beowulf

want!! grandkids are now on ebay!

done my usual trick of cutting a hole in the hull bottom and bonding in a nut.....that way i can use a bit of threaded rod to make a temp handle added another cos the combined weight will add a bit of weight, cos since this is so small and light it will help it to sit on the tracks a bit better hull upper attached to lower and a Standard Calibrated Unit of Comparison to give an idea of size of this tiddler

time for another tiddler.....been a very long time since i did this one, must be 30+ years ago when it was an original Matchbox kit bit of a cock up my Matchbox as it is depicted in an Afrika Korp setting yet it was impossible for it to have been used in that campaign.....it entered service as Germany was kicked out of Africa, early production was sent to the Eastern Front, but since the base is of a desert and palm tree im going to use it

looks good to me

chassis finished apart from the exhausts, which need a wash first next is the bit ive not been looking forward to.......the bodyshell.......think im going to spray the silver bumpers and grille first, then mask, then the black since the aftermarket deals ive got are for a standard Duster bodyshell and this is anything but im going to have to recut the profile round the wheelarch the front will be easy since its just removing some sponser decals that falls where the wheel arch is but the rear will be a little more awkward i traced the outline of the decal onto paper, cut it out and positioned it on the car...can then play about getting the profile how i want....i can then put it over the decal and redraw the edge.......just hope it all works!!

engine in the chassis......slowly coming together....next big step is spraying the body shell

id say yes but......im already committed to a BoB GB elsewhere and its not starting til 1/8/20.....and im not much of an aircraft builder so i wouldnt do two so closely together of a similar subject

i like unusual stuff like this weird how this class of aircraft threw out some weird shapes.....the SU25 isnt exactly pretty and the A-10 is very unorthodox!

engine 3/4 done, cant finish til its in the chassis.....blown 426 Hemi......scratched a distributer

blue 3 😁 black one reminds me of Streethawk lol

Plymouth Duster dragster…….Revell 1/24 This might take some explaining Years ago I did the ‘Cop Out’ Plymouth Duster kit and thoughly enjoyed it……always been a fan of Tom Daniel designed kits anyway…….and ive always wanted to do it again but do it in a more ‘normal’ dragster scheme not ‘Cop Out’ (the story behind it was Tom had designed the chassis for another kit and Monogram, wanted him to use it, to save time and money, with another body shell such as the Duster……he wasn’t very enthusiastic and thought it a cop out……light bulb moment!......and that’s where he got the idea for a police dragster from) So I acquired another kit a few years ago and been saving decals ever since………but then I came across someone in the UK on ebay selling Fred Cady decal sheets……he stopped making these years ago and are getting a bit hard to find, especially in the UK…..and he had a sheet for ‘The Mopar Missile’ …..a real dragster from the early 70’s that was sponsored by Chrysler…..seemed an easy way of getting suitable decals (my cop put moment lol) The big difference is the real car is a different kind of dragster…….stock-ish body shell whereas the Cop Out is a space frame lift up body Funny Car style……and the rear wheel arches are a different profile, so im going to have to work out how to recut the decals……and im only going to get one shot at this since the decals cost almost as much as what the kit is worth So this could all go horribly wrong But since im not going to be doing a replica of the real car, merely using the decals to make my interpretation I have a bit of license on how I do things…….most of the chrome work is going to get stripped and painted, cos its not that good to start with Kit is a fairly recent repop by Revell……originally it was by Monogram and came out in early 70s…..theres a fair bit of flash and warpage on the chrome sprues but its workable not be wanting these decals cos ive got these instead.... and the real Mopar Missile

outstanding nice to see a non WP scheme

first class! all three look great together

i do like that always like flat tops for some reason

and finished....more pics in the finished thread