MartyC Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 An old timer, but started out pretty young. Built my 1st model in 1955, a red '55 Buick I got for Christmas. Built some model planes and ships for a few years after that, then got back into cars again around 1963. Built a little bit of everything, then in '64 my 1st NASCAR stock car. From that point on 95% of my builds were NASCAR stockers. Back in those days there weren't many NASCAR kits, I had to convert a lot of stock kits into race cars. There weren't any non-kit decals available either, so about 85% of my cars were hand lettered. I lived in the Tampa Bay area at the time and worked as a professional photographer. In the late '70s I started photographing races for International Speedway Corp., who, at the time only owned Daytona and Talledega, but I shot all the races at both tracks, stock cars, sports cars, ever motorcycles. You would see my pictures in news papers, magazines, and the following years program, even though I didn't get credit for everything, credit was listed as "Staff Photographer" because there were quite a few of us and they didn't know who shot what. I always carried an extra camera to shoot pictures for myself, so I amassed quite a collection of reference photos. In 1983 I started helping a part-time NASCAR/ARCA driver, Bill Scott, with his car. I still built the occaisonal model. About 2 years later we were in the garage at Michigan, parked next to David Pearson's car, and I made friends with the crew. They invited me to work with them at races where they were racing and Bill wasn't. At one of those races I gave David a model of his car that I had built. A few races later I gave Bobby Hawkins, the owner of the team, a model of the car and the hauler. I continued to work with them when I could. In '85 I moved to South Caralina and went to work full time building the cars, went from building models to building the real thing. Needless to say, that kept me pretty busy and I got away from building models. When the racing thing ended, I moved back to Florida, I still had my house there. I worked "normal" jobs until I retired. Then, about 9 years ago I moved back to Ohio to take care of my ill mother. About 2 years ago my cousin got me back into building model cars and it's been down hill ever since 😉 Attaching pictures of some of the teams I've been with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyC Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 Here are some of the models I built in the old days. 85% are all hand lettered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Welcome Marty! That's an incredible collection of cars you've got there. I hope you enjoy the Forum. A Great bunch of Modelers, friendly, and always willing to Help with questions, and compliment your efforts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Welcome from down the street from ARCA headquarters. You might remember where that is. Temperance MI. Great collection of Models you have built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Welcome to the forum Marty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Welcome aboard Marty. Nice group of models and a Great story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Welcome, Marty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 were in Ohio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street Rod Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Welcome to the forum, Marty! Great looking models! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyC Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 11 hours ago, thatz4u said: were in Ohio? Steubenville, right along thr Ohio River. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyC Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Street Rod said: Welcome to the forum, Marty! Great looking models! Thanks, those are all old ones I built back in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyC Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 19 hours ago, 1930fordpickup said: Welcome from down the street from ARCA headquarters. You might remember where that is. Temperance MI. Great collection of Models you have built. Actually, I've never been to ARCA headquarters, I always got my licenses at Daytona in Feburary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Welcome to the forum Marty. That’s an impressive collection of NASCAR racers. Sounds like you had a fulfilling and exciting career. Cool stuff. Enjoy the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Nunes Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Welcome to the forum, Marty! Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Welcome Marty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyC Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 27 minutes ago, slusher said: Welcome Marty! Thanks, obviously another Steve Mqueen fan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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