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Roarin' Rat 57 Chevy 'gasser'


Andrew

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After starting the thread in the drag racing about British Gassers, thought I had better actually start the build of this one!

The real one is on the left!

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(i hope to do honky Tonkin later).

I started with the Revell kit

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and gathered a few bits, MCG etch set, steering wheel, R and D Unique 9" Ford and a couple of types of slicks. I have a good shot of the inside of the trunk (boot for us Brits!) so I have cut the lid out using the back of an xacto - just needs cleaning up

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The chassis rails are narrowed at the rear so I had a lot of cutting to get the rails seperate! Sorry about the pics of a white car on a white background, just what I had to hand, I'll change to blue next time!

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Oh yeah!! Glad to see you started a separate thread on this one. Did Lucas get the decals done? Really looking forward to this as I really like gassers.

Apparently a few others to do before the decals for the British cars, hopefully they will be done before I am in need of them!!

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Just a small update I'm afraid, trying to get a truck done too! Got the inner wings cut out

Before

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After

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and also sanded and cut all the interior door detail away

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as the Rat has ally panels with bead rolling, so I used 20 thou plastic sheet and half round rod to replicate this.

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