Billy Kingsley

Looks good James! I have enough sets of decals that I can build both versions (It started 83 as a Chevy!) but they are both well down the list of projects. You just have to tackle a 2-tone paint scheme. Buy yourself some Tamiya Masking tape and use that for the break line. Make sure it's pushed down real tight. Cover the rest in standard brown masking tape and make sure that's well pushed down too. It's not all that hard! Believe me! I've done a 4-color car...that was no harder then 2...just take it slow and be precise. And remember to always spray the lighter color first!

No matter how many builds I've seen of yours Jerry, you always have more I've never seen before, like this one! I got a resin 63 at Toledo last year, and I'm having quite a conundrum-leave it stock, or go NASCAR with it? HMMM! (I did get the bumpers plated by Chrome Tech USA....)

That roof number must have been a pain to do! Did you only have one decal or several sets? I have enough trouble getting the decals to lay down into the panel lines on molded closed rails! Been following this one since the BAD board

You are correct James, they ran that blue and white scheme the first three races, and I think that photo above is from Rockingham...It's looking good! I love the Lobographixs decals...They do great stuff...I didn't expect the nose decals to conform to the nose of the Ken Ragan car I did, but they covered it with ease...And they stuck to my imperfect reject paint! Looking forward to seeing more of this one...

Thanks again! It may have taken me a while (too long!) but I think I've finally got the concept of Quality over Quantity! I'm going to try and continue to get better, as well...Why, just last night I found a package of pastel Gel pens...Wonder what those could be used for? I'd love to do Buddy's Olds...I don't have the decals for it...I don't even know if they exist, actually. I really want to get a couple of those 81-85 Cutlasses...I have 4 decals for that body style already, and would enjoy building every one! Guess I need to buy some from Ronnie... Jamie, not going to do that anymore...Another lesson learned! I've got a really cool wheeled cart now that protects the models better then ever before...I've not had a single bit of damage on either Toledo trip with it, and a 15 hour ride like that used to be a killer on models!

Very cool looking Bill! Those old wagons rock. I'm hoping that someone will convert it into the 69, and then have Modelhaus cast it....we had one of them, I don't remember it but I have photos of it!

Looking good James! Add the contingencys and door numbers and you can make the Daytona 500 second place car...There were no Nationwise on there...(Useless trivia...Nationwise was one of three parts stores Western Auto bought out to make Parts America, which sponsored DW in 1996 and 1997 after having Western Auto since 1991)

Here is one of many. The only one I've photographed. I was only able to get one like this, but I've gotten a lot of others...My mom makes jewelry and their sorting boxes work great for parts boxes. Unfortunatly the photo is a little washed out.. Top left, going across- The first two are wheels that I don't have a full set of, and wheel backs. Next box is a mixture of stuff, then steering wheels and body parts, then body parts, then the far right box is lowrider parts. Middle row, left to right-Nothing but valve covers! (and the spare red clear tree from the Johan Olds). The next three are all engine parts. The next one after that is clear parts and lighting pieces. The final box is suspension parts. Bottom row, left to right-I can't remember what's in the far left box...The Modelhaus 50 Olds grill blocks my view and I havn't used this box in a while! The next box is tubes of all sorts-mostly headers. The next box is full engines, and parts that go specificially to one engine in there. The final three boxes are all different stuff. The final box on the right is mostly empty, I used to have all the little number tabs in there that I've pulled off sprues. I have another box that's specifically for NASCAR parts, I have one for tires and extra wheels. I bought it full of tires and wheels and havn't really changed it, except to add more parts to it. I have a big tackle box that I put big or relativly useless stuff in, I have several boxes that are empty kit boxes with boxart I'm particulalry pleased with, filled with stuff that's too big for the box I have a photo of above. I also have four more parts boxes that I use to seperate the 1/64 NASCAR models I do. One each for Ford, Chevy and Dodge, and another where I put all the wheels/tires and also the extra 1/64 decal parts. I also use one of the segments there for Olds/Buick/Pontiac (I hardly ever do any of them, so I don't need it much). I also have a Uhaul small box that I put all my aftermarket parts in. It's less then half full, so there's room to expand. LOL! I feel like I'm forgetting one as well...Hmm....

Thanks for the comments guys! Kevin, the kit I used was the 1998 Terry Labonte Piedmont kit...But the same kit is available in the Monogram Darrell Waltrip Combo...If you look real good you can find them for $12 or less, and that includes a full 81-86 Buick too...

I've got plenty of Edsels...one of my all time favorite cars...I want a real one!!! I've got a mild custom 58 on the workbench right now, and I've also got 58-60 wagons from R&R Vacuum Craft and an untouched, mint 60 that I bought... could have the Custom done soon...

