Dragline Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 The prolific Mr Raitz strikes again!! Stunner. Bob
David G. Posted June 22, 2014 Posted June 22, 2014 Fantastic work! I enjoy these historical builds. David G.
Art Laski Posted June 22, 2014 Posted June 22, 2014 Another interesting subject wonderfully executed. Nice work, Curt!
Dave Darby Posted June 22, 2021 Posted June 22, 2021 I don't know how I missed this beauty, but it certainly deserves a bump. Beautiful work.
Maindrian Pace Posted June 22, 2021 Posted June 22, 2021 I'll say. Amazingly clean and accurate build.
spencer1984 Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 Agreed, I missed it the first time around, too. Fantastic work on it!
Zippi Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 Turned out looking pretty kewl. I like the salt effect on the tires.
papajohn97 Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 Great job Curt! I love the subject. Your home-made decals are fabulous, wish I could buy a set to copy your build (highest form of complement, right?). There’s is an excellent 1:1 reproduction of this car at the NHRA museum in Pomona. CA which I happened to take a photo of during a visit last month:
drodg Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 1 minute ago, papajohn97 said: Great job Curt! I love the subject. Your home-made decals are fabulous, wish I could buy a set to copy your build (highest form of complement, right?). There’s is an excellent 1:1 reproduction of this car at the NHRA museum in Pomona. CA which I happened to take a photo of during a visit last month: That is so cool. What are the chances?
curt raitz Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 24 minutes ago, drodg said: That is so cool. What are the chances? Thanx Guys it was fun building it then seeing the real car in the NHRA Museum a few years back. My buddy Steve has the artwork for this car.He should be able to print up a set of decals for you. Contact info for Steve is: allemand64@aim.com good luck
Venom Posted June 24, 2021 Posted June 24, 2021 Super cool and it’s a real unique one.... Real nice work! I really like the look of the salt on the tires -How did you do it?
bisc63 Posted June 24, 2021 Posted June 24, 2021 Very cool! I love how removing the wonky side trim just breathes fresh air into this kit.
MrObsessive Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Wow! VERY nice take on this! ? 18 hours ago, bisc63 said: Very cool! I love how removing the wonky side trim just breathes fresh air into this kit. I agree............that alone makes a HUGE difference!
M W Elky Posted March 20, 2022 Posted March 20, 2022 Great work paint color, decals, and wheels are spot on. I like the salt on the tires.
Mile High Scale Modeler Posted May 14, 2022 Posted May 14, 2022 Very nice! Always a sucker for the Salt Flats
DustyMojave Posted June 29, 2022 Posted June 29, 2022 This is a relevant picture. Note the car in the background. Not the same Mopar, or even the same exact year or model. But very similar, same body shell. This pic was taken by my dad in the late 50s, like 58 to 60, at El Mirage Dry Lake. Dad's best friend, Tom Beatty with his employee Fat Eddy with Tom's belly tank in line for the start. Shows that dry lakes racers considered these Mopars to be sleek and desirable cars in those days. When I 1st saw Curt's posts about this model, I was quite impressed with his conversion of the AMT '58 Belvedere into a '57 Savoy. Not a huge change, but not as easy as Curt made it out to be. Such work takes advanced model building skills.
Mattilacken Posted June 29, 2022 Posted June 29, 2022 Really cool! Sweet looking build as well! I wonder what if they had made it lower, would it have gone faster?
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