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"IN PROGRESS"

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On these pages you'll see how we create our master models,
so you can see the labor of love that goes into all our products.

Follow along as we create a NEW ....

TOPLESS "MELROSE MISSILE" A/FX

Starting with our '65 Ply Belvedere A/FX resin body, the Hardtop roof was removed and a filler panel was cut from 0.30 Plastic sheet,
and was given' a slight arch to match the top of the body.

To make the tonnue cover look like sheet metal, 0.10 plastic sheet was cut and formed to the top of the body.
Just need to clean it up now !

Evergreen plastic 1/2" TUBE was used for the Canopy, the tube was cut in half, and then shaped on an angle and sloped down, to create the point.
You can see the pencil tracings where the blue racing stripes would be located. This was done to insure a correct location for the canopy and hole for driver.
Now its starting to look like the" MELROSE MISSILE". You can also see the tracing for the bullet shaped cowl....... soon to come.

The interior tub & chassis was installed to measure were the dash would line up with the new cowl.
The headrest was filled in with sheet plastic, the hole for the driver was cut out and New door lines were scribed in.

The Canopy was hollowed out from the bottom for realism and to save on weight and resin.

The rear valance was slightly rolled, and rear 1/4 panels were slightly re-shaped.
My initial plan was to include the rear "AIR FOIL" but, after finding this rare photo (below),

it would have been to hard to do the paint job with the Air Foil on it.....So instead,
I added hinges to be able to mount an aluminum sheet rear foil to the new hinges on a 45 degree angle.

At this point the master is finished, other than priming & polishing !

MASTER MODEL IS FINISHED !

This model will come with the same parts as the '65 Plymouth Belvedere & Sedan A/FX.

'66 LONG NOSE BARRACUDA FUNNY CAR

Mastered by: Ron Ramsey and Scott Kapellusch

Ron has passed the master over to us to rework some issues, such as:
Chassis / Interior tub, Dash, Front frame clip & extra body modifications.

Charlie Allen's
"PURPLE TERROR"
1965/'66 Dodge Dart A/FX

There were things we couldn't do to the original Charlie Allen Dart,
because of all the other models we wanted to build from it.
But since this will be an all new tool,
we want to create an all out correct body..... Such as: Hogging out the front of both front & rear wheel wells,
cutting a hole in the cowl & hood for the injector stacks and scribing a new straight door line for the flip front end.

Using the new chassis from our '65 Dart AFX, we needed to bring back the rear of the chassis
(to stock wheel base position), and lengthen the front of the chassis.
The tail piece was removed and we added a new section of interior/ chassis floor.
The '65 Dart chassis was stretched by using a'71 Ply Duster 340.
The area for the new motor surround has been cut out in this photo.

Here is the new fire wall with motor surround, and the updated Dash Cowl
(with scoop).

Starting with the '65 Dart AFX door panels (shown on top), the chrome trim was removed,
the wheel well area had to be lengthened, as well as some minor trim inserts.
Old door lines were filled in and new door lines had to be scribed.

This Square tube frame was designed from the original frame I built for my personal build up.
Were also adding a set of "Malco Willys Gasser" Rear leaf springs, to use as the front leaf springs on the new frame.

Here is the new Interior tub !

Here is the new chassis with square tube frame (with motor mount location pins) and Front leaf springs.

The new Charlie Allen "PURPLE TERROR" body....... Now with correct body modifications !

MASTER IS FINISHED !

1965 Dodge Coronet Hardtop A/FX

We decided NOT to use the Polar Lights Coronet because of all the bad reviews it received.
I personally never bothered buying one, hearing it was too toy looking and out of proportion.
Our 1965 Dodge Coronet A/FX will be designed from 2 original amt. bodies !

The entire stock Coronet body was cleaned up of all original defects,
(such as sink holes, Parting lines, A-Pillar problems,Mounting Pins, Etc.)
Then all the trim, moldings & emblems were removed, except the 500 trunk emblem and Rocker Panel Trim.
That was left for alignment for the wheel well alterations.

