Tin Box No.2 - Early 60’s Fiat Altered
Oct 12, 2011 19:43:23 GMT -4
Post by BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON on Oct 12, 2011 19:43:23 GMT -4
Early 60’s Fiat Altered
(more pictures below)
I try to make it a habit to reserve my drag machines for Vintage Drag Models, Inc. and put my other builds over here on Hobby Hangout. However, I thought I might show them over here for those that might not visit VDM and who might find them interesting. Apologies ot those who have already seen them on VDM...
When Round2 first re-issued the old AMT Double Dragster kit in the special edition version with a custom printed tin box and an extra chrome tree and special tires I knew I had to get me one. With the extra chrome tree it became obvious that with judicious selection of additional parts you might be able to get as many as 4 cars of of the kit. I decided I would try... In all I got 4 builds out of the old tin box, including using both dragster frames for two separate builds.
This is Tin Box No. 2.
After using the Fiat Altered chassis to build the old AMT Parts Pack T Bucket Altered. Since I no longer had the Fiat’s frame I scratch built a tubular frame in order to build the Fiat Altered from the Double Dragster kit.
The basic frame is made from Evergreen tubular styrene. Everything “north” of the frame rails is from the kit. The front axle is a dropped axle from the AMT ’32 Phaeton kit. The hairpins are from the Revell Tony Nancy Double Dragster kit. To my eyes the dropped axle really improves the stance. The rear axle is a cut down Revell ’32 Ford kit piece. The push bar and tie rod are scratch built. Pretty much everything else is from the kit with most of the chrome bits having been stripped and refinished in various shades of Testors Metalizer.
The paint is Duplicolor Crème left unpolished to capture the texture of a rough and ready race car paint job from the early 60’s. The Henderson Bros. and Jack’s Automotive decals are all home made. They represent a fictitious Midwest team from back in the day. The back story is that the Hendersons built and drove the car and Jack’s contributed the blown Chrysler and the sponsorship bucks. The nose decal was made by tracing the shape of the kit grill on to a piece of paper, scanning it into my computer and making the graphics 1:1 from the scan with Photoshop. I was amazed that it actually worked! The Jack’s hemi is finished in Chrysler factory colors of aluminum paint on the block and heads and gold valve covers.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
