My first NASCAR build-Sterling Marlin's #14 Tennessee Vols, Monte Carlo

[Safire6]

I was inspired by Volzfan59's build of this car. (Thanks Steve!) I built it as a gift to my wife who is an avid Tennessee Volunteers fan. I used the Monogram #85-2476 Jeff Gordon kit and the decals from 3 Amigos as Volzfan59 did. Seems to me that the 3 Amigos decals were a tiny bit too large for this Monogram kit as I had to trim down the checkerboard decals along the rocker panels to allow the other decals to fit. (Or maybe it was just me, not used to dealing with this many decals on a car!) And there was no way the "1998 National Champions" lettering on the hood decal would fit correctly without interfering with the hood pins, so I trimmed that part off. Anyway it was a bit of a challenge for me to do a NASCAR build with a rollcage that complex. I wished the orange decals on the hood and trunk better matched the actual Volunteers orange though. I used Tamiya TS-56 brilliant orange which I think pretty closely matches the Vols color. I just noticed that I still need to paint the gas cap! All comments welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 19, 2024 by Safire6

[Bruce Scully]

A lot of nice work in this build , looks great .

[Volzfan59]

Heck yes, I love it! Really like it sitting beside the "smokey gray" helmet. Has she seen the new smokey gray uniform for this year?

 

GO BIG ORANGE!!!!!!

Edited August 19, 2024 by Volzfan59

[bbowser]

Nicely done!  Sterling was a class act.

[Zippi]

Great looking build Steve.  

[ncbuckeye67]

That looks amazing! I can't believe that's your first NASCAR build. Now I'm inspired to try my hand at one of the several in my stash.

Edited August 20, 2024 by ncbuckeye67

[shoopdog]

Very well done. Sterling was always one of my favorite drivers.

[TransAmMike]

Great job Steve.   My family and I have  had several personal interactions with Sterling....yep, great guy!!

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[Coyote_6]

Nice paint.  Really nice build!

Steve

[ChrisR]

Looks great.

[Jim N]

Great work!  Sterling was my favorite driver back in the day.

[Safire6]

On 8/19/2024 at 7:30 PM, Volzfan59 said:

Heck yes, I love it! Really like it sitting beside the "smokey gray" helmet. Has she seen the new smokey gray uniform for this year?

 

GO BIG ORANGE!!!!!!

Thanks Steve! No, she has not seen the new smokey gray uniforms yet, I don't think. I will mention it to her and I'm sure she'll google it! (I bought her the smokey gray helmet a few years ago from the campus Vols shop. It's my favorite helmet design.)

[Safire6]

On 8/19/2024 at 6:35 PM, Bruce Scully said:

A lot of nice work in this build , looks great .

Thanks Bruce!

 

On 8/19/2024 at 7:45 PM, bbowser said:

Nicely done!  Sterling was a class act.

Thanks Bruce!

 

On 8/20/2024 at 8:26 AM, Zippi said:

Great looking build Steve.  

Thanks Bob!

On 8/20/2024 at 10:23 AM, ncbuckeye67 said:

That looks amazing! I can't believe that's your first NASCAR build. Now I'm inspired to try my hand at one of the several in my stash.

Thanks Jeff! Yes, first one. Not much different than any other build in my opinion except for the many decals.

On 8/20/2024 at 2:43 PM, shoopdog said:

Very well done. Sterling was always one of my favorite drivers.

Thanks Keith!

On 8/20/2024 at 6:18 PM, TransAmMike said:

Great job Steve.   My family and I have  had several personal interactions with Sterling....yep, great guy!!

Thanks Mike!

On 8/20/2024 at 6:57 PM, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

Thanks Larry!

21 hours ago, Coyote_6 said:

Nice paint.  Really nice build!

Steve

Thanks Steve!

16 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Looks great.

Thanks Chris!

7 hours ago, Jim N said:

Great work!  Sterling was my favorite driver back in the day.

Thanks JIm!