Lizard Racing Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 I bought a Monogram Lumina at the GSL show without fully knowing what I would do with it. Now it's finally done. I wanted something different and had some Powerslide decals left over from the rebuild of Bobby Allison's '72 Monte Carlo. So this is sort of a fantasy car to show 20 years of NASCAR development. Most of the work on these kits is in the chassis. I had some driver figures in the bin, so I tried adding one to this car. It was more work than I thought, adding a driver to a kit not intended for one. One of the advantages of these kits is you can work on the chassis and body separately, which lessens over-handling during assembly. The driver is "Bobby," but not necessarily Allison. It could even be Ricky Bobby from Talledega Nights. The Coke livery is from the Allison Powerslide sheet. They have enough decals to do all four of Allison's Coke cars. The smaller contingencies are from the kit: old decals with the brown patina common to old decals. New and old Coke Chevys, 1992 and 1972. The Monte is a rebuild, originally from the olden days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar43 Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Very nice addition to your Monte Carlo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'70 Grande Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Really nice. Would love to see a side-view-pic of both builds nose-to-nose just to better visualize how these cars changed over 20+ years of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizard Racing Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 As requested by '70 Grande, here is a nose-to-nose comparison between '92 and '72 racers. As can be seen, the Monte looks more stock than the Lumina, which is more of a streamlined brick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I like what you did, looks very plausible. Nice clean builds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Cool idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman63 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Nice! And very well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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