Hydro jag

[stitchdup]

This has been stalled for a number of years now. The reason it stalled was the wood I used to skin it warped when the paint went on (and it looked awful in green and silver) The hull is the hot rod hydro kit from revell with a tamiya jag body cut to fit and the sides raised to suit the swoopy body. I used the hydro engine originally but now I'm thinking to use the jag engine instead as it probably fits the theme better than the hemi. I think moving forward I'll strip the wood from the hull sides and get some araldite 2 part glue so it has more chance of holding it on. The wood used is just coffee stirrers and I'll use them again since I bought way too many of them by mistake (wassure it said packs of 100 so I bought 10, them 10,000 of them arrived, lol) This time I'm thinking to do it in pearl white with possibly some carbon details such as the vents. I already stole the jag interior from this for something else but I've got an audi r8 roadster interior sitting doing nothing that I'm sure is wide enough to fit with a few small mods. I'll have to scratch some sort of panel with a door for the cabin area and since theres a lot of space at the back I might give the turbos an upgrade just to help fill it a bit. Theres a couple of projects ahead of this but this is officially back on the bench this year. The pics in green are how it sits just now but its a case of taking a few steps back before any progress can be made

 

[peteski]

That sure is an interesting vehicle. I like your kitbash.  I think it's a good looking speedboat.

[bisc63]

Cool conversion! More, please!

[misterNNL]

Outstanding design concept. Everything seems to flow seamlessly by combining those two kits at the waist line. I'll be watching as this develops. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.

[misterNNL]

Any progress??

[stitchdup]

10 minutes ago, misterNNL said:

Any progress??

Not yet, I need to finish off a few vws first to make space on the bench, shouldn't be long though as it on top of the pile. I did try the jag engine and its going to work better than the hemi

[misterNNL]

1 hour ago, stitchdup said:

Not yet, I need to finish off a few vws first to make space on the bench, shouldn't be long though as it on top of the pile. I did try the jag engine and its going to work better than the hemi

That is a very appropriate choice for the project. I'll be watching closely.