This car was twisted out of the SW&C drag model kit from Revell. I was aware that Revell made a "tubbed" street rod version of the car, but after a close look at the kit it was real obvious that it wasn't even close to as tubbed out as I needed for some fat wrinkle walls I had on hand.... so the cutting began! It was my first attempt at a "bash" build and I gotta admit that it was definitely a learning experience. No more box-stock projects for this mad modeler! The black paint is an airbrushed laquer basecoat and I dull coated instead of a gloss clearcoat- just thought it helped the "attitude" of the whole thing. Actually spent quite a bit of time on the driver compartment but you can barely see inside the car dammit! Oh well- huh? I was after a made-in-the-garage on a shoestring budget by Joe Blo and his buddies kind of build here and that's pretty much what I got I think! Lean, mean and dropped right down onto the asphalt! Picked up the kick-azz wrinkle walls from Scale Modeling by Chris and the other additions were from various parts boxes and a few from evil-bay. Snagged the (very basic) trailer and did a little photo research to try and get it as realistic as possible. The tire rack and shelf are scratch, I added the wood on the trailer and ramps, running lights, safety chains on the hitch tongue and also a light plug assembly. The finish on the trailer is SNJ alum polishing powder and the wood is oak stained. So far- so good! Going for a "beater" Duallie pickup idea to pull the beast to the track and considering it's the first attempt at weathering & rusting....keeping my fingers crossed~