Post by Bernard Kron on Feb 23, 2019 15:35:26 GMT -8
Hot Rod Streamliner from Bonneville’s Early Years
More pictures below.
My first post here, this is the simplest model I’ve ever built. It’s based on a Testors Bonnie Buggy 1/32nd scale streamliner car. These little plastic models were originally produced in 1961 by Hawk as rubber-band powered toy cars. They are ultra-simple model car kits with no underpan or internal parts other than four wheels, two axles and a basic streamliner body. Hawk, and later Testors, made four variations, the Bonnie Buggy, the Dyna Moe, the Alky Saltzer and the Turbo Go (seriously…). The only difference between them other than the color they were molded in is the long rectangular plastic strip which runs down the middle of the topside and the related bubble top. These determine whether the car is dual engine, single engine, front engine, rear engine and where the driver is located. I bought mine on eBay for less than the price of a resin body.
My long-term intention is to build a full-detail model with a complete chassis, motor, suspension, drivetrain, etc. But for now it's limited to the bodywork, paint, decals and driver figure with the various body panels accessible for the full detail version, and assembly as a the curbside using temporary adhesive.
Really this is more of a slammer than a curbside since it consists of the completed bodywork, windscreen, driver figure and tires. It doesn’t have any internal structure or even wheels. The tires are taped to the body sides. Using styrene strip, the body sides were filled and extended slightly to create a properly proportioned 1/25th scale body. A full bellypan was fabricated from styrene sheet and a properly streamlined blunt nose was added to correct the original body which had a sharply tapered nose, similar to the tail, which would have generated huge amount of lift at speed. The tires are the standard AMT blackwalls that we all have by the dozens. The headrest was sculpted from styrene strip and the driver figure is from the recent Monogram Slingster kit. Paint is DupliColor Oxford White over white primer. The decals are homemade.
Thanks for lookin’,
B.
All the pieces for the model with exception of the driver’s arms. The blue surfaces are from the original kit, everything else is styrene stock.:
And a little Photoshop Phun:
