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21 hours ago, MarkJ said:
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?
MarkJ, I have never posted WIP in progress on this forum. Instead, when I publish completed kits, I write in some detail about the work I did.
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16 hours ago, MarkJ said:
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.
Thank you for your reply.
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Great build.
Your WIP was a great reference for me when I was building my Monte Carlo. -
On 7/12/2025 at 2:46 AM, Jim N said:
Looks great! You did a great job mating the two car bodies.
On 7/12/2025 at 10:24 AM, Dragline said:Extremely well done.
Thank you both for the replies.
It took a lot of work to modify the body, but I managed to finish it.
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23 hours ago, slusher said:
Beautifully done!
Thank you for the compliments
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19 hours ago, Ben269 said:
Nice job grafting the front end on there, this turned out nice.
Thanks for the replies.
Combining multiple kit bodies into one body is risky, but very motivating when done well.
By the way, making one body from two pieces is called “Nicoichi” in Japanese. -
On 7/2/2025 at 10:10 PM, Mike 1017 said:
Nice
On 7/5/2025 at 8:36 PM, PappyD340 said:Great looking build!
1 hour ago, ChrisR said:Very nice.
Thank you all for the compliments.
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On 7/2/2025 at 9:19 PM, Shark said:
Excellent job, as always. Lots of folks bash the Polar Lights kits, but I happen to like them, you can use them on so many different cars.
Thanks for the reply.
When converting a production car kit to a NASCAR race car, the parts from the POLAR LIGHTS kit are very helpful. -
This car is the 1969 Mercury Cyclone of the Hallman Moody team, which Bobby Allison drove to seven wins from the midway point of the 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
For the previous two years, Bobby Allison had competed in a Dodge Charger Daytona in the four-car “Aero Warriors” competition between Ford, Mercury, Dodge, and Plymouth.
However, for safety reasons, the engine displacement of the “Aero Warriors,” which competed in high-speed battles, was limited to 305 cu.in. in 1971, which was virtually a ban on the use of the "Aero Warriors.Bobby Allison switched to a Charger without the huge nose cone and high wing, but the aerodynamics were not as good as he had hoped, so he switched mid-season to the Hallman-Moody team's 1969 Mercury Cyclone.
The base kit is the “Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II” from POLAR LIGHTS, which was re-released by ROUND 2 in 2018 with the addition of new Bobby Allison decals.
However, the car Bobby Allison drove was not the “Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II” from “Aero Warriors,” but a 1969 Mercury Cyclone commonly known as the “W-Nose,” so the first half of the body had to be modified.At first, I was going to combine the resin W-Nose Cyclone body I had already purchased with the chassis of the kit, but the resin body was not in good shape from the A-pillar to the rear.
So I decided to use the resin body from the front edge of the door to the front and the kit body to the rear. I cut each body at the front edge of the door and combined the two hoddies into one body.
It took some careful crafting, but I think I was able to combine them fairly well.After the body was modified, the position and shape of the fueling port was changed, and the height of the rear spoiler was reduced.
For the chassis, the front frame and hoop were shortened and modified to fit the body modified to W-Nose, and the front suspension tension rod mounting area was modified based on AMT's GEN4 Thunderbird chassis.
The body was primed with Tamiya Super Surfacer (gray), Fine Surfacer (white), and TS-13 Clear, then sprayed with TS-49 Bright Red and TS-21 Gold, overcoated with TS-13 Clear, and then applied the kit decals.
Near completion, I made a mistake and scratched the front edge of the roof, which I repaired and repainted, but unfortunately, I could not repair it beautifully.
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This is a great piece of work, very beautifully painted and detail crafted.
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On 7/12/2024 at 9:58 AM, slusher said:
Beautiful!
On 6/3/2025 at 12:20 PM, Ben269 said:Really nice execution on this one! I want to build this one as well some day.
On 6/3/2025 at 6:47 PM, TooOld said:Beautiful work ! These were surprisingly fast cars !
On 6/7/2025 at 2:49 AM, Bbo1974 said:I like the stance! It looks good with the square bird. Nice work!
Thanks, everybody.
The Nascar race cars of the time are good in that each car's unique body style and simple coloring give them a very “stock car” racing feel.
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On 5/29/2025 at 11:40 PM, ncbuckeye67 said:
I think you pulled that off quite nicely! I will definitely use your approach when I build my NASCAR kits.
On 5/31/2025 at 8:12 PM, PappyD340 said:Looks fantastic, well done!
On 6/5/2025 at 10:35 AM, slusher said:Great looking. Build!
On 6/5/2025 at 11:15 AM, Dragline said:That is a beautiful car. Saw it when it was first issued and got one. Never built it I think. Pretty sure I gave it away.
I wasn't ready.
But you certainly were. Very nice.
Thanks, everybody.
My build is not an exact replica of the actual car that Bobby Allison actually drove at the time.
I create them as long as I can reproduce the atmosphere of the car. -
On 5/10/2025 at 1:57 PM, Rattlecan Dan said:
Good job! Looks nice.
21 minutes ago, ncbuckeye67 said:Amazing build! I love the "real" NASCAR rides.
Thanks both of you for your comments.