Thanks James! It's kind of rudimentary...but the lowered suspension is really simple...It's not all glued in!! There are no upper A arms up front and the rear is only connected at the main middle point in the exact middle of the chassis. It also gives the imression of a working suspension, but photos don't show that. Curbside is fun!! Would love to see the Nationwise...Lobographix decals rock!

I didn't bother to look (I have one I'm not planning on changing anytime soon) but are they ALL on there, or just the ones that are uploaded directly to the board? I host mine on Fotki, ALWAYS. In fact, I've never onced used the board uploading software, and I never will...I have no reason to as I have a paid Fotki account with nearly 55,000 photos...

I finished this up earlier today. Surprisingly for me, it's NOT box stock! I built this using the photo from the TranSouth 500 from the Yearbook. The contingencys are matched to the photo, and come from 8 companys and 14 sheets...add one more each if you count the Powerslide tire decals. It's the most mixing-and-matching I've done. The window net is re-shaped. A first. I noticed in the photo that the shape of the window net did not match the kit, so I carefully cut it down and reshaped it. The air dam. The kit had one molded integral around the front of the body, and a small one molded into the chassis. Both were wrong! I cut off both of them, and the body integral one I did after it was painted and decaled-also a first. The underbody air dam was scratchbuilt. (another first) The decals are from Fred Cady (another 1st) and it's the first NASCAR build from the year I was born that I've completed. It's also my first 2008 completion. The pictures aren't too good...I had it a little too close to the light...But they get the job done... Thanks for looking! THE STUPID AUTO-SHRINK OF PHOTOS DISTORTS THEM!!! My original decaling wasn't too good (I did it a long time ago) and the painting touchups show poorly in the photo. Doesn't look that bad in person. Thanks for looking, and as soon as I can get my own computer working again I'll post the photo I used, so you can see the exact match!

Here are current shots of my display...taken yesterday. The regular section... The wide angle showing my wall display. All those cars are duplicates of some of the first ones I ever got, and my autographed car collection (there are others but you can't hang boxes!) The chrome chase ones and the Ricky Rudd uniform car are not duplates, but they are hanging there too. In case you are wondering, the autographed cars hanging are Kirk Shelmerdine, Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards and Andy Belmont...that big open space usually holds a calender, as I usually have two, but this year I only have one... You also see my home made paint rack...I put the cars there to dry. It's kind of a jumbled mess at the moment but you can see how it should look...The primer gray Monte Carlo and green Intrepid show how it should look.

Here's two better photos of the Lake Speed car that I posted earlier. This is how it sits now, obviously not done... Should be posted as finished in the NASCAR section within a week...

James, I'm really surprised you had that problem. The Mongram kit decals I used for the Michael Waltrip Pennzoil car were probably the best kit decals I ever used (even with the more-then nessicary carrier film around each decal). Not a single flaw on my sheet. I personally refuse to buy decals that are clearcoated. It's just an unnessicary step that makes them much harder to work with.

I ONLY use Model Master Lacquer clear. I've tried Tamiya, and it just doesn't cut it. Definitly does not live up to the hype. I don't even own a can anymore, after I used mine up I didn't replace it. I was actually a little surprised at that considering how good their paint is. (I had two cans so I know it was not a fluke bad can) With the MML, it's very easy to lay it on too heavy...I do that a lot If it turns white on the model, you know you've put on too much, and pretty much ruined it. If it turns white, it's pretty much always going to bubble. On the rare instance it doesn't bubble then, it'll run for sure. You'd think with how much I use it, I would have learned not to do that anymore, but I still do it fairly often. Duh! If you do it right, it has the best shine I've seen-on par with the Urethane clear some people use. You just gotta not screw it up, like I usually do! (Did I ever mention that I hate clearcoats, all of them?)

Another thought: Lead off with a photo of the modeler sitting at their work bench....

Unfortunatly, for reasons I'd really rather not disguss, I'm permanently disabled. It really stinks because I'm only 23 yet the problems I have will be there for the rest of my life In fact the past week I've spent the majority of it laying in bed watching DVDs and sleeping, because I wasn't able to do anything else. I've found I really enjoy photography and I've submitted photos to several magazines-Model Cars being one (the other being Birds & Blooms, but they didn't use it or even respond to me!) and I also enjoy writing. Thus my constant posts on various message boards...I sit at the computer as long as I can until I can't bear it any more and have to stretch out. I'm currently in the early stages of writing a book about NASCAR too, but knowing me I won't ever finish it, and then getting liscenced and published is a whole 'nother topic that I don't even know how to break into. I do both of those for fun and don't even concern myself with if they pay or not-it's one of the relativley few things I can do without issue and so I revel in it...or, perhaps for the model car photography, Revell in it.. That's not really a profession though...considering I don't get paid and only do it occasionally! Just a disclaimer: If I'm ever rude to anybody at model shows, or forget who they are after meeting them a few minutes ago or have known them for years, it's not my fault-I'm on so much pain medication I'm kind of in a stupor If it were not for the problems, I was on the path for something in the car industry-most likely mecahnic. I've always wanted to be a race car driver too, but I know it'll never happen. The other option open to me was astronomy, but again, it became impossible.

