Blasphemi

This is my long term attempt to build my version of Mike Finnagan's Blasphemi. A '55 Chevy gasser that runs a 8.52 @ 161 MPH in the quarter mile. That's fast! Normally, I build everything else that is stock or mostly stock and this one is a Chevy with a Mopar 528 CI Hemi in it, so it might qualify as a build by me. I am still searching my parts box for parts and I need to find a satin black for the body which also has a flip front end. My thanks to Doug Estabrook for the kit!




More Blasphemi to come...

look forward to thus cos i always follow roadkill and finnegans garage

hes recently bought his friend a 57 for a present........its in as bad a condition as blasphemi was at the start

Thanks beowulf! I haven't watched every episode so I don't know all the specifics of the car. I'm building it as I see it.

It's easy enough to find on youtube Mike.

unfortunaly since they have gone pay per view most stuff on youtube has gone 'private'

Thanks guys! I have an idea of how I want the car to look and I don't really want to go too far with details and Blasphemi has loads of them.

As long as it looks like it from 2 feet away Mike, it will be good., you're right not to get bogged down in the detail

Haven't tried to look it up on youtube for ages until now Paul, you're right!

I liked the old XJ6 Jag with the V8 in it.

dublin boy wrote:

I liked the old XJ6 Jag with the V8 in it.

draguar,,,,,,,the very first episode i saw!

That's it! lol.

I don't really watch Roadkill but that is a sharp chevy

Thanks guys!  Blasphemi is a truly unique drag car and I doubt I can recreate it with all of ts major details.  I am going to try my best to recreate it!

found another one

I love these AMT 55 kits, the big draw back is the molded in exhaust. I have a few of these to eventually get to and am looking forward to seeing your recreation of Finnegin’s 55.

Yeah, I noticed the molded in exhaust. I might be able to remove it or just create a new floor pan and frame. We shall see...

I have made a change. I happen to have found a 1/24 scale '55 Chevy Gasser also known as the Monogram '55 Chevy Street Machine. This should help me a lot better than the AMT '55 Chevy Bel Air Street Machine kit that I received earlier in 2021. I have my Hemi engine with it many hop-ups, but this will not be an exact copy of Blasphemi. It may be close, but not exact.




More Blasphemi to come...

Nice,

Thanks Dirk! This is one of those projects that I had to do once I saw the model kit and it may take me a while to build it.

I'm sure you'll look at the photos and say to yourself, "What has he done?" I removed the side moldings from the body. At first I used a coarse sanding stick followed by my Dremel. The Dremel removed most of the molding and a fine sanding stick is helping to smooth it all out. I still have a ways to go!