TAIL LIGHTS & MOLDING

The tail lights have been corrected.
We're also adding a corrected stock trunk molding. It just needs to be fine tuned at this point !

HOOD

The original amt. hood had a Blower hole that was in-correct, so after measuring it to fit Fuel Injectors,
the sides were filled in with sheet plastic.

WHEEL WELL ALTERATIONS

Rear Wheel wells were "correctly" measured and taped off, using A/FX factory specs.

you can see the Patch Panel we used from the other '65 Coronet amt body in the back ground.

Front Wheel wells were "CORRECTLY" measured and taped off.

We now have a totally correct wheel base (Front & Rear).
Adding a bead of super glue to all the joints, we now come to the hard part, sanding it all to perfection.

FRONT END

Every amt. Coronet I have ever seen has a factory flaw on the Hood support !
This was filled in with a small piece of sheet plastic.
The Points on the fenders were too sharp and would break very easily, so we created an insert behind the bumper location.
The loops for the bumpers to be attached were also weak,
so we wrapped sheet plastic around them and connected them to the new bumper molding.

SINGLE AND DOUBLE HEADLIGHT GRILLS

Because some cars ran a single headlight grill and some ran a double, we decided to include both grills with our model !

The grill we started with was too short, so it needed a small strip a plastic all around the edge of the frame,
then it needed putty to re-form the lip around the sides.
Also you can see were adding Cone Shaped Block out head lights to the single headlight grill,
these headlights had to be re-sized to fit the headlight buckets.

Here is the double headlight grill getting the same treatment !

New Single & Double Headlight grills with Correct Cone Shaped Block outs !

BUMPERS

The 1965 License plate was removed from the front bumper and then we created the correct vent grooves.

The rear bumper had its 1965 License plate removed as well, along with the original screw mounts.
A new mount was then added.

WINDOW & DOOR TRIM

It's not understood why AMT didn't add side window & door trim on their Coronet when it clearly shows it on the box art for both Ramchargers & Color Me Gone cars.
After reviewing all the '65 Coronet Funny Cars that ran, it was decided that they all had some sort of side window and door trim, or at least they still had the molding
that the trim would have been attached to !
The way we plan to do it, you will be able to build any Funny Car car you want, but may need to remove some trim,
depending on the car you decide to build ? But, its easier to remove some trim, rather than add it !

To do the door trim, we started with .020 x .100 evergreen plastic strip, then 2 strips of .010 x .040
(shown in the middle). These were glued side by side leaving a small gap to simulate a weather strip (shown on top).

The side window trim is .030 x .040 plastic strip, this will be the same thickness as the new door trim.

New side Window and Door Trim, but still needs a little Liquid glue to fill the cracks and some minor sanding.
We also fixed the drip rails on the left side A-pillar that was barely visible on the amt. model.

Here is the finished body ready for its first shot of primer, it will then be checked for any minor imperfections,
re-sanded, primed and then polished to a high gloss.

INTERIOR TUB

Starting with our '65 Plymouth A/FX interior tub (bottom of photo) , the door panels were removed.
Then the door panels from the amt. '65 Coronet were removed from the tub (top of photo).
The arm rests and window cranks were carefully removed.
Holes were drilled for the locations of the arm rests, window cranks.
The door handles were taken from the Ply AFX door panels & glued to the NEW Coronet door panels for more realism.

We have a new '65 Dodge Coronet A/FX interior tub !

1965 DODGE CORONET SEDAN A/FX

Starting with our '65 Plymouth Sedan AFX, we removed the roof,
but left some body notches in for a better fit. (this also helps for sanding and body strength).
The '65 Dodge Coronet Hardtop ( that was mastered from an original amt Coronet ) roof was removed and the notches
were lined up to the new Sedan roof.

Here is the '65 Plymouth Sedan roof along side the '65 Coronet body.

The new Sedan roof had to be slit down the center and 3 " were removed,
so it can be angled into the front of the 1/4 panel. Here's how all the Pillars fit into the body.

