Russell C Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) Stumbling upon "Cobraman's" 8 wheel top fuel dragster just recently, it reminded me that I needed to dig out a TFD of my own that I built back in 1998. It's not a model type that I'd normally build, but I knew the upcoming contest that summer by the White Mountain Plastic Modelers had a special theme category of "build us a 4x4", but they never specified what kind of 4x4. Knowing that one of the Albuquerque Model Car Clubs's regular attendees at the contest was Big John Pattison, famous for all his drag racing models, I thought I'd do up some fictional main sponsor decals and put them on something that was a cross between Revell's Pennzoil TFD and an AMT Snake Bite monster truck, just to mess with his mind. Ferrari decal on the nose, of course. If I remember right, the front driveshaft scales out to around 16 feet in length. Midship bearing? Naw, just extra spinning mass to slow a guy down. Who needs that? Oh, wait. How many cylinders does the engine have? Well, not 8 anymore. Such an alteration would leave an unsightly forward gap on the head, and we can't have that. Just turn the magnetos 90°, that'll solve the problem. It was quite a load of fun filling in the details for the driver's area and the engine, despite not knowing exactly what I was replicating in various spots. If anyone complains that the oscillation overthruster is missing its fuse link harness or something like that, all I have to do is say this is a top fuel monster truck dragster. Edited April 29, 2020 by Russell C fixed busted photo links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragfreak Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) Very cool, something I never would have thought about doing! Edited April 16, 2014 by Dragfreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 And they said mine was strange ! : ) I like it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Boy Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Way cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Twister Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Off the chain......That is a very unique beauty!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLOODBANE Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Nice build. Way to really go outside the box. Im trying to build a Ice T mud dragster so I can relate where you are coming from.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am73grand Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 That's pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Very cool, Russell. And I know Big John loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Teresi Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Russell…….SUPER cool…….Love it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoatGuy Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Very different. Excellent job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgunner68 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I'm confused...which part of this is incorrect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 WOW, a 3000 HP mud slinger, how COOL is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG NICKY Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 that is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majel Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 That is a very cool dragster and would be a very scary ride!! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimer50707 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 That is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Battista Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Very different... indeed ! Nice work..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTBACK340 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 That's a very odd vehicle done VERY well! Nice clean build and detailing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) If anyone complains that the oscillation overthruster is missing its fuse link harness... Man, I was JUST thinking that...and you hardly ever see V7 engines anymore. Seriously, great looking fantasy drag machine... Edited April 19, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Russell was Ira-cool before Ira-cool was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Wildly over the top- cool! David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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