Henderson Bros. & Jack's Fiat Altered

[Bernard Kron]

Early 60's Fiat Altered

(more pictures below)

This is the second build that I have gotten out of the AMT Double Dragster "Tin Box" kit. So far I've used the Fiat Altered chassis to build the old AMT Parts Pack T Bucket Altered. Since I no longer had the Fiat's frame I scratch built a tubular frame in order to build the Fiat Altered from the Double Dragster kit.

The basic frame is made from Evergreen tubular styrene. Everything "north" of the frame rails is from the kit. The front axle is a dropped axle from the AMT '32 Phaeton kit. The hairpins are from the Revell Tony Nancy Double Dragster kit. To my eyes the dropped axle really improves the stance. The rear axle is a cut down Revell '32 Ford kit piece. The push bar and tie rod are scratch built. Pretty much everything else is from the kit with most of the chrome bits having been stripped and refinished in various shades of Testors Metalizer.

The paint is Duplicolor Crème left unpolished to capture the texture of a rough and ready race car paint job from the early 60's. The Henderson Bros. and Jack's Automotive decals are all home made. They represent a fictitious Midwest team from back in the day. The back story is that the Hendersons built and drove the car and Jack's contributed the blown Chrysler and the sponsorship bucks. The nose decal was made by tracing the shape of the kit grill on to a piece of paper, scanning it into my computer and making the graphics 1:1 from the scan with Photoshop. I was amazed that it actually worked! The Jack's hemi is finished in Chrysler factory colors of aluminum paint on the block and heads and gold valve covers.

My goal is to try and get 4 builds out of the old tin box if I can, including using both dragster frames for two separate builds.

Here's the link to the W.I.P.: http://www.modelcars...showtopic=29768

Thanx for lookin',

B.

Edited May 6, 2010 by gbk1

[Bernard Kron]

Here are some additional chassis shots:

[vaughn]

very nice work.

[Raul_Perez]

Cool stuff, Bernard!!

The whole thing came together very nicely!!

Is the spedo a decal or something else you made?

Later,

[Bernard Kron]

Thanx guys!

...Is the spedo a decal or something else you made?...

It's a decal from the Revell '49 Merc. It was the only thing I had that fit. And of course it is a speedometer when it should be a tach! Now that you mention it I should have made my own face. Just Google "Sun Tachometer".... Curious omission on AMT's part, or rather Round2, given the mega over the top decal sheet the tin box comes with. But in this case it's too late since the body is glued to the chassis. Of course no one will ever see the error because of the tinted windows. Why oh why did I take a close up of the frame-off interior????

Edited May 7, 2010 by gbk1

[Raul_Perez]

It's a decal from the Revell '49 Merc. It was the only thing I had that fit. And of course it is a spedometer when it should be a tach! Now that you mention it I should have made my own face. Just Google "Sun Tachometer".... Curious omission on AMT's part, or rather Round2, given the mega over the top decal sheet the tin box comes with. But in this case it's too late since the body is glued to the chassis...

You don't need a tach, old HEMIs are bullet-proof!!

He put in a speedometer for testing on the days when the track clock and timer wasn't working.

That's the story and I'm sticking to it...

Later,

[Bernard Kron]

You don't need a tach, old HEMIs are bullet-proof!!

He put in a speedometer for testing on the days when the track clock and timer wasn't working.

That's the story and I'm sticking to it...

Later,

[curt raitz]

You don't need a tach, old HEMIs are bullet-proof!!

He put in a speedometer for testing on the days when the track clock and timer wasn't working.

That's the story and I'm sticking to it...

Later,

True sign of a great model builder...covering up the little "boo-boos" that happen during the build...

even if it means fabricating a reason for a speedometer over a tachometer

Great Job, Bernard...

OK, how does one lift or put the hood over the air snorkel?

[Bernard Kron]

Thanx Curt!

...OK, how does one lift or put the hood over the air snorkel? ...

In the 1:1 world it obviously would be removable. Lots of pieces in the modeling world are poorly located and yet designed to be removable. Clear examples would include engine covers and convertible up-tops. I've begun using tiny dabs of Ambroid Tack 'n' Place to fix things in place in these situations. On this build I used some on the engine cover and the scoop.

Edited May 7, 2010 by gbk1

[Raul_Perez]

...OK, how does one lift or put the hood over the air snorkel?

That's simple, Curt. It's the same answer to the question "why does it have a speedometer instead of a tach?" It's a HEMI.

You don't need to lift the hood...unless you want to show your friends what's under there...

I like this thread!!

Later,

[curt raitz]

That's simple, Curt. It's the same answer to the question "why does it have a speedometer instead of a tach?" It's a HEMI.

My mistake...the speedo was used by design, sorry I forgot about the hemi

You don't need to lift the hood...unless you want to show your friends what's under there...

Last time I let my friends look under my hood, I almost got arrested

I like this thread!!

me too...