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Thanks again Mark , good to see someone inspired by this build. the textured ramps are made from diamond plate plastruct sheets. the frame is a modified AMT Ford C600 can't remember if it was a stake truck or Hostess cupcake truck. Just find the longest one made. the complete flatbed and toolboxes are all scratch built from plastruct.

a couple ready for clear and a couple ready for assembly

thanks Mark, here are a few more pics

the sleeper cab is resin cast from e-bay.

part of an 8 Shelby Mustangs project. 2 down 6 to go

finally got this one finished.

this one is from 4 years ago, revived project. trying to get maybe a couple ready for NNL Hollister model show this Saturday. still have 8 in the works with some giving me paint problems. Orange Blossom Special is ready for clear coat and may make it to the show. i hope. Bill

thanks Phil , i used Gravity Colors Sunoco Blue GC-178 over medium gray primer. Bill

thanks for all the positive feedback. the wheels are from the kit but outer ring of wheels were cut off and i used an aftermarket aluminum ring from scale production . tires are not from kit also.

i was building this one along side Sunoco Camaro. But Camaro needs more detail work so this one got finished first.

decals and base coat done and ready for clear coat. Building a box stock ,no mods Corvette along side the Camaro. had to test out Gravity Colors Sunoco Blue. the Fred Caddy decals on the Camaro were by no means fun to put on, but look nice. Bill

the color is Cobra Guardsman Blue Zero Paint #1080 can be hard to get. Gravity Colors makes the same color and can be a little easier to get. Bill

ok,this one goes back a few years. had this one mocked up for a while now and finally got a base coat of color and decals done. now some clear coat and final assembly.

thanks Edgar, i try to get as close as possible to the real car how it raced back in the day. sometimes i don't chose accurate when it looks ugly, like red door panels and red dash pad. i have a really good Racing Camaros book with some great pictures. Also very fortunate to live near 2 race tracks and pictures of the real car can be very helpful.

thanks Anton. engine done and getting ready to prime the body. deciding on what tires and wheels to go with. just picked up a set of mini lite wheels and GoodYear blue steak tires from meanmachinemodels. a newer style goodyear logo but they look really good.

yah the Fred Cady decals look like high quality decals, just never tried over laying decals. i will give them a shot. my first attempt at a vinyl top ,added a couple small strips of plastic to simulate a vinyl top . just need to paint semi gloss black after body is painted blue. a little work to interior, fabricated some aluminum panels and modified a Plastic Performance Products roll cage.

nice project, i would say super dark blue. really hard to tell.

i just can't find any info or pictures about this car. The Trans Am Mustang of that same year ran a 2- 4 barrel intake on a small block 289. that would look cool !

Another little project i have started. 69 Sunoco Camaro. . doing this number 9 car . aftermarket resin cast body found on e-bay years ago. fireball modelworks minilite wheel and tire combo. the fred caddy decals were all i could find. the white outline on Sunoco is a seperate decal and looks like a pain . does anyone know a better option for decals? thanks Bill

moved to WIP Nascar. pictures are jpeg and should be able to open. please let me know if i'm posting pictures wrong.

Hello Group, it has been a couple years since my last post. busy with my 1/1 scale cars but now im back at the hobby table. Many projects i want to finish but couldn't help starting a new project. i found decals for this Bud Moore Cougar that i believe ran in a Nascar GT series. Don't know much of the history of the car, maybe someone here does. So the old Cougar kit came with a basic false engine compartment with no shock towers. So i chopped out engine compartment and front suspension clip from a revell/ monogram 65 shelby mustang. wheels and tires from Plastic Performance Products. Bill

Hello Group, it has been a couple years since my last post. busy with my 1/1 scale cars but now im back at the hobby table. Many projects i want to finish but couldn't help starting a new project. i found decals for this Bud Moore Cougar that i believe ran in a Nascar GT series. Don't know much of the history of the car, maybe someone here does. So the old Cougar kit came with a basic false engine compartment with no shock towers. So i chopped out engine compartment and front suspension clip from a revell/ monogram 65 shelby mustang. wheels and tires from Plastic Performance Products. Bill oops Work in Progress

thanks for the comments and feedback. With the wheels supplied in kit , the front tire looked like a rubber band. Hard to capture in a photo but the tire size doesn't look bad on a HRM kit. The MFH kit has huge fender openings. As far as stance, you would have to modify suspension some what at step 2 . this picture of a MFH 1/24 427 Cobra better shows the too low profile of front tire and same tire supplied in 289 comp Cobra kit. As you can see in JC photos the number 15 and 14 didn't have low profile front tires.

went with a slightly bigger front tire to fill up fender well

thanks Pierre. Yah, i would love to see a 289 Comp Cobra in 1/12 by MFH. The 1/24 kit is very challenging and although the 1/12 has a lot more parts, the fit and detail makes for a much more enjoyable build. A look at at the different steering wheels. The 1/12 has pins that go through the steering wheel . The brown paint has sucked up the clear and will need another coat.