Randy Ayers Nascar Modeling Forums

[bighoo]

Gotta love working with 30 year old kit decals. Had 2 sets and needed them both to finish. Got the decals on and cleared. I just had to put it on my mock up chassis for a sneak peak. Not perfect, but will do. I really wish Mike (powerslide) would give some love to these Buicks but given the kits shortcomings, I understand why. Now on to finishing the chassis

IMG_0614 by Randy Purvis, on Flickr
IMG_0615 by Randy Purvis, on Flickr
IMG_0617 by Randy Purvis, on Flickr





Got the body work finished and in primer. Here it is on my mock up chassis. pretty happy so far. I wish there was a good set of Snickers decals or a set of Stanley Smith’s Interstate Batteries decals available. Thinking of trying the kit Snickers decals with the blue numbers. Guess I’ll see how that goes😬

IMG_0595 by Randy Purvis, on Flickr

IMG_0596 by Randy Purvis, on Flickr

IMG_0597 by Randy Purvis, on Flickr


So while I was waiting on some chassis I painted to dry I thought I would cast another 91 Buick nose. I also thought about adding the lower angled sections to the rear quarter panels. Here it is mocked up on my test fit chassis. I think I’m happy with how it looks and sets.

IMG_0586 by Randy Purvis, on Flickr
IMG_0587 by Randy Purvis, on Flickr
IMG_0588 by Randy Purvis, on Flickr

Thoughts?

[TN Vols fan]

That looks fantastic Bighoo.
_________________
"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

[MarkJ]

Good to see you posting again, Randy . Excellent looking mods on the Buick.

[RacerRon13]

That looks great!!!

[Crime Dog]

Nice work. Not sure they're much better than the kit decals, but didn't JNJ do the Snickers decals....great, now I want a candy bar!

[bighoo]

[Rattlecan Dan]

Doing a fine job there bighoo. I was thinking the Allison Miller High Life maybe?

[jh63fan]

The Allison Miller Buick had the older nose on it, like what was in the kit to begin with. After his injury he fielded a team with the modified style nose sponsored by Raybestos.

[Vdc]

What if to use this nose on a fantasy build? That grille remained up until 1996, so a slabside Cup car too.

I have seen online a slab Regal, was a re-body for road racing.

[bighoo]

Updated