First post here, thanks for getting me in, Tom! Many of you may know me from Randy's forum (& others). Not the most active modeler in the summer, but I do have a few projects going until I'm healed enough to get the 1:1 race car done and out! Seems like a great place, hope to see this one continue - Brian
Built several of these as a kid, never did a good job on one. Always had trouble with the Monogram decals. When I found a nice aftermarket sheet, I decided to make this my "relaxing OOB build" before my hip replacement surgery in mid-March. Didn't get it done, for a simple kit it has some fit problems, plus I decided to add Indycals round Dzus decals, seatbelts, upgrade the dash with gauge decals, PE bezels and an ON/OFF toggle, and some plug wires. Kit is nicely done, fairly accurate as far as it goes, but does lack a few items, like a tie rod, pedals, rear suspension (other than radius rods) and some interior tin work. Also decided to move it forward a couple of years in time to when the tires had gotten a little bigger, with some old resin dirt tires I had, keeping one stock front tire on the LF. Don Edmunds and his Autoresearch Co. debuted the real car in 1966, it was the cover car on Hot Rod Magazines July 1966 issue. My thought was if Edmunds had kept the car for a few years, he would have been using the latest wider tires on it, of course. So, post surgery, as soon as I could sit comfortably at the bench, I finished it up. Here are a few pics, thanks for looking.
Link to Don Edmunds site: http://www.donedmunds.com/index.html
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Looks great to me Spooker! Glad that you made the jump.
Beautifully done. Decal and detail work is really nice. Much agree with the tire choices.