Short Track and NASCAR modeling

Quote from: MarkJ on April 18, 2025, 07:34:25 AM

Quote from: 18degrees on April 17, 2025, 12:01:40 AMBeaut

Thanks, Dave. Your suggestions came in handy during the build.

that's what we do, Mark.  help each other out.  trying to get more of that in my life...

pretty car.  i have no idea who that sponsor is or if they are still in business today, but the town they are from is about an hour or less from where i live.

Is that a Junior Johnson built car or one Bobby did himself?
In one of the old Stock Car Racing magazines there was an article showing how he constructed one of his cars using a factory frame. Someone on the old Ayers forum had it on there, maybe they will see this and repost it.

Great looking build.  Really nice.

Does anyone have a photo of the under hood and interior of the real Bobby Allison Coke Monte Carlo from 1972.Not from a reproduction car or museum car or somebody's model of one. Those are never correct. I would really appreciate it if you could post them. My efforts to do so have failed so far.

hey y'all, i banged this one out in about a week.  i started with an old-school Sammy Swindell #1 TMC Challenger sprint car kit to start with, added a new(er) edition of the chassis (it was molded in white and i didn't feel like priming a black chassis for blue paint).  apparently the chassis was somewhat updated between that kit mold and the later ones (Steve Kinser Bass Pro).  so all the older parts didn't quite fit right, mostly the rear bumper.  this kit is about as stock as i like to build, i added shocks from Jaye, modified the headers, added a beadlock and spinner on the left rear and wing supports.  nothing else mod wise.  yellow paint is Tamiya yellow and the cage is Tamiya blue with dull coat added.  decals are from PrintIt.  pretty easy to work with.  the real car used the same nerf bars as what the #8D i posted the other week, and i really felt lazy and didn't want to mess with them.  hence the stock kit (and horribly incorrect) nerfs on this build.

it amazes me when i look up these old sprint cars, just how all over the place contingencies are.  can be different stickers from one side to the other, different layout, and so on.  far cry from the cars today where everything is lined up.

oh yeah, the stats thing.  Wolfgang ran this car for the first 39 World of Outlaws races, winning 3 of them.  he also ran the #49 for the United Sprint Association series and when he left this ride, he moved into the #18 (not sure of the livery for that particular car).












next up... going back to the fenders.  gonna build the black and white 2001 Goodwrench Monte Carlo that Kevin Harvick drove in his first Winston Cup race at Rockingham.  decals and kit should be here Monday from Mikes.

Another great one Hawk!

real nice period piece

Bump.

Could someone send or post a picture of them and I will make my own.