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randman
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 66
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:10 pm Post subject: 1997 Petty Pontiac |
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1997 Petty Pontiac. I think this was driven by Bobby Hamilton at the time, but there weren't any driver name decals included.
For colors, Tamiya TS-23 Light Blue and Mr. Color 171 Fluorescent Red.
I added the Earnhardt bar, but that was about it for mods.
These kit decals were by far the worst that I have dealt with from the 20+ year old kits. Some worked, but if they didn't, they shattered into a thousand pieces. I tried piece together what I could and then found a second set online (which seemed to be a bit better) to finish up.
More pictures in the gallery: 1997 Petty Pontiac
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Henryjint
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 1967 Location: NY State's Hudson Valley
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Very nicely done!!! _________________ Forum member since 10/25/2010 |
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1300
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:44 am Post subject: Re: 1997 Petty Pontiac |
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randman wrote: | 1997 Petty Pontiac. I think this was driven by Bobby Hamilton at the time, but there weren't any driver name decals included.
For colors, Tamiya TS-23 Light Blue and Mr. Color 171 Fluorescent Red.
I added the Earnhardt bar, but that was about it for mods.
These kit decals were by far the worst that I have dealt with from the 20+ year old kits. Some worked, but if they didn't, they shattered into a thousand pieces. I tried piece together what I could and then found a second set online (which seemed to be a bit better) to finish up.
More pictures in the gallery: 1997 Petty Pontiac
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Next time with old decals like this, brush on a thin coat of pledge floor finish that use to be future. it will hold them together but you will have to cut them out exactly on their edges unless you don't mind a thin coat of future around them. but iit will keep them from shattering. Excellent job on the model. |
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jjsipes
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 298
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:27 am Post subject: |
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Nice looking model. I think I have this kit in the stash to build one day. Gives me incentive to get mine out to work on. |
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TN Vols fan
Joined: 18 Jan 2022 Posts: 269 Location: Crossett, AR
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Great job! I've been a King Richard fan since around 1965/ 1966. _________________ "Many men fish all their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
"I am, Sir, a brother of the angle" quote from The Compleat Angler, lzzak Walton 1654 |
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Duane Garner
Joined: 03 Feb 2022 Posts: 95 Location: Clovis, NM
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:40 pm Post subject: 97 Petty Pontiac |
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Real nice, clean work! I can see why you came back to the hobby, would be a shame to waste that kind of talent. I too am a Petty Fan, all my life. My dad built race motors with Maurice Petty |
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CRANMAN1
Joined: 31 Jan 2018 Posts: 218 Location: Clemmons, NC
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Nice build!! |
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Dan Belcher
Joined: 10 Feb 2020 Posts: 194
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2022 10:20 am Post subject: |
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Looking good! |
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