Dragula ready to run !

[SteveFL]

As a child I loved the Munsters TV show and when Grandpa made the Dragula to race against Herman, I was fixated on the design. Only George Barris could make a hot dragster out of a golden coffin ! I built the original AMT release in the mid 70's, when K-Mart was the place to buy model kits. Of course it was a glue bomb, but I loved it. Recently, Round 2 re-released this little gem of a kit and I found one on the shelf at my local Hobby Lobby. As soon as I saw it, I had to get it and build it again for nostalgic reasons. The molds appear to be the same as the old kit. Lots of thick prominent seams all over. I had to dechrome the headlamps to remove the side seams and in my research they are shown to be gold color and not chrome. I also created candles to be inserted as leaving them empty would not look right. The engine got a distributor with wires & plugs to all eight cylinders, but unfortunately, most of this detail is hidden. Finally, I just had to make and add a gas cap since one is not included and the gas tank is right there front and center. Curiously, this kit now includes a motorized surf board and mounting brackets to fit over the Dragula body. I felt this was a bit cooky and I never saw that on the TV show. Grandpa surfing? Come on. Therefore, I left it off.

I know it's far from perfect, but I'm satisfied with the results and I hope you all enjoy it as well. Now I just need to find a Munster's Coach kit….

Steve

[Petetrucker07]

Very nice.

[hemi]

I love this kit, you really made it look great. I picked up this one and the Munsters coach @ hobby lobby with a 40% off coupon they were like $13.99 each.

[vintagedragcrazy]

Very nice Kevin I have to agree I love the old munsters show when I was a kid and had to do the same and build it again mine is also on here along with my 4x4 coach under trucks.

Vince

[Speedfreak]

I think it looks great! I love it. Great job on the cockpit. Is the rough texture of the coffin molded in? It looks great. What did you use to paint it with? And, how did you make the candles? Great job Steve, thanks for posting this build.

[disabled modeler]

very cool!.... I too loved the crazy Munsters show and cars...Id drive it...

[SteveFL]

Thanks for all the compliments. I truly had fun with this build. I painted the body with simple Metallic Gold Enamel from Testors rattle can. The texture is partly the paint settling. It's very hard to sand and polish as there are so many scroll & scallop details that I didn't want to eliminate. Those would be near impossible to rescribe. I fabricated the candle headlights by simply snipping a tiny segment of white #16 AWG wire and heating up a small scrap of clear styrene shaping it to a teardrop. After it cooled I then just dabbed tiny about of super glue on the top end of the wire and mounted to clear piece and voila, a decent looking tiny candle. The dashboard is just the decal; I carefully painted the throttle, shifter and seat. I did not add seat belts as actual pictures of the real one did not show them. It probably wouldn't matter in a fiberglass coffin anyhow. Yikes.

[MADmodelDOCTOR]

I loved it then and still do. Great job! MmD

[BubbaJoe]

once of my favorite shows as a kid...well done

[Nacho Z]

Too cool! A great little model of a really neat subject.