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Tim McCreadie....2014 Rocket chassis Dirt Late Model build.....


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Bill- How did you apply the carbon fiber decal to the valve covers? did you use one piece the size of the cover? I am using scale motorsport decal.

What make gold did you use?

What did you use for the radiator?

our scratch building is awesome. Thank you for any help and posting your builds

charlie

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Thanks Charlie.....as far as the carbon fiber decal, I use scale motorsports brand as well. I cut a piece bigger than the valve cover, and use plenty of microsol decal setting solution. I keep it really wet with it until it starts to conform around all the edges. It will wrinkle, but it will fix itself as it dries. I use a small paintbrush wet with microsol, to help conform it better. Once its dry, trim away the excess decal with an xacto knife, then clear it with a gloss clear to give it depth and sheen. The radiator is scratch built. I looked at photos of C&R racing radiators and built one to fit in the car. As far as the Gold you are asking about, Im not sure what you mean. If you mean on the bead locks, that is natural brass color.

Hope this helps :)

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Hey guys.... If you want to see what a real scratch built dirt late model looks like..... Go to Dirtmodeler.com and check out this bad boy! Boy I better step up my game!...lol!

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Killer work on your build! Never thought your Tony car could be outdone, boy was I wrong!

Gotta check it out in fulton

Lol..........sure you will! Edited by Dirt Demon
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It's builds like this, that make me want to throw in the towel.. LOL :lol: Seriously though, very inspirational build for sure, amazing details! I look forward to the day, I can achieve works like this. Thank you for sharing, this build.

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Thanks Steven......and not a problem. Clay Kemp has given me the inspiration to do super detail builds. He and several other pro builders, have made me step up my building skills for the past several years. I dont really like building anything out of a box anymore. A $25.00 kit turns into a $300.00 build very quickly. B)

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There's not much I can say that hasn't already been said. Simply beautiful work. I would love to be able to build something that nice but I'm all thumbs.

Again beautiful just beautiful.

Jimmie

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