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Jose
Joined: 20 Jun 2019 Posts: 111
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Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 6:50 pm Post subject: The winston million 1985 |
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The final piece of the 3 car winston million set.
Monogram mid 80's thunderbird kit. Mods were, remiving the side molding, fill in door lines, a pillar and fuel filler, reshape a pillar, flatten a b and c pillers a bit. Add plastic to front fenders to make it more stright down then curved. New windshield. Make new fuel filler and overflow. Remove molded tail light cover. Make new window net. Window braces. Made air deflector. A pilkar vent from an f1 kit. Made atenna. Used correct seat. Used gm ehaust. Made seat belts.added roll bar padding.
Paint is tamiya ts 8 and ts 26. Clear was axalta cromax. Decals powerslide with the correct bilstein. Grill is from a slixx decal. Clean and dirty versions
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George Andrews
Joined: 30 Jan 2018 Posts: 460
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Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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OUTSTANDING !!! I like the backwards nine on the roof - nice attention to detail. |
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bigryan18
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 191
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Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Looking good |
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Henryjint
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 1973 Location: NY State's Hudson Valley
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Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:48 am Post subject: |
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Beautiful builds!!!! _________________ Forum member since 10/25/2010 |
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sentsat71
Joined: 03 Feb 2018 Posts: 1237 Location: Fenton, IA
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Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:03 am Post subject: |
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WOW!!!!!!!!!! _________________ Ed. K |
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1306
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:40 am Post subject: |
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Outstanding as always. Your builds are a joy to view. |
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scooter64
Joined: 27 Jan 2018 Posts: 301
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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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wow...
dat paint...
awesome. _________________
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Shunter
Joined: 27 Jan 2018 Posts: 460
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:53 am Post subject: |
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Very nice.. |
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john843
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 607 Location: S.C. Lowcountry
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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Can someone tell me what the deal was with the backwards #9 at the Darlington race? Never have heard why it was that way.
John |
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Jose
Joined: 20 Jun 2019 Posts: 111
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Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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The version told by bill was it was painted backwards by accident but by this point they were decals so i assume it was for luck. |
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john843
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 607 Location: S.C. Lowcountry
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Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Jose wrote: | The version told by bill was it was painted backwards by accident but by this point they were decals so i assume it was for luck. |
Yep, I found that in a 2013 Q&A with Bill after I posted the question. He said a guy at the shop (whom he said had probably been working 24 hrs. straight) placed a stencil backward. I've also heard the notion repeated more than once over the years that the '85 speedway car was "small", a la Smokey's 7/8th Chevelle. Don't know 'bout that but I do know for a fact that it was FAST:)
That was a popular subject to build back in the day when they came out and I've seen about as many of those as anyting (except maybe Earnhardt cars) but your version is hands down, the best looking I've encountered. Outstanding work!
John |
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1320wayne1
Joined: 06 Jul 2019 Posts: 79
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Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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Fantastic build, Jose. |
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james220
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 162 Location: Roanoke VA
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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 6:52 am Post subject: |
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Jose that is just grand. |
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Jim N
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 650
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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Stellar work! Looks fabulous. |
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Gary66 Board Moderator
Joined: 27 Jan 2018 Posts: 311 Location: Kannapolis,N.C.
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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Nice , clean work. Just the right amount of detail. |
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CJ44
Joined: 23 Jan 2019 Posts: 41
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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful job! |
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martinfan
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 270
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Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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Nice! |
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