satterwhite78

It's a pure joy to see the 50/60's builds of yours. Definitely would love to have them on my shelf! Don't let up!

Got two Gran Torino (Johan- Stock) awaiting, but definite would like to have a 75 Torino (not particularly the S & H version) in my collection. The two left over 75 Torinos might make a good NASCAR/Short Track Builds.

The Mopar Gods approve of your styrene intervention.

69-70 AMC Javelin 70-74 Maverick/Comet 72 Gran Torino 72 Cougar 60-62 2dr falcon

Driving for Junie Dunleavey ( whom passed this summer ) for the 1970 season, winning the Rookie of the Year honors and winning the Permatex 300 three consecutive time (72-73-74). A Terry Barton resin of the 68/69 "W" nose Mercury Cyclone. The decals #'s and quarter panel sponsors come from the MK decal sheets while the rear panel are dry transfer. With several projects going on, the chassis will come shortly since the painting of the hood scallops were the hardest part of the scheme. One more bonus................ LeeRoy Yarborough #26 1968 Mercury Cyclone

Purchased two resin Coronet from Southern Motorsports back this July and finally got around to finishing one. Covered in MM Tropical Turquoise, Spazstix Mirror Chrome on the grill/bumpers, A 440 A/t from a AMT 71 Charger and the hubcaps from the Revell 68 Charger mounted on the AMT Goodyear polyglass L-60's. I used the AMT 70 Dodge SuperBee chassis/interior tub as a donor. The second Coronet is still undecided. I just recently acquired a original 68 Coronet chassis and interior tub missing one front seat and probably might just use that to build a curbside shelfer or might go early (70's) Nascar on it. A definite must have if you are a Mopar fan and a great addition to the collection. Thanks for looking...Chuck!

I think me and Robert has seen this 'Runner" dustin' up them Carolina backroads. Now open that thar trunk and let me purchase two or three Mason jars! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdwUpxkfSJw

At your local hobby/arts crafts store should have a section with acrylic/enamel felt tip pens for drawing or painting. I use a fine tip water base acrylic paint pen to do my raised lettering in white. Most times I get a one coat coverage with little or no bleed over the raised letter. If I do, a trip to the sink or wet paper towel to wipe off and try, try again. If an acrylic ink pen is unavailable you should be able to find any small bottle or jar of white/yellow acrylic water based paint. Use a toothpick, I usually sharpened mine to a finer point (before I started using the pen), dab a little onto the toothpick and go to lettering. Acrylic water based paint will work better the enamel or other. With enamel or other the paint will react with the rubber tire and never dry/cure leaving the possibility of smearing/smudging and making a general mess. The acrylic will dry shortly after application and then you can "paint" the tire sidewall with a acrylic (water base) flat clear to tone down the tire/letter shine. It's worked for me and I hope this helps....Chuck

Would love to see the thumbnail pics but your Zoosk ad pretty much blots out the Dart

1988 Daytona Winner Bobby Allison 1974 Daytona Winner Richard Petty 1970 Daytona Winner Pete Hamilton 1971 Daytona winner Richard Petty

The track is actually a remnant of a old TV stand the was up in my garage. The stand width is about 48" long and 16" wide and basically pressboard. I used some dark/med grey stone textured spray for the rough surface. Use some flat black to mist a couple of coats or give an uneven coloration in different areas to resemble asphalt fade. I taped off and spray flat white for the lane stripes and used a 2" x 3/4" strip for the retaining wall. I painted the wall white, added some tire scuffing by taking a tire mounted on a backing rim with a metal axle, smearing it in some flat black paint and rotating the wheel assembly down the retaining wall. Apply heavy for initial tire contact to light/fade upon coming off from sideswiping the wall. Plan to add either track name or add some color scrapes in addition to some background billboards. Also to give the effect of different sections of the track, paint the backside of the retaining wall, either leaving clean or adding different enhancements to simulate different points/areas of racing around the track........hope that helps! Chuck

If only you had worked for FoMoCo at the time and presented that concept to the designers! Sharp and a great looking Mercury!

Sat on it? That Chebbie tougher than the 1/1! Good job!

