Saline Solution II

[gowjobs]

This is my second attempt at an LSR streamliner, so I thought I'd continue with the "Saline Solution" name. This one will be a curbside build - haven't decided whether to add cockpit detail, or just blank out the canopy. I think this little streamliner would look good on a trailer behind a '60s Chevy pickup, don't you?

It's made from three (so far) of the old Hawk 1/32 LSR kits. With better planning I could have done it with two, but I only had the Bonnie Buggy and the Alky-Saltzer when I started this project a couple of years back. Recently, we used the Turbo-Go (the yellow one in the pic) version in a club speed-building night, after which we decorated them with sharpies and coasted them down a ramp and across the hardwood floor to compete for distance.

In this pic, you can see how I cut up two bodies to make my more wedge-shaped version:

The scoop from the front of the Turbo-Go will become the drag chute shroud on the back of my finished model.

Lots of possibilities in these inexpensive little kits.

[gowjobs]

The shape looks a little more cohesive with a coat of primer on it:

Still needs more sanding, filling and panels added to the rear to close it up around the chute nacelle.

[randfink]

Man, that is SLIPPERY lookin'!!!

[gowjobs]

Now even more slippery looking:

Shot the pics before the fresh primer dried so you could see how the light reflects off all those curves.

Still have more sanding and some pinholes to fill.

[Paul Payne]

Super! Super! Super! Now you'll have to build a replica of the Pierson Brothers 36 Ford as a pusher car! I also noticed the excellent book the model is resting on- what a great research source! Can't wait to see more pix!