Plymouth Duster dragster…….Revell 1/24
This might take some explaining
Years ago I did the ‘Cop Out’ Plymouth Duster kit and thoughly enjoyed it……always been a fan of Tom Daniel designed kits anyway…….and ive always wanted to do it again but do it in a more ‘normal’ dragster scheme not ‘Cop Out’ (the story behind it was Tom had designed the chassis for another kit and Monogram, wanted him to use it, to save time and money, with another body shell such as the Duster……he wasn’t very enthusiastic and thought it a cop out……light bulb moment!......and that’s where he got the idea for a police dragster from)
So I acquired another kit a few years ago and been saving decals ever since………but then I came across someone in the UK on ebay selling Fred Cady decal sheets……he stopped making these years ago and are getting a bit hard to find, especially in the UK…..and he had a sheet for ‘The Mopar Missile’ …..a real dragster from the early 70’s that was sponsored by Chrysler…..seemed an easy way of getting suitable decals (my cop put moment lol)
The big difference is the real car is a different kind of dragster…….stock-ish body shell whereas the Cop Out is a space frame lift up body Funny Car style……and the rear wheel arches are a different profile, so im going to have to work out how to recut the decals……and im only going to get one shot at this since the decals cost almost as much as what the kit is worth
So this could all go horribly wrong
But since im not going to be doing a replica of the real car, merely using the decals to make my interpretation I have a bit of license on how I do things…….most of the chrome work is going to get stripped and painted, cos its not that good to start with
Kit is a fairly recent repop by Revell……originally it was by Monogram and came out in early 70s…..theres a fair bit of flash and warpage on the chrome sprues but its workable
not be wanting these decals
cos ive got these instead....
and this was the real Mopar Missile
This might take some explaining
Years ago I did the ‘Cop Out’ Plymouth Duster kit and thoughly enjoyed it……always been a fan of Tom Daniel designed kits anyway…….and ive always wanted to do it again but do it in a more ‘normal’ dragster scheme not ‘Cop Out’ (the story behind it was Tom had designed the chassis for another kit and Monogram, wanted him to use it, to save time and money, with another body shell such as the Duster……he wasn’t very enthusiastic and thought it a cop out……light bulb moment!......and that’s where he got the idea for a police dragster from)
So I acquired another kit a few years ago and been saving decals ever since………but then I came across someone in the UK on ebay selling Fred Cady decal sheets……he stopped making these years ago and are getting a bit hard to find, especially in the UK…..and he had a sheet for ‘The Mopar Missile’ …..a real dragster from the early 70’s that was sponsored by Chrysler…..seemed an easy way of getting suitable decals (my cop put moment lol)
The big difference is the real car is a different kind of dragster…….stock-ish body shell whereas the Cop Out is a space frame lift up body Funny Car style……and the rear wheel arches are a different profile, so im going to have to work out how to recut the decals……and im only going to get one shot at this since the decals cost almost as much as what the kit is worth
So this could all go horribly wrong
But since im not going to be doing a replica of the real car, merely using the decals to make my interpretation I have a bit of license on how I do things…….most of the chrome work is going to get stripped and painted, cos its not that good to start with
Kit is a fairly recent repop by Revell……originally it was by Monogram and came out in early 70s…..theres a fair bit of flash and warpage on the chrome sprues but its workable
not be wanting these decals
cos ive got these instead....
and this was the real Mopar Missile
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