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Working on prepping and body for another Championship car. Starting with a Dale Earnhardt Goodwrench Lumina kit. Purchased Powerslide decals. Working on front fenders alittle. From what I can tell in pictures it appears that the fenders should flow into the bumper cover better than the kit has molded. Slung alittle Tamiya Putty and sanded and primed.
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Petty RR
jjsipes replied to George Bojaciuk's topic in Stock Cars (NASCAR, Super Stock, Late Model, etc.)
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Finally finished. Had issues with this along the way. Tamiya Italian Red, Testors White, Tamiya Clear. Powerslide decals. The decals wouldn't stick, had issues with the pinstripe decals not laying down around the the top of the nose. Thought I would try the Pledge (Future) Gloss Clear to see if that would seal the decals. First time using it. Sides look great but the hood, roof and decklid didn't layout correctly. Windshield didn't want to fit , got another one and that was almost to small for the opening. Calling this done. Not fully happy with it.
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Had issues with he decals not sticking, not sure why. I thought I would try using Pledge as a clearcoat to seal decals. First time using it. Not 100% sold on it. Sides look great but the top surfaces, (truck lid, roof and hood) didn't go so good. Ypu can see in last picture of the hood that it didn't lay out smooth. Not sure if it was me or what. Going to finish it up and call it done later today.
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I have a model that the decals don't want to stick to well. Do you think that a coat of Future would help? They seem to lay down and seem alright but some of them a day later doesn't seem to have any glue on them. I go back and apply some MicroSet and they appear to lay back down. What Future do you guys use?
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Looks amazing. Great job. Love these Moebius kits
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Wow love these old Mopars. Looks amazing
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Hope they got the grilles straightened out. I remember back in the late 80's early 90's when they first brought this and the Talladega out, that they had the wrong grille in the 2nd run of the Torino. They had the Talladega grille which was to small for the Torino opening. I had a couple that never got built because of the wrong grille.
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1965 Jim Paschal Chevy
jjsipes replied to MarkJ's topic in Stock Cars (NASCAR, Super Stock, Late Model, etc.)
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If I remember correctly, (I was only around 12 then) Hoosier was trying to get into the sport and alot of the times had a better tire but Goodyear with it's long standing with Nascar prevailed. Nascar finally required tire manufacturers to have enough tires at the track for all teams and Hoosier Hoosier couldn't compete at that level. I some teams ran and some didn't. I like when you see a car with Goodyear on the front fender but the car ran Hoosier during the race. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Weather was good the past couple of days so, I decided to get another another championship car started. I noticed that in 85 it appears the cars didn't have the lower valance on the nose so, I trimmed that off. Primed, painted and cleared. Tires have been decaled and dull coated. Will be using Powerslide decals.