satterwhite78

A little out my comfort zone in what I like to build.  Nascar to me belongs to the memory of "Race on Sunday, Sell on Monday!" and that the cars on the track had more of a persona equal to or more than that of the driver.  But we who build what we love are entitled to our own biases....and then their are times we need to try something different.

I bought this kit a few years back with the hope of getting to complete it.  A little over a year ago when I was inbetween builds . I broke out the Buick finished up the chassis and painted the body at least twice....not to my satisfaction or to at least 4 can of paint so I decided to store away until I was ready.  In the meantime  PowerSlide came out with the correct sheet aside from the Kit decals (The Miller logo on the hood and door #'s is slanted, the kit's are straight) and those were acquired to do a more correct version of Bobby's ride.

When painting the Andretti 68 Cyclone I thought the gold ( Krylon ShortCuts Gold Leaf) was more towards the "correct" gold than Testors Gold Met. for the Buick. With the Styrene Gods blessing they granted me a Do over on the paint job that I got in one shot .  It wasn't the best that I have done but Thank Goodness that Buick of Bobby's had a lot of decals to hide those "little" flaws .  Good or bad it's a done deal and now it's rolled out of the box and onto the track.  Thanks for looking and hope ya enjoy...Chuck!

P.S Still ain't figured out how to date a camera

Back in December I ordered & received three resin bodies of Mercurys ( one 68 and 69 W nose Cyclone and a 73 Montego GT).  Since I had the decals for the 68/69 versions of Mario Andretti's #11 68 Daytona entry and Bobbie Allison's Holman/Moody #12 Cyclone, they were a done deal to complete.  A friend of mine notified me of the Richie Panch #98 Grey Rock/ Budwieser sheet on Ebay and they to were quickly acquired.

Both the #11 and #12 have P/L chassis underneath and the only issue I am waiting to resolve with the #11 is that Mario ran Firestones and I haven't yet got the correct letters for it and when I do, I will post more pic.

The Montego GT of Richie Panch was constructed by using a stretched chassis of AMT T Bird. Taking two chassis, cutting one long frt piece and one long rear piece and joining together to make an enhanced (longer.. about 3/16th) wheel base. 

The 73 Montego obscure footnote in Nascar history is that only three drivers drove the Montego GT from 73 to 75...Davis Pearson #21 for the Wood Brothers,  Dick Trickle #75 for owner Del Puro, and Richie Panch 's #98 Grey Rock.  Pearson being the only driver that drove the Montego GT for almost two seasons,  Trickle and Panch were a one or two race deal.

By 1980 Neil Bonnett at Talledega won the final and last race in a Mecury.

Thanks for looking, hope ya enjoy...Chuck

Yea ...Way to bright/Flash

With 5 "projects" going on at the same time and getting a little frustrated with each one at some point , I decided to take a different route....a simple one tone paint scheme, nothing fancy.  Sometime back I had seen a photo of Al and Richard lined up together on pit road of Daytona for a photo op and wanted to do Al's ride, but like everything else something always takes over it gets pushed back.  A Revell 68 Charger graces the Testors' Bright Red paint with decals from Southern Motorsport Hobbies (? on the maker).  Inner fender wells removed and an front hoop fabricated, driver seat from the kit has an side bolster with the head rest made from an drinking straw capped at the ends, the frt/rear bumper guards removed and rechromed with SpazStix Ultimate Mirror Chrome #10009 spray and PPP rims.

Unser qualified 8th at the 68 Daytona and finished 4th being the last car on the lead lap while Cale took the Checked followed by Lee Roy Yarborough and Bobby Allison

How many time while listening to the broadcast of a Nascar race on the radio did you all of a sudden catch your breath and key on every word the annoucer said from then on.  Old color photos were recently found at a yard sale that provided a visual to one such incident in Turn Two.

"Looks like trouble off Turn 2 with the #98 of Leeroy Yarborough hitting the wall and spinning down into the grass. Flagmen in Turn 2 report hearing the left front tire blowing out from debris and Yarborough's Mercury slamming the wall, apparently rupturing the oil lines and spinning wildly down the backstretch tagging the wall again before coming to a rest on the lower apron of the track......Leeroy is climbing out of the Jim Robbins Cyclone and walking to the infield wall as the oil-splattered Mercury is still smoking, seems to be a small fire developing as the Yellow Flag is out and the leaders are headed to Pit road......

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Without the Smoke and Mirrors.......
I had the body laying around while I used the chassis as a test fit subject for other future projects. While everybody enjoys seeing a clean rolled off the starting line build, I thought it would be different to see a "fresh run into the wall" wreck .

Thanks for looking!.......and now back to the race....

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To all of those who serve and defend this great country of ours,  I extend my deepest thanks and everlasting support!

Chuck "Satterwhite78"

 

Straight OOB build of P/L kits with Yesterday's decals.