The Monogram kit chassis was beefed up with extra cross members,
while suspension bits and rear differential were gathered from a deep dive through my parts bin...
The supercharged small block Chevy power plant was sourced from Monogram's '55 Chevy Gasser kit (formerly the BadMan}
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Body mods included removal of the running boards and hood sides.... Firewall was tunneled for engine clearance....
I also modified the top insert on the resin body, to more closely mirror the insert on an actual '30 Vicky...
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Though you can't really see it, I pieced together a somewhat suitable interior from the stock Model A and various parts bin bits....
Paint is Tamiya PS-17 Metallic Green, over Tamiya white primer, and was cleared using Dupli-Color 1K.... Decals are from various Slixx sheets....
For better or worse, this makes two finished this year.... Double of what I'd accomplished the previous two years combined.... And it's only mid-April!!!! ;-)
