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18degrees
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 1010 Location: metro STL area, ILLINois
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2020 9:45 pm Post subject: Hailie Deegan #4 ARCA Monster Fusion |
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had to take a step back from the McLaren for a little bit, had some builder induced fitment issues.
got my Deegan decals from MPR the other day so i figured, why not...
i made the "box" for the rear end that is used on the superspeedway cars, not installed yet as i forgot to fill in the lower rear bumper area. i usually glue a piece of strip there and putty it, but the body was already painted... and on the real car, it looks like and insert. so i glued the usual piece of strip and then cut and sanded another to fill in, it's in paint right now.
this is gonna be the Daytona build, and her car had quite a different lower valence area than your usual NASCAR splitter, it kicks out quite a bit and has a lower lip added. for reference pics, see Mark's post showing his decal preview. i ended up using one of Brandon Miller's older style splitters with a thin piece of Evergreen strip glued to it. didn't turn out too bad IMO, and i also added some strip to the rocker panel areas to lower the stance, without messing with the actual kit suspension. this one is pretty much gonna be a box stock built chassis.
Tamiya semi gloss black over flat black.
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bangor boy
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 447
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Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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What race series does this car - this driver - compete in? |
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WR
Joined: 10 Jul 2018 Posts: 124
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Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Is that a primer coat or finish coat. I was just watching a Arca race and it is shinny black. |
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18degrees
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 1010 Location: metro STL area, ILLINois
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2020 12:29 am Post subject: |
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bangor boy wrote: | What race series does this car - this driver - compete in? |
This car is from the 2020 ARCA season. She will race in the NASCAR truck series in 2021. Has a development deal with Ford. _________________ ON DECK/IN THE WORKS: too many started to list...
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18degrees
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 1010 Location: metro STL area, ILLINois
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2020 12:30 am Post subject: |
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WR wrote: | Is that a primer coat or finish coat. I was just watching a Arca race and it is shinny black. |
Finish coat, Tamiya semi gloss black. All the Monster sponsored cars that i have seen are semi-gloss black - Deegan, Kurt Busch and Ty Gibbs. _________________ ON DECK/IN THE WORKS: too many started to list...
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WR
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2020 7:59 am Post subject: |
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I thought that too but i was watching the race tonight I think it was at winchester and that car was gloss black not sure if it has been that way all year or not but it was at this race. |
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18degrees
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 1010 Location: metro STL area, ILLINois
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2020 8:35 am Post subject: |
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WR wrote: | I thought that too but i was watching the race tonight I think it was at winchester and that car was gloss black not sure if it has been that way all year or not but it was at this race. |
That very well may be, but if you look at the reference pics that Mark used when he announced the decals, the car was definitely not gloss black at Daytona. _________________ ON DECK/IN THE WORKS: too many started to list...
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WR
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:03 am Post subject: |
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I know it has been run the flat black or what ever you want to call it but it was gloss at that race. Its one of those you can go either color on and be right. |
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18degrees
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 1010 Location: metro STL area, ILLINois
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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WR wrote: | I know it has been run the flat black or what ever you want to call it but it was gloss at that race. Its one of those you can go either color on and be right. |
I was curious so i looked for pics and videos from the race at Winchester that you are talking about and it sure was a shiny, gloss black.
But i’m not building the Winchester car...
So let’s just end this back and forth here. Thanks. _________________ ON DECK/IN THE WORKS: too many started to list...
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WR
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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No problem didn't say yours was wrong i was suprised to see it gloss black also all i had seen it was in the matt black. |
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18degrees
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 1010 Location: metro STL area, ILLINois
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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Got a little more decal work done - rear end, little bit of the front, under the hood. Have to figure out placement of the teeth before i get too much further. Also removed the small window net that is molded in the body and made a section of glass for that location from clear sheet plastic. Used some of the window net from a “parts” Fusion kit that i have to make a properly sized window net.
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18degrees
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 1010 Location: metro STL area, ILLINois
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Starting to look more like a race car... gonna tackle the teeth on the hood shortly, that’s my current holdup... lining up the layering...
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18degrees
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 1010 Location: metro STL area, ILLINois
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:54 am Post subject: |
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Got the teeth located, sized, cut and the hood underlayment on.
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18degrees
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 1010 Location: metro STL area, ILLINois
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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So i figured something out (with about 95% of the decals applied already, little late) - the Ford logo doesn’t go on the hood, as with most NASCAR Fusions, it is supposed to go between the hood and the grille, on the body. That allows the teeth to sit further down on the hood towards the front.
Mine doesn’t look this way 😳
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Red96
Joined: 30 Dec 2020 Posts: 46 Location: Pacific Northwest
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:32 am Post subject: |
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Very nice build. Great to see folks showing respect to Hailee. Seen her run out here in the PNW at Monroe Speedway and that young lady can really wheel a car. She's got a bright future in front of her.
Bravo, Sir...Bravo!
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