whatisdeletrazdoing Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 Hi everyone, Here's a build I finished up a couple months ago but neglected to post photos of. It's Donnie Allison's 1969 Mercury Cyclone II. Or sort of. He never drove the flat-nosed Cyclone II, just the "W" nose. But I only realized this halfway through the build and decided to just finish it as-is. It's the Polar Lights re-release from a couple years ago and goodness was it a lot of trouble! The chassis fit was poor, engine details were soft, and of course it wasn't even the right car. Not wanting to waste too much on a kit that isn't up to par, I built this out-of-box. One nice thing about this kit is that you get 2 full engines. I went with the 427 and added the 429 to the spare parts bin. The red is Tamiya acrylic flat red shot through my airbrush, and the gold is a Mr. Color lacquer that is just stunning. I used Testors Ultra-Gloss Clear (I think). I used the kit decals and they were very nice. The chrome pieces were too bright, so I sprayed some Tamiya TS-79 semi-gloss clear over them. Despite all the issues, I enjoyed the build and am pleased with the result. And as this uploads I think I'll go pour myself a glass of Coke... Thanks for looking, Jake
Jim N Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 Looks really nice! Very clean separation lines with the two tone paint. Great job!
bbowser Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Jim N said: Looks really nice! Very clean separation lines with the two tone paint. Great job! I agree, great paint and decal work. Always good to see a BA car!
MarkJ Posted June 20, 2019 Posted June 20, 2019 Beautiful build but I'm a little confused about the Bobby Allison livery. Did this model start as a Donnie car and you finished it as a Bobby car. Maybe I missed something in the write up for the build. Again, very nice build.
whatisdeletrazdoing Posted June 21, 2019 Author Posted June 21, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 9:12 AM, MarkJ said: Beautiful build but I'm a little confused about the Bobby Allison livery. Did this model start as a Donnie car and you finished it as a Bobby car. Maybe I missed something in the write up for the build. Again, very nice build. Oh whoops, I just got my brothers mixed up and put the wrong one in the title!
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