"The Tin Box n°4" - '32 Bantam Competition Coupe
Oct 12, 2011 20:03:37 GMT -4
Post by BERNARD "HOT ROD" KRON on Oct 12, 2011 20:03:37 GMT -4
’32 Bantam Competition Coupe
(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. 4., the final build. I decided to celebrate the fact by incorporating "Tin Box No. 4" into the theme and graphics of the car.
It’s a competition coupe based on the two single engine side rails from the Double Dragster kit and a resin ’32 Bantam coupe body shell I recently found on e-Bay. This kit contains an extra dragster chrome tree which gives you much of an additional dragster. The kit also comes with two sets of dragster frame side rails, a twin side-by-side engine set already used on Tin Box No. 3, and a set for a single or in-line twin setup, enough to build a second dragster framed machine.
Needless to say on build #4 the old tin box was getting pretty empty so the hemi I used came from an AMT Hemisphere kit with the eight ‘97’s and manifold from the Double Dragster kit. The Double Dragster kit also supplied the frame rails, the slicks, the front suspension and the seat and interior details. It could have supplied the quick change rear axle, too, but I decided to save that for a future build and substituted a rear end from a Revell Deuce kit. All the chassis cross members and the x-brace for the roll cage are scratch built from styrene rod and tubing, as is the push bar, the suicide perch at the front and the steering gear. The front wheels and tires are from a Tony Nancy Double Dragster kit. The rear wheels are from an AMT ’36 Ford kit, with the axle covers drilled out and the chrome treated to a coat of black wash.
If the car was to literally be “Tin Box No. 4” then it should have a bare metal look so the body paint is Testors Metalizer Magnesium finished off with a rubbing of Wave Kosutte Gin San “magic dust” chrome powder to sharpen the metal highlights. The Tin Box No. 4 decal set is home made.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
