Michael F

Cale, thanks for your interest on this one. I replicated the concrete with shaded wallpaint applied with a small lambskin paintroller. Actually i think it´s quite rough textured. Rory, currently it´s an on and off job on the junkyard. To less time ... At the moment i´m working on an air compressor made from an old truck fueltank with a frame from u-profile evergreen. I´ll place it outside the building under a rotting wooden shelter, so it needs an appropriate weathering. I hope it turns out well. I think, a realistic weathering is the most difficult part of modeling and i´m not a pro, oh well... David, your diorama is great, the Rolls fleet is very nice! The bus is a giant! I found some interesting details such as the motorcycle and the people on the road, very british, as it should be... A diorama takes a lot of space doesn´t it? First i wanted to build a much bigger dio because of the many nascar kits i have in my stash, but due to the lack of space in my home, the actual size of the junkyard fits well. If i´m not working on it, the baseplate will vanish in a cardboardbox in the basement. There will be always work in progress on this one. I´ll take some pics and show them in the next few days. Thanks for your interest, guys!!

You build a great model of a very cool car! The bodywork is very clean and sleek. I have the kit as well and want to do the fenderflares exactly your way. I think a lowered stance would make your car look even faster. Just a thought...

Excellent craftsmanship... Very clean and detailed build. The roof is great!! Did you know, this Dodge was a very cool Nascar as well.

This is such a fantastic work on this diorama. I like it very much. Everytime i look at it, i see something new. Very cool. I´m building a junkyard/shop diorama by myself. I hope the shop turns out as nice as yours. Great inspiration!!

Thanks for your kind comments on this, guys! @ Dominik: will do! We´ll meet in September! I build a baseplate for the racecar junkyard. The brown areas should replicate the earthy parts (the brown is not the final color), the grey areas are cracked/old concrete paving slabs. Some detail has to be added, like grass, dust, oil- and water spots, gully cover and and and... I put some models on the plate, to show the size of it. I think there would be space for ca. 20 cars and a lot of scrap metal. Thanks for looking!

Thanks for your coments guys, glad you like it! The building itself is completely from styrofoam. The roof is from sandpaper and the window- and doorframes are from plastruct angle material in different sizes.

Some rusted parts for the junkyard: an oildrum and a burning barrel. The oildrum is was made from a resin item, the burning barrel is from aluminum foil wrapped around the resin drum, peeled of the foil, glued a bottom in it and put some dents and rust on it: Thanks for looking.

By the way, as you can see on the pics, we not only worked at the junkyard shop, but we changed the floor in our home from carpet to ceramic tiles. Just a side note...

Next step was to put some paint to the walls to get an idea of the shop when finished: The appearance of this white with blue will be ok, so let´s fill the gaps between the bricks, add frames to doors and windows and paint the hut. Ooops, the guys from Mike´s probably have some issues with the width of the trailers and haulers, see the damaged corner of the building... The backside: Thanks for looking.

I´m planning to build a (miniature) junkyard with restoration shop for racecars, like stockcars, modifieds, jalopies, only. Ok, some trailers and haulers will be there as well... I call it a wip, i think this project would be a "live long wip", because the team of MIKE`S RACECAR SALVAGE AND RESTAURATIONS will pull more and more interesting old racers out of some backyards. The idea came when i built this stocker of ol´Wendell Scott. For some reason i ruined the clear coat so i decided to make a junker from it: The first idea of a shop on paper: First attempt with some styrene foam to replicate a brickwall: Looking good, so let´s build the whole shop that way: A view to the inside: Checking the proportions with a model: Thanks for looking!

Very cool beater !! Would make a nice part of a junkyard dio.

Thank you all for your kind comments, guys!

Cool modified !!

The rear tires and right front tire are from PPP Plastic Perfomance Products. The left front tire and the rims are out of my parts box.

NC DOT Dodge truck Saw a pic of a similar truck somewhere. I had this Dodge Ram Snap kit in my stash. Thought it would make a cool utility vehicle. Thanks for looking. Michael

Build this " what if " modified of Wendell Scott some time ago. Thanks for looking! Michael It looks quite better on a piece of a dirttrack...

Very nice Cyclone !!

Beautiful model of a very cool racecar of ol´ Pops. I have the decals and it´s on my to do list for next year.

I´ve built a racecartrailer from scatch some time ago. I took the widest racecar i have and took the masures from it to fít on the Trailer so it´s wide enough to carry any streetcar as well. Best place for the axles will be in the middle of the Trailer. I recommend to build it from Evergreen or Plastruct material you can get in your Hobby shop, they carry a lot of different sizes and shapes such as T-beams or angles, tubes or rods. For me Wood or metal doesn´t work well for such a Project. Hope this helps a Little bit.

Exactly my thoughts on this beautiful model !!

Here is mine: A resin ´56 Ford Wagon. My first and only model with flames. Thanks for looking !!

Thanks guys, glad you like it !

Very cool build, looks very agressive!

Thank you very much for your kind comments on the Mustang, guys !! Paint is simple handicraft acrylic rattlecans from our local do diy store.

I´ve built this Mustang Ht several years ago. I ike the Gulf paintscheme very much. Filling and sanding of the extended fenderflares was a pain, but i think the result is satisfying. Kit is an old AMT, wheels from the partbox, all decals are printed on my Inkjet. The Hauler is a rebuilt diecast pickup. The ramp was scratchbuilt from sheet styrene. Thanks for looking! Michael