THarrison351

It's an old build and it was recently rescued from being damaged years ago. Here's the topic along with a Chevy from the same period.

https://jalopnik.com/nascar-legend-richard-petty-says-dirt-racing-is-unprofe-1846566908

Time to complete. It seems every time I'm ready to start a project, I'm on extended hours at work or like I was from 2016 to 2019 working in Canada. Right now I'm working 76 hours a week. The pay is great, but I just don't have any extra time.

Well, I didn't get these today, I've had the Matt DiBenedetto hauler for over two months and had to wait for the car to come from eBay. I happened to see the Ryan Blaney Body Armor hauler at Wal-Mart last week and because I already had the car, I picked it up. Now I've got five 1/64 NASCAR haulers and four loose cars. I put three of the haulers in cases because their cars are loose and were easy to display. The other two, Hailie Deegan and and Bubba Wallace remain boxed and the cars in their blisters. Never thought I'd be collecting 1/64 again. At the time I got the hauler the car was hard to find. One finally popped up for a BIN on eBay. I already had the car from a previous purchase trying to get the Advance car. I wasn't expecting this hauler to be released. What's cool is Ryan won in this livery at Atlanta today! All of them in cases. I wonder if they'll release the Kobe Bryant Body Armor livery in a hauler. If they do, I have the car! The other two haulers and cars. I've had these since before Christmas and I think I may have already posted them, but seeing how I talked about them, I thought I'd share.

These trucks are great aren't they! The first time I saw one, I just had to have it. That jail bar front end! I picked up one for cheap a couple months ago. I'd been hunting one for awhile. Just missed one for $15.00 that was perfect. My phone wouldn't bid. No one bid and I lost out. I picked up the one I got for a better deal because the shipping was cheaper and the bid was only a few dollars more. If I could change one thing it would be the whitewalls.

Hmm, interesting. I had never customized 1/64 diecasts. I've seen yours and they look great! I'm still not committed to customizing but I have started detailing little things like trim, lights, wipers, etc. I picked up these Matchbox over the last couple of weeks from our Dillons (Kroger). They're super cheap $.76, come in a box(it's not recloseable) instead of a blister pack. I only picked the ones that appealed to me. The Red MB 220 was not of the cheap variety. That one satisfied the little kid in me because I had one like it over fifty years ago. As I said I did a bit of detailing just to please my eye. I've since added detail that I missed on the blue MB wagon. I also had a couple of loose Hot Wheels and added a bit of pain to them too. Wow! That MGB GT is out of scale! More cars out of scale, but they fit the box! I had to paint some bumpers "chrome". Apparently that's where they're saving some money. I can live with grey, but black, or white when I know it should be chrome, just won't cut it.

Excellent build, paint and details are spot on! Not my personal favorite for color combinations, but maybe it looks better in person.

Outstanding!

Exactly what I said!

Maybe, but compared to many of the finished models I've seen, so much better!

Impressed I am! You have been quite the busy beaver! I've been building for the same amount of time, but not nearly as productive. I never had the funds or the talent to build in great amount until I was in my late forties. Then I didn't have the space, but I did collect. Now I have the space the money, a little talent but no time. I've got about 100 plus built and about 250 to build.

Definite Fail for me. The wheels were an immediate turn off, but the Camaro taillights were just hideous.

Hey, you got a real nice pair there!

I built several when I was a kid. Don't have them now.

Great job!

I have been slowly and I mean slowly working on this. I cleaned everything in Wesleys and then commenced to assembly. I also at this point started the work to fill the Camaro identification in the front. This is a better picture of what I'm building. It's hard to find a good picture on the net of the third gen ASA or late model Firebird front ends. There always low resolution from far away or side profiles. Here's where I'm currently at with the body and hood. Some work with additional plastic strips for better edges. I put some primer on it to give me a better visible feel. I need to add more filler below the leading edge of the bumper. The hood needs some more filler, a center peak the center trailing edge cut and then two new creases from the aft corners to the center.

Great looking car and paint!

Yeah, that's the one I'm referring to.

Those are NICE! I wish someone had made good AMX diecasts in 1/24 scale

Looks like something from Trosley's Cartoons

1953 Corvette EX 122 Concept. I can tell by the upside down side trim. Is that a Diecast?

Good looking truck . Looks almost military.

Looks great! I see you went with the optional headlights. The only downfall I have with this kit it the wheels have no lugnuts. Otherwise it builds up easily enough and looks pretty good. So much better than the Dodge Daytona.

Automodello produces so many models I covet! Beautiful Model! Thanks for sharing!

I realized after my latest acquisition (40 Ford Convertible) I have quite a few open top Ford products. Seeing how I had to rearrange my display, I decided to put them altogether in a family picture. Back row, left to right: Danbury Mint 1925 Ford Model T Runabout, Danbury Mint 1932 Ford V8 “Deuce” Roadster, Danbury Mint 1936 Ford V8 Deluxe Convertible, Danbury Mint 1936 Ford V8 Hot Rod, and Franklin Mint 1939 Ford V8 Deluxe Convertible. Second row, left to right: Danbury Mint 1940 Ford V8 Deluxe Convertible, Franklin Mint 1941 Lincoln Continental Convertible, Franklin Mint 1949 Ford Custom Convertible, Danbury Mint 1950 Mercury Eight Custom, and Franklin Mint 1949 Ford Lead Sled. Front row, left to right: Danbury Mint 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner, Franklin Mint 1958 Edsel Citation Convertible, Franklin Mint 1961 Lincoln Continental Convertible, and Danbury Mint 1961 Ford Thunderbird Convertible Indy Pace Car. Thanks for looking!