford five window wheels and B.W. tires.

Rea rend is from the same truck kit with B.W. leaf springs, parts box ladder bars, Don Garlits Dragster wheels And tires from parts box.

The flopper is hinged on two pieces of alum. tube with a piece of styrene rod for the pin. I did this because the kit body had some real bad mold lines that required some serious work. I had hope to hide the problems, which I think I did! But made for a much more interesting model also.

The headers are scratch built from styrene also.

Body paint is Tamiya rattle cans, Mica Red and Champaign Gold. With BMF. I used Tamiya weathering kits and The Detailer washes also.

This was a great build, lots of fun and I have a 55 and a 56 to complete the set.

Thanks for looking. If you would like to see the WIP pictures you can PM me and I will send you the link. It's on another model forum and would not be nice to post it here.

Edited March 7, 2010 by JAMES2

[Fisher61]

That is a fantastic looking Gasser! I build factory stock 99% of the time, but have often thought about doing a tri five gasser! Your build is very inspiring!

[larman]

Wow! I don't know how I missed this one! Awesome build! You got it right! -Larman

Wow! I don't know how I missed this one! Awesome build! You got it right! -Larman

[rustybill1960]

Smooth build, excellent work and fantastic colours Man!

I have seen this kit used in several builds and I believe, with what I have seen, it will be a very nice kit to build.

Thank you for sharing!

later

Russ