MarkJ Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 (edited) AMT 58 Impala kit. Testors 2 part lacquer. Homemade decals printed on white and clear Testors decal sheets. Roof was changed from hardtop to sedan. This is the 8th of 11 Rex White cars I plan to build. Fixed some more photobucket links. Edited August 4, 2017 by MarkJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Very nice, the paint and decals look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59-Desoto Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Love it , great looking nostalgic NASCAR , don't see many of them being built any more . It's got my attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Stone Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Hey, Mark. Good to see you post again. Great looking car! The black over black wheels looks mean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAYTIME Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I like the hood and trunk tie downs. Looks cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 Thanks guys. Here are some pictures of the real car I used for reference to build the model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Barrow Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 (edited) That looks great, but I've got to wonder what's going on with the windshield in a couple of those real pics?? Is that a 50's version of tear-offs??? Edited July 19, 2010 by Brett Barrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Now thats a stock car. nice build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Good job, Mark! Nice to see those vintage USAC/NASCAR darkside models! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 That looks great, but I've got to wonder what's going on with the windshield in a couple of those real pics?? Is that a 50's version of tear-offs??? Brett, my guess is that it might have been a piece of plexiglass to protect the driver in case a piece of metal tryed to come through the windshield. I did'nt want to add it to the model because I was'nt sure and nobody seemed to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimKustom Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Great build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kron Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Beautiful model. It really captures the spirit and feeling of the 1:1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Oh yes, another beauty Mark. I love this car. Where do you get all your information on these cars? I want to build Jim Reed's 59 Impala and I'm having a hard time finding any good reference pictures of it. Again, great build and conversion. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 Oh yes, another beauty Mark. I love this car. Where do you get all your information on these cars? I want to build Jim Reed's 59 Impala and I'm having a hard time finding any good reference pictures of it. Again, great build and conversion. Dan Dan , I get a lot of information from the guys at the Randy Ayers site. I also have a lot of books I have purchased over the years. I have some pictures of Jim Reeds 59. I just need to scan them and I'll post them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 Dan here are three pictures I found of Jim Reed's 59 Chevy I scanned from books I have. I'm sure if you go to Raytona's Fotki site you can find more. Just google it. Billy Kingsley also has many pictures in his Fotki site but I can't remember what he calls it. I think its El Camino Billy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) Thanks Mark for the pics. I'll copy them and put them in my file. I want to make this as accurate as possible. I'll also check out the others if I can. Dan Edited July 23, 2010 by 59 Chevy Impala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Dan here are some color pics. They are not real sharp because they are dvd captures, but you can make out what the contrngencies are and where they were located for the Southern 500 car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Great build of a rarly seen car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsoder Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Looks just like it probably did in 58 starting a race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biscayne63 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Wow! Great build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Coyote Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Beautiful build Mark .......... but, then again, all of your builds are beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 This is AWEOME and perfect!!!! Haven't seen this before, but it looks very cool. That paintjob is perfect and decals are very nicely in place. Engine looks good and nice to see 348" under the hood. Idea is very very good, I've never seen before '58 Impala NASCAR racer... This is just very very cool. Keep these great models coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 This is AWEOME and perfect!!!! Haven't seen this before, but it looks very cool. That paintjob is perfect and decals are very nicely in place. Engine looks good and nice to see 348" under the hood. Idea is very very good, I've never seen before '58 Impala NASCAR racer... This is just very very cool. Keep these great models coming. Thank you Niko. It's great to see there are Vintage Nascar fans in Finland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 Beautiful build Mark .......... but, then again, all of your builds are beautiful Thanks, O.C. I can definitely say the same thing about your builds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 (edited) It's just very sad that here are no Nascar speedways here... Sometime I have to come and watch Daytona 500 race to the USA... I have that '57 Chevy "Black Widow" on the work bench section, that will of course be oval track racer, as my '72 Ford Torino... But your model looks awesome! Edited October 7, 2010 by W-409 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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