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Thanks,Jim N !

Thank you Trevor. I have always loved the traditional Wood Brothers coloring as well.

Melvin Alan, I also like the Throwback paint scheme, so I try to look for Throwback paint decals when I build models after CoT.

Thank you slusher for all your compliments.

Thanks you the replies, James, Bob, Garner.

Thank you all for the replies. Modifying a production car kit into a Nascar version is a lot of work, but it is also a fun time. In addition, I have added a description of the cockpit to the text.

This car is Tiny Lund's Ford Galaxie, which won the 1963 Daytona 500 with the Wood Brothers team. During Daytona Week that year, Marvin Punch of the same team raced a Maserati in the sports car race, but Punch was left in the burning car after an accident during the race. Four or five men ran up to him and pulled him out, one of whom was Tiny Lund. Tiny Lund was then asked to stand in for Punch, and with the help of the team's well-thought-out strategy, he made the most of the opportunity and won the race. The base kit is AMT/ERTL's “1963 FORD GALAXIE” released in 2000 as a “YEAR 2000 SPECIAL EDITION” product. This kit includes the engine and is a “STOCK/CUSTOM/ADVANCED CUSTOM” 3-in-1 kit, but it does not include parts to make it NASCAR spec, so I had to modify it in various ways this time. The decals are JNJ #88-144 purchased through eBay. Unfortunately, the “410 H.P.” on the engine hood is different from the real car, and the sponsor decals on the front fenders are missing. The body has been modified by removing the moldings, emblems, and wipers of the production version, and adding race-spec fuel filler, overflow pipes, and front and rear lamp covers. The cockpit has been replaced with a 60-64 Ford Interior Tub, a resin product. The cockpit is fitted with a meter panel with Powerslide meter decals, a roll cage made by myself with Evergreen rods, a fire extinguisher and racing seat adapted from the Monogram Nascar kit, and a steering wheel wrapped with a thin strip of masking tape. Wheels and tires are PPP HM-9 Holman Moody 9” Wheels 1960-64 and 1960-1964 Firestone Tires. The engine hood is glued to the body and the engine plate parts from AMT's “1964 FORD GALAXIE 500-XL” kit are used instead of the engine. The body color is sprayed Tamiya white and pure red, and JNJ decals are applied, but the missing sponsor decals on the front fenders are from stock. For this build, I found Bigchef2112's “Tiny Lund 1963 Daytona 500 winner” published in 2023 on this forum very helpful. Thank you very much. My build this time has many differences from the real car, but I was able to reproduce the atmosphere well enough, so I am satisfied as far as I am concerned.

Thank you all for your comments. Sometimes I look for this Fusion and Chevy SS kit on eBay and Yahoo auctions, but when they are listed, they are very expensive.

This car is the “Carolina Ford Dealers Ford Fusion” entered by The Stewart-Haas Racing in the Spring 2018 Southern 500 at Darlington, with driver Clint Bowyer. This paint scheme pays tribute to Ned Jarrett's historic victory in the Darlington Southern 500 in 1965. The base kit is Revell's “DANICA PATRICK Aspen Dental Ford Fusion” released in 2017, the first new kit in almost 10 years since the 2006 body kit of GEN4's Monte Carlo SS was released, This Revell kit was released together with the Chevrolet SS. I bought and assembled this Revell kit when it was first released, and I remember being impressed with the detail of the GEN6 bodywork, chassis, engine, etc. Unfortunately, due to the termination of the US-level business in 2018, this kit is not currently being reproduced, but I acquired this kit through an internet auction about two years ago. The decals are Powerslide's “#300 2018 #14 CAROLINA FORD DEALERS FUSION”. This time, as minimal detailing, a lip spoiler was added to the lower front bumper, a racing seat from a 2005 Monte Carlo SS kit was diverted, a small rear view mirror mounted on the roll cage, and front and rear suspension spring parts were replaced with hobby-grade stainless steel springs. I also tried to use 3D printed aftermarket parts for the wheels and brakes. These two afterparts are products of “scalecars.online”, a Polish company that develops and sells 3D printed model car accessories. (https://scomodels.com/) The wheels and brakes are very precise and high quality parts, which enhance the precision of the kit. The body was sprayed with Tamiya Super Surfacer (gray) and Fine Surfacer (white), then sprayed with TS-44 Brilliant Blue and coated with TS-13 Clear, After applying the decals, I coated with GSI Creos Waterborne Premium Coat. The last image shows the Ford Galaxie of Ned Jarrett, which I built last time, side by side.

In Japan, where I live, there are not many NASCAR-loving race fans, so when I receive warm messages like this from everyone, I am very happy.

Thanks, RagTop Man, Model Guy and Horrorshow, for your warm and complimentary replies.

Thank you all for your compliments. Converting a production car to Nascar specifications takes a lot of work, but the joy when it is finished is exceptional.

Thanks, MarkJ、satterwhite78. The racing footage from the time is very impressive, with dogfights between cars that look almost identical to production cars.

Ned Jarrett's 1965 Nascar champion Ford Galaxie is now complete. The base kits are two AMT ‘65 FORD GALAXIE 500XL and 1966 FORD GALAXIE 500 7-LITRE, both 3-in-1 kits, re-released from Round2. These two kits were the base kits for a previous build of Junior Johnson's ‘Yellow Banana’, and this time the remaining 1965 body, cockpit and engine and 1966 chassis were diverted for the build. The body has had the front and rear wheel arches enlarged, the production-spec mouldings, emblems, wipers, etc. removed, the race-spec fuel filler and overflow pipes added, and front and rear lamp covers added. For the cockpit, as I couldn't find any images of the actual cockpit of the car at the time, I used a meter panel made from Powerslide meter decals and wheel-cut plastic pipes, a roll cage I made myself from Evergreen rods, a fire extinguisher made from Polar Lights fire extinguisher parts and a seat and steering wheel adapted from other AMT kits. The engine has only added plug cords, and the exhaust pipes have been diverted from Monogram's early Thunderbird parts. The wheels and tyres are from Polar Lights' Talladega. The body colour is sprayed Tamiya TS-93 Pure Blue, although the image is a little different from the real car's blue. The decals are Gofer Racing, but the sponsor decals on the front fenders are diverted from decals that were in stock. The last photo shows Ned Jarrett's son Dale Jarrett's Ford Thunderbird alongside his. This Thunderbird kit was bought and built probably 28 years ago when it was first released in Japan. * Note that the body color in each image varies because the photography did not work very well this time, but the blue in the first image is closer to the actual painted blue.

Thank you all. Harry Gant is one of my favorite drivers, so I will be building another car, a 1994 Lumina.