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[Moc] Moonshine Rocket (front engine dragster)

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Something different.

In the middle of June I was at a Drag racing contest close to where I live. At this competition there were a few front engine dragster, built like in the old days, where the driver sits right on top the final drive..:D

The ones that in the 60:s-70:s were running on alcohol got the nickname "Moonshine Dragsters"

This is my attempt to recreate one of those old school dragsters.

The biggest challenge was to be able to create something that looked like a tubular frame. I admit that it is a bit fragile, but on the other hand not as fragile as you might think. Anyway - I can live with that since my creations are made for display and not meant to play with.

I long tried to implement steering but it always ended up to bulky and heavy.

So I settled to get the looks right and ditch it.

Instead i focused more on the details to make it as real looking as possible.

I hope I came fairly close.

Cheers!

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If you like motorcycles you can see my other mocs on my Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/107288644@N07/

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Thank you guys for your kind words, and especially the compliments on the frame-work - it took me some time to get it sturdy enough! :)

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That looks spot-on perfect. They are refered to as "Sling Shot" dragsters. Right?

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Indeed they are - and moonshine dragster aswell, (at least the ones running on alcohol) :)

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