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Some of my personal Builds


 

Don Schumacher's
STARDUST
1966 AWB Dodge Charger Funny Car




Model by: Scott Kapellusch

Built as a box stock replica (no wires).

Starting with an original AMT (cream color body) and a re-issue MPC (black plastic) 1966 Charger (used for patch panels).
A Polar Lights chassis was shortened to fit the AWB body.

Scratch built features:
New wheel locations, patch panels, separate front clip, hood hinge, roll bars, windows, door hinges,
firewall, dash, a 1966 Charger interior tub was heavily modified to fit.

Regretfully, this was never cast in resin as it could have been the only correct "STARDUST" Funny Car body ever !
This was the model that sparked the interest to start - "Speed City Resin Models"

Painted in pearl white, with candy blue panel fades.

Decals by: "BILLYGOOCHE"


 

Farkonas, Coil & Minick's
CHI-TOWN HUSTLER
1967 Plymouth Barracuda Funny Car



Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built as a box stock replica.

Started with 2- amt '69 Barracuda kits (spare body used for wheel alterations).
A Polar Lights F/C Chassis was shortened and rear suspension was lowered (to push up the rear end).

Scratch built features:
Grill block outs, hood scoop, windows, clear air scoop (on top of injectors), interior tin.

Slixx decals had to be altered (cut down the door line) to fit this correct body.
The gold metallic over spray on the decal was re-air brushed using gold metallic paint.


 

Farkonas, Coil & Minick's
CHI-TOWN HUSTLER
1969 Dodge Charger Funny Car



Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built as a box stock replica.

Starting with a Polar Lights '69 Charger Funny Car, the hood had a scratch built hood scoop added to an off set.
Engine mounts were re-shaped to fit off set engine. Rear end pumpkin location was also re-located
as well as a seat relocation.

Pearl white base coat & topped with pearl candy red paint.
Slixx decals.


 

Arnie Beswick's
THE TAMELESS TIGER
1963 Pontiac Tempest (Long Nose) AWB Funny Car



Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built as a box stock replica.

The resin model chassis & interior tub were tossed out and replaced with
2-plastic Model King Tempest Funny Car chassis' to do new alterations.
The original Cowl was re-cut to pull the doors in (due to a poor fit problem).
The front Valance was scratch built as well as the taillight & grill.
The Interior Tub was replaced with a Model King Tempest Funny Car (altered to fit)
and new door panel's added).

Decals:
MCW supplied the white sponsor decals.
All black tiger stripes were hand painted to match 1:1 cars stripes.


 

Gary Dyer's
MR. NORM'S GRAND SPALDING DODGE
1965 AWB Dodge Coronet AFX



Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built as a box stock replica.

Both front & rear wheel wells were altered.
Lindburg Dodge chassis was altered to fit, as well as the interior tub and door panels.
Fred Cady decals.


 

Arnie Beswick's
THE FABULOUS FARMER

1966 Pontiac GTO
AWB Funny Car

Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built as a box stock replica.

An amt '66 GTO and a '67 GTO were used for the wheel well alteration's.
Plans are to some day build a correct chassis for it and cut off the front clip..... or do an all new body for Speed City ?

The "FABULOUS FARMER" name comes from an article in: DRAG RACING MAGAZINE Jan 1967

Decals were made by David Curry.


 

Sites Brother's
SKOOTIN' CUDA
1966 Plymouth Barracuda AWB Funny Car



Model by Scott Kapellusch

Using 2 - Model King Barracuda Funny Car kits, the front wheel wells were moved forward 9".
Rear wheel wells were hogged out and flared.
An original '66 interior tub was altered to fit (rear seat was removed).

MCW decals were used, but re-painted over all red area's (and drop shadow's).
Re-painted over all gold metallic letters.
Re-painted over green & gold SKOOTIN' & CUDA letters and Cuda on skateboard.
Re-shaped Revell Keystone mag wheels to resemble "REBEL wheels"

Scratch built features: Firewall, front frame clip, Hemi Hilborn Injection Manifold (now available),
rear of chassis and frame, rear valance panel, windows & roll bars.


