My latest project....

[tim boyd]

another Gasser, Motorcycle, or Drag Boat project. This year... a drag boat.

It's a dual Chevy engined drag racing boat, loosely patterned after the "Adios Two" pictured on page 53 of the excellent book "Drag Boats of the 1960's" by Don Edwards, Iconografix, 2008. It required an all new hull top created from .040" sheet styrene and the forward cockpit hump came from the front of the streamliner body in the just reissued AMT Round 2 Double Dragster kit originally circa 1961. The wired and detailed tandem Chevies also came straight from the Double Dragster kit. The sponsons on the front of the hull are from the 1963 AMT Trophy Series Rayson Craft kit, while the balance of the hull came from the "Hull Raiser" kit based on a Kindsvater hull, originally issued in 1968 and reissued in 1975 and in 2006 (the latter being in combination with the MPC 1970 Pontiac Bonneville convertible).

Thanks for looking...here's the URL for my 1/25th scale Model Boat Album in its entirety... http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/boyd-model-boats/

Edited August 16, 2010 by tim boyd

[Railfreak78]

Nice project. I love boats and I think my wife is happy I do not own one "yet". I'd be on the water all time. I'm watching.

[Blake Rogers]

i love it man what color you going with ?

Edited August 16, 2010 by moparfan426

[whale392]

We used to have vintage drag boat races in Columbus...don't know if they still do. They had some neat boats for sure....this build reminds me of them.

[Space Cowboy]

Looks great Tim and the detail on the engines are sharp..Keep us posted..

[tim boyd]

i love it man what color you going with ?

Blake,,,,not sure what color....maybe Silver big flake metalflake with some candy blue/green/purple panels? TIM

[tim boyd]

Looks great Tim and the detail on the engines are sharp..Keep us posted..

Space and Rail....will do. TIM

[camaroman]

Thanks for sharing!!! I am watch for updates...

[Chuck Most]

I'll keep my eye on this- I've got the reissued boat kit somewhere, and I just need a little prodding to build it!

[MikeMc]

Blake,,,,not sure what color....maybe Silver big flake metalflake with some candy blue/green/purple panels? TIM

Great reason to use Testors Diamond Dust as a base.......lets see it Tim!!

[Brokentail58]

Nice boat. Looks like a project I will have to follow.