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Thanks, John. I really appreciate the kind words.

Thanks Bruce, Chris, and Jeremy. I really appreciate your interest in the build.

Thanks, Michael. I appreciate the reply.

Thanks, Jim. I really appreciate the feedback.

Thanks, Bill, Don and Todd. I really appreciate the kind words.

I was wondering. Was this project ever completed? I need to know if this is a Revell kit or an amt kit.

Here are the ref pictures I used. All were from the 58 Southern 500.

Finally finished this one. Junior drove this car right after he got out of prison for moonshining. He drove it in 1958 and most of 1959. He won 6 races in 1958 and 5 races in 1959. I built it to look the way it did for the 1958 Southern 500 because those were the only good reference pictures I had of it. Revell kit, Model Master acryl paint, and my own ink jet decals. It took 76 hours to complete. 12.5 of those hours were to create and print the decals.

Another Awesome build with unbelievable detailing. Excellent paint and decal work as well.

Excellent build. Detailing in the cockpit is outstanding. Beautiful clean build throughout.

Looks like a quick and easy way to do it. If I ever buy a glue kit I will try it. Thanks Jonathan for posting the video.

Here is kyle buschs car sitting in the pits. I don't believe that car is sitting 4 inches off the ground on the sides or front. In fact it looks like its sitting just like the second car posted above. The snap kit model if built stock looks like its sitting 8 scale inches off the ground, great for off roading. Seriously we should all just build are models the way it looks right to us.

That's a great tip, Wayne. I would have never thought of that, but it makes perfect sense.

I totally agree with Wayne. I lower the front by drilling a new hole 1/8 inch higher for the front axle, and in the back I cutoff 1/8 inch from the posts where the rear axle mounts. Then just cut off 1/8 inch from each axle. It makes the model look a lot more like the real cars

I would say yes. It came out perfect. Outstanding job on the conversion. And the paint is absolutely beautiful.

Another Excellent job, Wayne. Your builds are always top notch in detail, paint, decals, everything.

Excellent job , Jim. Great work on the body improvements.

Excellent build. I bet Dale Junior would like to see this one as well.

Bravo, Excellent job on the decals. I wouldn't even attempt to do one of those. Excellent build as well.

Thanks, Todd. I really appreciate the feedback.

Thanks, Dan.

Looks great so far. Really enjoy the photography with the in garage look. If I hadn't seen the exhaust ports I would have thought it was a picture of the 1:1 car.

Dan , you really don't need to strip the silver. I used the junior body for a recent build did not strip the silver and painted the car white after spraying metallic silver then primer to block the blue. I got the tip from David Thibodeaux from a scale auto article. Here is my results.