Bobby Allison 1972 Southern 500 winning Coca Cola Chevy Monte Carlo

[MarkJ]

This is a likeness of the car Bobby Allison drove to the win at the 1972 Darlington Southern 500. He battled David Pearson all day till finally passing him with 7 laps to go and holding him off for the win. I built this model 53 years ago and always wanted to do a do over of it.  It took 120.5 hours to complete. I had to use mostly captured photos from two YouTube videos of the race and one actual photo of the car from a front view in the pits. I know the red bumpers look odd, but the car really did have them. I used the AMT Model King 72 Monte Carlo kit which if you have ever tried to build one know how poorly it is engineered. I had to do a lot of work to the grille because the real car was a 71 Monte Carlo not a 72. I used Createx acrylic paint shot through an airbrush and PPP wheels and tires. The decals are Power Slide.

[BK9300]

Another excellent project completed, Mark.  You always do a lot of research for your builds and I can appreciate that.  Hard to do an accurate model without doing that, though.  Well done, again!

[pulln4dejr]

And they say “you can’t make a silk purse from  sows ear”, well you definitely succeeded! That’s always been my favorite car, as a 12 year old I finally had a Chevrolet to root for! 😆

Well done Mark.👏🏻👏🏻 

[gks1964]

WOW!!! You hit it out of the park!!

[Shark]

The bumpers I'm sure were painted red due to being manipulated a little and Bobby not wanting to pay a chrome plating bill. Excellent job Mark. I bought 2 of those kits when they were reissued and forgot how bad they are.

[bondo bill]

cool build

 

[Horrorshow]

Real sharp!

[magicmustang]

Great build. I think all of us have modeling skills that have definitely improved in 53 years. Really like the stance. 

Edited Wednesday at 02:38 PM by magicmustang

[Pierre Rivard]

You nailed it Mark. Impeccable research as always and then building in all the mods required to achieve the best possible replica. I built this one a few years ago... sent it to the crusher last year, saving me the embarrassment of a comparison to the beautiful one you just completed. 🥴

[Volzfan59]

Wow Mark! As always, amazing work my friend.

[ChrisR]

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Very nice.

 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Now you got it! Nice work Bro. Super job!

[MarkJ]

20 hours ago, BK9300 said:

Another excellent project completed, Mark.  You always do a lot of research for your builds and I can appreciate that.  Hard to do an accurate model without doing that, though.  Well done, again!

Thanks, Brian. I really appreciate the comment

19 hours ago, pulln4dejr said:

And they say “you can’t make a silk purse from  sows ear”, well you definitely succeeded! That’s always been my favorite car, as a 12 year old I finally had a Chevrolet to root for! 😆

Well done Mark.👏🏻👏🏻 

Thanks, Melvin. This kit was definitely a sows ear.

19 hours ago, gks1964 said:

WOW!!! You hit it out of the park!!

Thanks, Gerald. It was a fun build after I decided to glue the hood shut.

18 hours ago, Shark said:

The bumpers I'm sure were painted red due to being manipulated a little and Bobby not wanting to pay a chrome plating bill. Excellent job Mark. I bought 2 of those kits when they were reissued and forgot how bad they are.

Thanks, Todd. You are probably right about the manipulation of the bumpers . I could tell the oob bumpers didn't stick out as far as the ones on the real car.

16 hours ago, bondo bill said:

cool build

 

Thanks, Bill for stopping by for the props.

8 hours ago, Horrorshow said:

Real sharp!

Thanks, Jack. I tried to make it a clean build but that is my biggest challenge.

6 hours ago, magicmustang said:

Great build. I think all of us have modeling skills that have definitely improved in 53 years. Really like the stance. 

Thanks, Gerald. I had no place to go but get better than that MPC build I did.

6 hours ago, Pierre Rivard said:

You nailed it Mark. Impeccable research as always and then building in all the mods required to achieve the best possible replica. I built this one a few years ago... sent it to the crusher last year, saving me the embarrassment of a comparison to the beautiful one you just completed. 🥴

Thanks, Pierre. I would have liked to see your build. I'm sure it was another one of your outstanding ones. Hate to think you actually threw it away. By the way, I have been waiting for your next build to start up. I check every day.