On the real car, notice how the roof has a seam along the trunk & sail panel. Our model will have the same.

The new sedan roof is finished !

MASTER MODEL IS FINISHED !

This model will come with the same parts as the '65 Dodge Coronet Hardtop A/FX

"FLYING DUTCHMAN"
CHARGER III F/C

Unlike the original MPC model car; our resin model will have an "accurate body".

Here is a parts layout of all the original mpc. body parts.
The MPC model was designed wrong; so I will be correcting all the mistakes from the original plastic body.

A- Pillars were added to create side windows.

The rear Valance Panel was removed & will be a separate piece to be able to remove from the mold.

The original rear wheel wells did not have a flare, so masking tape was applied and was cut out for the shape of the flare.
Then it was puttied, after removing the tape, it was sanded and shaped.

New Re-shaped wheel wells !

The front wheel wells were moved forward 12 scale inches, just as the real car was !
A piece of sheet plastic will be needed for a patch panel.

This is what the stock mpc.body looked like before Wheel well alteration.

Here's the New "ALTERED" Front Wheel Wells..... Now its looking like a Funny Car !

A filler panel was needed for the cowl, as the original mpc kit was incorrect.

Shown on top is the original mpc. Flying Dutchman F/C frame,
the lower frame has been stretched to fit our "new Altered Body" and a new mount was installed to fit the Radius Rods from a,
"Model King" GTO Funny Car or the Kenz & Leslie Cougar F/C.

Master is finished !

1965 PLYMOUTH BELVEDERE A/FX

(with all new Chassis, Interior parts and Correct A/FX factory specs.)

Starting with an unknown resin body? There were a lot of flaws I needed to fix and a lot of parts that I will need to scratch build.
The front & rear wheel flares were somewhat washed out, so Evergreen putty was used to build them up.
The front wheel wells were cut out and moved forward by another 3 scale inches. The entire body went through a complete re-surfacing.

I wanted to have a separate grill & front bumper, so a mold was made of the Grill/Bumper and one bumper was scraped to save the grill;
and one grill was scrapped to save the front bumper.
Of all photos I've seen of these A/FX car's, not one had headlights; but they all had cone shaped headlight covers.
Thankfully, I have these.... (Thanks to the "Speed City Resin" AFX PARTS PACK).
The headlights were drilled out and the Cone Shaped "Block-out's" were installed.

Look at the 1:1 '65 Plymouth Grill, notice the middle body valance.... under the grill.
This was not on the original Johan '65 Ply model kit body, and it wasn't noticeable on the" Grill / bumper part" either.
Count less hours were spent on redesigning the front of the 1/4 panels to perfectly match the new separate grill.
The correct spear molding was not on the original kit, so a little putty & carefully taping & sanding and there it is.
Windshield wipers were removed and the holes were drilled in place.

The cowl vents were really washed out on the original kit and the resin body,
so I cut out a cowl from a Johan '63 Ply Fury resin body I had laying around.
Hood supports were put in, but I later realized that the hood supports on the cowl need to be removed so the Lindburg Firewall would fit.

The sail panel trim was also washed out, So on goes the reading glasses and magnifying lamp for some "Plastic surgery".
The top window trim was not very noticeable, so plastic 1/2 round was applied and sanded down to match other trim.
You'll also notice that the B-pillars were removed....... (because they didn't have the proper angle).
The new B-pillars will be done last so they don't brake during all the construction.

The top front window trim was also barely visible, 1/2 round plastic was added and sanded to match.

The licence plate area was totally incorrect, so one was cut from the same Johan '63 Ply Fury resin body along with some plastic sheet filler panels.
The molded in Taillight Bezels were also removed as I want to have separate Tail Lights.
The lower spear molding on the trunk was washed out or sanded off and was built up with Evergreen putty.

1965 PLYMOUTH SEDAN A/FX

The Lindburg '64 Dodge (above) gave up its roof to put on our "Speed City" '65 Belvedere A/FX body (below).