 

Bruce Larson's
USA - 1
1966 Chevelle AWB Funny Car



Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built as a box stock replica.

Scratch built features:
All body alterations, headers (aluminum tube), Transmission pan,
straight tube axle, B&M stick shift & box, all roll bars, head rest, interior floor, trunk floor, hood hinge,
molding around hole in hood, headlight block outs, licence plate backing, firewall and gas tank frame rails.
"Chevy Hilborn Injection Manifold"
(This Hilborn Injection Manifold was created for "Speed City"and now being sold as #SC-6).
"Reversed Halibrand Rear Mag Wheels"
(These Halibrand rear wheels were created for "Speed City"and now being sold as #SC-3)

2- sets of Slixx decals were used, as the bottom stripes were not included and I wanted the colors to match.


 

Dyno Don Nicholson's
COMET CYCLONE
1965 Mercury Comet
Caliente AFX



Model by Scott Kapellusch

Speed City Parts added:
* Halibrand Reversed Rear Mag Wheels
*Halibrand 15" Front Mag Wheels

Started as a resin model, but the resin body required these alterations:
The 2 - Hood vents were filled in, B-pillars installed, inner bumper moldings, wiper holes, headlight extensions,
Bumpers were replaced with corrected '66 Ford Galaxie bumpers, chassis was scrapped and replaced
with Revell Thunderbolt chassis, along with the interior tub & door panels.... also heavily modified.

Scratch built features:
Reversed Halibrand Rear Mag Wheels (now available at Speed City Resin).
To make the Caliente grill: I used sheet plastic and made grill mesh from door screen.
Mercury grill emblem (cut from AMT '66 Ford Galaxie grill), fuel injection manifold, 4" injection stacks, dash board,
headlights (from '66 Ford Galaxy), taillight block outs, hood supports, firewall, drive shaft, magneto, gauge face plate,
parachute pull, parachute mount, front suspension, trunk divider & hood scoop, header extensions, head rest, roll bars,,
front tube axle, hand painted "SOUTHERN PRECISION GRIND INC." lettering
.


 

Al Vandewoude's
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
1964 Plymouth Sedan AWB Funny Car

Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built as a box stock replica.

Speed City Parts added:
*Hemi Hilborn Intake Manifold Scratch built (before Speed City Resin business).

Scratch built features:
A '64 Dodge 330 sedan roof was grafted onto a '64 Plymouth Belvedere body,
single head light grill (fabricated from a double headlight grill).
rear wheel alterations, firewall, front and rear smooth valances, lip around front mag wheel,
rear seat deck, roll bars, green tinted side glass & clear glass (front & rear).

Freemont Racing Specialties decals were used.


 

Jungle Jim Lieberman's
1967 Chevy II Nova Funny Car

Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built as a box stock replica.

Scratch built features:
Started with 2- amt/ertl '66 Nova S/S kits.
The front wheel wells were moved forward and the front part of the rear wheel well lip was curled.
The hood was glued to body.
The grill was re-fabricated to resemble a '67 Nova grill & head lights.
A Polar Lights F/C chassis was shortened 6" to fit new '67 Nova body. Rear Air Foils.

Slixx decals were used.


 

Cole Cutler's '49 Ford Coupe


This is the centerfold from Hot Rod Oct 1989 that made me want to build this model.
The car went on to win:"Baddest Engine of the year award" in 1989" and
Best of Hot Rod Magazine"1989" and "TOP TEN" of the decade honors for the 80's.

.

Model by Scott Kapellusch

This model was built in 1989 -'90

Scratch built features are:
Back drop with splatter paint & Hot Rod logo, Radiused & Flared rear wheel wells,
Dashboard, 2-piece tinted windshield, roll bars, front suspension, fuel cell, header extensions, parachute mount,
fire extinguisher pull pin, Intake block, Mallory Super Ignition, dry sump system, distributor cap,
valve stems & coil over shocks.

Painted in Guards Red..... (same color as the real car) !


 

Mr. Norm's
SUPER CHARGER
1968 Dodge Charger Funny Car



Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built box stock to match box art.

