competition coupe

[hurtz]

I don`t know if this is the right place to post this.(if it`s in the wrong thread feel free to delete or move) it`s sort of art I suppose .a part from drawing cartoon cars I build model cars . i`m in the process of building a competition coupe .the coupe is built out of parts from a Tony Nancy kit, the engine is from a MK II Jaguar (which has a crank driven super charger from a Bentley blower ,with Jaguar twin s u carbs).the body is a resin Bantum I had in my model spares stash the first picture is the idea25651
I detailed the engine and made up right zoomie exhaust.
the chassis was made and the rear wheels were painted to look like rough cast the last photo is the model mocked up to see how it would look
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[hurtz]

here`s a picture of the chassis .if you can see the seat it has a WWII USAF 4 point harness as I thought that would have been the thing they might of used in the 60`s. I removed the parachute from the body as I did n`t like the look of it .I v`e managed to get the body in paint and taped the new parachute in place. there`s still quite a bit to do(fuel lines to be run ,tank ,steering and other bits ad bobs before the body can be mounted
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[hurtz]

nearly finished the green comp coupe waiting for some waterslide letter decals ,whilst I`m waiting iv`e started another completion coupe .here`s how the first one looks at the moment
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and here`s the mocked up comp coupe next to the green one ,still got a long way to go to finish the mocked up one
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[hurtz]

done something wrong trying to load photo`s sussed it now here are the photo`s I should of uploaded
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and here`s the next one I`m building in mock up stage
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[jsf55]

Nice work Darren :)

[hurtz]

thanks very much for the comment :thumbsup2:

[surfmonkey]

i love these…i tried and failed miserably as a kid to make models…..getting them to look this good is an artform

[Russ]

didn't there used to be a model section on here

[Brizey]

Nicely built atmospheric models Darren. I like the use of the crank driven Bentley blower and SUs, it gives the car a Brit built dragster look from the `60s-`70s :cool:.


didn't there used to be a model section on here
I don't think there`s ever been a `model section` per-se Russ, but there have been a couple of model build competitions in the past. I guess anyone building a model of a rod, dragster, custom etc would be more than welcome to show them in the `Hotrod Art` section...

[hurtz]

thanks for the comments guys much appreciated :thumbs_up_smiley:
I painted the second competition coupe and mocked some of the body on the chassis the engine was wired and the fuel injection stacks were plumbed with there fuel lines. still got quite a lot to do before there both finished but here`s how the comp coupes look at the moment .
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[yjohnb]

Great detail, enjoying the build:thumbs_up_smiley:

[hurtz]

managed to finish the second competition coupe today ,still waiting for the letter decals for the green competition coupe .here`s how the gold competition coupe looks
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[hurtz]

finished the little bits of on the green competition coupe today here`s how they look together
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[hurtz]

tanks for the comment Mark much appreciated :thumbsup2:

[Brizey]

They look good. Together, they`d make a neat drag strip `start line` diorama too! :thumbs_up_smiley:...