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Finally getting around to doing this one. I will again glue the hood shut to streamline everything. Nascar engines back then were not that uncommon to look at so a lot of time can be saved leaving the hood shut. I will take time in the wip doing a basic look at how I make my own decals. As you will see, it's really not that hard to do or expensive except for the decal paper. below is the kit I'm using.

Thank you, Chuck for the kind words. they are much appreciated. I'm working on the decals right now for the next build and wondering whether to show my process of how I do them in the wip or just wait till I'm actually building the model. Thanks again.

Yours too. I will be checking out your Fairlane build to see how the roll cage goes together and your seat detail. I might have to dig to find it. Did you possibly have a wip for it?

My hood wouldn't fit either, so I just left the air cleaner lose and only put it on for under hood shots of the car. Good luck getting yours to fit flush. I really had not noticed your hood till you mentioned it.

Yoshimi, I could have sworn I commented on this excellent build when I first saw it. Your usual super clean work is evident again just like with all your other builds. I bet you're glad you had the kit you had. It makes for a much cleaner build than the AMT model king kit does. Sadly, any of these kits are hard to find these days unless you want to pay a premium price. Again, sorry I took so long to weigh in on this superb build.

You showed your true talents on this one, Bruce. These are very difficult models to build, and everyone will attest to that, that have ever built one. Yours looks perfect in every way shape and form. I would like to build more of them but I just can't take the pain of going through it again. It's just too frustrating.

Awesome build, Gerald. Beautiful from any angle. You checked all the boxes on this one. Paint , Decals, Stance, Cleanliness of build, and precise detail work.

Thanks, Bruce. Glad you are a fan of the old time Nascar. Seems like there are a lot more of us out there as well and not happy with the new stuff going on. Thanks for the RIP for Rex. He is my all-time favorite driver, and I credit him for getting me really interested in the sport back in 1961. I never got to meet him or anything like that, but I always had great respect with what he accomplished with his life from pure hard work and dedication. I have all his books, and they are a great read if you haven't read them yet. Thanks, Larry. It was a very enjoyable project. Thanks. Yoshimi. You're not going to believe this, but I used your finished build to make sure I didn't forget anything. By the way, it is a very clean and excellent build just like all of your builds are. Thanks, Jim. I really appreciate your enthusiastic response to the build. That's what is cool about this hobby. We all gain inspiration from each other to continue to do what we like to do which is be creative with styrene and a lot of other materials that go into this fun way to pass a little time.

If you didn't see this in the wip, here is the 53-year-old first try of this model. It's an MPC Nascar series Jim Hurtubise 72 Chevelle kit chassis with either a Revell or AMT model kit 71 Monte Carlo body. This is what happens to your paint if you don't keep your models in a clear plastic case. There were no aftermarket decals back then and no computers to find out even if they existed. The paint was all Testors enamel in the small glass bottles put on with bristle brushes. Man, we have all come a long way from those days.

Another super clean build, Melvin. Paint looks awesome too.

Beautiful build, Melvin. Your model looks better than the box art. I wish Salvino's would do more older kits like say from the sixty's as well. Super clean build and stance looks perfect as well along with an excellent paint job.

Wow, Chuck. Never seen that Charger before. Excellent job on it as always.

Thanks, Jim. Always appreciate you stopping by to weigh in on a build. Your builds always look spectacular to me.

If you guys would like to watch a video that will only take up 24 minutes of your time. You can see how much better Nascar racing was before the fiasco it has turned into today. This video narrated by the Great Bud Lindemann will show you what a wonderful sport this was back in the day. The duel put on by Bobby Allison and David Pearson was one for the ages. The talent they displayed wrestling these big machines around the toughest track in Nascar for 500 miles and not touching each other with chrome horns or anything else showed how you could race cleanly and not take out your competitor like they tend to do nowadays. Plus, there was no stage racing to disturb the natural flow of the race or having to decide if getting the stage points was better than having an advantage in the next stage. The link is below