Here is the '64 Dodge Sedan roof being test fitted to our '65 Ply Belvedere AFX body.
The rear of the '64 Dodge roof needed to be cut down the middle of the window trim & trunk,
so it could be widened to correctly fit the '65 Ply body.

The master is finished and we guarantee it is the only correct '65 Ply Sedan A/FX ever offered !

NEW '65 Ply Sedan A/FX will come with "CORRECT" Body, Hood, Grill, Bumpers, Taillights, Interior Tub, Dash & Chassis.

1965 DODGE DART A/FX

This was the first Speed City model put into production on July 7 2006.

This master model is getting a new face lift (2008) and extra parts with new AWB Chassis, Frame & Interior Tub.

The first thing was to re-surface the entire body & Hood.
The Inside body of the body was thinned.
A rear trim molding was added to the top of the rear fender....... We couldn't do this to the original model,
as it would have been to hard to remove it for all the other Dodge Darts we planned on doing.

Next, It was decided to rebuild the front wheel well as they were cut out for the "Rambunctious Dart".

This new wheel well gives the new body some alternatives for the builder.

This is the original body with the hogged out front wheel well.

CHASSIS

64 pieces of Evergreen & Plastruct plastic sheet, half round, strip and tube were used to complete this new chassis.

Starting with an amt/ertl '71 Plymouth Duster 340, The gas tank was removed & all holes filled.
21 scale inches were removed from the floor pan, the chassis was then super glued back together.
and an extension was built to the trunk section to fill the gap.

Starting with a '66 Barracuda firewall, The side panels & holes for the hood brackets were filled in.
all wires were sanded off, but the master cylinder, water heater housing,
ground bolt & electronics box were left on, which gives the firewall some nice detail !

The '71 Duster front frame clip need to be simplified for drag racing.
Extra plastic strips were used to fill in the frame holes. and a solid square tube was used for the front frame rail.

The door panels are all scratch built from plastic sheet, flat strip, square strip and half round.

These are the new pieces that will be added to the '65 Dart AFX #SC-1.

Check out how nice this new chassis looks, it's even better than my original chassis I built for myself.
The '71 Duster rear end & suspension will fit, or you can create your own from the parts box ?

Here's a top view showing how well the Interior door panels fit.
Door panels have braces for the dash board to be glued to......... another bonus !

The new master is finished !

'66 LONG DART FUNNY CAR

As you can see by the photos here, every Dart funny car had differences,
long nose/short nose,wheelbase,stock bumper/ cut bumper, etc, etc.
It took several days just to come up with an idea to make one Body, Chassis & Interior Tub
to do any version of the'66 Dart F/C bodies.
It took several months to do all the research, design & painstaking labor !
You will need to make some alterations to do any individual car. Though with this set up, Any individual car can be done.
2- rear 1/4 patch panels will be supplied to do the rear wheel alterations ( if needed) some ran stock location wheel wells.
We will also add a printable instruction sheet to make the "shorter front clip" cars, (most are shown on the second row).
Extreme amounts of time were put into research and designing this model to make sure it will be as accurate as possible.

BODY WORK

INTERIOR TUB

Shows how interior fits to body, clearance was used to accept windows
( use .010 clear or tinted plastic sheet for glass ).

CHASSIS WORK

MASTER IS FINISHED

This new resin kit will come with the only "CORRECT" '66 Dodge Dart Funny Car Body, Chassis, Interior tub,
Front grill, Bumpers, Taillights & Two ( left & Right ) 1/4 Patch panels.

1967 BUICK SKYLARK G/S 400

Originally, I was only going to do the Funny Car version,
but I got some interest from others to do a full stock version as well.

TRUNK, BUMPER & TAILLIGHTS

Starting with a vintage 1966 Buick model, The interior of the body was cleaned up of all it's mess.
The back of the bumper and the tops of the 1/4 panels and trunk was filled in with putty, since all these parts will need to be reshaped.
Here you can see the original '66 Buick bumper assembly.