Scanned and re-designed the original decals to better match the color from the box art.
New shadowing on the "CHARGER" letters, new color for the blue triangle and new color for the plum panels.
Sent file for BILLYGOOCHE to print them.


 

Mpc.
DODGE FEVERBEE
1968 Dodge Coronet Funny Car

Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built box stock to match box art.
Scanned and re-designed the original decals to better match the color & look of the box art.
You can see in the last photo what the original decals look like.
Sent file for BILLYGOOCHE to print them. "Special Appearance Decals" now has them for sale.


 

Charlie Allen's
SADDLEBACK DODGE
1968 Dodge Dart Funny Car




Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built box stock.
All red panels on top of car were taped off and sprayed with Guards Red.
Hand striped all top panels with yellow pin striping. Kit side panel mpc. decals were used.


 

Arnie Beswick's
SUPER JUDGE
1969 Pontiac GTO Funny Car



Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built box stock.
Slixx decals were used in place of the incorrect original decals.
Although the Slixx decals are made for a 1/24 scale GTO body, I managed to make these fit.
Yellow tinted glass was used.


 

Mpc.
Mr. STP
1967 Mustang Fastback Funny Car



Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built box stock to match box art.


 

John Milner's
AMERICAN GRAFFITTI COUPE
'32 Ford Five window chopped coupe
*movie car replica*

Model by Scott Kapellusch

This model was built in 1995 (before the re-issue MPC model or the die-cast) !

Starting with the body from the mpc. "More American Graffiti" Coupe, the separate roof was molded to the body.
The doors were cut out and hinged, new rear fenders were cut from an amt. '32 Ford.

Scratch built features are: Too many to list at this time !


 

DODGE REVELLION
1963 Dodge Polara AWB Funny Car

Model by Scott Kapellusch

This was made to be a sister car to the Revell MISS DEAL Funny Car.
Starting with an original Dodge Revellion body.
The hole in trunk was filled in along with making new chrome windshield ring.
Hole was cut in hood for the injection stacks, front & rear wheel wells were moved forward to fit Miss Deal chassis.
(funny thing is: This new wheel base fits the original Dodge Revellion body correctly now).
Grill from a Revell "Parts Pack"was used.
Paint: Candy yellow & custom mixed candy gold was air brushed over a metallic silver base.


 

Ed " BIG DADDY" Roth's
MYSTERION

Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built box stock with pearl yellow & candy blue canopy.

Pin striped by hand and silver flocking was added to the interior walls & floors.


 

Ed "BIG DADDY" Roth's
ORBITRON
(with custom made box)

Model by Scott Kapellusch

Box Art was made in Photoshop and designed to resemble other Ed Roth model boxes.

This started as an R&R Resin model, but the entire body was completely re-sculpted !
The inside of body was thinned to the thickness of a standard plastic model body and took 3 days of hard labor,
grinding with a Dremel Tool, Files & Misc. sand papers. The rear deck was also stretched 10 scale inches.
Hood's and canopy were all hinged (using the "Speed City" FLIP NOSE FRONT END method found on the "MODEL NEWS" page).

Scratch built features:
Frame, interior tub, floor & sides (modified from an amt Silhouette interior tub), engine surround and
firewall, bubble top ring, custom seat, gauge cluster, push buttons on deck, tape deck door, tail light & tail pipes.
Other misc. parts were used from several Revell "Ed Roth" kits to keep the integrity of a ROTH kit. A few parts box i
tems too!

This model took "BEST IN SHOW" at the Modelrama model contest in Culver City, Ca. on May 8 2011


 

Carl Casper's
PADDY WAGON



Model by Scott Kapellusch

Built in 2001.
Many changes were made to the original MPC kit to produce a correct looking replica.
Slicks were swapped out, headers from MPC Malco Mustang Gasser were cut separately and flipped around.
Scratch built high rise intake manifold, 8 scale inches were added to the bottom of the side panels.
The entire frame and other parts were chrome plated by: Chrome-Tech U.S.A.

It was entered in a model contest for the first time on 11/ 7/ 2017 and was voted "BEST SHOW ROD".


Models shown are not for sale

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