Jim N

Another great model! The details are really outstanding, and even more so, as it was a spare parts build.

Great job! The details are really outstanding.

Great job Mark! Great restoration and very interesting seeing Coke decals on a car that's not red.

Great job! I've always wanted to build a few Star Wars kits, but with all of the other projects I have, it's hard to justify the purchase.

Very cool! You did a great job.

Great job!

Looks very nice! Great job with the paint and the decals.

Stellar work. Looks really nice!

Thanks for the kind words everybody. I appreciate it.

The Castrol Super Clean I am using has got to be about 10 years old and it still strips paint. Perhaps not as quickly as it used to, but it still works to my liking.

Looks great. Really nice work.

Very cool concept and great execution.

Thanks for posting the pictures Jonathan. I have this one on my radar screen.

I just did a search on Google Images for 1980 NASCAR Engines and Chassis and these popped up. Hopefully they help. There were many more pictures to look at.

Great start Ed. What I have done to grip small pieces to paint is to get some alligator clips and a dowel rod that will fit in the open end of the alligator clip. Cut the dowel rod about a foot in length and glue the rod into the alligator clip. I use Gorilla Glue or a 5 minute epoxy. I recently saw alligator clips in Wal Mart in their automotive section. Below is an example of what I have done. A good pair of locking tweezers will work as well.

Great job! The green looks spot on to the actual race car. Outstanding work.

I completed this one about a month ago. It's built box stock and painted Dupli-Color Linen White. The decals are from Wet Works. I lowered the ride height a little and tucked the tires in the fenders a little as well. I tried using a white gel pen on the raised tire lettering instead of using decals as usual and the results were less than inspiring. I think I will be taking the tires off and using decals in the near future. The wheels are Tamiya Park Green with their gloss black added until I got the color I liked. It may still be a bit too light. I really like these decals as they look the closest to the actual race car that I have been able to find. The actual car looked to be a metallic green and Monogram's and the other aftermarket decals had the color to be more of a lime green. I think I will be re-doing my 82 Buick soon. As always, thanks for looking. Here are a couple of the 81 and 82 cars together.

Great job! The paint work is excellent.

Great looking build. The details are outstanding!

Another great looking model Bruce!

Looks very nice! Great job on the paint and decal work.

Great job!

Both look very nice. Paint and decal work are excellent.

Great job! One of my favorite cars from that era.

Very nicely done.