Booo teeeee full. That car today could make two compacts and a scooter, Great job!

A little out my comfort zone in what I like to build. Nascar to me belongs to the memory of "Race on Sunday, Sell on Monday!" and that the cars on the track had more of a persona equal to or more than that of the driver. But we who build what we love are entitled to our own biases....and then their are times we need to try something different. I bought this kit a few years back with the hope of getting to complete it. A little over a year ago when I was inbetween builds . I broke out the Buick finished up the chassis and painted the body at least twice....not to my satisfaction or to at least 4 can of paint so I decided to store away until I was ready. In the meantime PowerSlide came out with the correct sheet aside from the Kit decals (The Miller logo on the hood and door #'s is slanted, the kit's are straight) and those were acquired to do a more correct version of Bobby's ride. When painting the Andretti 68 Cyclone I thought the gold ( Krylon ShortCuts Gold Leaf) was more towards the "correct" gold than Testors Gold Met. for the Buick. With the Styrene Gods blessing they granted me a Do over on the paint job that I got in one shot . It wasn't the best that I have done but Thank Goodness that Buick of Bobby's had a lot of decals to hide those "little" flaws . Good or bad it's a done deal and now it's rolled out of the box and onto the track. Thanks for looking and hope ya enjoy...Chuck! P.S Still ain't figured out how to date a camera

Back in December I ordered & received three resin bodies of Mercurys ( one 68 and 69 W nose Cyclone and a 73 Montego GT). Since I had the decals for the 68/69 versions of Mario Andretti's #11 68 Daytona entry and Bobbie Allison's Holman/Moody #12 Cyclone, they were a done deal to complete. A friend of mine notified me of the Richie Panch #98 Grey Rock/ Budwieser sheet on Ebay and they to were quickly acquired. Both the #11 and #12 have P/L chassis underneath and the only issue I am waiting to resolve with the #11 is that Mario ran Firestones and I haven't yet got the correct letters for it and when I do, I will post more pic. The Montego GT of Richie Panch was constructed by using a stretched chassis of AMT T Bird. Taking two chassis, cutting one long frt piece and one long rear piece and joining together to make an enhanced (longer.. about 3/16th) wheel base. The 73 Montego obscure footnote in Nascar history is that only three drivers drove the Montego GT from 73 to 75...Davis Pearson #21 for the Wood Brothers, Dick Trickle #75 for owner Del Puro, and Richie Panch 's #98 Grey Rock. Pearson being the only driver that drove the Montego GT for almost two seasons, Trickle and Panch were a one or two race deal. By 1980 Neil Bonnett at Talledega won the final and last race in a Mecury. Thanks for looking, hope ya enjoy...Chuck Yea ...Way to bright/Flash

Great looking bunch

Glad to see some early Nascar Bow Ties'. Very rare to see them from the early day of real racing.

There's only one small problem that I see........It's not on my shelf! That is A Winner's Circle build!

I bet you still crack a smile when you see it on the shelf with the rest of your collection. Looks good in the photos and even as far away as North Carolina!

Could have sworn that car actually sat on the Chevolet Dealers' lot. Sharp build!

You don't need to do another thing.....It's perfect!

With 5 "projects" going on at the same time and getting a little frustrated with each one at some point , I decided to take a different route....a simple one tone paint scheme, nothing fancy. Sometime back I had seen a photo of Al and Richard lined up together on pit road of Daytona for a photo op and wanted to do Al's ride, but like everything else something always takes over it gets pushed back. A Revell 68 Charger graces the Testors' Bright Red paint with decals from Southern Motorsport Hobbies (? on the maker). Inner fender wells removed and an front hoop fabricated, driver seat from the kit has an side bolster with the head rest made from an drinking straw capped at the ends, the frt/rear bumper guards removed and rechromed with SpazStix Ultimate Mirror Chrome #10009 spray and PPP rims. Unser qualified 8th at the 68 Daytona and finished 4th being the last car on the lead lap while Cale took the Checked followed by Lee Roy Yarborough and Bobby Allison

Most of the time you see a car on cider blocks after it been stripped, but in the last two pics all they left was the interior! That one Clean looking Vette !