A few models I found in the loft

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Aug 27, 13 9:25 pm

Still have a few bits of kits in the loft left over from when I sold or gave away most of my models years ago.

I was surprised to find a couple that have never been built. Like this Kenworth Truck and Trailer combo with matching team Funny Car.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Aug 27, 13 9:27 pm

Here is another one not built.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Aug 27, 13 9:29 pm

This one isn't built but I stole the TWO injected Hemi engines to put in other models.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Aug 27, 13 9:32 pm

Someone was after one of these the other day?

I remember building it as it came from the kit. Then building it as the '55 from American Graf. Then it was going to ge the one from Two Lane B.T. Then obviously I lost interest.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Aug 27, 13 9:37 pm

I found this and got excited because I thought I might still have the little 5-window coupe...

But inside the box were two 57 Chevys. One was built stock in the mid 70s.

The other a bit later where I built it with chopped roof, jacked rear, tube front axle, and tunnel ram engine.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Aug 27, 13 9:41 pm

This one I think I started in the early 80s. No idea why I never finished it?

I obviously was putting some effort into the chassis.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue Aug 27, 13 9:43 pm

Found the cross ram engine from "Paddy Wagon" in this box of spares. I have a few boxes of spare parts.

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Wed Aug 28, 13 1:10 am

great stuff dave you little tinker and an upskirt shot of jungle pam,,

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Aug 31, 13 5:55 pm

Knew I had some more somewhere.

You have to take into account most of these were either built when I was still in my teens or early 20s. So the quality of the builds (and the fact I never finished them) reflects my life at that time. I was married and divorced very young and most of these were started around both those events.

Here are two unmade Plymouths. Complete kits except the Roadrunner came with an optional tunnel ram and custom hood which I used on another model.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Aug 31, 13 6:07 pm

Here is where the optional tunnel ram and custom hood from the Plymouth went.
The Yellow Challenger was made when I obviously I had no idea what the engine bay should look like which dates that to the time of the dinosaurs.

The Pro-Street version I started between getting divorced and starting to get into the swing of drinking, dating, out every night etc. At least I had a good excuse for not finishing that one.

Chassis is from a Pro-Stock car. I crafted the interior from the Challenger into it including the challenger interior door panels, dash centre console and pistol grip shifter. I was going to glue tin foil onto the race car type engine bay tin work. The Plymouth hood centre was being grafted into the Challenger hood.

I might go back to these two models in the future and re-do and actually finish them.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Aug 31, 13 6:08 pm

mad machs · Post by **mad machs** » Sat Aug 31, 13 6:10 pm

Great stuff Dave

Also have those Mopes unmade in the collection

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Aug 31, 13 6:14 pm

Found this too.

A 1932 Ford Victoria. An ATM - Matchbox kit.

I channelled the body over the chassis, Chopped the roof, fitted the sectioned grill from the Milner '32 Coupe, and one of the Jo-Han injected Hemis from the Hearse I posted earlier. I shortened the injector stacks so they would end up almost flush with the top of the hood.

This one was never going to get an interior. I was going to black out the windows.