1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse (Barry Bonds Edition)

[Custom Mike]

Another Revell 1999 Eclipse, but this one's just a little different. This one was started years ago, at the tail end of when Steroids were rampant in Baseball. It was named after Barry Bonds because it's just ridiculously juiced up. Shoving a 426 HEMI into a 1999 Eclipse is kind of like Barry (Or any other athlete that has been that stupid!) stabbing a needle filled with Steroids in his butt, it's made both insanely powerful!!! It's got a shortened chassis from AMT's 1970 Super Bee Pro-Street kit, along with the suspension, rims, back tires and the 426 Hemi from the same kit, front tires from my parts box, and a turned aluminum Nitrous bottle from a friend (Thanks a million Dan!). I had to scratch-build a new driveshaft and inner fender wells, I detailed the engine with a aluminum distributor from Parts by Parks and spark plug boots from Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland. Then I finished the engine off with a low-rise intake, carbs and velocity stacks from my parts box, and threw on a PE alternator bracket from Detail Master. A new floor pan was scratch-built with my fiance Pam's help, the firewall from the Super Bee kit was cut-down to fit, and new side windows were made from Clear Styrene. I flocked the floor pan, and painted the rest of the interior with Dupli-Color interior paint. Throw in a parts box exhaust system and a wild Nail Polish paint job, some pin-striping tape to make it all look better and you've got this beast. I painted the clear hood with some Testor's Transparent Green, and called it good, enjoy the pics!

Follow the link below for the build-up!

http://www.public.fo...eclipse-barry-/

[Ryan S.]

Juiced is right! I never would have thought that a Hemi would fit in that engine bay but nice work all around getting it all to fit. It doesn't even look too tight, it looks real good!

[RodneyBad]

Killer looking Paint..

Great to see a Hemi stuffed in a Mitz too..

Great build..

[Custom Mike]

Thanks guys, this was a real spur of the moment idea, and it actually worked out better than I imagined. The Hemi actually has way more room than I thought it would, I just had to move the firewall back about a scale foot. The amazing thing was the Super Bee's chassis, once it was cut down lengthwise, it fit almost perfectly, just a bit of trimming at the back corners to fit in the bumper!

Edited July 8, 2011 by Custom Mike