Sumfin Stoopid

[zenrat]

Another blast from the past.

I'd built a decade of satin black Chevrolets and had a spare 1/24 Revell '53 'vette (wrong scale - all the rest had been 1/25).
So I started chopping up the body as practice, never intending to use it but then it started to come to life and I got inspired...
Stoopid10 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Body is sectioned and it has an altered wheelbase and is channelled.  Engine is a blown Hemi from I can't remember where and the wheels and tyres are from www.thepartsbox.com
Stoopid01 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Although the class designation says AA/FA (Supercharged Fuel Altered) my thinking was it was an exhibition car built as a full sized 3D Ed Roth style "Monster" cartoon.  Hence the steering wheel height.  It would be driven by a bloke in a costume.  I meant to build a driver figure but haven't got round to it yet.
Stoopid06 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Stoopid05 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[Captain Canada]

That is so cool ! Love the colour, the stance, the wheels....great stuff. Did you make the decals ?

[zenrat]

Yep.  Downloaded a font, drew them up in powerpoint and printed them.
Glad you like it.  It's one of my favourites but not everyone gets it.

Just found this.

[NARSES2]

That's nice 

[Old Wombat]

Cool build!

[PR19_Kit]

Yeah, that's VERY Ed Roth in character. 

I can just see it jumping up off the line as the traction takes hold. great stuff. 

[zenrat]

Thanks folks.

[zenrat]

There's a Sequel.
A 63 Chevy Nova Street Freak called 2 Stoopid.
Not as radical but just as much fun.



It's a Trumpeter '63 Nova with a blown 427 Big Block Chevy.  The engine is Monogram, probably from a '39 Chevy Street Rod.
The straight front axle is scratch built and the rear end will have come from my parts boxes.
Home made decals.

[McColm]

Great job!

[PR19_Kit]

I LIKE that! 

I can just see that coming off the line at The Pod, I can almost hear it! 

[jcf]

Fun. 

Originally a Monogram kit and one of a series of metal bodied
kits in the '70s, some of which were later released in all
polystyrene versions.

[DogfighterZen]

Both are beautiful!! Excellent work! 

[zenrat]

Thanks folks.

[zenrat]

Originally a Monogram kit and one of a series of metal bodied kits in the '70s...

Ironic given the real 'vette was plastic.

[Captain Canada]

Love it. Love the stance, the paint, the name ! Would look great on the shelf, that.