Short Track Models
Other => Non Short Track => Topic started by: MarkJ on January 07, 2021, 04:07:28 PM
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Just finished this one. It was driven by teenager Roy Gay back in 1964. He Raced it against his more well known brother , also a teenager, named Don Gay . He drove a 62 A stock Catalina 2 door sedan. He actually won the 1963 NHRA national championship driving it. I built Don's car back in 2018.
(https://i.postimg.cc/SQgYvBv5/fin64roy7.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/v84XXtPW/fin64roy8a.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/65T4JHsQ/fin64roy9.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/023M8px0/fin64roy10.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/FRRkrGfG/fin64roy5a.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/25N1Wr1q/fin64roy12.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/SsDRH9D8/fin64roy13.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/W4mh6CZ5/fin64roy15.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4nCY1gWF/fin64roy11a.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Nice job Mark! Love these vintage drag cars!
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That's a classic! Love old school racers like this. The gold wheels really set off the blue metallic paint as well.
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WOW!!!
VERY NICELY done!!!
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Here is the model I did of Don's car back in 2018.
(https://i.postimg.cc/0y8rHcRf/62donltftup.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Dw7fvggM/62donrtrearup.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Both excellent builds Mark. very nice.
Bob
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Excellent craftsmanship Mark. A couple of nervous Ponchos for sure!
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Great work, Mark.
Two really sweet Pontiacs.
What blue color did you use ?
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...A couple of great builds. B.t.w whats do the numbers on the door (655,657) denote? Seen numbers before on drag cars , but could never figure them out.
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Both ARE GREAT looking builds!!
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Great work, Mark.
Two really sweet Pontiacs.
What blue color did you use ?
Hondo, The GTO is duplicolor honda avignon blue metallic rattle can. It was the closest thing I could find to the real color which was Yorktown Blue poly. Don's car is something I got from model car world. I figured out what color his car was and ordered it from them . it was acrylic enamel in a bottle that I had to shoot with my airbrush. I cant remember the name of the factory color. Here is Yorktown Blue on a real car. I didnt feel like ordering paint from mcw and using my airbrush on the GTO build.
(https://i.postimg.cc/TYm9Pk31/64roygaygtocolor.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/2Vkvc7vN)
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Both are beautiful builds Mark keep em coming.
Al
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Brian, I dont know anything about nhra numbering. I would guess that they issued the numbers to the team when they registered the cars for competition. But thats just a guess. Maybe they wanted those numbers for some unknown reason? Thanks for the reply.
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Dons car color was known as Ensign Blue Poly. It appears that the wagon was probably that color too.
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A lot of good detail work in these. Very well done.
Rett
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Both Replicas look GREAT Mark. Your outstanding craftsmanship as usual...makes it a pleasure to view...
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Correct Mark, the wagon was also Ensign Blue.
(https://media.fotki.com/2v2HrJSPqxAyY5G.jpg)
(https://media.fotki.com/2v2HrJSRGxAyY5G.jpg)
To Brian's question, the door numbers were usually chosen by the racers back then but I do not know what the significance or the reason behind the 655, 656, 657 sequence was in this case. Nowadays the first number usually stands for the NHRA Region (of which there are six). Gay Pontiac was located in Texas and they raced from there so their "first" number today would probably be a "4" since that is their region. I didn't clear up much and might have just muddied the water some more (ha!) Maybe someone actually knows what was behind their number sequence.
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What a cool old dragin' wagon! I wonder if anybody even makes that in resin??
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Both Replicas look GREAT Mark. Your outstanding craftsmanship as usual...makes it a pleasure to view...
Thanks, Gary. I really appreciate the kind words.
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Correct Mark, the wagon was also Ensign Blue.
(https://media.fotki.com/2v2HrJSPqxAyY5G.jpg)
(https://media.fotki.com/2v2HrJSRGxAyY5G.jpg)
To Brian's question, the door numbers were usually chosen by the racers back then but I do not know what the significance or the reason behind the 655, 656, 657 sequence was in this case. Nowadays the first number usually stands for the NHRA Region (of which there are six). Gay Pontiac was located in Texas and they raced from there so their "first" number today would probably be a "4" since that is their region. I didn't clear up much and might have just muddied the water some more (ha!) Maybe someone actually knows what was behind their number sequence.
Wow, David. Thanks for the color ref pic. Now , if I do the build, I have to decide whether to do the a/mp version or the a/g version. A lot more graphics on this one. Some will be hard to figure out.
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What a cool old dragin' wagon! I wonder if anybody even makes that in resin??
Marty, I found that MCW does a resin, but I will have to find a chassis donor. And with all resins, the price is high. 61 bucks for the resin kit but it does include the engine. I think they had Farmer Arnie Beswick in mind when they did the resin. He also ran one of these wagons.
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Mark, I would check with MCW first on the chassis, unless you have already done that. In the description, it says that the kit includes everything but the tires. The sedan version of the car does show the chassis and interior parts, and it is listed at the same price as the wagon.
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Mark, I would check with MCW first on the chassis, unless you have already done that. In the description, it says that the kit includes everything but the tires. The sedan version of the car does show the chassis and interior parts, and it is listed at the same price as the wagon.
Thanks, Marty. I will definitely ask them if I order it. In the small pictures of the kit they don't show a chassis but like you say they say it includes everything but the wheels and tires. I need to make sure I have the wheels and tires covered from my parts box.
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I might have some wheels and tires for the wagon, if you decide to go for it.
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I might have some wheels and tires for the wagon, if you decide to go for it.
Thanks, Marty. I will keep that in mind.