bogger44 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 My second completion of the year. I've wanted to build this car for a long time as I always rooted for Rusty back then, and this was my favorite livery as well. It just made for a slick & tough looking racecar. Kit is a Monogram Ricky Rudd issue, built strictly box stock with Powerslide decals. Tamiya TS-14 Black and TS-34 Camel Yellow. The build went fairly smooth with a few relatively minor fit issues, and the front wheels ended up with a little toe-in but I'll live with it. That's really about it on this one. Thanks for looking and any questions/comments. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrenchr Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Looks very good. Miss that era of Nascar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I absolutely love this!! What a great looking model. This is one of the NASCAR models that I want to do some day. Just fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Really nice, great paint and decal work! My favorite Rusty livery as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grodudulle77 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Awesome paint job, very clean work !! 👍😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Other than the Davey Allison black Havoline T-bird the black Rusty Bird is my favorite. Great job Tony!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Beautifully done , Tony! Roast had one of the best looking cars back then! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4mula1fan Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Beautiful job! Rusty was my driver because it ticked off all the Earnhardt fans around here. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sflam123 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Beautifully done!! I followed Rusty from his ASA days and this is still one of my favorite race cars. Great job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRANMAN1 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Very cool build!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Wow! Mastering black like you do is something we rarely see. Perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris coller Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Thats purdy right there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogger44 Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 Thanks so much guys! I loved this era of NASCAR too, can't really get into the current racing. 12 hours ago, Pierre Rivard said: Wow! Mastering black like you do is something we rarely see. Perfect! Thanks Pierre. Yeah black is always a hard color to work with. Thankfully Tamiya paint always polishes out so nice, one of their great qualities. Trust me though, it's not perfect and has a few blemishes here and there LOL. I am really happy with it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catpack68 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Super clean work and I love the stance👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Rusty's MGD cars were one of the best looking on the track back in those days. Your build really does it justice. That black finish is flawless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbo Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Far out, that is so clean, great build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Great model. I saw this one on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogger44 Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 Thanks all! 12 hours ago, vamach1 said: Great model. I saw this one on Saturday. Very cool, you do a ride along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 6 minutes ago, bogger44 said: Thanks all! Very cool, you do a ride along? I rode along and drove one of the cars for 12 laps. The #2 car was sidelined but they had plenty of others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogger44 Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 Sweet! I did a ride along in Vegas way back in '98. Those are a lot of fun, even more so driving one I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveracer Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Tony, your model looks great, and the photography outside works great to your advantage. Plus you tracked the highlights perfectly with the lower eye level photos. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBorg Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 That is such a smooth looking build. The paint looks amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogger44 Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 Thanks again for the comments, sorry about the late reply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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