You don't have to worry about Ismail, I HATE fantasy cars!!

I really have two right answers here....Back in 1992, at Thanskgiving, my mom needed to keep both me and my dad out of the kitchen while she cooked, so she suggested we build a model. I really didn't do much...I just twisted the parts off the trees and handed them to my dad. We did that for a few years,, and the first is the only one that's gone missing. From 1996-1999, nothing. Then, on November 7th, 1999...I had been eyeing the 1994 issue AMT 53 Ford Pickup that had sat at the bottom of our basement stairs since 1994. With my mom's encouragement, I pulled it up, and built it over 2 days. The next day, I pulled out a AMT 1994 Mustang that I also got new, and had been behind my bed since 94. Once I finished those, we went down to Wal-Mart and I got a Revell 48 Woody and 66 GTO. I built them both and then it was time to get some more. Which I built instantly...Eventually mom let me get more then 2 kits at a time, and the stash began...The rest, as they say, is history! I was less then one month past my 15th birthday in 1999 when I built my first.

Mostly my basement. A very few in my room....Click on my Fotki link in my signature and scroll down to the my Stash album, it's got several pictures...Too many to post on the board. Pretty soon I will be sending some to storage to make more room, only going down to get them when I need them.

Mark, you may well be right. Much of my knowlegde of History came from 1990s school text books...about the most slanted, PC books in history...Only recently I have really started to try and educate myself more about history, both World and US, and it's a long, probably never ending process that still is just scratching the surface.

Darin, I never knew you were Mohawk. I've read quite a bit about the Mohawk and in school we spent about 3 months on the Mohawks alone. Where I live now was once bordering the Mohawk area. Thus where I live, Wappingers Falls NY, is the only one on North America, and I'd venture the world. The Wappingers however sold their land freely, unlike most they were not forced. They were also a fairly small tribe. As recently as I can find they currently reside in Canada after a time in Massachusets, though I have yet to determine exactly how long that was. They also conquered what is now Manhattan Island at one point as well. I actually bought a book, originally written in the 1800s covering the entire Hudson River Valley, from modern day NYC up to the Mohawk valley. We are actually pretty sure that there is American Indian blood in me...we just don't know what tribe. My great-great grandmother was from Kansas, but adopted in 1911 (IIRC) She would not ever reveal what she was, and the hall of records burned long long ago. It's been a family mystery since before I was born (she died in 1984, just a few months before I was born). We know it's either Amercian Indian or Mexican...but we will likely never know the true story. If it's not readily apparent, I'm somewhat of a history buff, and have traced my family tree extensivly (well, my mom has anyway!) and we can trace our family back to around 1730 in Italy. Now, back on topic....For me, when I see the Confederate Flag, I think of two things: The Dukes of Hazzard and Darlington raceway, who for many years flew that flag and no others (even having a character dressed as a Confederate Soldier as part of the post race ceremonys, often times riding the hood of the winner into victory lane! ) I don't see it as a hate crime, like some politicians do, but...while I am a very intelligent person, (technically genius, although I rarely show it) I just can't wrap my head around the concept of slavery or really any kind of descrimination. Anyone with an ounce of brains would know how utterly rediculous that whole concept it is, and the entire human race should be embarrased that it lasted as a blight on the world for more then 3000 years! It just doesn't make any sence to me, and I can't see it making sence to any at least semi-intelligent being. I find it sad that some crazy nut-job wackos can take something that really had little to do with them, and pervert it to fit their needs, and I do believe that when you get down to it, that is what happened here, long before any of us were alive. It wasn't the first time in history, it wasn't the last, and it will happen again....the sad truth. I think it's especially sad that the people who fly it, and I'd like to believe that this is most, as nothing more then a sybol of colloquial pride are judged as being bad guys just because some of the aforemention whackos have adapted something as their symbol. If somebody clad himself in the Chevy bow tie, and started doing crazy evil things, we would not look down on Chevy, just him. However, if many people do this, for too long a tim