jjsipes Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Continuing my Championship builds, I thought I'd get out Alan's Hooter Underbird to build. Started with a Valvoline Thunderbird kit, worked on the nose seem, sanded down the bumper returns on the quarter panels, filled the recess body line thru the doors since pictures I've found showed those items were not there. Testors Classic White Laqcuer and Tamiya TS-12 Orange, coat of Tamiya Clear. Glued the chassis together and just used Tamiya Gray Primer with a coat of Tamiya Semi Gloss clear. Powerslide tire decals, Testors Dullcoat on tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Spaulding Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toys4Don2 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Looks good so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRANMAN1 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Nice! another one keep putting off and need to do. Nice work so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorLarry Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Tamiya Insignia White, which is from their aircraft paints, gives exactly the right shade of gray in a matte finish. Might save you some time and $$ if you only spray once. If you prime it first, a moot point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsipes Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 Started doing some decals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89AKurt Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 The only NASCAR race I attended was in Phoenix, where he won and then did a victory lap the other direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackT Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Looking mighty good. I really enjoy your championship builds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hay Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 37 minutes ago, 89AKurt said: The only NASCAR race I attended was in Phoenix, where he won and then did a victory lap the other direction. I was there too. The "polish victory lap" is what they called it. I believe it was his first win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsipes Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) Finished decaling this evening finally. Not 100% with MY decal job but it don't look too bad. Some of the small associate sponsors low I'm not sure about but it will do. The hood decal could have been slid down a little as well. The passenger side 7 could have been slid back a little to allow more room for the fender sponsors. Edited April 20, 2021 by jjsipes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman63 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Looks great, Jason. I would have like to have seen how great a career he would have had if not for the plane crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toys4Don2 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Looks really good to me. I just finished that model and did the exact same thing the the #7 on the passenger side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince66 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Love it looks really cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGaree Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) good looking model I didn’t notice the side number location being off until I went back and looked after reading it only thing that caught my attention as wrong was the yellow goodyear lettering l every picture i’ve seen show them as white (but those may be just publicity shots on the old white (bias ply) tires and not actually raced on the yellow (radial) tire that was first used in that race Edited April 29, 2021 by WGaree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsipes Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 Making progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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