Safire6

Thanks everyone!

Very nice! I wish I knew this existed, I would have put one on the WWII Jeep I just finished.

I built this kit a few months ago. You did a much better job with it! I just didn’t have the patience with all the details. You did, and they really make a big difference. Nice job!

That is sweet! Those redlines and wheels really set it off!

Very cool custom!

Beautiful build of a great car. A friend had a 1:1 the same color with the same cool wheels.

Finished this up last week. The windshield frame was warped but clamping it to a piece of wood and pouring 170 F water over it straightened it out sufficiently. Comments welcome.

Nice job! I have this kit in my stash and plan to get to it after my next build, painting it a green color similar to yours.

That is so cool!

Thanks Bruce! Thanks Bruce! Thanks Bob! Thanks Jeff! Yes, first one. Not much different than any other build in my opinion except for the many decals. Thanks Keith! Thanks Mike! Thanks Larry! Thanks Steve! Thanks Chris! Thanks JIm!

Thanks Steve! No, she has not seen the new smokey gray uniforms yet, I don't think. I will mention it to her and I'm sure she'll google it! (I bought her the smokey gray helmet a few years ago from the campus Vols shop. It's my favorite helmet design.)

Very nice, that white paint job is beautiful!

Ditto on everything said above!

I was inspired by Volzfan59's build of this car. (Thanks Steve!) I built it as a gift to my wife who is an avid Tennessee Volunteers fan. I used the Monogram #85-2476 Jeff Gordon kit and the decals from 3 Amigos as Volzfan59 did. Seems to me that the 3 Amigos decals were a tiny bit too large for this Monogram kit as I had to trim down the checkerboard decals along the rocker panels to allow the other decals to fit. (Or maybe it was just me, not used to dealing with this many decals on a car!) And there was no way the "1998 National Champions" lettering on the hood decal would fit correctly without interfering with the hood pins, so I trimmed that part off. Anyway it was a bit of a challenge for me to do a NASCAR build with a rollcage that complex. I wished the orange decals on the hood and trunk better matched the actual Volunteers orange though. I used Tamiya TS-56 brilliant orange which I think pretty closely matches the Vols color. I just noticed that I still need to paint the gas cap! All comments welcome.

“If yer not first, yer last” and you are first Hobbyguy. Beautiful build!

Thanks for the tips guys! Etsy does sell the shelf supports for these cabinets and they also sell different variations of plexiglass(?) shelves with slots/openings in them for planters (to allow airflow). Looks like I may have to have some glass cut though. They are nice shelves Mark-well made and glass on all four sides. If you get one, be sure to follow the excellent assembly instructions carefully so you don’t break the glass. I didn’t have any trouble.

I bought a couple of Milsbo glass door cabinets from IKEA and assembled them today. I am looking for a company that sells additional shelves for it along with the mounting brackets. (IKEA does not sell additional shelves for some reason.) Some time ago, I believe I saw a post from someone on this forum that has the same shelf units and he bought additional shelves for it from ETSY?? Does anyone know? Also I think I read somewhere on here that maybe there are lighting kits available for the Milsbo units but cannot get them from IKEA? Any help is appreciated!

Thank you!

I love it, especially the dude driving it!

Very cool Steve! Like you, I also built the Badman when I was a kid. I remember sitting in a math class at summer school (I wasn't too good at math in grade school!) thinking about getting home and working on that model! I would like to build it again. Thanks for the recommendation on what kit to use. Can I ask, where did you get the decals? TIA, Steve

I stand corrected! I watched the old episode on you tube where it was raced against the Munsters Koach. Thanks for letting me know about that and thanks everyone for the nice comments!

Wasn't sure if I should have posted this in the model car section or here because I can't imagine the real thing ever being drag raced. Built mostly box stock except for tripling the thickness of the headstone on the front, making "interior panels" out of .010" styrene and painting them purple and making candles for the headlights. Unfortunately excess glue spoiled the looks of them. Oh well, it was a fun build.

Very cool funny cars and nice builds!

Beautiful buid Dan! Love the color and details!

Very cool Alan, nice job!