Thanks, Brian. I really appreciate the comment Thanks, Melvin. This kit was definitely a sows ear. Thanks, Gerald. It was a fun build after I decided to glue the hood shut. Thanks, Todd. You are probably right about the manipulation of the bumpers . I could tell the oob bumpers didn't stick out as far as the ones on the real car. Thanks, Bill for stopping by for the props. Thanks, Jack. I tried to make it a clean build but that is my biggest challenge. Thanks, Gerald. I had no place to go but get better than that MPC build I did. Thanks, Pierre. I would have liked to see your build. I'm sure it was another one of your outstanding ones. Hate to think you actually threw it away. By the way, I have been waiting for your next build to start up. I check every day. Thanks, Steve. I really appreciated your positive comments every day that kept my want to finish this project alive. Thanks, Chis. Thanks, Donato. I always get inspiration from all the beautiful builds you create and share with us.

The final photos are over at the under glass forum. if your interested

This is a likeness of the car Bobby Allison drove to the win at the 1972 Darlington Southern 500. He battled David Pearson all day till finally passing him with 7 laps to go and holding him off for the win. I built this model 53 years ago and always wanted to do a do over of it. It took 120.5 hours to complete. I had to use mostly captured photos from two YouTube videos of the race and one actual photo of the car from a front view in the pits. I know the red bumpers look odd, but the car really did have them. I used the AMT Model King 72 Monte Carlo kit which if you have ever tried to build one know how poorly it is engineered. I had to do a lot of work to the grille because the real car was a 71 Monte Carlo not a 72. I used Createx acrylic paint shot through an airbrush and PPP wheels and tires. The decals are Power Slide.

Got all the final photos taken. I just need to send them over to my editing program to size them right and also add my texwardfan logo to the top right corner of the photos. In the past I would see a photo of one of my builds on ebay and the guy was trying to sell my model on ebay but it was safely on my shelf not for sale. So that's why I put the logo on all my final photos. I've actually seen my builds that I know had logos, but they were removed, and the guy was using it to sell his decals. In a way it's kind of flattering but I still wasn't too happy about it.

Looking pretty sharp. What decals are those? Look pretty high quality.

Novi. Wow. This is really going to be special. Those Holley's look so real. I bet the song this engine would sing at full throttle would be music to any car enthusiast's ears.

Charlie, there are no words that can be used to describe how awesome this creation is. I'm just glad I got to watch you through my computer screen put it together. Thank you for sharing it with us mere mortals.

Thanks, Todd. I can see how responding to that post might be difficult. You're not sure if you are dealing with a person who has all their faculties or not. I assure you the real build looks somewhat better than that one. Now if I can just find time to take some photos, I will get them posted. Thanks again for your reply.

I can see from the response to my last post that like my wife nobody understands my weird sense of humor. Let me splain what's going on here. I built this model 53 years ago, I might be wrong about the exact year but when MPC came out with their Nascar series of kits, I could not find the Coo Coo Marlin Monte Carlo kit, but I wanted to build Bobby Allisons Coke Monte Carlo because he finally brought Chevy back to being competitive again and win some races. I had to buy the Jim Hurtubise kit and also an AMT Monte Carlo kit for the donor body. I put it together the best I could, and brush painted it with some testors enamel bottles and then painted on the numbers and sponsor info and his name. I used the decals from the Hurtubise kit for the contingencies. I always wanted to do a do over of this build and the real one is safely sealed in the display case till I can take the final photos and get them posted in the Nascar Under Glass forum. Back then we did not have the resources we have today like computers, the internet, Aftermarket decal makers, that I knew of, and a place to share our models in discussion groups. So, forgive my lame attempt at some humor.

Andrew, you are the king of finding ref materials to build your projects. I'm so jealous that I have no knowledge of how to find what I need to build my projects. I have to rely on the kindness of others to give me the info I need and usually somebody always comes to the rescue, so I don't have to guess. But sometimes I do. Which is perfectly fine too. Model on, oh master of the metal.

Looking Awesome, Gerald. Some fine detail work you have going on there.