Randy Ayers Nascar Modeling Forums

Any tips/tricks on how to get the floor pans in the Gen 7 cars flat?

I used warm/hot water and some weight to fix the first one I built (Bowman Camaro).

Second one I started, I had the water ...

Very cool!

I would echo Clyde's comments about auction cars. They are not necessarily restored with an attention to detail to use as a reference.

Very impressive "next level" work. I appreciate the work put into those, and and the finished product is amazing!

Thanks for the tip Ron. I typically detail the tires off the rims then install. I should be able to remove these and see if I can make that work as well.

I have another one of these kits that I ...

I am finishing up my first 2005 Taurus kit, and kit-building as the #17 Kenseth DeWalt Car.

Overall the kit want together really well and turned out well. I will likely post in showroom once I set ...

If you were to go with the resin body for the Cutlass, one of the monogram Buicks/Monte Carlo/Grand Prix NASCAR chassis is likely your best best to fit that body.

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I cut out the middle and swap sides as well. Use powerslide decals for the lettering.

I am building a Petty 1973 Charger from JR Salvinos and I got the Vermillion decals.

I was going to be using Tamiya TS-23 for the blue.

Will the Vermillion decals cover over the blue well, or sh ...

That wheel treatment is awesome looking. You nailed that.

Also curious about the distributor you used. Looks great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRpa-Wrz_Ks

option on extending the roof rail

Thank you! Just placed my order!

I have this kit in my stash. Built his Army car, and have some Hooters decals, but this is a really good looking car. May inspire me to get it going.

Very nicely done! Thanks for sharing.

Excellent work on the paint. I need to suck it up and try a fade job like that. Maybe a little simpler to start with a Tide scheme.

Very impressed with the outcome. Great job.

Very cool build! How did you do the blue-green-yellow-orange fade?

Been wanting to build this for a while. Had a set of decals before, but they just disintegrated so that was repurposed into a Buddy Baker car LOL

These are MPR decals, Tamiya White body, Tamiya c ...

I use bleach to strip chrome, especially on the older kits seems to work well.

I just did a yellow Pontiac, but the final color was yellow, so it wasn't a big deal, but I did do Tamiya gray primer, ...

For my 80s-early 2000s builds I use SEM Chassis gray 61113

This one is basically box stock. Only real addition was tubing for roll bar padding from Ted's model marketplace. PS tire decals, the rest are the kit decals that did surprisingly well. Coated them ...

Very nicely done!

Very nice work!

Here is my completed 1988 Bobby Allison Buick.
Body: Tamiya gray, then white primer. Tamiya T26 pure white and MCW 2006 Placial gold. MCW clear, then decals, then a coat of Future. PE Grills. P ...

Very nicely done!

It's a pigment not a dye so there won't be any bleedthru....

Well that was a lie. Rolling Eyes

Tamiya White primer like usual, all the talking heads said you wouldn't need to shoot silver prior...but ...

You dedication to authenticity to produce a more accurate model is commendable. Amazing efforts so far. Looking forward to see as this progresses.

Amazing builds and amazing photography!

Two awesome Daytonas!

Thanks for the compliments. I am pleased with how it turned out. Building all clear poses some unique challenges, but I enjoyed it overall.

Couple of finished chassis/body shots. Put a post in the showroom of the finished car.

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Finished this off, there is a thread in the fab shop on it. Sorry I don't have a better photo set-up, it is on the to do list.

I cleaned up the body of mold/fill marks and polished it. A couple c ...

go over the PE with a silver sharpie marker

That was my first thought... but do you keep the texture difference with the smooth pin over the dull base?

I am getting to the end of my clear Earnhardt Monte Carlo build. I sanded off the molded in hood pins and I am looking for some help/options/opinions on hood pins other wise I have used the molded in ...

This is the body with decals and a coat of future over them.

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That was my disappointment with this kit.
I wish only the body had been done in clear.

You could always paint the chassis if you wanted to do so. Molding it in clear gives the most options for ...

Very cool build!

I absolutely hate molded in body color. Please Salvino, rethink your plans if that is one of them. Adding in the extra step of an aluminum paint coat for us is not appreciated. Just make them as w ...

AMAZING !
How did you apply the future?

Small piece of sponge, tried to minimize bubbles that way vs. a brush.

Thanks for the compliments on the body. It came out well, especially after the Future. More than I planned on, but since its still too cold to spray paint, I didn't have much else to do!

Chassi ...

Here is an unboxing and build of one of the #9 kits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnzLf-PnS5Y

Here is an unboxing and build. Does not give you much from a color reference for painting, but you can see how the new kits go together.

VERY different from the old kids for sure! Look very cool ...

Update...

I have put a couple of ooats of Future on the inside and outside of the body, and starting chassis assembly.

Building box stock, with the only modification being that I built a box to ...

There have been a few versions of this, but seeing how the layout is, this should be pretty close.

I googled "AP Muffler" as I am familiar with the company as they had a factory in Tol ...

I'm impressed with what I have seen so far. How much time do you have in polishing at this point.
As for the crack in the fender, a Goodyear decal will cover some of it up. Once you have a frame unde ...

Got the body done.... 1000 and 2000 grit Tamiya sanding sponges, then 3200, 6000, 8000 sandpaper. Then Tamiya polish 2-4 passes with coarse, 2 with fine and 1 with finish.

Results are pretty go ...

That kit looks pretty amazing! Hoping for Ford to get on board with them as well. Well done!!

Thanks Pierre!

I have thought about clearing the body. Either future or Tamiya clear rattle can.

To answer your question, the entire kit is molded in clear. The only thing that is not are the ...

I am starting a clear Earnhardt Monte Carlo build. I built this kit once just box stock while I could not spray paint because I needed to build something rather than just prep LOL

After that build ...

Thanks for the help. I have MRP decals, and they don't have any callout.

I am leaning towards black, because everything I can see looks so dark. I have not done a black chassis before, so that w ...