Fred Flypogger: Flip Out and Speed Shift

[Luca Roveda]

These are two resin recasts of Fred Flypogger as Flip Out and Speed Shift by Python Kits (http://www.nightgallerykits.net/). I am not a great fan of resin but as these kits are so hard to find this is a good option. The quality of casting is very good but I should have cleaned and prepared mine better. I liked Flip Out but was frustrated with Speed Shift. He doesn’t look like the box art. I recently got hold of a plastic kit of Speed Shift on ebay at a reasonable price and will try again with some modifications. It’s amazing to see it go for such high prices on ebay, even in built form – this auction is incredible: cgi.ebay.com/UBER-RARE-Monogram-SPEED-SHIFT-original-60-sLOOK-/320580288831?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa413013f













A nice solid little figure with a great smile! It would make a great reissue.












I am going to drill out the mouth on the plastic kit and make it more like the Roth kits, with lots of drool flying all over the place - rather like when I find a Holy Grail on ebay....!

[TheMadModeler]

Excellent..BRAVO.


BiLL..

[DVS]

That's some cool stuff.

[noodles]

Love 'em.....they look wonderful...nice!!!

[Eggzilla1]

Luca, those are great looking!!! I love the details in paint you do that brings out the character in your kits! Keep it up! If there were anything you could do differently, maybe some old junk box engine parts added to the display base of "Shifty". And, I love the fly(s)! Can't wait to see the plastic versions.

[badroadahead]

Awesome work!

Love the drool!

Dave

[davea]

Nice job on both!

[terry]

Those are wild ! Good work.

[RatRod]

Both are really cool pieces of history, great job Luca!!! Sure wish Revell would re-pop all the Mouse kits.

[kettlekettle]

never seen those befor , nice work on them

[4speed]

Good to see these..Nice work ..I had Flip -Out when I was a kid looong gone now They look Great!!!

[Starry Eyes]

Very impressive Luca ! .... They look stunning ! ... thanks for the link to Python Models ... I've got my "Speedshift" on the way .. ;D

[John Teresi]

WOW!!!!!........Luca,you always come up with some neat stuff.......one of your best yet.

[Luca Roveda]

Thanks John. These Fred Flypogger kits are really a lot of fun.

Chuck – that’s great that you’ve got a Speed Shift. I look forward to seeing it built up! You may have to prop up the wheel that’s off the ground and you will need a sharp blade and some patience to free the mouse and the fly from the resin.

[Starry Eyes]

Aug 31, 2010 7:13:17 GMT -6 Luca Roveda said:

Thanks John. These Fred Flypogger kits are really a lot of fun.

Chuck – that’s great that you’ve got a Speed Shift. I look forward to seeing it built up! You may have to prop up the wheel that’s off the ground and you will need a sharp blade and some patience to free the mouse and the fly from the resin.

Thanks for the tips Luca ! . I'm willing to give one of these kits a test drive and go from there.. I figured the Speedshift was cool and really got motivated when I saw your version ! .. I'm guessing these are close to 8th scale or slightly smaller (?)

[Tim Nolan]

Man, these look great! I didn't know anyone had done any resins of them, will go check it out! Thanks for the link! You did a masterful paint and buildup on these!

[Steve-o]

Cool stuff man !! Awesome !!

[Luca Roveda]

Thank you Tim. Yes Python kits site has them both. They also have some other interesting kits. They have the Banana Splits Buggy which I am tempted to get but I have a bad experience with this model: I purchased it many years ago from a company called Retroresin and a certain Gene J. Toparcean but he just took my $75 and disappeared. Python also has one of the three strange Ripley’s kits – the Iron Maiden.

Chuck – the Speed Shift is just over 6 inches high

[Luca Roveda]

[Starry Eyes]

Sept 4, 2010 6:13:36 GMT -6 Luca Roveda said:

Thanks Luca ! ...

[JerryG]

Great...just great! You really did it justice by adjusting all the little details. Fun display pieces.

[Starry Eyes]

Wow !!! ... I got my "SpeedShift" today from Python Kits . SpeedShift is awesome .. Very clean castings with excellent detailing on all the parts .. this thing is heavy !

[hobbybobby]

Awesome job Luca, these looks fantastic! ;D ;D ;D

[noodles]

Way cool builds, i love 'em!
Nice builds luca!

[ira]

Great Paint Luca!!!

[lorenzovargas1978]

Looks like a lot of fun!I'm way too young to have been there when they first but I can say that about every kit I build(I'm going on 29 in October).Still would like a chance to build one of these.

[HTBomb]

Awesome builds!

[koffinbuilder64]

Awesome builds Luca! Love all the details.

[surfjunke]

Very cool. Both are very well done. Great work.