Jeff Gordon Jurassic Park The Ride

[Dragonhawk1066]

Finished my version of Jeff Gordon's Jurassic Park The Ride 1997 Winston All Star car, my first NASCAR build in 25 years. Done in Tamiya TS-18 Metallic Red over Testors One Coat Graphite Dust. I know it's not the correct color, but I was inspired by a fellow builder's version done in close to the same color a couple of years ago.                                                                                                                                                                   I had a bit of bad luck with this one, starting with the old kit decals clouding due to the old adhesive. I bought another set of kit decals from Mike's that looked much better on the sheet. Those turned out to have the same adhesive yellowing, so I took the advice from a few members of a NASCAR modeling page on Facebook. After soaking the decals, I flipped them over on a paper towel, and with a q-tip, I swiped the adhesive off and that worked pretty good. Also, I tried to bend the windshield ever so slightly to better fit in the frame and promptly snapped it in half, so that will stay that way, lol. I also forgot a few details like the fuel filler cap and will catch them at a later time. Anyways, not my best work, but all things considered I'm pretty happy with it and it will look good in my display case whenever I finally get one.

Edited April 19, 2020 by Dragonhawk1066

[bbowser]

Outstanding for a 25 year hiatus!

[slusher]

Beautiful and impressive!

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[Jim N]

Looks good! Working with old kit decals would be quite a challenge.

[Mattilacken]

Nice build! Need to get me one of those. those valve covers are needed for a replica build of mine!