Rob stopped by the other day with a couple of new builds.
First up is this 1/24 Strombecker D Jag. This car was built from the static model kit that can also be powered by a cheap battery powered electric motor. Rob adapted this kit body to a slot car chassis. Anybody that has seen or put one of these kits together knows how difficult it can be to assemble. The body is a two piece clam shell design and the pieces do not fit together very well. Rob did a beautiful job of blending the top and bottom halves together. His objective was to blend the two pieces together just well enough to eliminate the gaps, but yet retain just a hint of a seam that shows on the real car.
The Strombecker D Jag is an old model kit. There were not a lot of detail parts, and as previously stated the fitment of the parts is not all that great. The tail lights are molded into the body piece. Rob did an excellent job of paint detailing those tail lights for some added realism.
The underside of the body was a full belly pan. The optional electric motor mounted in this lower portion which also served as the chassis. Rob cut out the bottom of the body in a way that makes it resemble an actually slot car body from the '60's. He used a Monogram chassis which he restored and modified to fit.
The amount of work Rob put into this beauty is amazing! Rob commented that the headlight lenses were especially challenging because they do not fit into any type of bucket or insert. The lenses mount flush with the body with nothing behind them. Rob even located some vintage wheels that were large enough to replicate the tall wheel and tire combination of the real car, then he added inserts made from the kit wheels. Outstanding!
