Aric's Smithfield Ford Fusion

[martinfan5]

Here we have Aric's Smithfield Ford Fusion for the 2018 year, decals are from Stoney, and me, you see, I pulled a rookie move and did not put enough of a clear coat on to protect the decals from masking , so I ended up ruining the roof number and part of the Smithfield, so I was able to print them myself and do a patch job. It needed another clear coat but I was done that point.

Lowered the ride height, added the splitter, added one of the mixing roll bars, added some window bracing, tire decals from Powerslide. Made a low downforce spoiler.

[bigryan18]

Cool build

[restoman]

Very nice!

[jchrisf]

Looks great!  I am new here and really to modeling (built a few as a kid 30 years ago).  I recently found and subscribed to your YT channel so I'll have to see if you have this one on there.  I'm learning a lot from you all who have great YT channels.  I just purchased two 2017 Danika Patrick nascar kits off amazon for a great price and plan on getting different decals since I don't like the look of her car.. must be why it is less expensive than the others.

[donb]

Sure looks good. Nice work. 

[bbowser]

Another beauty Jonathan.  You really crank these out!  I too, have been watching your YT channel, great stuff.

[Silver Foxx]

Great looking build , real nice decal work .

[Jim N]

Looks really nice! 

[martinfan5]

Thank you gentlemen

[martinfan5]

On 5/4/2018 at 3:16 PM, jchrisf said:

Looks great!  I am new here and really to modeling (built a few as a kid 30 years ago).  I recently found and subscribed to your YT channel so I'll have to see if you have this one on there.  I'm learning a lot from you all who have great YT channels.  I just purchased two 2017 Danika Patrick nascar kits off amazon for a great price and plan on getting different decals since I don't like the look of her car.. must be why it is less expensive than the others.

Thank you for subscribing to the YT channel, I hope I can offer some content that might be helpful to you,   I did put this is one there but just after it was completed , its really the same thing you are seeing here.   But I am thinking about starting a building the new NASCAR kits video and go over some of the things that I do to make it them better. 

There are a few decal sheets for the 16-18 Fusion kit( the Danica kit can be used for those years)  , there are more, but those decals I think are better suited for builders that have some more experience, not saying you cant, but they are very easy to mess up and they are not cheap , so here you go here, you and do a search for Ford Fusion you will find the decals for this kit.

https://www.mikesdecals.com/

 

 

[jchrisf]

57 minutes ago, martinfan5 said:

Thank you for subscribing to the YT channel, I hope I can offer some content that might be helpful to you,   I did put this is one there but just after it was completed , its really the same thing you are seeing here.   But I am thinking about starting a building the new NASCAR kits video and go over some of the things that I do to make it them better. 

There are a few decal sheets for the 16-18 Fusion kit( the Danica kit can be used for those years)  , there are more, but those decals I think are better suited for builders that have some more experience, not saying you cant, but they are very easy to mess up and they are not cheap , so here you go here, you and do a search for Ford Fusion you will find the decals for this kit.

https://www.mikesdecals.com/

 

 

I hope you do put up a how to series on building the nascar kits.  That would be awesome!  I am about to complete my first build.. it is the Fireball Roberts 57 Ford Nascar.  Putting on decals are the most enjoyable part of modeling to me for some reason.  This kit had really nice decals that went on without any problems.  

[Matt T.]

Nice build. I really like this livery. 

Snap kit tires?