Short Track Models
Short Track Forums => Cars with Fenders-production bodies/late models => Topic started by: john2 on June 09, 2017, 12:56:54 PM
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:) Don't get too close to this thing. I don't want you to get lockjaw.
At the Memphis show, last June, Charlie D won a Davey Allison 28 kit, handed it to me, and said "Here John, you take it. I am not going to build it. " When I got it home, not only was it molded in black, the body was severely warped. I put it aside.
A couple of months ago, I decided I would give it 5 to 10 minutes a day to build the chassis, and worry about a body later. Then decided I would try to scratch build a flat slab sided modified out of it.
It meets nobody's rules except my own, which I made up as I went along. But here it is.
I was never a Rusty Wallace fan, but I did buy his book to read about the family's short track and ASA days. I always really liked that red and yellow car in ASA just before he went NASCAR.
I did not paint anything on it that I did not feel I had to. The chassis is mostly that raw black plastic. I built a complete chassis with interior, engine, and wheels. Then I drew up a body, cut it out, and glued the sides directly to the roll cage, and added a piece at a time to get a complete body. With it still in white, I did a minimum of putty, and sanded it in the air, and finally painted it and added decal numbers and a hand lettered sponsor.
I got sloppy with the top on the right side, but I was getting tired of it by then, and I don't have the patience with all of this that I used to. Also should have done a better crash bar, but I quit before I finished.
Not the best building techniques, but fun nevertheless.
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looks great to me john!!!we put ours into the wall on turn 3.....now scrap
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:) Thanks for the thoughts.
I put it in the wrong topic. Maybe Tom or Dan will move it to the modifieds/open wheel cars topic.
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WOW, John !! That is really cool.
I am impressed with your fab skills.
With those colors, it need's Advance Auto Parts for a sponsor :o
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:) Thanks.
Actually, it doesn't look any worse than the 1:1 cars they race today. lol
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Looks like a pretty neat rookie car. Better than my first car probably!
Rett
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That is so cool, John! Way to think outside the box. 8) 8)
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Pretty good John2...
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:) Thanks for all the comments from everyone.
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That's actually a LOT better looking car than I've seen some guys start with. Ya still got it John. I applaud you for sticking it through to the finish!!!😎👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏁
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The Mississippi Flash strikes again. ;D
Supergluek5
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:) I have deleted the ugly black boxes where the pictures were. Sorry I had to do that, but I am tired of looking at them. The black boxes, that is.