This is the 2003 car Greg Anderson ran in the NHRA Pro Stock class. I'll be using a Summit Revell kit as a base, and a Comp Resins Pontiac Grand Am body along with lots of other parts from Pro Tech, MCG, and MAS. I've got the Slixx decals, and the HoK paint, and I'm ready to go!
Here's a shot of the real thing to give you an idea of what I'm after.
Slixx calls out for some pretty cool colors for this car, and I'm also planning on re-doing the side graphic fades myself. Hopefully I didn't bite off too much.
First thing to tackle was the chassis. Not much was left of the stock Pontiac chassis. I cut off the front frame from the firewall forward and remade it. As well as an all new roll cage with drivers area funny car cage. The wheel tubs were modified to fit inside the resin body, and all new bars were added up front.
Here's the progression of the chassis work.
Primered.....
Painted and decaled. I used Tamiya Light Gunmetal, and Scale Motorsport CF film for the tubs and panels.
And finally cleared with three coats of Omni.
With the chassis taken care of, I've also been working on the engine. I used the kit block and heads, and replaced the valve covers with a set of Scale Repros Plus cast metal ones. These were polished up and installed. The kit intake was carbon fibered, cleared, and then I added the "Wilson" decals to match the ref. pics I had.
The rear suspension has been totally reworked. I used the kit center section, and then added all new 4 link brackets, wheelie bar mounts, and new 4 link mounts to the chassis. New wheelie bars were also added.
