dragin70s

Thanks, fun to see and show some rockets. I have always wanted to do the Saturn V, but haven't looked in awhile so didn't know about the E/F version. Definitely a must do some day.

Love this thread. Nice fleet there, thanks for sharing those. I got my son a couple of rockets when he was a kid (gee whiz, that was probably 18 years ago) and it got me going again. Pics below with small descriptions. The Cherokee D was my first rocket as a kid, still my favorite. No kits available except expensive ones on eBay, so I cloned them. Flew the one of the left several times, and then built the other one, flew it once and now its just in the museum haha. Love multi-stage, so up-scaled the Cherokee D to DD (long before the new kit came out) Small one is the Quest Navajo AGM, so of course I had to up-scale it. Basically because the kit is so fast there is not much visual. Cloned another old Estes kit. Again, cloned another childhood favorite. Variation of an old Quest kit. And lastly, completed fairly recently (though no decals yet), a completely home made design, my first E-motor rocket. I kind of build by paper and pencil math and feel, and all of the others have flown great. Nervous about this one with the E, but OpenRocket says she'll fly true, so fingers crossed.

Love it, very nice build. Great work. I love the subject, been wanting to get one of those dragsters and try to replicate Snake's Skoal ride.

Congrats! So great to see people such as yourself keeping the hobby alive. And hey, I'm an old Arkansas boy so extra nice to see.

Great video! Such a nice car.

So happy to see this thread. Saw this car at Beech Bend at the Nostalgia Nationals last year and definitely wanted to put it on my build list.

Not the best pic , sorry. Decals are crisp. Any of these help?

Lots of drag decals and parts for trade. One last shot. Thanks.

I am looking for the dragster decals from the McEwen double FC/dragster kit. Specifically the two blue Plymouth decals for the valve covers. All other versions of those decals I have across have been way too dark, almost purple at times. Lots to trade if anyone has one. Thanks.

Really looking forward to seeing your progression on such a great subject like this. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful! Love the tribute vibes.

I have one. PM me.

Looking for two of this decal, one for each valve cover, for a McEwen funny car. The first photo below shows what I'm looking for. The second photo shows the decal that came with the original McEwen double kit (NAVY FC and dragster), and please don't judge that one too harshly, built a looooong time ago. You can see that the decal is blue in both of those pics. The third pic shows what I have already, and these came with other McEwen FC decal sets. As you can see, they are almost purple. I have a set that is the right color but too small, but can't seem to find a set that is the more true blue color. As I said, I know they are on the original NAVY dragster kit decal set (not the reissue, it doesn't have them). They are roughly 5/8" long. And yes, I realize this might seem I am being a little picky, but I have sort of vowed to stay away from "good enough" when I can. So taking a shot. So, if anyone might have a set, happy to make a deal for them. Thanks for the read. Rob

Love to see the Indy builds, thanks for sharing this one. Been gather up kits, parts, and materials for a few, so very interested in your build progress. So cool that you were at the qualifiers for that one. My white whale is the '70 Colt that Unser drove to victory as my 6 year old self watched from turn 4.

Nice build! And “The Canuck”, love it.

This is the one I built from that MPC Challenger F/C release from several years ago and Slixx decals. Bad old pic, sorry. But certainly some kits out there to build one from, that Soapy Sales kit and an old Johan Challenger kit as well. Good luck.

Those are awesome. A couple on there I seem to gravitate towards on eBay. Sounds like you have an amazing collection, I’m sure you have enjoyed that over the years. I collect some things and I figure I probably always will. I need to get me a case like that too, great way to keep and display. My two chassis arrived, so I’ve got to complete a couple of bodies now.

I love the drag bodies. The 4-gears are not fast, but they are all pretty close in performance so reaction time on the light is important which makes it fun. Plan to have a few fast chassis with AW or customized bodies, but then just teak all of the AW racers the same so comp is fun. I actually bought two of the Mega G+ Matmut cars a few years ago, so nice, but they were just too fast for my course set up and drag racing would have been kind of silly they were so fast. How big is your collection? What kind of cars are your favorites? I would like to pick up some of the older Indy/F-1s over time. My Petty runs OK, better than the Mustang, but kind of just want to leave them original rather than get new motors, etc.

OK "AFX", sorry if I over-did it, but here's what I have. I have several bodies to paint and customize, and accumulating chassis for them, but nothing pic worthy yet. But do you know what I really want, the Slot Dragon timing system for my drag strip. Anyway, the Petty and orange Mustang I found with my old set at my Mom's house years ago, my originals, so the Petty is one of my faves.

Nice! I like it. I’m more of a collector as well I guess. That’s one of the reasons I am trying to gather some chassis info. One to run and one to show as far as the ‘70s FCs go. I do like Indy and old NASCAR as well though. More of a race type car guy I guess. I only have three that aren’t racers. I’ll post pics tonight. I have one of the AutoWorld drag strips, the first or second one the did, but not set up. Have just set it up for use and then put away. I do have a regular layout on a 4x6 sheet of plywood, attached to the wood and on hinges so it is flipped up against a wall when not in use. It was the track we got for my son, added to since. Pics to come.

Sure, I’ll take some pics, but only have 26-27 cars and 6-7 bodies to customize. Big ‘70s drag racing fan so those are my favorites.

Tinkering around with my HO drag stuff, and was wondering if anyone has any tips for upgrading the AW 4-gear chassis. I have a Mega G+ and a JAG chassis to put on my custom bodies, but wouldn’t mind upgrading all the 4-gears that are on the AW dragsters and funny cars. I have seen something on tightening the fourth gear as well as changing out the wheel/axle. Any other thoughts? Tires? Parts?

Any interest in this one for the USA-1 Larson Pro Stock Vega?

Just beautiful! Great subjects and you did them justice. Thanks for sharing the great pics.

Very nice! Beautiful work.