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1987 Coca Cola 600 Kyle Petty

 
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jray95



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:58 am    Post subject: 1987 Coca Cola 600 Kyle Petty Reply with quote

Hey everyone.

I hope that this will be my "build thread" for the 1987 Kyle Petty car that he won the Coca Cola 600 in. I'm hopeful that I can make fairly regular progress on this.

At this point I'm still gathering parts. So far I have a sheet of Slixx decals and I bought a 1987 Mark Martin T-bird diecast on ebay as the donor car.

I'm researching old photos, youtube videos, and such to try to get the exact arrangement of contingency decals. I didn't realize that they varied so much from race to race, but the version on the Slixx set isn't exactly the same. I bought a set of JNJ individual contingency decals that contain most of the ones I'll need.

I still need to get some clearcoat spray for the Slixx decals since they're fairly old.

I also need to buy the correct blue & white paint. Does anybody have any advice on the correct color of blue I'll need?

Hope this pic shows up correctly. Just getting started......
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

can't help you other than I hate using brake fluid but... since it's diecast. It won't hurt anything.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a Monogram Tbird kit that would work if you don’t want to go through all the trouble of stripping the diecast. Shoot me a PM if you are interested.
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jray95



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

18degrees wrote:
I have a Monogram Tbird kit that would work if you don’t want to go through all the trouble of stripping the diecast. Shoot me a PM if you are interested.


Thanks for the offer but I'm shooting for a metal body diecast for this one. Mainly so it matches all the others in my Wood Brothers collection.

I do admit, I hate to destroy a Mark Martin diecast though, but it must be done....
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jray95



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Disassembled and stripped the donor car today.

I have the Microscale decal film, micro sol and micro set on hand.

I ordered the paint from MCW Automotive Finishes.

Hopefully some interesting progress coming up soon....



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jray95



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sprayed a little paint today. MCW gray primer then gloss white.

How long should I wait before masking for the blue?

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MarkJ



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would have gone with white primer. That white looks a little gray. Or it might just be the lighting of the shot you took. It might look just fine out in the sun light. Or maybe i'm color blind.
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jray95



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, its not just you. I thought it was just lighting too early on but it really is a little gray. I'm gonna put on some more coats of white today and see if it brightens up.

MCW only listed light gray and red oxide for primers so I went with the gray.

Hopefully it'll look better with a few more coats.
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jray95



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PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2020 6:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A little more progress.

Hope to hide soem blemishes with the decals. We'll see....

Put it next to the Neil Bonnett version for comparison.

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jray95



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PostPosted: Sat May 09, 2020 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Finally finished up this project!

Not perfect for sure but I'm happy with it. I modified the contingency decals to match those from the Coke 600. Zero trouble with the vintage Slixx decals. I didn't clear them or anything. Also, I don't recommend the JNJ contingency decals. I bought a set of those and they were yellow, really tough to get them to slide, and the little Edelbrock decals fell off about an hour after I put them on. I ended up trimming out the contingency decals from the Slixx set plus another set of JNJ decals of a Michael Waltrip 1987 car (those were great).

Bottom pic includes a Bonnett and Blaney versions that I bought for comparison.

Anyway, thanks again to everyone here who helped me along the way!



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Firefly



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PostPosted: Sat May 09, 2020 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fits right in with the set! The red pinstripe around the hood seems to have fit pretty well.
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Mack



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PostPosted: Sat May 09, 2020 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks outstanding to me!!! Keep up the good work.
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jray95



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PostPosted: Sun May 10, 2020 7:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Firefly wrote:
Fits right in with the set! The red pinstripe around the hood seems to have fit pretty well.


Thanks! Yeah, I was pretty nervous about that one but it ended up pretty good. I cut it into three pieces to make it easier to handle.
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jray95



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PostPosted: Sun May 10, 2020 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mack wrote:
Looks outstanding to me!!! Keep up the good work.


Thank you!!
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james220



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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2020 7:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Car looks really nice. Decaling is great. LOL
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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2020 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

All three are great looking rides!!!
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jray95



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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2020 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

james220 wrote:
Car looks really nice. Decaling is great. LOL


Thanks Smile
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jray95



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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2020 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Henryjint wrote:
All three are great looking rides!!!


Thanks! I'm just glad that the one I built seems to be worthy of parking beside the others.
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 9:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

All 3 look GREAT next to each other!!

Great job on the build!!
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jray95



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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sentsat71 wrote:
All 3 look GREAT next to each other!!

Great job on the build!!


Thank you!
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