Shambles

Hi Jim, Very cool! I've done a few dioramas and yours is quite impressive. My next one planned is a NASCAR crash scene (I've been into crashing models for decades) and I've been buying up cheap but nicely built NASCAR models on eBay. I was wondering how to do the banked track, and now I know! Thanks for the video. John http://www.shamblesmodels.com/dioramas.html

Hi Seann. Very Cool decals! Nice to meet a fellow graphic designer that's into model cars and NASCAR. I've been retired for about 6 years but still dabble with my model car website and I've done some custom decals for a few cars and dioramas.

Hi Mark. I've found some deals on kits in Hobby Lobby's clearance section a couple of times. I got this kit from Model Car Roundup's site for a good price. It's my "go to" place for supplies and decals too. https://www.modelroundup.com/Joe-Weatherly-1961-Pontiac-Catalina-Model-Kit-p/moe-1221sd.htm https://www.modelroundup.com/product-p/ps-252.htm

What the hell IS that thing?

Nice job! I've got a couple of Xoto 1:18 die cast Grand Sports, but have never seen a kit. Is that 1:25?

Looks great. Love that color. Perhaps you can find some better decals on eBay. That's where I do most all of my model car shopping.

Unusual subject, nicely done!

Never seen one of those. Outstanding build!

Nice job! When I was a Sr. in high school, a girl down the street had one of these with the 383. I asked her for a date, but she knew I just wanted to driver her car.

I've built hundreds of models over the decades, but can't say I've ever seen either of these Mustangs.

Thanks for the compliment, Tom. I'm waiting on some Evergreen square tubing to raise the dump body up a little more. I'll post some more photos as soon as I make some progress.

Dave, I'd be happy to send you the wrecker body and accessories if you'll just pay the shipping. Just send me your address.

Looking good. I've been wanting to get that kit, but have too many going already.

Maybe it dumps forward over the cab ?

Outstanding!

Thanks, Jim. I guess I'm still somewhat of a perfectionist but, at my age I need to get over that. The paint on this one was mediocre, the tires wouldn't seat on the rims, and a few other issues bothered me. Besides, it's always fun to crash one.

I've been building and wrecking model cars since I was a kid in the 50s. After I retired, I did several salvage yard dioramas but moved and downsized, and sold off my entire collection. I'm back into building and collecting and will do another soon, but on a smaller scale.

Another one that I built long ago but no longer have.

Not sure who the driver of this #8 was, but he crashed. That seems to happen a lot with my builds that don't turn out well. I've been wrecking model cars for decades. A 1/2" deep socket and a Dremel torch work well for making flat tires. http://www.shamblesmodels.com/wrecked.html

I posted this a while back, then shelved it while I set up a new model room. I got back to work on it yesterday but still have a ways to go. Not real happy with the paint but I didn't want to strip it and start over. Not sure whether to post here or on the NASCAR forum, so I'll do both.?

I posted this project a while back when I first started it. It's been on the shelf while I did some remodeling and set up a new model room. I just got back to work on it and a few other kits I'd started. A little more work to do, and the paint didn't turn out as smooth as I'd like but here's where I left off last night:

I was never a big Earnhardt fan, but I was a Terry LaBonte fan. He was a good driver and a class act. I remember when, after that race, a reporter was interviewing LaBonte and said, "Dale said he didn't mean to wreck you." Labonte said, "Yeah, he never means to."

Very nice job!

Beautiful! Nice work.

I had several kits and projects going a few months ago, then took a leave of absence to remodel my house. I never liked the yellow wheels or the graphics on this model, so my first mods were to change that. I removed all of the graphics and painted the wheels black. I'll make new water slide decals for the finished wrecker. I saw another wrecker on eBay pretty cheap, and a 1:24 resin dump body and thought it would be cool to make a 1953 dump truck. Last night I got the first wrecker disassembled, and that was no easy task! Getting this all put back together will be a challenge to say the least.