Chuck Pooles "Chuckwagon" Wheelstander

[bigmikevee]

Hey John,

Wow, this is sure one of your most interesting builds, the color combo is not one I had ever seen before, but I love it, thought I saw this posted before, glad I got to see it again. On the previous comment, I thought I had seen slicks with wrinkles in them after they pulled the cars up to the line or just parked them before they ran, air pressure is pretty low before they do a burnout, heat up and expanded, am I wrong about that? I am an amateur at these things, so just not sure, I thought the way you did them was just right. I sure am glad you post here, it really gives me enjoyment to look at your models, and thanks again John.

Mike

Edited August 27, 2010 by bigmikevee

[Terry Sumner]

Mike,

Wrinkle wall slicks can and do wrinkle while at rest. But when they do, the wrinkles appear on both front and rear of the sidewall. When the wrinkles appear only towards the front as depicted on the Chuckwagon, they are indicative of a launch.

Here's one at rest....

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And here's one under launch...

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[John Teresi]

Mike,

Wrinkle wall slicks can and do wrinkle while at rest. But when they do, the wrinkles appear on both front and rear of the sidewall. When the wrinkles appear only towards the front as depicted on the Chuckwagon, they are indicative of a launch.

Here's one at rest....

Hosted on Fotki

And here's one under launch...

Hosted on Fotki

Terry......very good eye.......I do have a driver .......and when I compete in model contest I have a display stand......where it is up in a wheelstand.........that is why I have take off wrinkles on the tire`s.........recently I have ordered some 4th of July sparklers......I am going to attach the sparkler to the rear tailgate to make the wheelstander seem like it is dragging the tailgate.......when I get the sparklers next week in the mail .......I will take a few photos and post them to this thread...........P.S. here are a few photos of the display but,I will have others next week........thank`s for the comments and looking.

Edited August 27, 2010 by John Teresi

[Terry Sumner]

Now...THAT ..is awesome! I wish more of us (myself included) would pose our models like this... Thank you!

May I make a suggestion? When you take the photo with the sparklers, maybe you could set up a fan to blow the sparks backwards? That would be ultra cool!

Edited August 27, 2010 by Terry Sumner

[Marlowe]

I simply lack the words to describe my total awe of your build. Simply amazing!

[Belair2k]

Very well done.

Here's Scott Herel's build of the same car.

http://www.herelart.com/sites/default/files/images/_MG_8654%20a1.jpg

[baddgass]

U do some nice work. Keep it coming bro.

[pharr7226]

Your work never ceases to amaze me. It's very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.