Horrorshow Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Started with the AMT 1968 Roadrunner kit. Plastic Performance wheels, tires and roll cage. Styrene headlight and taillight covers. Powerslide decals. I had some issues getting the roll cage to fit and the window trim is so small I was unable to BMF them. I saw this paint scheme watching a YouTube video of the 1968 Firecracker 400. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model Guy Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street Rod Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Looks good! Clean paint and decal work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Excellent job, Jack. Paint, decals, cleanliness of work are all top of the chart on this one. You should be proud of your efforts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobss396 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Super job! I never saw that color combo before. There were a lot of one-off cars even back then. A later Road Runner he had was the one with the peeling vinyl top and the advent of 200 MPH tape. The team was so disgusted with Plymouth by them and jumped ship to Ford for the '69 season. As Petty Blue was trademarked, Ford had to come up with a new color for them to use, Grabber Blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sflam123 Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 16 hours ago, bobss396 said: Super job! I never saw that color combo before. There were a lot of one-off cars even back then. A later Road Runner he had was the one with the peeling vinyl top and the advent of 200 MPH tape. The Petty Road Runner with the black vinyl top was used in the 1968 Daytona 500. There is quite a bit of disagreement on whether it really was a "vinyl" covering. One story is that the top was embossed metal and painted black to disguise that it had been acid dipped to significantly reduce it's thickness and the embossing was done to improve airflow to compete with the Dodge Chargers, Ford Torinos and Mercury Cyclones. Not sure how much truth there is in the story, but it was discussed on a NASCAR forum some time back. HorrorSHow, GREAT job on the model. Fantastic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobss396 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 I believe it was vinyl. Some said the pebbled texture was an aerodynamic advantage. BUT... team Petty would at times do something to distract people from looking at other things on their cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncbuckeye67 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Wow, that's beautiful! I love when NASCAR used real cars! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobss396 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 44 minutes ago, ncbuckeye67 said: Wow, that's beautiful! I love when NASCAR used real cars! That was it. Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. The series did have an impact on car sales. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gks1964 Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Turned out really nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncbuckeye67 Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 On 11/9/2023 at 8:31 AM, bobss396 said: That was it. Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. The series did have an impact on car sales. It most certainly did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Did a really nice job! Very nice-looking build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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