Short Track and NASCAR modeling

body is painted and glossed and the hood is decaled.  wasn't sure if the pics would turn out better directly under a LED lamp... y'all be the judge

NEW 3 AMIGOS DECALS RELEASE!

#12 BODY ARMOR 2025 MUSTANG (RICHMOND)

https://www.printitdecals.com/collections/3adecals/products/3-amigos-decals-12-body-armor-2025-mustang-richmond-decal-set-1-24

Ryan Blaney drove this cool looking car at Richmond.

We used the 1:24 Darkhorse model kit to create the decals.

Build your own replica of this awesome car!

https://www.printitdecals.com/collections/3adecals/products/3-amigos-decals-12-body-armor-2025-mustang-richmond-decal-set-1-24

NEW 3 AMIGOS DECALS RELEASE!

#8 REBEL BOURBON 2025 CHEVROLET (RICHMOND)

https://www.printitdecals.com/collections/3adecals/products/3-amigos-decals-8-rebel-bourbon-2025-chevrolet-richmond-decal-set-1-24

Kyle Busch ran this cool looking car at Richmond.

We used the 1:24 Salvinos Camaro model kit to create the decals.

Build your own replica of this awesome car!

https://www.printitdecals.com/collections/3adecals/products/3-amigos-decals-8-rebel-bourbon-2025-chevrolet-richmond-decal-set-1-24

He has them listed for sale now

  All is well on the home front now.

I was just wanting to know how to go about glueing some plastic shelves or cabinets to the balsa walls.  Thanks to all.

Got the radiator installed and added an ignition box. Also made a cup holder for a water bottle I made several months ago but didn't use as well as a battery box to go behind the driver's seat.

Being a bass angler, I use a bunch of chartreuse baits.....................a bunch! Anyway, some are more yellow, some are more green. I can see the green in the hood.

last night i got started on my next project, which is a #12 Ryan Blaney Menards Fusion throwback - the first tribute he did to his dad, the #77 Jasper lookalike.

a while back i was hunting for a color that is as close to the real thing as i could get, which is neon chartreuse.  not made in a rattle can... MCW has it, but i don't think they don't do cans anymore... or respond to my emails
i have some florescent yellow made by Pactra and Tamiya, both are made for polycarbonate RC body shells, so they dry flat. not a big deal because i have cans of gloss... well, both weren't too close to the Menards color.  for those of you who don't know, neon chartreuse is a neon yellow with green tones.  pictures of these cars are nowhere near the color that they are in person.  amazing how the color doesn't photograph it's true color at all, they just look bright yellow.

during my search online for paint, i came across a color called "mellow yellow neon" made by a company called Tropical Glitz.  the pics that someone posted on their Amazon review made it look really, really close to what i was looking for... it was on some sort of automotive part and it photographed well.  so i ordered some.  and man this stuff stinks, the vapors are very strong.

anyway, all that rambling aside, i got the hood painted and glossed.  it didn't photograph as well as i would have liked, and for comparison i put it on one of my previous Blaney builds that was painted with MCW "Menards yellow", which turned out to be just a really bright yellow, not neon chartreuse.

like i said previously, it didn't photograph as well as i woulda liked, but i think the comparison is evident.



it just photographs like a bright yellow, you really can't see the green in it.  kinda disappointing for forum posting sake, but it should look good in person.  the body is in primer right now.

I see that #95 Monza in the background. Can't wait for an update on it.

Nearly every day John! I've been distracted with some non racing subjects, but I have my bench full of "in progress" stuff right now. I'll try and post a few more pics later.

Tom