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The Red Pig! Excellent!

There used to be great discourse on this car, the #6 Cotton Owens Dodge Charge Daytona, and many other NASCAR race cars from the past on Randy Ayers website. Sadly, it was all lost when his servers failed and there wasn't a backup. The best discussions were from crew members or people who were associated with the cars at the time. Most, are no longer with us, so that expert history is gone. I'm glad Tim Stevens held his ground. I knew it was thin sheet metal covered with paint, but I wasn't going to throw it out there first. I'm not an expert and I couldn't find anything to back me up.

The kicker is a Chemical that instantly hardens the glue and prevents fogging. The clamps I use are like these.

Turned out excellent!

Another Corvette for a future display. Franklin Mint 1978 25th Anniversary. It's surprisingly heavy.

I picked up the Hauler last month. I've been looking for the car to go with it ever since. eBay sellers were asking too much for the NASCAR Authentics. I just happened to run across someone selling these three cars together for $14.95 and they arrived Thursday. I didn't really want the Body Armor cars, but it seemed to be a fair price, plus I get cars I can display and put back in the package. Ever since I first heard about Hailie Deegan I've been sort of following her and hoping she'd be successful. It seems like every time a woman comes to motorsports, the media builds them up and they never meet the expectations. Anyways, when I saw they were releasing her ARCA car in the NASCAR Authentics, I started scouting for it. I'm guessing everyone is too, because this is the first one I've seen and we have seven Wally Worlds, and three Targets within about 30 minutes of where I live and when I've been hunting, zip, zilch, nada until Friday, and there was only one on the three pegs that were crammed full of all of the rest of the 2020 Wave 06. I think this year has the most 1/64 scale diecasts I've collected since the nineties!

Man, great cars!

Well, that's interesting subject matter. Looks cool!

Don't forget the 1964 Ford Galaxie! Maybe with all updates Round 2 has done to other kits, they can add the missing exhaust dumps and fix the chassis back to the original modified stocker chassis.

Wow! Just Wow!

Most don't realize the fourth-generation Continental rode on a stretched version of the unibody platform produced for the 1961 Thunderbird, lengthened to a 123-inch wheelbase from 1961 to 1963. This was then extended to 126 inches and retained until 1969.

Thanks Randy. When I was putting all my cars back on display, I noticed how many old Action, Racing Champions, and Winners Circle have left the windows unpainted. Now that almost all of them are virtually worthless, I may start disassembling them and detailing them to make them look better.

Great save on a beautiful car! I finished a Modelhaus resin version earlier this year to replicate my parents when I was born. It was red too, but we never could find a picture of the top (no one can remember 54 years ago when it was sold) to verify if it was red, white accented like yours, or all white. I decided to go all red and if we ever find a picture can add the white.

Wow! Quite the collection of team cars!

I picked this up a week ago. As found, the 2002 truck from Action was compromised in the looks by having the windows cast with detail, but never painted. Also, the interior only had a painted shifter and fire extinguisher, which was mostly hidden by the seat. The thing was, Action could have cast the interior parts in all black plastic or painted the seat, steering wheel and dash flat black and that would have made all the difference. I would not have bothered with painting this diecast if it was rare or collectible. As it is, many sale for cheap and are not in high demand. Just 5 screws held it together and some easily separated glue joints. It looks much better to me and I'm ready to display it. I've posted this in diecasts, but if the Mods feel it should be in NASCAR, I'm fine with moving it. Pre-painting: I just added three colors, black, silver, and red. Thanks for looking!

The only have a couple of issues with eBay and one is sellers who gouge on shipping. I've sold quite a bit, so I know what it costs to ship through eBay. I know I don't have to buy from those sellers, and I usually don't. I'm just saying that's my biggest beef. The other problem is sellers who have no clue about proper protection for diecast if they are shipping them in non original containers. I've had some come in a box with a few Styrofoam peanuts and I'm here to tell you the weight of a diecast flattens peanuts. Fortunately the sellers refunded on the damaged models.

