gasser59 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) Here's a tribute to a car I built this spring that I used to watch race as a young teenager in Harlan, Iowa. Built from the Black Widow kit with Tamiya Mica Blue paint, Fred's Resin Workshop tires and solder headers. I also created the decals for it and had them printed by Bull Ring Graphix. Hope you enjoy. Here's the best picture of three I had of it. Edited July 20, 2011 by gasser59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAone Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 thats a really cool build. came out great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathskull59 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 nice race car chevy always made cars for racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastardo Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 A great looking build, mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutalform Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Fantastic work on those fenders!! I really like the screen windshield work too. Very original. BTW, what tires and wheels are those? I might be wrong, but the seem a bit larger than the Black Widow kit wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillakev Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Awesome job! It looks just like the picture, except cleaner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra7c7er Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Really cool. What did you use as the window screen and the bumper screen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasser59 Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the comments gentlemen. The wheels are the Black Widow ones, just deepened a bit and the tires are from Fred's Resin Workshop part number 6064F. They're called 1960-1964 Firestone Style Stock Car tires. The screen material I found on a strainer at Walmart. Its metal so it holds it shape quite well and the mesh was the perfect size. Once cut to shape, I spray painted it flat black. Thanks again guys. Edited July 20, 2011 by gasser59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gibbons Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Excellent vintage racer! It reminds me of the late Jerry Sims' (Luke'57) work. He would have enjoyed seeing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Nice, well-done model! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasser59 Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) This actual car and the Swanson Automotive shop that built it has a bit of racing history as one of the original Black Widow cars gifted to them by the GM Racing Division. In his earlier years, Dale Swanson built cars for Tiny Lund and Johnny Beaucamp as all three of these fellas were from Harlan. For more info on this, check out the PDF under about us at www.swanson-automotive.com. Very interesting reading. After reading this article and watching this car race in my younger years, I just had to build it to help tell the story. Thanks again for the comments. Edited July 20, 2011 by gasser59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCat Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 That's a really cool looking race car. It came out looking like the real one. Excellent work!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 When did you have Bullring do your decals? I thought they shut down a few years ago and their website says pretty much the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasser59 Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 The decals were sent to me mid January of this year. I'd been in contact with them for a month or so before that. I'm very pleased with the results although I wish the silver were a bit shinier like the original car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Excellent work, as usual, Brad!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhawg Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Very, very nice looking model! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funhouse1 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Very nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldscool Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Very well done and very faithful to the original car. gus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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