The Jalopy Journal
Thanks for all the great comments! Good to hear from you, Gary. Jim, I have more models posted on my website, but this is the most detailed car I...
Great looking cars today! I haven't posted models for a while, so here is a 1/8 scale CJA Gardena Stadium style jalopy that was typical of early...
Thanks, Jeff. FYI, that's not carpet, but black paint to "hide" the dirt/oil/grime. I try to do extensive research before I build a race car. Some...
Wow, lots of great builds this week!
Some very impressive models this week. Thanks for posting. Marty
I'm not sure if I posted this before, but here is my version of the Big Drag...
Well, it's been said many times already, but I will jump in anyway.....superb job, Steve! It does look like the real thing.
Great job on the Supermod, Lanny.
It was around 1963, I think and it was Lions drag strip in Long Beach. I was permanently hooked after that. I would have been 13 years old. Like...
SteveB, that Fleetline interior is beautiful! Looks real......
That's a really clean looking interior on the truck, Steve!
Great looking models once again.... Here is more progress on my 1/8 California jalopy racer...still need to do some more detail, including...
Great art show this week.....two big thumbs up!
What he said!! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Great looking models again this week!....
You can also find a collectible (thick tread!) rubber NASCAR tire called "Foto tires" on ebay and groove them yourself. They were made in...
That is unfortunate, Jim. I have purchased two bodies from him and they were fine. Don't know what changed?
Greg, you can get one from edeuce.com. Mike Gradis is the owner.
Al does some great model work. He is always coming up with builds nobody else does. The 1/8 wrecker is a good example (far right, second shelf to...
Here are my first two biggies. The T is my take on the Big Drag...kind of a cross between that and the Monogram Green Hornet. I am currently...
Hillbilly, that blown deuce 3 window is very realistic looking....nice job!
Nice work, guys....
Thanks for your comments, Mike! Yeah, I don't know how many times I hit a snag and put a model aside for weeks, or even months! Looking forward to...
Whatever the steering wheel is, Lyle did a beatiful job on that truck!
I also got mine from edeuce.com. He also casts just the deuce tops to fit the Revellogram kit body. He also offers a '32 sedan, but hasn't done...
I use BSI INSTA-CURE IC-GEL (a super glue type gel) to simulate the welds.
OK, here is another early shot.....I scratch built the 30s era wide five hubs and the radiator, which is based on a '50 Ford pickup. I will be...
Thanks for all the comments... Gary N., this is the only 1/8 jalopy I have going, but I am gathering parts for an early to mid-60s supermodified...
You got it. Here is an earlier shot of the engine....there is a scratch built fuel pump not yet installed and a "sheet metal" firewall has been...
Great looking models again today! Here is some progress on a 1/8 scale California jalopy dirt tracker. The oil can is used as a radiator...
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