2002p51 Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Here's yet another long stalled project finally done. This one has been "on the back burner" for probably ten years. As is typical with short track cars, my research hardly turned up two photos of this car that were the same. Sometimes the car had that hood scoop, sometimes it didn't, the stripes on the roof changed often, markings moved around, you get the idea. So what we have here is a sort of composite, if you will, a somewhat generic representation of how this car looked in general. If that makes any sense! Anyway, the base kit is, of course, that now rare MPC kit. It took a lot of work on the cage to get the body to sit down low enough over the chassis. (Straight out of the box the model looks like a 4x4) I used the engine from an AMT NASCAR Winston Cup T-bird and that took some doing to get it to fit under the low hood too. The wheels are from the kit and the tires are by AMT. The paint is Testors Model Master Classic White and Plum Crazy and the decals are by Fred Cady. As always, comments and critique are encouraged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirich1 Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Pretty sweet to see an old-school build. I met him once at Detroit-Metro Airport after an MIS race. Of course, he was outside smoking a cigarette; Dave Marcis was with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Foxx Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 This looks great - I love the short track cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Very cool. Faithful replica of an obscure subject. Dick Trickle was a legend on the short tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhawg Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Very nice!! I love REAL race cars.....back when they had character! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I know what you mean about researching short trackers on the web, the more you look the more confusing it can get! You've done an outstanding job making this look right, nice work all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Fantastic, no negatives from me. That is sooo close to the real thing. I dig it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest G Holding Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Needs a Pabst sticker....Really!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Svendsen Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Awesome job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badluck 13 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I don't think you ever find a bigger Dick Trickle fan than me,Drew you did one OUTSTANDING job on Dicks Mustang,only thing ya mighta' missed was a cigarette lighter installed and smokes on the roll cage....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-Machine Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Very cool and well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Very nice work....Slusher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnS Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Cool 'stang. You nailed that mean race car look. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Lookin good, hope it didn't stall all together!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Excellent work, Drew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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