Randy Ayers Nascar Modeling Forums

I was at the Motor State 400 and Plum Crazy didn't seem right to me so I went to Youtube. This video features the Pearson/Vallo Pontiac. My opinion is leaning toward Maroon Metalic but your mileage ma ...

I look at the pics and I see a dead match shape-wise to the AMT kit. When I receive my decals I'll check to see how they'll fit on the slightly smaller body.

I can't swear to it but I always saw the 33 as a Root Beer brown metallic. I have no recollection of the purple at Talladega so I'm so glad I stopped by Very Happy

yeah, what they said ..agree

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This one is obviously not a 500, but not the crashed car either, as the hood numbers are a different font.

Not a 500 with that tunnel back window althou ...

A primo pack of Ponchos! Well done Lefty

Kinda put the "ugh" in fugly
A definite attention grabber on any display shelf.

Always liked the Sterling Marlin's Maxwell House ride. Any consensus on the paint for the blue and burple?

Maxwell House 22 please. PM sent.

So '89 to '92 Monogram T-Birds have 9 hole wheels

Another good one Billy!

I'd forgotten that book. I think my '64 Dodge is in there.

This build is fun to watch and a bit inspiring. I was at a model show Friday and had a Galaxie in my hands
but then I saw that they had the Salvino kits $5 cheaper than anywhere else so I chose an A ...

A very interesting time for the teams as they worked to see how much they could get by the NASCAR inspectors.
They ran the exhaust pipes throug ...

I would love to do that Daughty car. Clean and attractive paint scheme and it's a good pic for the decal makers.

Excellent info! I just started a Fairlane last night.

Very cool Billy. Did you have to paint the stripes?

Here's my take on the Salvino Lemans;
The roof is too flat but can be built up with some putty. I used Perfect Plastic Putty
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The bumpers are over extende ...

That makes a good looking race car. Reminds me of a Petty Plymouth Satellite. I can't help with your questions but I'm curious to see what turns up.

I used AS-8 on the one I'm building now. It looks good to me but I haven't clear coated yet.

Yeaa I'm also leaning toward TS55

I have the new Salvino release of the Valvoline Buick and I'm a bit confused. Is the back end black or blue? Midnight blue maybe. It seems to look a little different in each pic I've found.

Very nice! A simple classy scheme well done.

I think I'm getting there now...

The grille and bumper were seperated with a razor saw
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The grille was glued to ...

Flat top no more

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Now on to the bumpers

Welllll okay den. I'll stretch some mental muscles and figure it out myself

I've finally got around to getting the kit from Mike's and I wonder if anyone's tried to fix the odd slope from front to back. Any ideas?

Love this one, very well done conversion. I saw quite a few Permatex races because ABC Wide World of Sports would feature it.

This is looking really good Bob.

To my eyes the MPC Plymouth body is spot on. If Salvino copies it with a few small NASCAR mods it'll will be a good one.

I've been away from NASCAR modeling for quite awhile but the Salvino Dodges look too good to ignore. I've pulled an MPC Plymouth body out and compared it to the new Petty Dodge. It looks close enough ...

A new 1/24 resin kit from Pierpaolo Pinterelli. Expensive but well done and his research is helpful for a 1/25 build.

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Lacquers and acrylics are good but no clear enamels!

Piling on here...sub-standard product and no response when I asked questions

I was so glad to see the founding fathers of NASCAR get some attention so I picked some up. But now reality has smacked me upside the head and I realize that I should let them go to those who will hav ...

Put you into my saved sellers list. Good stuff Tom!

Well Mark, I'm working in the reverse of what I wanted to. I wanted to do the '74/5 bumper first, then the '76/7 style. Thing is, the Revell is '77 style and so is the one in the round headlight SG ki ...

TS-55 is the closest spray can blue. The car was solid dark blue and back when the kit was released Pactra Imperial Blue was the color of choice. I used it on my '88 T-bird and it was a good match but ...

Oh yeah. I remember that race well. Great job

To paraphrase Obi-Wan, this IS the post we're looking for.

What a great picture!
I don't know the where or when but I would really love to see Moebius do one of those Mercs.

He finished 5th in the Daytona modified race in 1979. It will soon be in a box with the rest of the hobby stuff. Hope to be setting up a new hobby room in March.

used his decals a few times note sure who makes them. but anytime i use white numbers or lettering on a car i usually double them up. i just like to do it that way and to me stands out better against ...

I sit here in a state of mayhem. We need to move to a small ranch house so the packing of the hobby stuff has begun. Most all of my projects have been boxed up but I've kept this out to fiddle with.
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I've received my Stroh's decals and they are beautiful. Well done Mark!

What color for the chassis and interior? I'm finally making some progress and I'm getting near to paint time.

I love that Bobby would race anything with wheels but I don't remember him in the Datsun. Research time!

You made me look!
I have one in the display case but couldn't remember which year. It's the '88 which I built when they first released that body style in the double kit. That means I'll have to have ...

Dave Van now has K&K Daytona decals available. He posted in the trading post section and I snagged a sheet.

Beautiful build!