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This build was inspired by Vintage 1/24 and his Baldwin mod coupe build. My first attempt at building one from almost scratch. At this point I will say I'm pleased with the results. These are just plain cool! It started as an AMT kit which I paid waaaay too much for. Cool has a price, but hey! The chassis is a 4.5 Parma FCR cut & fit to the body. For you guys that may want to tackle a chassis project, get a good quality soldering iron rated at least 100 watts. A 100/140watt gun wont cut it. I'm going to start the beautification process from here. The chassis is painted with a charcoal gray metallic. Looks better in person. I will post more pics as I go. Maybe a while as I am working on my track too. Too much fun.....not near enuff time!! Rich

Those are some nice kits. Congrats on your progress.

Looking good!

Rich, your work is done very neatly. I'd say you obviously have some big time scratchbuilding talent. :banana-dance: I'll be watching for more photos as the car progresses toward completion. :text-goodpost:

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Looks great - the brass bar work really sets the kit off just right!

I did one of these dirt modified kits a while back, and struggled to make it into an asphalt car. I shifted the rear wheel well back and moved the B-pillar as well. But I was trying to replicate a particular car from Islip Speedway that ran in the late 60s...

3K MOUSEY KEMPSTER COACH MODIFIED-


Right now we are running a hardbody modified class at South Shore Speedway, and also at Small Torque Speedway, here on Long Island. So actually a few of these kits are getting built up again.

I just hope someone re-releases these again as they are already getting scarce and hard to find.

You might already know, but Larry at Big Donkey resin can fix you up with just about any modified body you are looking for.

OOOhh, that's nice.

Wow! Looking great.

Great fun building with brass and ,piano wire, I have yet to jump back in time to build this style of modified, ....When I get these 50s sportsman stockers out of my blood......
Great job,.....

Thanks to all for the kind words. Seeing all the builds and projects in the forums makes them a tough act to follow. Some real craftsmen in here! Vintage 1/24 I love the wheel inserts on that sedan. Looks just like the old 3/4 ton floater axels in the rear. I will try and get some more progress on this one. I'm busy putting my extra time into my track right now.