I haven't shared anything in this thread for while, mainly because I haven't had much spare time of late. That, and sometimes I find it hard to motivate myself to carry on with started projects. Not being one to change tradition.. I've started a new one without finishing any of the others (again).
Personally I blame
@Cano (and me watching too many episodes of 'Street Outlaws'). Seeing that awesome (orange) 240Z drag car of his, reminded me that I'd said I was going to attempt one ages ago, but as usual I didn't quite get round to it. Anyway, I felt rather inspired by Cano's Z, so I decided a few nights ago I'd start work on a drag car of my own. However, I thought I'd try making a drag car out of the HW's Anglia 105e instead. There's still a lot to do but I've got a good idea of what the finished car is going to look like.
It will eventually be sprayed blue with the usual Anglia white stripe down the side. I'm also planning on giving it a rather large aerodynamic hood/bonnet bulge, I may also add an exposed turbo to the side of the bulge too. I plan on making the passenger side door cut short, with a large lower panel (beneath it) for a side exit exhaust (the car sits quite low). I'm really happy with the way the car sits and it rolls perfectly. I was going to have the large rear tyres tubbed into the body, but decided to do arch extensions instead. They're probably the hardest arches I've done so far as there's not a great deal of bodywork for the putty to cling to, but I'm fairly happy with the results. I roughly shaved the front bumper (need to smooth it out some more), and threw on some BMF to see whether it would pick up the grill squares, and surprisingly it does, (Gonna need some advice how to paint those grill squares though). Probably add a parachute and wheelie bar as well.
Sorry for the long post. Time for a few early pics:
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If I had the HW's 'Harry Potter' version of the Anglia, I'd rip! that sucker apart for it's clear windows.
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