[1990 Daytona 500 winner]

2 hours ago, restoman said:

It was Cope's only win, wasn't it?

Nope, he won again that year at Dover on June 3rd 

[Cornelius]

... the 1998 Monte Carlo owned by Rick Hendrick and driven by Terry Labonte in the 1998 Winston All Star race ....... the "paint" scheme was a tribute to Cornelius, the Kellogg's Corn Flakes Rooster

... box stock Revell/Monogram kit, Testors enamel paints, Slixx decals

[1990 Daytona 500 winner]

.... the Purolator Lumina owned by Bob Whitcomb and driven by Derrike Cope ....... winner of the 1990 Daytona 500

... Revell/Monogram kit, MCW paints, JNJ decals

 

[Yellow Freight]

..... the 1999 Yellow Freight Monte Carlo driven by Mike Skinner ..... Revell kit, MCW paints, and Slixx decals

[Happy New Year/NASCAR Airbrush Question]

Joe, another thing you will need if you use Model Car World lacquers is a good quality acrylic lacquer thinner. You don't need it as a thinner, as MCW lacquers come pre-thinned and ready to shoot. But you will need to use it to clean your airbrush. Leon Tefft at Cobracolors suggested that I use PPG Duracryl DTL 876. I have used it for years with great results. You can get it at most auto paint stores. I can't stress enough the need to thoroughly clean your airbrush internals immediately after you finish spraying (and externals if necessary) to keep it working properly.

Multi colors and fades just take time and practice. And one of the biggest rules I had to learn is to be patient, don't rush a paint job. That K-Sentials paint job took 10 days to accomplish, giving the Testors enamels time to dry between maskings and sprayings. But the results can be well worth it.

A couple of things that a great airbrush friend of mine, John Pattison of Albuquerque, NM) taught me are:

1) when spraying multi colors, try to spray the lighter color first and the darker color last

Example ...... the Dunn & Reath funny car is actually two shades of blue (light on top and dark along the bottom and the faded stripe down the trunk, top, and hood) and all that was covered with a candy gold to turn the colors the green shades you see ......... light first, dark second, and oversprays last.

 

 

 

2) When spraying multi colors, try to start at one end of the car and work to the other. And be patient, these types of paint jobs can take days to accomplish.

      The Dunn & Reath dragster below, and the K-Sentials Nascar were both painted from the nose to the tail.

And here are a couple of examples of what John Pattison can do with an airbrush ........ he's truly a master

So pile in, have fun, and we'll be looking for some postings to show us your achievements.

 

John

[2009 Jimmie Johnson Coke 600 COT]

Beautiful build all the way around Wayne  ........ but when aren't your builds that way !

[Happy New Year/NASCAR Airbrush Question]

Unlike Mark, who can do fantastic paint jobs with acrylics, I have never been able to handle them. Plus I don't like cleaning my airbrush with water or alcohol ( I use a double action Paasche ). I stick to enamels and lacquers. That's where my experience is (and also my comfort level). I use Testors enamels quite a bit, and they can be mixed to make custom colors. For lacquers, I used to use Cobracolors but sadly they went out of business. Now I use Model Car World lacquers. They have a wide assortment of factory colors and a huge number of racing paint colors (especially Nascar colors). Their paints are PPG  and DuPont automotive paints which airbrush really well.

Here are a couple of examples.

Lacquer

Enamels

[Dale Sr. Wrangler]

Very nice build Neil

[geoff bodines levi garrett]

Another beautiful build sir ............ your work is amazing.

[derrick cope for bobby allison motorsports]

Very nice build sir ............ quite impressive 

[Kasey Kahnes 2017 Brickyard 400 Farmers SS]

Beautiful builds ....... all of them.

[1957 Junior Johnson Ford]

Gorgeous Mark ............. simply gorgeous ................... your workmanship is beyond measure 

[Jimmie Johnson Superman SS]

Wow ! That's a beautiful build and some unbelievable decal work. 

[ricky craven's dupont lumina]

Beautiful build sir ............. gorgeous work !

[bill elliott bud ford]

Another outstanding build ........... your work is amazing sir 

[The Grinch]

.... Since it's getting close to Christmas, here's "the Grinch" ................ the 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo owned by Rick Hendrick and driven by Terry Labonte

[dale earnhardt's wrangler mc]

Gorgeous work ................. simply outstanding !!

[terry labonte's texas jeans mc]

Outstanding, simply outstanding .................... what a marvelous build ................... I have gotten an '82 Monte Carlo resin nose to try to replicate the same car, but I haven't gotten up the nerve to try it .................. wouldn't look as good as yours anyway !!

[Texas Terry's Kellogg's Monte Carlo]

Hey Keith .......... Yep, 46 Labonte cars built ....... the oldest is his '81 Apache Stove Buick Regal and the Newest is the 2006 Iron Man tribute Monte Carlo ................ but, as I said, I still have a bunch to do .............. just can't seem to shake off this modeling slump that I'm stuck in

I double applied the red 5's on the doors on the '99 build shown above .......... the 5's on the Slixx sheet were a pale red for some reason and applying two brought out the correct color ......... it also allowed me to offset them just a hair which brought out the black outline ................. the difference in the 1/25th AMT hood shape as compared to the 1/24th Revell hood would indeed make the red outline decal almost useless ................ I masked and painted the red stripe on the '99's hood

Here are the oldest and newest cars in my Terry Labonte collection

The 1981 Apache Stove / Stratagraph Buick Regal that ran at the '81 Daytona 500

The 2006 Iron Man tribute Monte Carlo that sat in the Hendricks Motorsports Museum for a few months (it wasn't the 2005 that was run on the track)

[Texas Terry's Kellogg's Monte Carlo]

Very nice build !! I have never been a fan of AMT Monte Carlos, but you made that one look good.

Terry Labonte is my favorite NASCAR driver and I have built 46 of his cars (and have over 20 more to go) ........... the kit replicates the '95 Monte Carlo and the decals are for the '98/'99 Monte Carlo .............. you made them work together very well

 

Here's my version of the '99 Kelloggs Corn Flakes Monte Carlo

[Danica retires in 2018]

About time .......... she has never shown the ability to be a success in the Nascar arena 

[Dale Jr Nationwide car]

A very nice build Bruce .............. quite impressive !

[Sheldon Creed ARCA Chevy dirt track car]

Beautiful build Mark ....... another of your gorgeous replicas ........... great work sir !

[Jnr's Rookie Season M/C]

great looking build sir .............. very nicely done

[Ken Schraeder M/C]

Very nicely done sir ............. beautiful build