Shambles

Impressive build. Love that color combo.

I like what you got going on there. I've built a few of those back in the day: http://www.shamblesmodels.com/50-s-chevys.html

Hey, Mark. Naw, that's OK, go ahead and post your photos on this thread. I looked as your photobuck pics and looks like some great work. Seems like we have common NASCAR interests.

Very nice work. A little dull coat on the tires would look good. http://www.shamblesmodels.com

Thanks, Mark. I've. used that method before but on these '58 kits the side trim is really thick so I thought I'd try grinding it off. It's one of several projects I have on hold until my house projects are don.

This is just one Nascar project, but got a couple of kits to experiment. Back then, some left the chrome trim on, some removed it. I tried grinding off all of the trim then using putty to smooth it over. I'm still working on that.

There was no bare metal foil back then, so I made my own from renolds wrap.

I hope you won the contest. Beautiful build.

NASCAR has gotten pretty boring lately. I loved it back in the 50s, 60, and 70s when they were still "stock" cars. I'm enjoying researching the old stock car drivers and my goal is to make models of some of them that the model kit makers didn't. This a Buc Baker project. On hold until i get my new model room set up.

Yeah I rememember those days. And, I recently discovered that Ace had some hobby paint and supplies. Not quite a Hobby Lobby, but some basic paints and stuff.

I'll get back into it after my house remodeling. http://www.shamblesmodels.com/dioramas.html

I've built literally hundreds of model cars over the decades. Some didn't turn out too well so, well... they crashed. Wrecking models got to be a competition between me and my late, younger brother who was also an avid model builder and collector. If a build didn't suit us, we'd crash it and see who could make the most realistic-looking wreck. Here's one of my later attempts. I used a thick foil to make the deck lid so it would bend at sharp angles like sheet metal does. It's difficult to get plastic to do that. Making realistic-looking flat tires is also difficult. I've got more if y'all are interested in seeing them.

I tried posting this the other day, but don't see it on here. So, I'm gonna post it again. Forgive me if I'm repeating myself. This is a build I did back in my younger days when I didn't even need glasses and there were no pad printed tires.