Lennie Pond Pepsi Chevelle - built 30 years ago

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Here's another one I built about 30 years ago. It is quite crude and innacurate, I realize, but it's held up ok and, to me, represents a fond moment in time. Cannonball Run kit, basically box stock, pretty sure those are Monogram wheels and tires. Haven't a clue who did the decals. They are starting to flake off, though I did find another unused set in the box, so I may restore.  I also used pinstripe tape for the front bumper. As I recall, the kit bumper stuck out too far and the actual race car seemed to have more of a "rub strip" than an actual bumper. Looking at it now just makes me laugh. And yes, yes that really is a piece of window screen wrapped in pinstripe tape for a window net. This was built in the day before the aftermarket was so...available, so I did the best I could with what I had.

Edited December 7, 2018 by AMC ROB

[bbowser]

Nice!  I always really liked this body style.  Did you do something to tone down the chrome rims, they look great!?

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11 minutes ago, bbowser said:

Nice!  I always really liked this body style.  Did you do something to tone down the chrome rims, they look great!?

Thanks,  I'd like to say "yes" I did something really cool and technical with the wheels, but no, the Monogram chrome trees in the 90's (like the Lumina) had more of a satin finish than shiny chrome that came with the 80s kits.

[afx]

Very nice Rob.

[Old Coyote]

Very pretty build sir ....... nicely done.

[iBorg]

It has held up quite well. AS for the screen, it looks pretty accurate for the nets that were being used at that time.

It captures the real car well.

 

[yellowsportwagon]

I think this build looks nice.

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Thanks all!

[Dragonhawk1066]

Cool, yes. Crude, no. Inaccurate, don't know, don't care. I love seeing "inaccurate", "what if" paint schemes on NASCAR builds.

[MarkJ]

Rob, looks like another fine build you have there. Hope you are planning on building some more.