Joel Naprstek Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 Those are nice! How much scratch building did they take? Thanks James. Varying degrees on the scratchbuilding, the #73 has a complete Evergreen plastic tube chassis but a Palmer '40 Ford sedan body narrowed, sectioned etc. Hood came from a model airplane fuselage. Most all have scratchbuilt bumpers and roll cages, but kit bodies with trimmed and cut down kit chassis. Wheels & tires are widened kit tires from various sources. Some body parts are sheet plastic. All are hand lettered. Attached is an unfinished model of Eddie Mann's late 1960's modified. Kit body, cut down kit chassis, scratch bars, cage and bumpers. Pyro 1/32 scale '40 Ford coupe and chassis. The sedan, ... an unfinished replica of Frankie Schnieder's late 1960's sedan started out as a Palmer '40 Ford sedan. Body modified to look like a GM sedan, narrowed etc. Roll cage is plastic tubing. Joel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 It is so nice to see these short track cars. I have some good memories of going to the various tracks in New England with my father & cousins. Hope to build a model of one of the cars in the future. Great work guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Very cool Joel, You must have a stash of those kits? Here's a few more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Naprstek Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) It is so nice to see these short track cars. I have some good memories of going to the various tracks in New England with my father & cousins. Hope to build a model of one of the cars in the future. Great work guys. Sounds like a lot of us Ed. Why not research and build one of your favorites from those early days at the track? Here's one of my favorites from 1963 ... the #1 Harold Cope owned/built that Bob Malzahn drove here in the NY-NJ-PA region. The super mod is a fictional car. My apologies for the poor quality photo ... I was a young teenager with a cheap camera back then. I made a passable version of a '37 Ford coupe using a '40 Ford roof, a '36 body and fenders with molded in '40 Ford headlights. Joel Edited May 20, 2016 by Joel Naprstek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Naprstek Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 Nice work as always James! I really dig the Maynard Troyer '60 Ford LM. Are the supers scratchbuilt? I do have a few of the 1/32 scale kits stashed away ... lol!Joel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 FRW resin bodies and wheels. Everything else is scratch. Unfortunately Fred hasn't been selling parts for years. But there are a few other guys out there doing short cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Very nice stuff guys. Try to get some of mine up sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) Here's mine again. Most of them have been posted before individually. Edited May 21, 2016 by rmvw guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 The only one I have based on a real car I found in an old yellow page directory. I delivered newspapers to this place of business when I was a kid, so I had to build it. All the rest of my cars in the previous post are pure fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badluck 13 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Very cool Joel, You must have a stash of those kits? Here's a few more... Love these but MAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan I love the '60 Starliner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael F Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) Hey James2,your models are great. Especially the #4 Kodak Funsaver Camaro. This model blows me away since i saw it the first time in the workbench section. One of the coolest racecarmodels ever !! Thanks for sharing it with us. Edited May 24, 2016 by Michael F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hey James2,your models are great. Especially the #4 Kodak Funsaver Camaro. This model blows me away since i saw it the first time in the workbench section. One of the coolest racecarmodels ever !! Thanks for sharing it with us.Thanks so much Michael, I really enjoyed building that one! I have a few pieces left to do one more of those early Camaro's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael F Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Looking forward to see it, James! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Naprstek Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 I know this isn't the art thread but here's two art assignments that I did for an upcoming event that should be of interest to all here. The oval image will be a give away poster to all attending the autograph session on the 4th. There will also be a large 3ft banner of the poster given away to one lucky number found in the night's program. The second piece is the event promo/advertising card that I did for the event. Many vintage oval track cars on display and the track, many former drivers and crew in attendance also. I hope to see some of you there! Joel www.JFNStudios.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satterwhite78 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Joel Naprstek Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 Some interesting and great models here, variety too. Thanks to all for sharing. Here's another shot of some of my 1/32 scale efforts. The #24 is a never completed replica of the Stan Ploski-Ken Brenn coupe, made from a '36 Ford coupe kit. The other is another angle on the Stan Wetmore #73. Both were done back around '74-5. Joel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizard Racing Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 This is one I built some time ago. A Kurtis-Offy midget driven by Johnny Tolan that won the 1947 Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Some of my junk.... Legends car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rmvw guy Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 I love this thread, nice job guys! Here's another old jalopie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Joel Naprstek Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 Here's another 1/32 scale model that I built back in the late 1980's. At the time I didn't have enough reference to build a replica so I did a fictional car based on what information and pictures I did have. The model started out as a Revell 1/32 scale snapkit. There's no engine in it ... I actually just wanted to build it for a diorama that I built and to photgraph it. A few years later I also used the model photos after I'd come across some better reference material to paint a picture of Curtis Turner and Joe Weatherly in their 1957 Ford NASCAR Convertible Division cars. The model was hand lettered (the logo decals are Fred Cady); model railroad boltheads, screen, Evergreen tubing and sheet plastic used, wheels and tires are from a Palmer 1940 Ford kid. Paint is airpbrush. It was photographed using a homemade pinhole lens on a 35mm camera. Joel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Another good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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