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Title: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: MarkJ on October 26, 2019, 04:56:37 PM: (https://i.postimg.cc/3J8PS1xq/rex60rig19.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

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Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: Bob P. on October 26, 2019, 07:35:55 PM: Fantastic job Mark, on both the hauler and race car. This is a replica build you can be very proud of.

Bob
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: Dirtman on October 26, 2019, 09:01:31 PM: Very, very nice!

Rett
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: sentsat71 on October 26, 2019, 09:22:28 PM: WOW!!!

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: Michael F on October 27, 2019, 11:50:10 AM: I love it !!!

Very nice job on all three !! 8) 8)
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: john2 on October 27, 2019, 08:26:53 PM: I love a truck, trailer, and racer. This is really a nice one. Lotsa time and work here. Good job.

Always liked Rex White.
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: MarkJ on October 29, 2019, 08:34:10 AM: Thanks guys. I built the car 12 years ago and when I saw the picture I always wanted to do the truck and trailer. Amt re-released the truck as a pickup this summer so I finally had my chance to do the project. Had to change the chassis to 30 series and scratch a stake bed to put on it and the trailer was completely scratched except for the wheels and tires from my spare parts box. I used plastic easter eggs to make the dualie wheels for the truck. It took a total of 159 hours to complete.
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: BobD on October 30, 2019, 09:49:19 PM: That's a beauty Mark! I was just recently envisioning building his 1962 Chevy. Was also thinking this generation of Nascar stock cars would make a great community build project. Again, Great Job!
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: MarkJ on November 01, 2019, 08:14:37 AM: Thanks Bob and Steven. I really appreciate the kind words.
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: Marty W on November 01, 2019, 01:52:04 PM: Mark, you did a super clean, fantastic job on these two vehicles. They both look very accurate, with great attention to detail. I look forward to seeing more of your builds!
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: MarkJ on November 04, 2019, 07:22:34 AM: Thanks , Marty. I really appreciate the reply.
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: Greg Birky on November 09, 2019, 10:42:49 PM: Very nice and accurate replica’s Mark! I’m especially impressed by the accurate looks of the truck! Very nicely done trio!!!😁🏁
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: MarkJ on November 10, 2019, 09:42:09 AM: Thanks , Greg. Appreciate the reply.
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: Gary Davis on November 13, 2019, 02:00:46 PM: Man Mark...you did it again my friend. GREAT job on this replica Race Team. You inspire for sure.....
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: MarkJ on November 14, 2019, 08:20:32 AM: Quote from: Gary Davis on November 13, 2019, 02:00:46 PM
Man Mark...you did it again my friend. GREAT job on this replica Race Team. You inspire for sure.....

Actually, Gary. It was your race team build that inspired me to try this one. That truck/ camper you built was off the charts, as well as the trailer and race car.
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: spotter23 on November 19, 2019, 09:19:51 PM: This is so cool...…...I've had that photo on my phone for a year, got the truck and the decals, still waiting to find a 60 Chevy, maybe this weekend at a local model show. Thanks for sharing
MG
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: MarkJ on November 21, 2019, 05:15:46 PM: Quote from: spotter23 on November 19, 2019, 09:19:51 PM
This is so cool...…...I've had that photo on my phone for a year, got the truck and the decals, still waiting to find a 60 Chevy, maybe this weekend at a local model show. Thanks for sharing
MG

Thanks, Mark. Your Ridley truck/ trailer/ race car, also gave me a lot of inspiration. Looking forward to your Rex White build. I heard that someone had done this build back in the day and I looked for pictures of it but had no luck. Maybe you can find some. I had just the one ref picture of it so I did a lot of guessing on mine so its probably not very accurate. But it was a fun build anyway.
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: pdaly28 on January 24, 2020, 03:18:41 PM: Beautiful combo....just amazing!
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: ARCA Guy on January 27, 2020, 07:54:00 AM: Mark, that is some fine work! Love the old truck!
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: ModelCarMan AKA Ricky on January 27, 2020, 09:29:25 AM: Love the whole rig, but the truck I love the most!
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: Hondo on May 10, 2020, 03:45:45 PM: I can't believe I didn't reply to this one, Mark.

Just WOW !!
It is amazing. The hauler itself is perfect.
You da MAN for vintage NASCAR builds.
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: 421sd on October 31, 2020, 12:40:41 PM: Incredible rig, may I ask, is the trailer a diecast? this is the first real looking trailer coupler I have ever seen on a model trailer. Did you buy it aftermarket (the coupler) or scratch build it?
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: MarkJ on October 31, 2020, 01:10:38 PM: Quote from: 421sd on October 31, 2020, 12:40:41 PM
Incredible rig, may I ask, is the trailer a diecast? this is the first real looking trailer coupler I have ever seen on a model trailer. Did you buy it aftermarket (the coupler) or scratch build it?

Thanks 421, the trailer is completley scratch built except for the wheels and tires. Its all styrene. I used various evergreen plastic tubes, rods, strips and sheets. Ive got a wip around here somewhere, if it still exists, I'll post it here.
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: MarkJ on October 31, 2020, 05:14:26 PM: Quote from: MarkJ on October 31, 2020, 01:10:38 PM
Quote from: 421sd on October 31, 2020, 12:40:41 PM
Incredible rig, may I ask, is the trailer a diecast? this is the first real looking trailer coupler I have ever seen on a model trailer. Did you buy it aftermarket (the coupler) or scratch build it?

Thanks 421, the trailer is completley scratch built except for the wheels and tires. Its all styrene. I used various evergreen plastic tubes, rods, strips and sheets. Ive got a wip around here somewhere, if it still exists, I'll post it here.

I found out that I put the wip at scale auto magazine forum, thinking that they would never go away, but they did ,so no more wip. It showed how I made the trailer and hitch. the hitch actually connects to the ball on the truck. Here are some wip photos without the text of my thoughts during the build.

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(https://i.postimg.cc/VNjhKtQc/60rexwiptiontr1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/W1VMW4TC/60rexwiplespin2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/D8CJmnWP)
(https://i.postimg.cc/fRC53Z1F/60rexwiptrbepr4.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/kgqfXDYK/60rexwiptrbepr3.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: Gary Davis on November 01, 2020, 04:48:18 PM: Mark...thanks for the wip pics. They really show how talented you are. Great fab work my friend...
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: MarkJ on November 05, 2020, 08:37:51 AM: Quote from: Gary Davis on November 01, 2020, 04:48:18 PM
Mark...thanks for the wip pics. They really show how talented you are. Great fab work my friend...

Thank you , Gary. You gave me a lot of inspiration with your sprint car team build, with camper, trailer, and race car.
Title: Re: 1960 Rex White championship car, truck, and trailer
Post by: Volzfan59 on October 31, 2023, 10:24:25 AM: Not sure how I'm just seeing this. That's one heck of a job. One of my favorite race cars from the past.