Merkur XR4Ti

For years the only footage of JD's crash was slo-mo from the ESPN broadcast, but on youtube you can see the raw feed and there's a brief clip of the car hitting the barrier at full speed and it's shocking how violent the crash was. JD was killed instantly. The real miracle may be that Jimmy Means wasn't seriously hurt in that wreck.

This is awesome, build and enjoy. Striving for perfection leads to unhappiness.

Built box stock from the reissued Revell kit. Growing up in RI, this was everyone’s realistic dream ride (no one I knew could afford a Buick Grand National). I know people generally prefer black paint on these but I always saw more white ones on the road. I painted the interior in an off-burgundy to match the velour “mouse-fur” interior these things had. When I find some tire letter decals I’ll add those too. I used the TPI engine option as that made for a quicker car. The roads were lousy with G-bodies back in the 80s.

I am very sad to be losing SA. I looked forward to the issues and still reference them to this day when building a project.

I picked up a resin Camaro body from Mike's for Bubba's Warthog car. Just have to get the decals from Patto's.

Thanks for posting that! I had no idea! It must have been for another owner, I wonder what the deal was.

Just off the workbench: Bubba Wallace’s Cup debut Ford, run in 2017 for RPM. Bubba was tapped to fill in for several races when Almirola got injured. Bubba ran the car with Aric’s name on it, but ran it with rookie stripes and a Petty Blue spoiler (Aric’s spoiler was black.) Fusion glue kit, Ace decals, and Tamiya TS-23 Light blue. The dark blue on the front is decal and works very well. As a Bubba fan I’m thrilled to add this model to my display case.

From my searching he never ran in a Mopar under his own race team. He started out in Chevies and then switched to Fords. He bought his equipment second-hand most of the time and presumably grabbed what he could. There are listed the odd starts for other teams in a Plymouth (3 starts for GC Spencer racing over three years) but he never used Mopars on his own team.

NASCAR’s first Black driver, Wendell Scott prepared his own cars and often had to make do with second-hand equipment, but his tenacity and driving skills were unmatched. I'd been wanting to build this for a long time. I used the AMT kit (the latest reissue contained the rollcage and exhaust I needed) and PPP wheels and tires. Shaved off some of the trim, added a fuel outflow pipe in the rear and cut a new gas lid into the side. I also added a sun shade with tape as some of my reference pictures showed Wendell running with one. I used Ace decals' excellent Wendell Scott sheet for the graphics.

Fusion glue kit with Lobographix and other assorted decals.In retrospect I should have used the snap kit as the snapper represents the 2013-2015 cars and the glue the later cars, but it's not a huge deal.

Ran one race in 1997, the very first Tabasco scheme. Built from the special edition Revell kit; used the kit decals and didn't have too much trouble at all, surprisingly. Paint is Tamiya TS-49 Bright Red and TS-26 Pure White.

Salvino's JR has said they would like to investigate getting the former Revell molds for the Gen 6 cars and to make kits of the current Camaros and Mustangs in Cup.

These were done on a laser printer. One sheet of white underlays and one sheet of color.

Just finished a special project. I commissioned Samuel Lopez of 3 Amigos for the graphics, and Mark of MPR decals for the printing. This model involved people in Maine, Mexico, and New Jersey. This is the Tabasco Green Sauce car run by Todd Bodine at Atlanta in 1998. Todd started on the outside pole and finished 10th that day, by far the best result for the Tabasco team that year. These decals have never been available before. This is on a pro-finish chassis as the body is slightly more accurate.

The instructions would have you attached the centers of the wheels to the rims from the outside, when it’s obvious they are supposed to go inside. I saw that video you reference, and I noticed at once he had built the wheels incorrectly. He also left out the radiator support but as noted above I found a way to use it.

I didn’t make any modifications to the wheels. The kit directions are incorrect so I assembled them correctly, but I didn’t sand or trim anything. The rims were painted Silver leaf, the inner ridges were painted aluminum, and I detailed the lug nuts with a Molotow chrome pen.

I got this question on the MCM FB page so I thought I'd share it here. The question was regarding the front radiator support and if I installed it, given the fit issues with the grille: Yes I installed it, but not the way the directions say. I installed the radiator in it's proper location, then attached the support to the grille, and nothing else. I pushed the support as far onto the grille as possible, then slid the grille in. The assembly fits this way. The support is not attached to the radiator.

1961 Pontiac Catalina, from the Moebius kit. I wrapped this around a tri tone interior. Paint is Pontiac Cherrywood Bronze over Pontiac Mayan Gold, both from Scale finishes and topped with Testor's Clear Lacquer. I used the 8 lug wheels. I utilized some of Mr. Obsessive's tips to make the glass fit better. I also re-engineered around the front to get the grille to fit correctly. This is an interesting kit, it's incredibly detailed in some places and in others the design decisions are...unexpected.

Box stock, Testor's dark green metallic lacquer. I really like this kit, went together like a dream.

You have to do some filling for the tail piece. One suggestion I saw was to take parts of the original Monogram kit nose (still included in the Salvino's kit) and use that to fill in the gap in the tail piece as the curve is similar.

The rear glass on mine fit perfectly and is one of the finest engineered model parts I've seen in a very long while. It also looks accurate to me; it's correctly larger than the glass on the MC Aerocoupe. I was very impressed with it.

Built from the new Salvino's kit with Powerslide decals.

MPR decals, Testor's and Tamiya paints, Revell snap kit.

Courtesy of Ron Bouchard. I put Punchy on the decklid even though that's not 100% accurate because I liked the graphic.