1981 Monogram Benny Parsons "Squarebird"

[Iraceitall]

My first completed model in almost 30 years! Monogram kit built box stock save for swapping to the 10-hole wheels. Decals were yellowed and not great, so I may redo them, but for now I'm just thrilled to finish a build! 

[bobss396]

I like it, those combo kits were excellent to build.

[MarkJ]

Joe, after 30 years you haven't lost your touch. Super nice build to get back in the game with, so to speak. I've heard putting yellowed decals in a sunny windowsill for a couple of days will bring them back to life, but I have never tried it myself.

[Iraceitall]

Thanks! I've got a couple UV lights I used when I would whiten old Tonka parts, I'm going to give that a shot. Oddly enough, of all the models I used to build, this is my first completed NASCAR kit. I mainly built muscle cars and lots of slammed AMT Chevy C1500s way back when.

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[Volzfan59]

Beautiful, great work.

[Iraceitall]

Thank you! 

[slusher]

Excellent!

[Iraceitall]

Thank you!

[ncbuckeye67]

Very nice! I love the old NASCAR days, when they were real cars. It was a big part of the sport, seeing the different manufacturers competing against one another.

[ChrisR]

Great build!

[Street Rod]

Great looking model! Your skills didn’t get rusty in the last 30 years!

[Iraceitall]

Thank you! 

[Rattlecan Dan]

It's a really nice-looking build. Hope you get your yellowing decal problem resolved, because it's a great looking car. Nice job.

[Iraceitall]

Thank you, I really appreciate it.  The UV light helped out some, it's not perfect but it's better. A good start to things anyway. 

[Jim N]

Great work.  I remember fondly how understated the paint schemes were back in the day.

[bobss396]

The shocks, front and rear, were always a struggle for me to get them in and to stay in. Nice work. I came up with another way for the rears and only recently started pinning the top of the fronts to the cage tubing. 

[Iraceitall]

2 hours ago, bobss396 said:

The shocks, front and rear, were always a struggle for me to get them in and to stay in. Nice work. I came up with another way for the rears and only recently started pinning the top of the fronts to the cage tubing. 

I used the 3 C's method: CA, 'clerator, and cussing lol!

[gami8630]

It's a great build that I don't think I've seen in 30 years.