Short Track and NASCAR modeling

Short Track Forums => Cars with Fenders-production bodies/late models => Topic started by: john2 on June 09, 2017, 12:56:54 PM

Title: Crazy Modified
Post by: john2 on June 09, 2017, 12:56:54 PM
 :)  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.


Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: john2 on June 09, 2017, 01:00:46 PM
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Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: john2 on June 09, 2017, 01:04:50 PM
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Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: pdaly28 on June 09, 2017, 05:08:53 PM
looks great to me john!!!we put ours into the wall on turn 3.....now scrap
Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: john2 on June 09, 2017, 08:12:48 PM
 :)  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.
Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: Hondo on June 09, 2017, 08:34:57 PM
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



Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: john2 on June 09, 2017, 09:49:46 PM
 :)  Thanks.

Actually, it doesn't look any worse than the 1:1 cars they race today.  lol
Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: Dirtman on June 09, 2017, 11:43:38 PM
Looks like a pretty neat rookie car. Better than my first car probably!

Rett
Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: Bill in MA on June 10, 2017, 09:31:50 AM
That is so cool, John! Way to think outside the box.  8) 8)
Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: James2 on June 12, 2017, 07:46:04 AM
Pretty good John2...
Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: john2 on June 12, 2017, 08:52:04 AM
 :)  Thanks for all the comments from everyone. 
Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: Greg Birky on June 12, 2017, 03:22:16 PM
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!!!😎👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏁
Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: supergluek5 on June 15, 2017, 03:13:06 PM
The Mississippi Flash strikes again.   ;D

Supergluek5
Title: Re: Crazy Modified
Post by: john2 on July 23, 2017, 06:17:34 AM
 :)  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.