curt raitz

This is a 1/20th scale model of the McLaren M23 Gilles Villeneuve drove in the 1977 British Grand Prix. In this race, his F1 debut he qualified in 9th, finished the race in 11th place The model was built from the re-issued Tamiya plastic kit with after-market decals... thanx for lookin'...

Very nice Art... gonna bring it to the 2013 NNL West? c'ya

Built from the Tamiya 1/24th scale kit #24310, paint is Tamiya's TS-55 Dark Blue... If you don't like decals, don't build this kit. I ordered an extra set "just in case", but did not need them, yeah!! thanx for lookin'...

All finished... thanx for lookin'...

Oh-Oh...you caught the "belly tank lakester" disease! isn't it fun? lookin' good as we go, buddie c'ya

I have two daughters in college, the oldest is starting her last year at San Francisco State and the youngest is starting her second year at Fresno State. Makes a dad proud...

forgot to note...picked up these goodies from Southern Hobby Motorsports to assist in building and these decals from eBay... thanx for lookin'...

thanx on the stance, I just flip-flopped the front spindles and lowered the rear by 1/8 inch

Not sure, but here's a couple of photos I used to detail the engine...

found out this is a hand painted logo for "Old Crow" whiskey. Not identified as such, because even in 1963 hard alcohol sponsorship was not allowed in racing. I did find a paint color, which is purty darn close to the color used on the replica car in photos Duplicolor Ford Cardinal Red: body painted, chrome stripped from bumpers, re-chromed with alclad, etc... interior... wheels and tires... engine... gettin' ready to lay down decals and final asembly... thanx for lookin'...

Built this model as a "1963 Theme Build" for the 2013 NNL West. picked up kit on eBay and is built mostly from kit parts decided to build as dry lake/salt flat racer thanx for lookin'...

Here's a little Pontiac 4-banger pullin' a 32 ford

John very nice...another trophy, heh! I really like the detail on the seat belts...do you use an aftermarket set of photo-etch buckles, if so - who's? further on the belts...what material do you use and how do you get those "Simpson" patches to look like cloth??? thanx be cyan' ya...

who's Randy Ayers and do you have a link to his site? I have found Randy Ayers and his website/forum...thank you

can someone inform me as to what this is... it is placed on the car on both sides as shown below... neither of the decal sheets i have received include it... won't be hard to duplicate, just curious as to what it is thanx

thanx, i kinda figured that was the case... should be fun oh-yeah...I like your name

With "Cars from 1963" being the theme for next years NNL West, I picked up the AMT "Millennium" 1963 Ford Galaxie kit for a good price from eBay. Having no idea what to build...the kit does have some fairly scary custom parts (not interested) went searching the web for some ideas. Came across the 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 Curtis Turner raced for Ed Martin. What was cool about Curtis Turner is the fact NASCAR threw him out because he tried to form a drivers union. He went on to race the car with USAC. Here is a photo of the restored car: I have a few questions that maybe can be answered by members of this forum...The only red listed on the Ford paint chart for 1963 is "Rangoon Red". My first question is: Is Rangoon Red the correct color for this car? Second question is: If so,what would be the closest color match in the model car paint world to Rangoon Red? i.e. Model Master, Tamiya, Duplicolor, Plastikote, etc. My buddy Jameston at Scalefinishes is temporarely shut down so I can't get "Rangoon Red " from him. Third question is: Did they run Firestone or Goodyear tires? I've getting a set of both, plus four Holman & Moody 10" wheels and race interior tub from Southern Motorsports. Decals are on the way from Pattos. should be hitting the workbench fairly soon... thanx in advance for any input you may have...

Herb Deeks makes and sells photo-etched wire wheel inserts for 1/25th and 1/32nd scales he can be found at: http://stores.ebay.com/Herb-Deeks-Retro

I did not modify the frame rails...straight outa-da-box only modification I did was the wheels, the wire wheel inserts are from Herb Deeks

I really like these old Matchbox kits excellent subject matter and nice detail for 1/32nd scale thanx for lookin'...

You guyz are gettin' silly...momma said ya shouldn't sniff the glue!

forgot to include this photo... gives a nice look at how the Mustang front clip works with the truck chassis gas cap would have to be behind the "cable operated flip door on lower left rear corner of cab"...yeah that's were it's at

ya take an old Ford pick'em up truck, stick some modern Mustang goodies in it... paint it with "Scalefinishes" Ferrari F1'08 Red... and it can come out looking like this: didn't feel like doing a wood bed, so went with a sheet of stainless tread-plate thanx for lookin'...

Well... what can one say John? excellent tribute to your dad and finished on Fathers Day! I'm sure dad is gonna enjoy this for quite some time perfect! so...what's next? thanx for sharing with us c'ya

Very-very nice Mr. Bernard... I likes the black background, gonna have to try it out, been slowly getting the "gyst" of Photoshop. thanx for sharin'