yellowsportwagon Posted March 14, 2017 Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) Tonys 72 Chevelle Amt 72 Chevelle kit modified MPC cage and underhood bars.Opened wheelwells flared them to match photo of car. Bandit resin flat hood spare parts seat.Cut fuel cell from Mpc Nascar chassis.PPP wheels and tires. Scratch built spoilers and overflows on qtr panels. Decals by Dave Van. Edited March 14, 2017 by yellowsportwagon
yellowsportwagon Posted March 14, 2017 Author Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) Some more pictures. Edited March 14, 2017 by yellowsportwagon
Vietnam Vet67 Posted March 14, 2017 Posted March 14, 2017 Being a NASCAR historian of sorts looked up Tony's history. In 1973 he ran 4 races with the #38 car, Talladega, Texas, Michigan, and Rockingham. However, in 1974 he ran 27 races, 25 using the #9 and two others with different numbers, all with Vita-fresh sponsorship. So that is the only history with the #38 car. It's amazing that a car that ran only 4 races in NASCAR would have a decal set made for it. Of course he could have run a bunch of races with that number in the ARCA series of which I can't find a record. Nice job.
MarkJ Posted March 14, 2017 Posted March 14, 2017 Beautiful build, Tim. Great work on the chassis and engine.
Dave Van Posted March 14, 2017 Posted March 14, 2017 Some great craftsmanship there.......your cage work looks super.
mikemopar70 Posted March 14, 2017 Posted March 14, 2017 Really nice Chevelle!!!I like those NASCAR years!
yellowsportwagon Posted March 15, 2017 Author Posted March 15, 2017 Dave I can't take much credit for the cage most of it is a MPC NASCAR out of my parts bin. I just added a couple of bars here and there. Thanks for the compliments guys.Tim
Bob Turner2 Posted March 15, 2017 Posted March 15, 2017 Being a NASCAR historian of sorts looked up Tony's history. In 1973 he ran 4 races with the #38 car, Talladega, Texas, Michigan, and Rockingham. However, in 1974 he ran 27 races, 25 using the #9 and two others with different numbers, all with Vita-fresh sponsorship. So that is the only history with the #38 car. It's amazing that a car that ran only 4 races in NASCAR would have a decal set made for it. Of course he could have run a bunch of races with that number in the ARCA series of which I can't find a record. Nice job. I can't find any record of Tony running any ARCA races. However, I do remember that in addition to NASCAR races, Tony also ran on the USAC stock car ciecuit, which in the 70s was still very popular, as popular as ARCA back then, if not more so.That's a great looking model!
JustJake Posted March 19, 2017 Posted March 19, 2017 YellowSporstsWagon, please tell how you got the flared lip on the wheel openings? sheet stryene?
yellowsportwagon Posted March 19, 2017 Author Posted March 19, 2017 YellowSporstsWagon, please tell how you got the flared lip on the wheel openings? sheet stryene? I just cut a long triangle strip of styrene and curve it to the shape of the wheel well I'm doing.Then glue it with the middle point of the triangle at the top of the wheel well. This gives the flare some slant to it. Then I rough up the area with 220 and putty with evercoat 2 part glazing putty. I never use any Tamiya or Squadron puttties. They always shrink.I bought this model used if you see the green putty on the deck lid it was removed and replaced with evercoat. Hope this helps.Tim
JustJake Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 Yes, I thank you, that will be very usefull and helpfull. Thank you YellowSportsWagon.
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