Hmmmm, tough call. Skirts and a bow tie...
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Hmmmm, tough call. Skirts and a bow tie...
This was never a real drag car. It was built by a custom model designer named Tom Daniel, who also designed cars like the Paddy Wagon, Pie Wagon and Beer Wagon. It was his design based on the 55 in Two lane Blacktop. I have at least 2 of every model he designed, and have met and talked with him at a couple different events. The pics i attached, the Bandit is the car Tom Daniel owned but never raced, and the grey car is a still from Two Lane Blacktop. I grew up in Southern california in the seventies and eighties, and i was and in some ways still am, always more into models than R/C stuff. I just wish they still did the big model shows like they used to.Hey guys! As usual for me I keep too many different projects going so they get shuffled around and they all take longer than they should. I dropped the ball on this one and went back to doing some work on my Mustang drag car. Finally, today I started working on the body and as promised I am going to update you all to what it is, progress made and the planned paint scheme.
So we'll start with what the body is and the plan for it. Some of you can tell from the pic in the project intro post above that this is the Parma Fifty-Five, a pretty good looking 1955 Chevy based body. Now I am an old guy and as soon as I saw it I thought of this project and ordered one that has been stored away for years now. Being a drag race fan for one and a model car builder growing up there is one 55 Chevy that I always think of when I see a 55. It's a yellow and black gasser called "BadMan". Here's a pic of a built model of this cool car.
I unfortunately don't know the story on what this car's driver did or how it became chosen to made into a model car but it was super popular and famous back then'. All of the major model makers had one of these. This was my original plan to build when I bought the body. I even bought the black, yellow and red paint for it. But it got set aside and a couple of years later I won this Pink Edition Slash here when we were still RCNitoTalk.com. When I won the Slash I immediately bought up all of the anodized parts, tires and wheels used on this project. Then it got set aside again.
I have every model i have ever built. At current count, it is right around 600. Most are stuck in boxes due to space limitations though. A lot of the models on the shelves today are just the same stuff over and over, but if you know where to look, you can find almost anything you are looking for. Tamiya, Revell and Monogram have huge model lines, but most anymore can only be found through online shops. I do agree that prices have gotten a bit ridiculous. I can remember when they were $12 for the 3-in-1 kits, and now some of them are $40 plus. Semi-trucks are even worse. Some of the new stuff easily tops $300.I'm familiar with the Tom Daniels models. I have had many of them years ago. It's not too surprising to me the model scene faded. I look at the models when I am in the hobby stores, most are all the same ones I built many years ago and not a lot of kids like the "old school" cars. And they're $30 a pop!
I always liked the huge 1/8 scale kits. I still have my '32 roadster and a 66 Corvette.
I loved this idea so that's what I started on today. I had these materials on hand but found out it was a bit shortThat looks great Randy, you need to fabricate some headers to show in the wheel wells