'57 Gasser
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:52 pm
The last pics I took of this were some quickies and I thought they kinda sucked. I promised some better pics so here they are...
This is pretty much what iIve intended to do since I first ordered some of these bodies. I had to get motivated. The wheels are Scala43s. The front 8mm, the rears 10mm. I used the stock tires but ditched the centers. Not the wheels I intended to use, but its what I had. The color is the actual Chevy color. Its 400 degeree engine enamel. I bought this a while back to do a Beetle, but it wrecked the body. I got a theory all these years later it was just a defective nozzle, and got lucky when I was right. Bought the decals for another project, but they had gasser markings with them so it seemed natural. I shaved the body trim and the mirrors off the sides for a racey look. These bodies sit really low on the chassis, so to raise the rear I filled the slot, and cut a new one just above the bumper. Gives the rear end a smoother look too. The rear fenders used to flare around the wheels, but since it sits above the wheels now, I sanded most the flare out of the fender. The front bumper was removed to make way for the fuel cell made from a yellow barrel that came with a Motorworks car. The old school drag guys used to use whatever was around, kegs, barrels. I made the frame rails from a gift card, and attached them to the chassis.
The chassis is just a Charge-N-Go, that I carved out the sides to fit a dual cell pack, for a quick easy flipped PCB dual cell conversion. Gives it a decent amout of speed.
This is pretty much what iIve intended to do since I first ordered some of these bodies. I had to get motivated. The wheels are Scala43s. The front 8mm, the rears 10mm. I used the stock tires but ditched the centers. Not the wheels I intended to use, but its what I had. The color is the actual Chevy color. Its 400 degeree engine enamel. I bought this a while back to do a Beetle, but it wrecked the body. I got a theory all these years later it was just a defective nozzle, and got lucky when I was right. Bought the decals for another project, but they had gasser markings with them so it seemed natural. I shaved the body trim and the mirrors off the sides for a racey look. These bodies sit really low on the chassis, so to raise the rear I filled the slot, and cut a new one just above the bumper. Gives the rear end a smoother look too. The rear fenders used to flare around the wheels, but since it sits above the wheels now, I sanded most the flare out of the fender. The front bumper was removed to make way for the fuel cell made from a yellow barrel that came with a Motorworks car. The old school drag guys used to use whatever was around, kegs, barrels. I made the frame rails from a gift card, and attached them to the chassis.
The chassis is just a Charge-N-Go, that I carved out the sides to fit a dual cell pack, for a quick easy flipped PCB dual cell conversion. Gives it a decent amout of speed.