4 hours ago, Volzfan59 said:

Wow Mark! As always, amazing work my friend.

Thanks, Steve. I really appreciated your positive comments every day that kept my want to finish this project alive.

4 hours ago, ChrisR said:

 

Thanks, Chis.

4 hours ago, Rattlecan Dan said:

Now you got it! Nice work Bro. Super job!

Thanks, Donato. I always get inspiration from all the beautiful builds you create and share with us.

[Jim N]

Great work as usual Mark.  Looks spectacular!

[MarkJ]

If you guys would like to watch a video that will only take up 24 minutes of your time. You can see how much better Nascar racing was before the fiasco it has turned into today. This video narrated by the Great Bud Lindemann will show you what a wonderful sport this was back in the day. The duel put on by Bobby Allison and David Pearson was one for the ages. The talent they displayed wrestling these big machines around the toughest track in Nascar for 500 miles and not touching each other with chrome horns or anything else showed how you could race cleanly and not take out your competitor like they tend to do nowadays. Plus, there was no stage racing to disturb the natural flow of the race or having to decide if getting the stage points was better than having an advantage in the next stage. The link is below

 

[MarkJ]

4 minutes ago, Jim N said:

Great work as usual Mark.  Looks spectacular!

Thanks, Jim. Always appreciate you stopping by to weigh in on a build. Your builds always look spectacular to me.

[MarkJ]

If you didn't see this in the wip, here is the 53-year-old first try of this model.  It's an MPC Nascar series Jim Hurtubise 72 Chevelle kit chassis with either a Revell or AMT model kit 71 Monte Carlo body. This is what happens to your paint if you don't keep your models in a clear plastic case. There were no aftermarket decals back then and no computers to find out even if they existed. The paint was all Testors enamel in the small glass bottles put on with bristle brushes. Man, we have all come a long way from those days.

[bbowser]

Excellent work on this one Mark.  Changing the grill was a challenge that you were up to.  I agree that racing was so much better back then.  RIP Rex White this week.

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[gami8630]

Great build.
Your WIP was a great reference for me when I was building my Monte Carlo.

[presnell]

Mark you nailed it,very GOOD!!!

[MarkJ]

18 hours ago, bbowser said:

Excellent work on this one Mark.  Changing the grill was a challenge that you were up to.  I agree that racing was so much better back then.  RIP Rex White this week.

Thanks, Bruce. Glad you are a fan of the old time Nascar. Seems like there are a lot more of us out there as well and not happy with the new stuff going on. Thanks for the RIP for Rex. He is my all-time favorite driver, and I credit him for getting me really interested in the sport back in 1961. I never got to meet him or anything like that, but I always had great respect with what he accomplished with his life from pure hard work and dedication. I have all his books, and they are a great read if you haven't read them yet.

16 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

Thanks, Larry. It was a very enjoyable project.

7 hours ago, gami8630 said:

Great build.
Your WIP was a great reference for me when I was building my Monte Carlo.

Thanks. Yoshimi. You're not going to believe this, but I used your finished build to make sure I didn't forget anything. By the way, it is a very clean and excellent build just like all of your builds are.

22 minutes ago, presnell said:

Mark you nailed it,very GOOD!!!

Thanks, Jim. I really appreciate your enthusiastic response to the build. That's what is cool about this hobby. We all gain inspiration from each other to continue to do what we like to do which is be creative with styrene and a lot of other materials that go into this fun way to pass a little time. 

[satterwhite78]

Great build! One of a handful of Builders this forum that doesn't disappoint! Looking  forward to the next build.....

[MarkJ]

12 hours ago, satterwhite78 said:

Great build! One of a handful of Builders this forum that doesn't disappoint! Looking  forward to the next build.....

Thank you, Chuck for the kind words. they are much appreciated. I'm working on the decals right now for the next build and wondering whether to show my process of how I do them in the wip or just wait till I'm actually building the model. Thanks again.