74 Cuda pro street

The old AMT snap fast kit's getting a bit of an upgrade. Body mold lines ie around windows and doors was nearly non existent and when I finally managed to cut the hood out found it was about 2.5 mm thick. Made some gutter channels for the front guards using a top sportsman floor for the munting huge tubs and rear suspension,Front and rear tires are from the AMT pro street superebee as is the basic engine. Parts box supercharger and hat, resin seats and carbs . Stance is as it sits

i've got a 70 challenger that i'm thinking of turning into a drag car, but not sure if i'm willing to destroy 2 models to build one..

Great start dude!

ausbuilder wrote:i've got a 70 challenger that i'm thinking of turning into a drag car, but not sure if i'm willing to destroy 2 models to build one..

Thats how parts boxes are built . as a kit this looked very toy like and I'll either use the body for another slot car or do a scratch built frame for it later. I know where you're coming from though, I was the same until not long ago, but sometimes sacrifices have to be made to get a car to look how you want it to

That be gonna look TUUFFFF AS NAILS mate, i agree with you, sometimes you need to sacrafice to get the right result, i've pulled two models off the shelf to make the right one look how it should, the left overs from the other now become donor bits for 2 or 3 other builds. Looking forward to this one being a MOPAR, please detail this ones engine, as your engine work is , and MOPARS deserve it!!!!

yep i know, @doorslammerfan. i just dont have the confidence or the skill to do that without fking it up completely, then being out of pocket, otherwise i would..i did have a couple of ideas in mind, when i get back home at the end of this year i may enlist someone to teach this old dog haha

Got a bit done over the last couple of days. second time its been painted this week working nights and not sleeping during the day isnt good for modelling skills.Still got a bit to do on engine, interior and paint but heres how she is right now






Colours are Dupli color Metal specks purple, transparent yellow and a Dupli color orange down below

almost missed this one great colours on it.

PERFECT!! engine is taller than the roof.
oh, and great job on the interior mate.

i've got much the same idea as you've got here, question for you, how much cutting did you have to do, to get the car to accept the pro sportsman chassis, did you use the full tubular chassis underneath..inspire me lol

i've got 2 spare pro sportsman chassis's here and i want to do something with them, other than box stock..thinking of my challenger or my cuda here..cheers

not a lot of chopping on this one, back of the floor pan and had to shorten the front rails about 5mm. However read this
https://ozautobuilders.forumotion.com/t2693-70-cuda-no2
its the revell cuda (challengers the same dimension wise) I did mid 2010. Then if you still wanna proceed lol and need some help I'll walk you through if you'ld like

S t sorry guys, thanks for the nice comments

Looking tough!

On the subject of kit bashing, never think of it as destroying more than one kit to build only one car.

That may be the initial outcome, but the parts left over will eventually be used to help another build become better than it might have been without those parts.

very nice DSF, gives me something to think about for sure

Got a bit more time to do some modelling today,so after a few hours work it looks almost the same .need to redo a front seat as I changed colour and it lifted some flocking anyways, drive shafts on headers are on one side so far, glass took a bit of modding to fit ,face and tail lights are in blah blah heres some pics

Looking tuff mate, what did you chrome your scoop with, BMF, or alclad,? looks like its been dipped. Well done which ever way you went.

Sweet paint job! Make me want to crack open another '55 Chev and convert something

Looking VERY good DSF, This should be an awesome build when done. Just like your many others

Thanks guys , Dale its alclad mate

Where do you get your aclad from?

Hobby shop in Auckland

Thanks mate, I need to find somewhere local that stocks the stuff

Yea t was really hard to get anywhere over here for a while, think it might have been distribution problems.

got the foiling done yesterday,and polished the paint. Made up the exhausts not sure about those tho. Lake pipes or just dumped out the sides?

Oh yeah. Sweet as.

And I agree 100% with what Carps said.
Build them don't collect them. It's only plastic and there is no kit too valuable to chop up.