‘57 Chevy Funny Car

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‘57 Chevy Funny Car

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While I have yet got the paint for the B-2 Stealth Bomber, I jumped on this one….


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Started assembling the engine, frame, and sorted out parts for paint. Engine is partially painted. No pics yet.
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Cool - be fun to build all the Mongoose rides. I'll be following along.
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Cool subject :cool:

By 'funny' car I thought you meant this...

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Stuart wrote: Thu Jun 11, 2026 6:34 am Cool subject :cool:

By 'funny' car I thought you meant this...

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We call the image you posted “clown cars”…. :giggles: :giggles: :giggles: :giggles:

Even those ricers craze in the states that sound like weedwhackers on crack are clown cars.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”

Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney

“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Stripped the chrome off the side plates and exhaust tubes. Too shiny and toy-like. Gonna use Molotow Chrome pen later tonight.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”

Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney

“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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This is awesome! I'm gonna follow this since I knew Tom well. He was a great guy whose carer I followed closely while I was a kid.
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Hey Tom have you tried spraying Tamiya smoke on chrome - knocks down the toy like appearance.

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