RancheroSteve Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 Mini Exotics resin kit. Just out of the paint booth. Onward!
Dr. Cranky Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 Oh, I love these cars . . . keep it going, that's an intense red. I like it.
84vanagon Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Wow... nice! They have to be one of the coolest cars ever. Please keep us updated.
RancheroSteve Posted October 25, 2011 Author Posted October 25, 2011 The dashboard is done. More soon.
RancheroSteve Posted November 1, 2011 Author Posted November 1, 2011 Some more progress. VRM decals applied and some body details added.
RancheroSteve Posted November 25, 2011 Author Posted November 25, 2011 The chassis and interior are finished. Even though this is a curbside kit, I added an engine since it will show though the holes in the hood. The next step is to get the body on the chassis, then add the wheels & tires, exhaust pipes, and a few more details.
jbwelda Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 excellent! i wish i would buy one of those from mini exotics one of these days!
Modelmartin Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 excellent! i wish i would buy one of those from mini exotics one of these days! Kind of tough to do! Mini Exotics closed up a couple of years ago. It was a pretty grungy kit, anyway. Steve has done a h^ll of a job to get it to the shape it's in now!
250 Testa Rossa Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 excellent! i wish i would buy one of those from mini exotics one of these days! Mini Exotics is out of business, but Historic Racing Miniatures makes a full-detail Cheetah.
Modellpularn Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 Looks kinda like an old Strombecker body. Very nice!
RancheroSteve Posted November 26, 2011 Author Posted November 26, 2011 Looks kinda like an old Strombecker body. I believe it's actually based on the old Cox slot car and static kit.
Bridgebuster Posted November 27, 2011 Posted November 27, 2011 Steve, you're doing a terrific job on this. The paint job is absolute perfection. I've got one too and am trying to map out the project. What engine did you source to put in? I can't see the bottom of the "engine well"; did you cut out the chassis to add full detail? Thanks! Keep posting pics as you go. That is such a cool car!!!
RancheroSteve Posted November 27, 2011 Author Posted November 27, 2011 Thanks. The paint isn't perfect, but it's one of my better efforts - I like to think I'm improving. The engine came from an AMT '63 Corvette - this version ran with the Rochester FI. Headers came from the AM Grand Sport. I cut the bottom of the engine and trans off and played around with it a lot to get the right height and placement in the chassis. I also built foot boxes and a trans tunnel for the interior.
Danno Posted November 27, 2011 Posted November 27, 2011 Love those Cheetahs ... and love this build. Go, Steve!
Alyn Posted November 27, 2011 Posted November 27, 2011 Very cool. Brings back memories of racing my Pittman powered 63 Stingray against all the Cox powered Cheetahs and Chaparrals on the slot tracks..
weasel Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 (edited) ModelHaus has the basicly the same kit, i have both, built the Mini Exotics, mine's yellow... the Modelhaus kit has the front valance already on the body where the MiniExotics kit doesn't, i wasn'y real happy with the fit of the valance on mine... i've got a BUNCH of 'Chettahs always win' decals, they'd look great under the Pure decals, gimme yer addy and i mail ya some... Edited November 28, 2011 by weasel
RancheroSteve Posted November 28, 2011 Author Posted November 28, 2011 ModelHaus has the basicly the same kit, i have both, built the Mini Exotics, mine's yellow... the Modelhaus kit has the front valance already on the body where the MiniExotics kit doesn't, i wasn'y real happy with the fit of the valance on mine... That looks real nice, Weasel! Yes, the fit of the front valence was a challenge, to say the least, and once I got it attached the shape of the opening needed a lot of work, but I finally got it to where I was happy with it. By the way, did you know that Cheetahs originally had drum brakes?
weasel Posted November 28, 2011 Posted November 28, 2011 yeah, in the beginning, but, when thay found that they had to run with the Chaparral's and Lola's, they freaked...big tires and disc's...the front ends were way to light and would lift at speed!! oh, and those wheels/tires were all i had!! TransAm pkg from Perry's Resin with AMT stockcar slicks... the rotor hat was also the mount so that worked out also!!
Bridgebuster Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 Hey Dick. The decals got here yesterday and they are just super cool!! Thank you my friend. I'm in your debt. Please call on me if you need anything that I might have.
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