So, as I mentioned when I built my Mustang (https://www.shorttrackmodels.com/index.php?topic=2674.0), the Stadium Stocks are my favorite series at Bowman Gray. We started going when I was about 10 and Charlie's was the only Beetle in the field when most of the others drove Mustangs. I thought it was cool so I always pulled for him and, even though he's long since retired the old bug, I still pull for him when he does race along with his son Blaine.
Got an autographed hat and 2 VW model kits from my dad for Christmas who said that one of them should be for Charlie so I'm doing a double build of the orange 61!
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Fun fact: I had never heard of Richie Evans before that so his car reminded me of Charlie's early on. ;D
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I started by removing the B post and smoothing out the sides and fenders. I tried it on one body first and I'm happy with the result so I'll be doing the same on the other body soon.
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I love it Razorback!!! I pretty much grew up at original Atomic Speedway in east TN. It's gone now but the original 4 cyl class was all VW's, bugs, Karman Ghias and another model that I don't remember. It was some great racing.
I'm really looking forward to following along, especially your cage and chassis work.
I remember there being a Karmann Ghia too but I don't remember the driver's name and can't find any pics or videos from 1998.
The other model was a Type 3.
Cool idea !! 8) 8)
Looking forward for the finished thing.
What engine did they have, the stock one ?
I remember the Long brothers or maybe cousins running VWs at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont NC. 2 beetles and a karman ghia. Those things were fast, but on that high banked track if they snapped loose they were going engine first into the wall. Definitely will be following along on this one.
From what I can tell the engine was stock. I don't have a ton of reference to go by but I think they they run quite a few stock parts in that series. Even more so back in the '90s.
Started making the necessary mods to the 2nd body and continued looking for reference. There isn't a lot out there but the best ones both come from his 2002 championship. Got a few answers on the contingency decals from Facebook but I'm still looking for one. I was able to redraw the majority of the graphics in Illustrator. Also going to smooth out the door panels to match the year. Since the paint scheme and number are obviously a Richie Evans tribute, I'll need to know what orange would be best for that. I'd eventually like to do Richie's Pinto too so any and all feedback will help me beyond these builds.
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Nice job on something totally different.
There are some sources that will say that the color is swamp somethingorother orange... i saw a quote from a crew member once that said, IIRC, that it was Omaha Orange over red oxide primer.
When i built my Evans pinto, pretty sure i used Model Master omaha orange lacquer (which unfortunately has been discontinued) over Tamiya red oxide primer
I did a little research online and seems i didn't use MM Omaha orange, not sure if that color even existed in that line. After nosing around, pretty sure i used MM Grabber Orange lacquer, which is discontinued.
I can't locate the quote from the crew member that said something about going over red oxide primer. I will continue to look and see if i can find it. You should be able to get some Grabber Orange from MCW if you airbrush.
I dug out my Richie Evans book and located a section about the paint. It says that the orange initially came from the Rome NY Department of Public Works garage. Said the paint was simply known as "1021" which was the paint code for it. The guy who painted Richie's cars foe years said "technically it's a yellow, but it leans a little towards the orange side". If you do a Google search for "paint code 1021" you get a product called "colza yellow" or "rapeseed yellow". Further writing in the Evans book says "Evans used to give different answers to different people about what color his cars were. He might say "omaha orange" or "swamp holley orange" and both were legitimate automotive shades similar to his".
So i'm not sure if this helps you or not. If i can find the quote that talked about always using red oxide primer i will add it in somewhere. I just know that my Evans Pinto was a discontinued MM lacquer orange (swear it was grabber orange) over red oxide primer, and i saw that online... i didn't just make it up and run with it.
finally found what i was looking for
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and i will apologize if i derailed/hijacked this thread with my ramblings about the color of Richie's car. i'm done now
Like I said, I'd like to do a Richie build eventually so that actually helps out quite a bit!!
So, with a little help from Facebook, especially Charlie's son Blaine, I was able to identify and recreate the decals. Started on the interiors as well.
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