MarkJ Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Here are some wip pics of my current build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 I finished the Interior and chassis and primed the body so I thought I would check the fit. So far so good. I know its a horrible picture but I was in a hurry and had to use a flash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollinoldskoo Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 building a track car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 building a track car? Yes, 'rollinoldskoo'. I'm into vintage Nascar race cars. Hopefully this model will look like the number 4 Chevy in the picture below. Rex White won the championship in this car in 1960. I'm trying to build a model of each of the cars he competed in during his Nascar career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobss396 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I dig the old stock cars too, I never saw Rex's '60, I'm more familiar with his '62 car with the #4 on it. Looking sharp so far, man did those cars run fast for that time period! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr moto Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Great subject! I'm somewhat familiar with Rex White's similar '59 Chevy but I've never seen the '60 version before. How did you make the instrument panel and gauge faces? Are they home-made or purchased? Looks like this will be a great build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick F40 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 So your talkin about the REAL STOCK cars......Me likey. Looks really good so far, this looks like it will turn out great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 Great subject! I'm somewhat familiar with Rex White's similar '59 Chevy but I've never seen the '60 version before. How did you make the instrument panel and gauge faces? Are they home-made or purchased? Looks like this will be a great build! The guages were made by slicing off the ends of styrene tubes like the ones you see in the the first pic above. I then went to the stewart and warner guage site where they have pictures of different guages and used my adobe to make them real small and print them on decal paper and glued them inside the guage openings. They are kinda rough looking but on models like these you have to scratchbuild alot of stuff for them. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 I dig the old stock cars too, I never saw Rex's '60, I'm more familiar with his '62 car with the #4 on it. Looking sharp so far, man did those cars run fast for that time period! Bob Thanks Bob. Below is the 62 Rex White Chevy I built last year. It replicates the car he won the Dixie 400 in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rick r Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 (edited) Great builds, fascinating subjects! My folks moved to Huntsville Alabama in 1959, did business with te local Pontiac store where the race teams would roost when in town for races... Saw the short track cars up close, so 'pounded' that they were just a general shape resembling the car from a distance.The Rex White 60 was one I remember seeing there. Last summer I discovered a book in 2 volumes written by Marvin Panch from that same era... costs about $40, worth the $ for the history and photos, great account from one of the biggies of the sport. www.marvinpanch.com Edited November 29, 2007 by rick r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollinoldskoo Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 thats some pretty cool stuff.... not like the "stock cars" today... those were real cars not tube chassis with a shell.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 Here is the finished chassis. I removed the gas tank which was installed inside the trunk on this car . Added two shocks to the rear axle and installed the extra beam to the frame that they attached the roll bar to. Most of Rex White's race cars had the frames painted red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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