roadhawg Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) I'm not much of a Nascar fan anymore, but my 12 year old kid is. A couple weeks ago, he was telling me about the throwback paint schemes they're supposed to be running at Darlington. Since I raced on dirt tracks back in the 70s, he said "Dad, if you were racing in Nascar, you could run a throwback paint scheme of your old dirt car!"I said "Yeah, I guess I could."He said "Hey, why don't we build a model of what it would look like?" LIGHT BULB!!! This is the Revell Dale Jr. snap kit, pretty much OOB, I'm not savvy enough about modern Nascar to do any detail work. Decals are my own. I tried to keep the flavor of my old car, while making it look modern. Logan's Texaco was my dad's place, and where I worked. He was my biggest supporter.(If you've ever heard the Colt Ford song "Back", this was "That Texaco that Mr. Logan use to own....") I'm too old to drive it, so I made my 12 year old kid the driver.I haven't been building much lately, but this was only a three day project and a ton of fun! I'm already thinking about doing some other modern versions of older dirt cars I raced against. First picture is the actual car, me on the left, my dad on the right. Edited August 18, 2016 by roadhawg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Pretty cool idea and an excellent job on the model ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 What an outstanding idea! Give your boy a handshake from me. It's also a terrific looking model. Well done.I sure hope you've already built a replica of that '55 by now too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseeJerry55 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 What a cool car. Job very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towman1271 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Â great idea.. Looks a lot better than most of the real throw back schemes this year.. great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeves Racing Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Excellent rendition, great execution. Â Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Great build and tell your son that was an awesome idea!!!!! Great stuff!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhawg Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 Thanks, Y'all! I appreciate it. And yeah, I told him what a good idea it was, he said "Of course it was a good idea, you should listen to me more!" lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Now those are some great decals! The 1/1 was a looker, too.Tommy, in which class did you drive your '55? I've got a long-stalled 1970s dirt tracker '64 Fairlane project on which I'm using the same kind of deep steelies with a set of those big American Satco street tires. It basically will look like your '55; stock body and chassis with a small-block Ford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRANMAN1 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Awsome build love the colors!! Great job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncie Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 now that's cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Laski Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Love that paint scheme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusterman Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Awesome job. The concept, the finished project, everything about it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Fantastic build and idea.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhawg Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 Now those are some great decals! The 1/1 was a looker, too.Tommy, in which class did you drive your '55? I've got a long-stalled 1970s dirt tracker '64 Fairlane project on which I'm using the same kind of deep steelies with a set of those big American Satco street tires. It basically will look like your '55; stock body and chassis with a small-block Ford.Thanks again, y'all! Chris, classes were and still are kinda weird, pretty much track specific. I raced primarily at the Athens (Georgia) Speedway, but did race every now and then at Winder and Hartwell. At Athens Speedway, I was in the "A" Cadet division. (They had Rookie, "B" cadet, "A" Cadet, "B" class Sportsman, and "A" Class Sportsman). When I went to Winder, it was simply the Cadet division, and at Hartwell it was called the Hobby class. Dixie Speedway in Woodstock had "A" Hobby and "B" Hobby. You could call yours anything like that and be ok I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsnapper55 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Very sharp Tommy, and excellent job as always on the decals. Â Tell your son to keep those ideas coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Awesome job. The concept, the finished project, everything about it .DITTOS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee "Spud" Loggins Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Love it. Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truck parts Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 That is a great build, Thank you for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 That's so awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Em_Jay Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 very, very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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