Very nice! Nice details and it looks like you got the color correct.

A couple more Tony Stewarts to add to the display and a new Mustang The truck is from 2002. He drove Andy Petree's Truck at Richmond. Started 25th and won. It was only his second truck start. The first one was I believe six years earlier. The box was new old stock and was still in it's tissue paper wrapper. It's still basically worth nothing. I paid $16.50 plus shipping. I'm not impressed with the interior or the windows. I've blown it apart to detail those properly. I'll post another picture when it's finished. The IROC Firebird is also from 2002, but it represents his race winning car from Michigan in 2001. It has an autograph on the hood and it looks like other Tony Stewart autographs. Without documentation, it won't add value to the car. These cars can be bought pretty cheap anyways. I got this one for a little over $20 plus shipping. I only want two more cars for my Smoke display. I need a car from his IRL days, preferably his 1997 championship car and any dirt late model. Picked this up the other day from Wally world. Quality control at M2 continues to disappoint, but at $20 bucks, I guess I shouldn't complain. At least the paint color is correct. Nice box too. If you are a NASCAR enthusiast and wondered what color Banjo Matthews' cars were, or Nord Krauskopf's K&K Insurance Dodges, here's a group photo. The photo doesn't show how orange (warm) Ford Poppy Red really is.

I've seen several of these, but I haven't bitten. It's pretty cool. I keep hoping M2 will release another stock Z/28 without mods or extraneous decorations. I mean come on, they've done multiple colors and combos of 'Cudas, 'Challenger T/As, Hemi 'Cudas, Challenger R/Ts, '70 Mustangs and '65-66 Mustangs. I think they've only released one or two stock Z/28s and it's been some time since then. And I wish they would make a 'Cuda AAR.

I built this kit like 40 years ago. Molded in red plastic and I painted it with Testors Emerald Green. Yeah, that worked. Yours is looking great! The multipiece body looks like it went together well.

Well it's not today, just over last couple of weeks. These are all NASCAR related. A couple more for my Tony Stewart display, Tony's 1999 Pontiac from his rookie year in Cup and his last paint scheme win from 2016 Sonoma. Also, not a Holy Grail, but it's somewhat difficult to get for at least a reasonable price, the 2019 Ryan Blaney Race Win Talladega Dent Wizard Mustang. This one has a little box damage, but went for about half of what everyone else wants or bids for. And finally two 1/64 vehicles, Blaney's 2020 Advance Auto Parts hauler and Bubba's 2020 Black Lives Matter car. I have three more on the way. Toy's IROC car and his 2002 race truck. I also have a 1978 25th Anniversary Corvette coming from Franklin Mint. Most of these are part of my Christmas. They are just a little early. Part of getting old. Thanks for looking and Happy Turkey Day!

A few have posted their updates on the MotorMax 2020 Corvette. Here's my version. I too painted the wheels, not exactly prototypically. I also touched up a few areas of black trim that were not complete and painted the engine as I saw fit. Oh yeah, scuffed the tires too! Before: After: Before: After: So with this C8, I want to create a nice little Corvette display for each generation plus anniversary editions if possible. I have a 1963 C2, and a 1968 C3. I also have the 1993 40th Anniversary Corvette to cover the C4. I hope to get a Franklin Mint 2003 50th Anniversary Corvette for the C5. Franklin Mint makes nice C6s, I just have to find one for cheap. I have last year's MotorMax C7 2019 ZR-1. For the missing C1, I would like to have a Danbury Mint 1953 Corvette, but I do have a Revellogram model I could build if I have to. I just won a Franklin Mint 1978 Silver Anniversary Corvette, I know I have a C3, but that was before I decided to do this Corvette thing with the Anniversary cars. Thanks for looking and Happy Turkey Day!

I think that's a '76-77 Monte Carlo. The '81 was a little smaller and had a more formal roofline.

Nope! Hard to pass that bargain up!

That's looking really good!