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I'm not sure why you're seeing a red "X" Kevin, I'm seeing your avatar pic just fine.

Jim, try Jerry at Modeltruckin, he has some Movin On style stripes on his site. Here's a pic of them I found there. He does them in multiple colors, so you can get a set to match the Movin On truck.

COOL! I can't wait to see it!

That's right Chris, Roy is building a sort of modern day truck. He found the same site I did where I found these pics. The replica/rebuild does have air suspension, and if I remember correctly, it's actually a Pete setup. If I'm guessing right after seeing your junkyard B.J. & the Bear truck Roy, you wouldn't happen to be replicating this by chance?

By the headlights, I'd have to at least say it's an Audi, a concept car maybe?

Did you pay for that or did Nissan pay you!?!? In all seriousness, if it's even possible to be serious in a thread like this , what is that called? I passed one on the road a few days ago and by the time the shock wore off, I missed what it was called.

My avast blocked it too.

Maybe it's time for a fan or two in those garages!?!? Of course, us hillbillies have been known to come up with strange contraptions, too! Here's a couple I seen at a local car show, and the second one really makes you wonder his daily shine intake!!

Me too! I wonder how long it takes them to delete my post over there or ban me!?!?

Wow Dave, you having me wanting this more and more!! I can't wait for these to hit the shelves!

So this has dropped to the level where now you're calling drivers like Juan Pablo Montoya and Marcos Ambrose no talent hacks?

Happy birthday Ray!!! Here's a video I found on YouTube to go with the prayer Dennis posted, and it's loaded with KWs, too!

I'm glad you liked it and glad I could help. As a little side note, I had just taken some parts from a project that I put in Power Dissolver a few months ago I had forgotten about, the chrome from them practically dissolved in the Dawn, just a quick wash with some water and the parts looked like they were fresh from the mold and never chromed. EDIT: Here's a pic of those forgotten parts, the only cleanup was a quick wash off. Oh, and the engine block also had Tamiya Clear Red painted over the chrome as well! Both disappeared!

Ok, I see what you meant now, I misunderstood.

That would be my advise too, Chris. Since it appears to me the decals in your pic from his site look identical to the 1:1 reference pic you posted, I'd take a wild guess and say Jerry may have based the examples from that pic, too. If not, I'm sure you could probably email him the pic or send him a PM here (he posts using the screenname "phoneguy") with your pic and he'd get you going in the right direction.

That was not a mistake, Mark. Bill Elliott set the fastest time ever in NASCAR. This is an part of the Wikipedia entry on Bill. "However, Elliott's most lasting accomplishment that year was setting two NASCAR qualifying records, which stand to this day. At Daytona, he set the NASCAR speed record with an average speed of 210.364 miles per hour (338.548 km/h). He broke his own record at Talladega with an average speed of 212.809 miles per hour (342.483 km/h); the previous record he set in 1986 was 209.383 miles per hour (336.969 km/h).[7] In both races, he used a Ford Thunderbird which contained an engine built by his brother Ernie. However, at Talladega, Bobby Allison was spun and went airborne into the catch fence, tearing a large section away and injuring several fans. After this incident, NASCAR mandated the use of restrictor plates at Daytona and Talladega. As a result, Elliott's speed records will likely never be broken. In 1988 Elliott won another six races, including the Southern 500 and the Pepsi Firecracker 400, six poles, and his only Winston Cup Championship."

Yes, the multicar teams DO have more sponsor money, but if some of the "start and park" teams would at least try, maybe a sponsor would want to be on their car, too? The sponsors are businesses, and they want the bigger piece of the pie by having their name on TV, if even for a few seconds at a time, and the announcer saying "Joe Shmoe just parked the XYZ Company Chevy at lap 5" is nothing any company would want associated with their name.

Nice job Dennis! I do have a suggestion and a couple questions, though. The suggestion is maybe a black wash on the hood and grille emblems so the lettering stands out better. Since I'm normally not good at washes, I never seem to make them thin enough or make them too thin, I usually paint the deep areas and wipe any paint off the raised lettering with a paper towel while the paint is still wet. Also, are the headlights clear in the kit? I haven't opened my yet, but they seem too white to me. If they are clear and not plated, what type of glue did you use for them? Oh, by the way, where did you get the "rookie bars" or did you make them yourself? I need a few!

Thanks, Ken. I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates "start and park" teams! I would say Harry has a nice idea, but I think something else that could be added is that if you park the car for reasons other than mechanical failure or crash damage too severe to allow the car to continue, the team can be penalized. If you choose to "start and park" before the minimum lap requirement, which could be just like the rule for rain shortened races of more than half the scheduled distance, you don't get the payout for your position and don't bother showing up for qualifying the next race or two. The only two execptions, like I said, would be major crash damage or mechanical failure that can't be readily fixed, like a blown engine. That would prevent the "start and parks" from saying "I left the lights on last night, we only have enough battery power to start the race." I'm sure these teams aren't going to purposely wreck the car or blow an engine just to follow the rule, and who knows, they may get more than last place money!

James, I disagree with you on the one car teams, every other form of motorsports I watch has multicar teams, so why shouldn't NASCAR? Formula 1 is nothing but multicar teams, each team in the garage HAS to field TWO cars. Indy Racing also has multicar teams, Penske Racing and Andretti are just a couple quickies off the top of my head who field three or four cars each, and in NHRA you have John Force Racing who fields at least three and I think has four cars in his team, but I don't see anyone complaining these racing series need team limits. As it is per NASCAR rules, any team cannot have more than four cars per team. I also notice most of the multicar teams mentioned everyone seems to bring up are Hendrick Motorsports cars, specifically the 24 and 48 teams. Does anyone realize those cars are also owned by Jeff Gordon? Yes, they are Hendrick cars, but Jeff Gordon owns part of the 24 car he drives as well as Jimmie Johnson's Lowes car. If you don't believe me, look at even a cheap Walmart diecast and read the licensing info on the package, the 24 and 48 licensing is copyright of BOTH Hendrick Motorsports AND JG Motorsports, and the same is true for at least Dale Jr.'s 88 and I believe Mark Martin's 5 car, those cars are both Dale Jr.'s and copyright of JR Motorsports. As for the "poorer" teams, even they have the advantage of big teams, most of those teams buy at least engines and sometimes whole cars from teams like Hendrick or RCR in the case of Chevies, it's just what those teams do with those cars that disgusts me, and also where I agree with you. I agree with you that the less fortunate teams are the heart and soul of what NASCAR was even in the early and mid 80s, guys that barely have enough money for the car and tires going out and racing. The part nowadays that disgusts me is NASCAR allows these, for lack of a better word for the way I really feel that I can't use here, "wimps" to qualify for the race and within the first five laps they park the car! I see it this way, if you qualify for the race, you should do your best to FINISH the race! If you are going to walk off with even the purse for finishing 43rd, you should at least EARN IT! I don't remember any of the men who made the sport what it is quitting in their leaner days, they stayed and fought for every penny they won. If these less fortunate teams would try a little harder, maybe they could build a better team!

Just a little!?!?!

I'll work for kits!!

Nice job Willie. Is it just my eyes or the fit of the kit, or did you replicate a body lift on this too? By the way, any chance of a post of it's big brother?