1320wayne

Very nice, clean looking build.

Here is a small update on progress with this one. I was able to get all of the windows cut out, added some slight wedge to the body sides and a new, lower valance panel to the front, along with a pro stock style spoiler in the rear.

Thanks. I brought the body with me on the road with some basic supplies and have doing a little work on it during my down time. I will be home this weekend and should have something to update then.

The actual Pro Stock class came to be in 1970. Anything prior to that was the equivalent of a Super Stock/Sportsman style class of car and most cars from that era were stock chassied or mildly enhanced from stock. To the best of my non technical data and opinions from being present at the track during this prime time of pro stock (the 70's) I believe that it was mid 70's time that drivers started to advance their race car designs with partially tubed chassis cars to eventually full tubed chassis cars. I have plenty of research material on two such cars, Grumpys Monza and Carltons Mopar Missle that shows front tubed chassis. Once you get into the late 70's into the early 80's your chassis reference is going to pretty much resemble what you would find in the early 80's Monogram pro stock kits to some degree. Again, I'm sure that others here can chime in with much more technical, accurate data than what I can provide. One of the best forms of research is to get your hands on any NHRA rulebooks from the eras that you are looking for.

Rob, this one's easy. It's black. Black models get lost on a contest table and are often times overlooked. That's my take on it.

Something new to give you guys a tease with. I still have quite a bit of work to go on the 63 Vette project but I had to show this in it's early stages. This started out as a vacuum formed styrene body that I picked up from Joe Cardoza at JDS Racing. When I got the body I added a thin layer of resin to help firm up the body for this project. What happened next was that the resin shell actually popped out of the styrene body as if it were a mold. So, I added a little bit more resin and this is what I ended up with. The final build will be a full detail, blown engine pro mod. The hood scoop is sitting on the body merely for effect. What will be sticking out of the hood will be the Mike Janis style 3 port blower hat that I am working on. I already have the paint scheme worked out and the decals all printed but disclosing that will have to wait until later in the build as the paint work will be close to last. I will update as often as my job will allow. Thanks for looking.

All of the info. given here is all good but the bottom line is whatever changes you make to the body that makes you happy. This is simply my opinion but I don't ever get worked up too much with actual 1:1 measurements as a guideline. A lot of eyeball engineering and trial and error to get the desired results. Here are a few shots of bodies that I have created and you should be able to see where most of the cuts and added styrene has been added. It will give you a basic idea of how much work may be involved in achieving what you are looking for. Now, even though I don't think that actual measurements are all that critical reference material is invaluable. Most of what I created came by way of using every bit of real car ref. material as possible. For example, in the case of the 69 Daytona I used every bit of research available from Vanishing Point race cars website when it was up and running. That was over 100 detailed photos of how the real car was done. I hope this helps in some way.

Hey Matt, sorry to hear about the back issues knocking you back out of the truck. I was really hoping to run into you (not literally) out on the road as I have moved back to my original OTR account and have spent the better part of the past 2 1/2 weeks in and around the Penn., Ohio, Indiana area. I even spent an overnight at the Springfield term. getting more maint. done on the Pete. I'm actually online right now at the TA in Seymour, IN on 65. I hope you get to feeling better soon and maybe, just maybe your trucking career will be able to continue. With the condition of so many highway roads today that may be a tall order though. Even a good healthy back can take a lot of abuse being out here day after day.

As usual Chuck, stellar work.

Looking good, as usual Tyrone.

Yeah Matt, I'm thankful that I have an APU.............when it works! So far, since I've had this Pete, the APU keeps trying to kill batteries, and I've had it in the shop three times now with no success at getting the problem fixed. New alt., new wiring and I still can't run the unit all night long without waking up to a dead truck. I also have to unplug my fridge once I'm parked because of the draw that those things pull. With the combination of both issues it becomes a bit of a challenge to stay comfortable without killing the power to the truck. It's also funny that you mention Pete power ports melting things. I have one that has already melted my first fridge and a portable inverter plug in. I can't plug anything into that one port now. All the others work fine. That and the A/C blower works when it wants to. I've tried to get that fixed as well but wouldn't you know it, every time I'm in a shop for something and I can get someone to look at the problem the thing is working so they say they can't fix what isn't broke.

Nice progress by so many. I'm home for a couple of days so maybe I can get something done.

Haven't bought anything from them for a while now but the last times that I did it was perfect, timely service with no issues.

Hey Matthew, it's good to see that you're finally back at it. So your taking a Cascadia to drive and get your Volvo. Quite a combination. I've never driven a Volvo. Are they any good? I trained in two Cascadias and would have been happy with one if that's what I had been assigned to. I ended up with a Pete 387. Like the looks and the way it handles on the road but the steering radius is terrible, the interior has no amenities and mine only has an 8 speed, which hates heavy loads. Here she is dirty, after I got it in Phoenix and drove through a dust storm in New Mexico. And how she looks after getting home for the first time and getting a good wash. It's been two months since the wash so she's not so clean any more. Hope everything works out well for you. Still trying to figure out how to set up a model workshop in the sleeper.

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Nice build Daryl. It's good to see you building again.

Another superb build Tyrone. Can't wait to see the next one.

very nice build of a seldom seen car. One comment to make is that Slixx never did decals for that car. Those are most likely PDP decals as I have the same set to use one day. Very nice decals regardless.

Another great looking build Roger.

Jeremy, I currently don't have any up close pics. of the rear slicks and I am out of town on business but here is what I can tell you. I originally was going to use the So Real/Pegasus slicks but the useable space inside this narrow body wouldn't allow it so I switched to a pair of slimmer, pre printed Action diecast slicks off a 1/24/25th diecast top fuel or funny car. I simply sanded down the tread area and that's it.

Very nice work. Nice paint and detail work.

Back to work on this one yet again. Maybe.........maybe.........maybe.........I can stay focused on this build now long enough to get it finished once and for all. What little bit I've gotten done since putting this one back on the bench is to get started on the front suspension. The rough-in work is done for the passenger side and is all attached. Now I just have to go back through and do the detail painting and assemble the brake rotor, caliper and brake lines. Progress will still be slow as driving a truck over the road doesn't give much benchtime available. But, at least this ones back on the bench and staying there and updates will be periodic until finished.

Looks good Tyrone. Your making these scratchbuilt chassis look effortless.

Great looking progress Roger. I have a set of these decals from Chuck when he did his first issue which included the text as part of the side panels. Once the Demon reissue comes out I will finally get started on mine.

Two of the most notable movie directors are avid model builders. Ron Howard and Steven Speilberg. I saw a story that mentioned that some of the models displayed in the young boys bedroom in the movie Super 8 were built by Speilberg himself.