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I'm looking for some freeware to alter digital photos. I'd like to take a photo of a body, then try different top chops, sections, etc. to see how they look before commiting knife/saw to plastic. Nothing fancy as I'm not an artist by any means! Any comments welcome as I've googled and come up with an amazing/bewildering assortment of stuff. Thanks in advance.

'55 or '56 Oldsmobile 88 or 98. My grandpa's car, I loved it. Two tone green/white.

Pics aren't the best, I forgot to set the camera to macro. I believe this was 1991, 2 years after he won the championship. He left Raymond Beadle to join up with Penske Racing, bringing the Miller sponsorship with him. Coincidentally, he drove his very first cup race for Roger in 1980, finishing 2nd at Atlanta.

Was this the team car for the #55 that Phil Parsons drove, including a win a Talledega?

Very clean. Love those old land yachts. And what's the matter with dog dishes?

Met Buddy once at the local short track. The gentle giant until he was in a racecar. Nice clean job on the car.

Excellent job on the black. Very nice car. Labonte drove for a lot of different folks, didn't he?

The paint is florescent red. It only comes as flat, you need to clear coat. I don't recall where the decals came from, I built this 20 yrs ago. A Google search should turn up something.

Thanks Coyote, I really like your builds on here as well. Love to do the lesser known cars.

Sure it was a fluke, Earnhardt has a flat on the last lap and Derrick Cope wins the big race. But he was there all day and was in position when fate intervened. Cope was driving for New Hampshire businessman Bob Whitcomb, who purchased the remains of the old Di-Gard team in 1988.

Very nice build. Always been a fan of Terry Labonte.

Very nice job. It appears your Polar Lights kit went together better than my Dodge Charger did. I struggled with nearly every part getting them to fit!

Inspired by the TV commercials of Tony Stewart on a household construction mission. The hardest part was opening the trunklid. The ladder, lumber, and pipes are made from Plastruct parts. I really enjoyed this change of pace from the same old Monogram stocker.

Excellent clean builds! I like that you go for the 'lesser known' names, not the same old #3, 24, etc.

Thanks for the correction, moparfarmer. I'm reminded every day that I don't know as much as I thought (a good thing)!

From the days when there were more than 3 manufacturers trying to win on Sunday - sell on Monday. The car that had the misfortune of leading to restrictor plates after the trip through the fence (almost) at Talledega. I always liked the Buicks and Oldmobiles better than the Monte Carlos for some reason.

I've had fairly good luck with the Micro 'Superfilm". What I've found is to apply it to the decal you wish to save, let it dry 5 mins then apply as a normal decal. If I wait too long it's like I didn't apply it at all. Very good idea to make copies ahead of time!

Monogram Ford, I don't remember where I got the decals, Shabo tire transfers. Built back in the '90's, the decals have started to yellow. I was a big fan, him being an underdog. And the 'Polish Victory Lap', always admired his pride in his heritage. Thanks for looking.

Way cool, daddy-o. Is that a factory engine color?

Very nice. I'm also partial to the 'finned' era of the '50's. To the days when you could tell the make, model, year of the cars on the road at night just by the taillights!

One of Neil Bonnett's earlier rides, the 'squarebird' from the Monogram kit. Tim Richmond, taken too young. Davey Allison, who knows how far he would have gone? Rest in peace.

Thanks ffreak. I built this one several years ago and yes, the decals were a bear. I'd seen the video on youtube but hadn't seen these pictures of the remains. Just incredible!

Remember Mikey's horrific crash at Bristol? Search YouTube. I remember them interviewing him in a golf cart on pit road heading to the infield care center and him saying "we might get back out there to run some laps if the car isn't too bad". He obviously hadn't seen the replay! I've never seen a car destroyed like that before or since, and I watch nearly every race that's televised. Someone was watching over him that day.

Love it, a 6-door! Can anyone else picture a mid-engined sleeper with big-n-littles? Get creative, these are what our grandkids will be driving, and they will make their own memories just as we did in our '64 Falcons or '75 Vegas while we were dreaming of SS Chevelles and hemi Roadrunners!

Very nice job on all four. I especially like the Army car. Kulwicki was a favorite, bein' an underdog an' all.