The tail lights and lenses came from the parts box.
The tops of the tail light shrouds were made from sq. plastic strip and the leading edge of the trunk trim was also made from strip.

After making the tail light bezels to fit, 2 pieces of .010" round was used between the 2 red lenses'.
The rear bumper was re-shaped and .020" sheet was used top create a step in the bumper.
The 1966 license plate was removed and new directional's were cut into the .020" sheet.
The sheet was then super glued to the bumper.
The top of the trunk had new chrome trim added by using H.O. scale train lap siding for scale houses.
The tail lights were then glued to the bumper.

Here's how all the parts are fitting so far..... Notice the newly shaped trunk lid.

I almost forgot..... A new trunk lock was cut from another model and added.

'67 BUICK GRILL

To do a new '67 Buick grill, I started with a red parts box grill that had the same dual headlight bezel shape I needed.
The tops of the bumper protrusions also need to be re-shaped.

Another center bar was added using .020" plastic strip. Small head light lenses were reversed and glued in to be used as backing plates.

A photo-etched G/S badge was applied.

HOOD

The '66 Buick hood was glued to the body and back filled with plastic.
Yes, it would have been nice to have a separate hood, but I'm mainly building this model to be used as the Funny Car version and.....
It will make all the hood alterations to be easier.
All the detail on the '66 Buick hood was removed and a piece of .020" sheet was used to create the lift in the center of the hood that is needed
to make this into a '67 Buick hood.

Putty is being used to make a newly shaped hood.

After a lot of sanding !

A .020 x .020" strip was used to make a center crease in the hood.

We now have a 1967 Buick Skylark hood & Grill.

HOOD SCOOPS

The '67 Buick skylark G/S 400 had 2 scoops on the hood..... Were going to try to replicate these.

Starting with 2 parts box white scoops and 2 chrome step plates from a truck.....They were reshaped.

The 2 pieces are looking very close to the scoops needed.

Scoops are finished.

Scoops will be made separate from the hood.

SIDE VENTS

After spending 3 days on trying to come up with a part I could use to make the side vents,
I decided to use a part of a Ford Thunderbolt grill. Then plastic strip was added to the sides to make it look like it is incased.

The vents were glued to the body and a piece of plastic strip was added all around both of the 2 vents.

WHEEL WELL TRIM

Wheel well trim was added using 1/2 round and after spraying primer, the cleaning up process begins.

New molding on the rocker panels and rear wheel well trim was added.
All imperfections and defects were fixed and then the body was polished.
The '66 Buick Dash board was altered to better resemble a '67 Buick.

Master was finished in 2008

Gary Weckesser's
MACH IV Mustang Dragster

Thanks to the help and permission of Gary & Jill Wekesser.
We were able to get all the proper dimensions and photos of the actual car being built.

The A-pillar posts had 4" removed and set back into the body 6 scale inches.

Cowl and A- Pillars installed. The door lines and rear wheel well were sanded smooth.
The front of the rear wheel well lips were re-shaped using putty.

The entire body was then sanded smooth.

SO HERES WHERE IT WENT WRONG........... after looking at the body , it still looked Too wide.
Calling Gary Weckesser, he informed me that the body was 18 inches thinner (not 14").
So Its back to re-taping and removing another 4 inches from the length..... AGAIN.
If it wasn't extremely painful the first time, it was a real kick in the pants the 2nd time around.
But I'm a perfectionist, and if it's not right...... It's wrong.

DID WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE THE FRAME EXTENSIONS.....NO,
but I am first & foremost a model builder and this is what makes "SPEED CITY" stand out from the rest.
WE CARE ABOUT THE BUILDER AND KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN DOING A PROJECT.
Were not out to make a quick buck, We're out to design the best product on the market !

RIVIERA "WAGON MASTER"
4-ENGINE DRAGSTER

Unfortunately, we only have these photos. These photos were taken before we created the "IN PROGRESS" page.