Post by Oldtimer on Nov 16, 2018 22:07:17 GMT -8
Difficult to research, but apparently it existed.
Link here to Alan Mann website, and Jalopnik.
Anyway, started out with a Biante version, which is actually a prodified Road Signature version. What is curious is that Biante is usually considered to be top end, and Road Signature is what you find at Walmart, but I guess 1/18 scale diecast makes strange bedfellows.
Here's the Road Signature streeter:
Here's the Biante Tribute racer:
Here is a picture of the Alan Mann version:
And here's what we ended up with. I have to give decaling credit to Brian Moore (4wheels). I hate to put on decals. I'm a mechanical man, I don't do cosmetics. Painting goes outside my box, although if it is just one color, I can do that.
Most significant change I made was to prodify the exhaust from whatever someone was thinking to something that works from a competition perspective.
This is what I was hoping to match, but clearly I grabbed the wrong base color off the shelf (I do Testors rattle cans).
Clearly my maroon base coat is way too dark, but in my world, it is the thought that counts.
Brian did a great job on the roof, creating a profile that really worked with the body structure.
One thing I am proud of is the gear shifter, which if you look above, was black cast plastic, but in our custom, it has a black boot, a chrome lever, and a white knob.
Hard to see all the detail, but this was another "SuperGlue" tab, and go project.
Link here to Alan Mann website, and Jalopnik.
Anyway, started out with a Biante version, which is actually a prodified Road Signature version. What is curious is that Biante is usually considered to be top end, and Road Signature is what you find at Walmart, but I guess 1/18 scale diecast makes strange bedfellows.
Here's the Road Signature streeter:
Here's the Biante Tribute racer:
Here is a picture of the Alan Mann version:
And here's what we ended up with. I have to give decaling credit to Brian Moore (4wheels). I hate to put on decals. I'm a mechanical man, I don't do cosmetics. Painting goes outside my box, although if it is just one color, I can do that.
Most significant change I made was to prodify the exhaust from whatever someone was thinking to something that works from a competition perspective.
This is what I was hoping to match, but clearly I grabbed the wrong base color off the shelf (I do Testors rattle cans).
Clearly my maroon base coat is way too dark, but in my world, it is the thought that counts.
Brian did a great job on the roof, creating a profile that really worked with the body structure.
One thing I am proud of is the gear shifter, which if you look above, was black cast plastic, but in our custom, it has a black boot, a chrome lever, and a white knob.
Hard to see all the detail, but this was another "SuperGlue" tab, and go project.
