Adam Baker
Active member
Getting a kick in the pants from Iron Mike to post this build up, haha.
I decided last year to do a super detailed build, and this is basically what I ended up w/.
Kit is Revell Monogram Top Fuel dragster, and the decals are by a defunct company called Gecko Decals. Car depicts a car driven by Cristen Powell in the last race of the 1997 season. Unfortunately I havent been able to find any pictures at all of the car.
All I've been able to find is this image
I started off building the chassis, and it was a nightmare. Once it was done, I basically ended up w/ a banana
B/c of this, it took basically reworking the chassis, which took a lot more work than expected, but I finally ended up w/ a fairly straight chassis.
The real nightmare of the project was the super detailing of the engine.
I'll spare you the blow by blow, but this is the finished product.
Unfortunately I'm not real happy w/ the finished product, but there's too much work in it to tear it apart and try again. I went "frugal" on this build, so I used beading wire & crimp tubes for the fuel lines and fittings, and overall its not bad, but I dont like the fuel lines. I also made my own pulleys, which I kinda like, but I ended up using electrical tape for the belt, and I pretty much hate it, but dont have much idea what else to use w/ what I have on hand.
Its pretty much been sitting at this point for over 18 months, b/c I got really tired of working on it, and never touched it again. Probably going to try getting a kick start on it, to at least finish it off and move on to other things.
I decided last year to do a super detailed build, and this is basically what I ended up w/.
Kit is Revell Monogram Top Fuel dragster, and the decals are by a defunct company called Gecko Decals. Car depicts a car driven by Cristen Powell in the last race of the 1997 season. Unfortunately I havent been able to find any pictures at all of the car.
All I've been able to find is this image
I started off building the chassis, and it was a nightmare. Once it was done, I basically ended up w/ a banana
B/c of this, it took basically reworking the chassis, which took a lot more work than expected, but I finally ended up w/ a fairly straight chassis.
The real nightmare of the project was the super detailing of the engine.
I'll spare you the blow by blow, but this is the finished product.
Unfortunately I'm not real happy w/ the finished product, but there's too much work in it to tear it apart and try again. I went "frugal" on this build, so I used beading wire & crimp tubes for the fuel lines and fittings, and overall its not bad, but I dont like the fuel lines. I also made my own pulleys, which I kinda like, but I ended up using electrical tape for the belt, and I pretty much hate it, but dont have much idea what else to use w/ what I have on hand.
Its pretty much been sitting at this point for over 18 months, b/c I got really tired of working on it, and never touched it again. Probably going to try getting a kick start on it, to at least finish it off and move on to other things.
