"The Shoe's" '71 Barracuda

[AZ Boy]

Just finished this one today...Don Schumacher's 1971 Stardust Barracuda F/C. I used a resin 'Cuda body along with a modified Revell chassis. Aside from the front of the chassis, the rest of this build fell together pretty quickly (for me, that is!). I used Calnaga Casting's resin Enderle injector along with their parachutes. I also used a combination of Charlie's Pro Tech wiring and some Detail Master too. I hope you all will enjoy, and as usual...comments and questions are certainly welcome.

[AZ Boy]

Here are a few more...

[nitro norman]

Looks great ! detailing and stance are just right.

[dragin70s]

That is one great looking FC.

[AZ Boy]

Lastly, here's a few pics of the real car.

[Mister Twister]

Outstanding build Aaron.....Your work is always super clean and nicely detailed. Good stuff!

[DynoMight]

Great job. Wondering why the headlights are circles instead of what the actual car looks like.. hmmm.. The car looks awesome. Funny Cars have always been cool..

EDIT: Just googled a 1971 Cuda grill and I now know that the 71 grille had two lights instead of one like the 1970 or 72-74. I see now.

Edited November 16, 2014 by DynoMight

[Jimmy Wilson]

Great Job ! You can see the plain white headlights in one of the actual photos of the car. I am curious as to where you got the transfers for the tires, They look really nice.

Regards,

Jimmy

[cobraman]

Well done !

[AZ Boy]

Thanks guys, and thanks Jimmy for being observant! Those are some old Shabo dry transfers I had laying around forever.

[vintagedragcrazy]

wow don't think you can get it any closer looking than that awsome.

vince

[1 bad55 stan]

Very nice,great details too!

[Dragfreak]

Excellent work!

[Dragline]

That is gorgeous from stem to stern.

[Silver Foxx]

This is a real nice build , lots of great detail , well done .

[majel]

Great job Aaron, beautiful detail work as always! Is this one a 1/25th or a 1/16th scale?

[AZ Boy]

Thanks everyone. Jim, it's 1/25th.

[slusher]

Great looking model.

[SS Clone]

Mighty good looking FC you have put together.

Is the front end scratch built or is this a chassis that i have missed?

[Davewilly]

Looks really nice Aaron nice work

[caine440]

Stunning work!

Very nicely done.

[iBorg]

It looks like you made significant modifications to the chassis to make it accurate. Rarely do most modelers do that.

Looks the part. Which is high praise.

Mike

[Magic Photos]

Great work very nice detail on this build. Great car also.

[Nitrozilla]

Aaron, what a gorgeous build. So accurate, so right, so awesome in so many ways. I'm a Schumacher fan to begin with, but add some red, white and blue to a car and I melt just a little bit. Schweet!!!!!

[AZ Boy]

Thanks again, fellas. Tomas, the front independant suspension was scratchbuilt on to a Revell chassis. This was my first effort at this type of modification. There are three more cars I want to build that have the same setup, so hopefully the next ones will be more detailled than this one.