The Flying Dutchman back next
Built by: Dave Armstrong in Tucson, Arizona
This is both a showrod in the showroom, and a real 1:1 funny car. A mint kit from my stash, but the decals were iffy. I had to replace all the tires- the fronts were dried out, stiff, and even somewhat brittle- don't see that very often; the slicks were a little deformed. Glass was ok. The multi-piece body was a P.I.A., a lot of filling and sanding like I was making an AWB conversion! Redid the blower scoop with Revell Chrome spray. In different pictures the 1:1 seems like either a shade of green or blue, I don't know if that's lighting or actually different paint during its racing life.
The MPC model box art looks like something in-between, so I went for both trying to emulate the 1:1 car and doing a close-to-boxart build. Paint is a silver base, then a mixture of Tamiya Light Pearl Blue and Pearl Green, Wet Look clear. I used what I could of the original decals that didn't fall apart, and some replacement decals (that didn't come with everyone needed), and some of the same sponsor, but Slixx decals. I used only one substitute sponsor, so that was good.
The white stripe decals were no good, so those I did with Tamiya Pure White paint. The tail light is done with Sharpies. It's about as close as I can come to boxart and replica. I think it's just such a cool car, that I HAD to get around to building one.
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