Weedeater Posted August 2, 2009 Report Posted August 2, 2009 Matt, Awesome looking. - What paint/colors did you use on the body? - What paint/color did you use on the rims? - Are you gonna plum it or leave it stock OOB? - More pics please. LOTS more. (This is where I would have inserted one of those emoticon smilie face thingies with the hands clasped in front BEGGING, LOL).
MattLeBlanc Posted August 2, 2009 Author Report Posted August 2, 2009 Ken The paint is Testors 1 coat laq.Deja blue with their clear.Tamiya semi gloss black.It's staying otb.I added more pic's at my photo bucket page.The link is in my sig. Thanks for the comments guy's. Matt
Dreamsof51 Posted August 3, 2009 Report Posted August 3, 2009 Very nice. Funny car and dragster kits are harder to come by these days, at least where I live, also looked at your photo bucket page. Thanks for sharing. Chris
JayMesawitz Posted August 3, 2009 Report Posted August 3, 2009 That is a great looking body. The slixx decals set this one apart. Two done on the same weekend? Did you have this one and the 48 ford going at the same time?
MattLeBlanc Posted August 3, 2009 Author Report Posted August 3, 2009 I was doing them both at the same time.
Disco58 Posted August 17, 2009 Report Posted August 17, 2009 Matt -- NIce job on the Candies & Hughes, and all the rest. I took a look at your page...wow. The pictures bring back some serious memories, thank you. I started racing with my brother in the mid 70's at Cordova Dragway in Cordova, IL, and I remember many of those being there. I really love the one of "Jungle Jim" sitting on the line, with 'Jungle Pam' down on one knee looking under the car...man are those shorts short! Oh yea, I loved the 70's!
Korsair62 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Posted January 25, 2010 Matt -- NIce job on the Candies & Hughes, and all the rest. I took a look at your page...wow. The pictures bring back some serious memories, thank you. I started racing with my brother in the mid 70's at Cordova Dragway in Cordova, IL, and I remember many of those being there. I really love the one of "Jungle Jim" sitting on the line, with 'Jungle Pam' down on one knee looking under the car...man are those shorts short! Oh yea, I loved the 70's! So Michael, Do you go to Cordova any more? They have the World Series in August, and a NITRO-Nostaglia race in June. My friend and I drive over from Des Moines every chance we get. Kevin Iutzeler
MikeH Posted January 25, 2010 Report Posted January 25, 2010 Cool build! I like the old flopper cars.
Texas Posted January 25, 2010 Report Posted January 25, 2010 Very Nice.......You did a fine job on it...Really like your paint work. Texas
Disco58 Posted January 26, 2010 Report Posted January 26, 2010 Kevin -- Technically, I haven't been to the dragstrip since '82 when I quit racing and started wearing Navy blue. I say 'technically' because I worked at the Exelon nuke plant in Cordova for four years, and drove past the dragstrip everyday. During racing season I'd pull off to the side and watch a bit, but that's as far as it went. In the mid 80's my brother also gave up racing when his daughter arrived, and neither of us ever went back to it. I've never been good as a spectator. I still love to go fast, but now I prefer doing it in three dimensions, or maybe more appropriately, three axes. Orville and Wilbur, thank you, thank you! It's interesting I suppose that I lost any desire to build another dragster, but never gave a second thought to building a plane, hmmm. That's enough I think, don't want to steal this thread any more than I have, sorry Matt!
phantomordie Posted January 26, 2010 Report Posted January 26, 2010 When "cars was cars",not computers.
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