Tell me if you have heard this one before. What to do when you have too many Dodge Viper kits laying around, and an antique MPC D50 truck kit in desperate need of “something”. Well, as you can see you make one vehicle out of two!  After shortening the bed of the truck and chopping the Viper chassis just behind the seats the build begins to take shape. I scratchbuilt the rear portion of the frame using styrene beams as that was the only way to get the wheelbase to work out correctly. The trickiest part of this build was getting the Viper independent rear suspension and giant axle assembly to work with the truck bed. My chosen, lowered ride height complicated things as the bed needed extensive modifications to allow everything to clear.  The cab of the truck was treated to Viper rocker panels and side pipes which fit perfectly with minimal contour correction needed. The engine sits under the cowl with the transmission crowding the driver, just like it does in the Viper LOL Builds like this one are what I enjoy most about this hobby. The ability to bring to life a vehicle that isn’t physically possible in 1:1 scale without spending millions of dollars

– Ross