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Billy Kingsley
Joined: 29 Jan 2019 Posts: 108 Location: Hudson Valley NY
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:52 pm Post subject: 1991 Dave Marcis #71 US Coast Guard Chevrolet |
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This is actually the second time I've attempted to build this car. When I first started out, I painted a body blue for his regular 1991 car, but then got the Coast Guard decals from JNJ and decided to apply them instead...big mistake, because I didn't do any research. It turned out that the Coast Guard car was not the same shade of blue. That original body is still in my stash, but this one is much, much better. Not only have my skills improved significantly since 2004/05, in the interim Powerslide issued a MUCH better sheet than the JNJ sheet and that's what I used on this build.
My plan is to eventually build all 5 of the military cars that raced in the 1991 Daytona 500, but this is the first and as yet only one I've completed.
Monogram kit, Powerslide decals, Tamiya French Blue paint.
I had never gotten as far as doing the windows on my original body, so I still had the JNJ pit order numbers in my decal parts box. Since the build requires two of them and Powerslide only gives you one, I used the original JNJ numbers as a little nod to my own modeling history; to determine which numbers to use I had to watch the 1991 Daytona 500 on YouTube to see if they explained how the numbers worked, and they did. (it went odds-and-evens based on your qualifying results)
_________________ Billy Kingsley
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1300
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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Great to see you posting here again. Your work is excellent as always. Glad to have you back. |
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Henryjint
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 1967 Location: NY State's Hudson Valley
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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Nice clean build of a good looking car!!! _________________ Forum member since 10/25/2010 |
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jchrisf
Joined: 11 Jul 2018 Posts: 103
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 3:38 am Post subject: |
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Another great build |
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Wakefan77
Joined: 22 Apr 2020 Posts: 140 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 7:11 am Post subject: |
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Superb! Well done! _________________ <a><img></a> |
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Toys4Don
Joined: 31 Jan 2018 Posts: 226
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Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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Looks great. Good color choice. |
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jbherri2
Joined: 30 Jan 2018 Posts: 213 Location: Lost! In Space ...
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:42 am Post subject: |
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Really nice work! |
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