Petty Superbird

[Scottnkat]

Here's some pics of the JoHan Superbird I completed a while back. It was built pretty much box-stock. Sorry I hadn't posted in a while.

Edited July 23, 2012 by Scottnkat

[smith78]

i love it i love the detail scott.

[Bartster]

Very nice, Scott. Your collection ought to be looking pretty full! Nice to see some fresh work from you. Bart.

[bbowser]

Nice bird. Good job on the foil and decals.

[MAGNUM4342]

Well done! Obviously a bird from the latter half of the season judging by the window net.

[Scottnkat]

Correct, Kevin - this was modeled from the Riverside race in June of 1970.

Thanks for the comments, guys.

[MAGNUM4342]

Thought I should expand a bit for those who don't know. At the 1970 Rebel 400 at Darlington, Richard Petty (during practice) rolled his Superbird down the frontstretch. Barrell rolling going into and end over end, Richards car rolled over seventeen times and all but demolished the concrete barrier between the track and pit road. In all this, the only injury Richard sustained was a dislocated shoulder from his left arm flopping out of the window although he was nearly thrown from the car. Richard and his wife Linda together, invented the window net almost emmediately. (most of the credit goes to Linda! ) The following year all side window glass was outlawed and the window net was required safety equipment.

Edited July 23, 2012 by MAGNUM4342

[Scottnkat]

Wonderful idea, Jacen. I didn't notice that before, but now that you pointed it out, I am sure going to get that done. Thanks for the heads up.

[jjsipes]

Scott I really enjoy seeing your Petty builds. They have all looked awesome great job.

[retroguy]

I started building race cars,I switched from factory for now(gets hard finding correct colors sometimes)

great looking build,what color blue is that...

[jcbigpaw]

Very nice

[Harry P.]

Nice! Back from the days when NASCAR (and the cars) were interesting.

[dimebolt]

Great looking Bird. Good job.

Corey

[Scottnkat]

Thanks for the comments, all. Michael, the blue is a light blue made by Rustoleum mixed with a little bit of white enamel. I am on a strict budget, so I have to make due with what I can many times. This way, I get enough paint for four cars or so for only about $4.

[slusher]

Nice work on the super bird..

[Rob Spires]

Looks great! Any chance we could get a group shot? You've done about as many as Petty Enterprises did…haha

[retroguy]

Thanks for the comments, all. Michael, the blue is a light blue made by Rustoleum mixed with a little bit of white enamel. I am on a strict budget, so I have to make due with what I can many times. This way, I get enough paint for four cars or so for only about $4.

Thanks...

[Jim N]

Very well done. The tires tuck up into the fenders quite well.

[shafer]

I love this build