I like the fact that NASCAR race cars these days are “real” stock cars modified from production cars. -
1 hour ago, ncbuckeye67 said:
Very nice work! I love how you enhanced the existing (or non-existing in this case) kit detail, without going down the "rabbit hole" with PE and 3D printed aftermarket goodies. I want to build the few NASCAR kits I have exactly like you just did, without throwing too much $$ into the aftermarket. You just can't do that with every build (especially if you sell your built ups down the road). I have a friend that did exactly that with a Harry Gant build. He sold it for $250.00, but complained the whole time about actually losing $$.
I may also incorporate a few aftermarket precision parts.
However, my knowledge of the actual car is not that great, so as long as I can reproduce the atmosphere of the actual car reasonably well, I am satisfied.-
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On 5/28/2025 at 5:28 AM, Ragtop Man said:
Boom - the ideal amount of detail for me.
Neat trick to get all the disparate parts to look like they were all there, all along.
I have built many NASCAR kits for various kit manufacturers and have kept many parts from discarded kits.
Combining them and putting them together as one model car is like completing a puzzle.-
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On 5/28/2025 at 4:31 AM, Shark said:
Wow, that's really nice. I like the modifications you did to the frame. I have been working on one of these kits (doing Richard Petty) and intended to scrap the chassis. Now I think what you did would be great under this car. Thanks for sharing your information.
Each manufacturer's NASCAR kit has its good points and its shortcomings.
I like to combine the parts of those kits well and make the missing parts by myself to create a car that satisfies me in my own way. -
On 5/27/2025 at 1:35 AM, Rattlecan Dan said:
Very nice. Looks great!
On 5/27/2025 at 11:10 PM, Mike 1017 said:Most Excellent
On 5/28/2025 at 1:15 AM, Jim N said:Looks great! Really great work.
On 5/28/2025 at 2:51 AM, Horrorshow said:Real sharp, nice all around build.
Thanks everyone for the compliments!
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This car is Bobby Allison's Chevrolet Monte Carlo, which won 10 of the 31 races in the 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
This was the beginning of the “modern era” of NASCAR, when the number of races was reduced from the previous year's 48 to 31, all dirt tracks were eliminated, and the minimum race distance for oval tracks was set at 250 miles.
The base kit is AMT's “BOBBY ALLISON MONTE CARLO STOCK CAR,” which was re-released by ROUND2 LLC in 2017. The packaging design follows that of the original 1972 release, with all-new decals added.
This kit is not a 3-in-1 kit, but a kit that can be assembled only as a full display NASCAR race car. The body style is a good reproduction of the real car design, but the chassis and cockpit had to be modified in various ways.
1. Body
Looking at the photos of the actual cars that Bobby drove during the 1972 season, most of them looked like the 1971 model with the narrow radiator grille and the turn signal lamps in the bumper.
Therefore, I cut both ends of the radiator grille and filled the gap inside the headlamps with plastic plates.
The rear window was cut to fit the window opening of the body and fixed.
In addition, a vent hose and an overflow hose outlet were added on the left side of the rear of the body.2. Chassis
This kit does not reproduce the engine compartment pipe frame or front suspension.
Therefore, I created a front hoop with Evergreen rods and incorporated upper A-arms, twin shocks, and a radiator diverted from AMT's GEN4 nascar kit.
The engine is unmodified, but the exhaust pipes were replaced with plastic pipes.
The chin spoiler was made by myself with thin plastic plates, and the ride height was lowered a little.3. Cockpit
The roll cage of the kit was not very realistic, so I made a roll cage combining parts of AMT's GEN4 nascar kit and Evergreen rods.
The dashboard was similar, so I replaced it with a combination of plastic sheets and monogram meter panels.
The gauges are made from Powerslide decals.
The shifter was modified and installed from parts of an old JO-HAN kit.4. Wheels and Tires
The wheels are 5-hole type wheels found in a junk parts box, and the tires are PPP 1965-1969 Goodyear Tires.
5. Painting and Marking
The body was painted with Tamiya Super Surfacer (gray), Fine Surfacer (white), and TS-13 Clear, then sprayed with TS-49 Bright Red, TS-21 Gold, and overcoated with TS-13 Clear, then applied the kit decals.
Finally, after the decals were sufficiently dry, I sprayed a final coat of GSI Creos water-based topcoat premium.
As mentioned above, I made various modifications, but since I could find few images of the engine and cockpit of Bobby Allison's actual car, the images reproduced are only based on the specifications as a NASCAR race car in 1972.Note that the Coca-Cola glass bottle in the image was sold in 1981 by the former Tokyo Coca-Cola Bottling Company, established in 1956, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the company's founding.
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On 5/9/2025 at 12:20 AM, Jim N said:
Looks really nice. You did a great job!
Thanks,Jim N !
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On 2025/5/6 at 午前5時48分, Bainford said:
Great old stocker. Very nice work on this one. The Wood Bros livery looks great in any era. You have captured that old school vibe very well.
Thank you Trevor.
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15 hours ago, pulln4dejr said:
Looking good, I’m a sucker for the “Retro Schemes!”
Melvin Alan, I also like the Throwback paint scheme, so I try to look for Throwback paint decals when I build models after CoT.
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On 4/28/2025 at 7:06 AM, slusher said:
Beautifully done!
Thank you slusher for all your compliments.
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Thanks you the replies, James, Bob, Garner.
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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.
1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Bobby Allison's coke machine
in NASCAR
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Thank you for your high evaluation.
Thank you for your reply.
I will continue to strive to improve my craftsmanship.