Congratulations! Wood Brothers 100 Wins

[gami8630]

Harrison Burton won the 25th NASCAR round of the Coke Zero Sugar 400, giving Wood Brothers Racing its 100th win.

To celebrate Wood Brothers Racing's 100th win, I build a 1973 Mercury Cyclone.
The driver is David Pearson.

Body is MPC's ‘Donnie Allison's Mercury Stock Car’, built on a Polar Lights ‘Mercury Cyclone’ chassis.

The body was modified by repositioning the fuel inlet, fitting a plain rear panel, adding an overflow pipe, adding split lines to the front and rear panels and refurbishing the front grille.

The rear spoiler is made from 0.5 mm thick plastic sheet.

For the cockpit, the instrument panel has been modified, and the steering wheel and fire extinguisher from the Monogram kit have been converted.

The engine is a 427 Tunnel Port.

The body was sprayed with Tamiya's Super Surfacer (Gray), Fine Surfacer (White), and TS-26 Pure White. The roof is TS-18 Metallic Red.

The last image shows the Wood Brothers machine I have built so far.
I like the combination of the white and red body color and the gold shining “21”.

Edited September 13, 2024 by gami8630

[Horrorshow]

Real sharp.

[Volzfan59]

Very nice! I'm a blue oval fan and a Wood Brother's junkie.

Edited September 13, 2024 by Volzfan59

[Nacho Z]

Very nice!

[TarheelRick]

Excellent build. Love those older builds when stock cars actually looked like stock cars.

[gami8630]

On 9/12/2024 at 11:59 PM, Horrorshow said:

Real sharp.

Thanks, Horrorshow.

MPC's body was a good reproduction of the real car's image.

[gami8630]

On 9/13/2024 at 10:15 AM, Volzfan59 said:

Very nice! I'm a blue oval fan and a Wood Brother's junkie.

Thanks, Volzfan59.

I am also rather fond of FoMoCo.
And the Wood Brothers are my favorite team in NASCAR.

[gami8630]

On 9/13/2024 at 10:22 AM, Nacho Z said:

Very nice!

Thanks, Nacho Z.

In fact, there is a lot of rough crafting and I always want to improve my crafting skills.

[gami8630]

22 hours ago, TarheelRick said:

Excellent build. Love those older builds when stock cars actually looked like stock cars.

Thanks, TarheelRick.

Indeed, up to this time, it felt like a battle of race cars tuned from production cars.

[Horrorshow]

1 hour ago, gami8630 said:

Thanks, Horrorshow.

MPC's body was a good reproduction of the real car's image.

I’m have two of these started, one will be a Donnie Allison Merc.

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[gami8630]

On 9/14/2024 at 11:56 PM, Horrorshow said:

I’m have two of these started, one will be a Donnie Allison Merc.

I look forward to the completion of Donnie Allison's car.

[gami8630]

20 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

Thanks, PappyD340.

[slusher]

Beautiful build!

[ChrisR]

Looks great.

[gami8630]

Thanks, slusher, ChrisR.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Those are all great-looking builds. Nice work. Thanks for posting.

[gami8630]

On 9/24/2024 at 1:53 AM, Rattlecan Dan said:

Those are all great-looking builds. Nice work. Thanks for posting.

Thanks, Rattlecan Dan.

I still plan to build several Wood Brothers #21s and am collecting base kits and decals.

[Chinacar]

Great add to your collection. It's the one I remember growing up.

[Bainford]

That's a beautiful stockcar. I love the Wood Bros paint scheme, some of the prettiest cars to race NASCAR. Very nice work on the Cyclone, and your collection of Wood Bros cars is very cool Nice work.

[gami8630]

On 9/29/2024 at 5:39 PM, Chinacar said:

Great add to your collection. It's the one I remember growing up.

Thanks, Chinacar.

So Wood Brothers has a long history and many old fans.

[gami8630]

11 hours ago, Bainford said:

That's a beautiful stockcar. I love the Wood Bros paint scheme, some of the prettiest cars to race NASCAR. Very nice work on the Cyclone, and your collection of Wood Bros cars is very cool Nice work.

Thanks, Bainford.

I too have loved the Wood Brothers #21 paint scheme since I was a kid when I first learned to be interested in NASCAR.