Wild Child Posted March 9 Posted March 9 Years ago, I purchased these two 1970/71 Prudhomme and McEwen dragsters as previously built and broken apart parts cars in a box. The original kits made a few years ago were decent, but used inaccurate decals due to licensing rights. I was able to get these two classics apart, rebuild them, and redo them. I felt it was a worthwhile project because I did not know if these would ever be made again. I used some misc decals along with a lot of careful hand painting to come up with proper logo's to look like some original pics I came up with. Keep in mind there are often multiple logo versions in any one year. I believe these are early car logo's, 1970. I hand painted some of the cowl logo's, the helmets, and the Hot Wheels logo's. The engines have been nicely detailed, and the paint has a nice finish. As a side note, Atlantis has re-issued these kits again, but with more accurate decals representing slightly later paint schemes. I was just glad I was able to salvage these. 12
TonyK Posted March 9 Posted March 9 These models look great with very nice detail. Nice save. The drivers add a lot to the entire package.
Wild Child Posted March 22 Author Posted March 22 On 3/9/2025 at 9:35 AM, TonyK said: These models look great with very nice detail. Nice save. The drivers add a lot to the entire package. Thanks for the kind remarks. These cars were just a couple previously built, broken cars when purchased. McEwen's car I could not even get the body apart, so I had to paint and assemble as it was. Always glad to salvage old cars. 2
M W Elky Posted March 24 Posted March 24 You did an amazing restoration effort. As usual the paint work and photography / lighting look great. I also have a box of these restoration projects I just have a hard time getting inspired to build dragsters . Your builds now have me a little inspired. Thanks for showing them off
Wild Child Posted March 24 Author Posted March 24 7 hours ago, M W Elky said: You did an amazing restoration effort. As usual the paint work and photography / lighting look great. I also have a box of these restoration projects I just have a hard time getting inspired to build dragsters . Your builds now have me a little inspired. Thanks for showing them off Thanks Mike, I appreciate the input. With the rising costs of all these kits nowadays, and the rarity of stuff we used to see all over, I think more and more people will be re-doing old kits or buying partially done old kits more often. At the big Detroit show this weekend, I was amazed at the prices of old beat up cars in baggies now that we used to buy for a couple bucks as parts cars. At least some of these shows are still around, so there are still deals to be had if you look hard enough. Redo some of the old cars or kits laying around before winter is over. Then it is time to play with the full size cars!
Vettegasser Posted March 25 Posted March 25 NICE!!!! Two of the best looking dragsters. In my opinion
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