MarkJ Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottnkat Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 fantastic - beautifully done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Foxx Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Real nice work , looks so right . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Another fine build from your bench, Mark. You really do the "old iron" justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 That looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Outstanding build Mark.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 looks good to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Very nice, Mark! Who did the decal sheet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Svendsen Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 That's sharp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsipes Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Looks great. I've one of these started as well. Thanks for sharing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 That's nice , great job Mark !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 Very nice, Mark! Who did the decal sheet? I did. They are inkjet decals printed on testors paper. One was a white sheet for the contengecies and the other was a clear sheet for the numbers and letters such as Herb's name and the items on the hood and trunk and front fenders. The white stripes for the numbers were slivers cut from the leftover white decal sheet. Those were very painstaking. The only sheets I could find to purchase had the wrong colors for the items on the roof, hood and front fenders and the quarterpanel chevrolet decals were also wrong. I guess whoever made the decals for those sheets used the museum car as their guide to what the colors should be. I found color pictures of the real car to make mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I like it!! Looks great Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Most excellent!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I did. They are inkjet decals printed on testors paper. One was a white sheet for the contengecies and the other was a clear sheet for the numbers and letters such as Herb's name and the items on the hood and trunk and front fenders. The white stripes for the numbers were slivers cut from the leftover white decal sheet. Those were very painstaking. The only sheets I could find to purchase had the wrong colors for the items on the roof, hood and front fenders and the quarterpanel chevrolet decals were also wrong. I guess whoever made the decals for those sheets used the museum car as their guide to what the colors should be. I found color pictures of the real car to make mine. I am impressed. You did a great job. I did the Marshall Teague '56 a few years ago using Fred Cady decals: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ellis Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Why did these early NASCAR guys route the exhaust pipes through the tail lights, or trunk of the cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 Why did these early NASCAR guys route the exhaust pipes through the tail lights, or trunk of the cars? Beats me. It seems like it would be a lot of work routing them through there. Hosted on Fotki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Coyote Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Beautiful Mark ............ simply beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Excellent!!! I always enjoy the early years of NASCAR history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmie Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Beautiful build. Is that built from the Herb Thomas kit ? It's really sweet. By the way the exhaust out the back was to send the heat from the exhaust out and into any car close behind thus causing their motor to run hot. NASCAR later outlawed that. Jimmie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 (edited) Jimmie, I did not know there was a Herb Thomas kit. I built mine from an amt 55 chevy bel air kit Edited October 6, 2014 by MarkJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Thanks guys. I really appreciate the replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badnews47 Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Great buildĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 Thanks again Billy. Hard to believe that was almost three year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Battista Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Very Cool model...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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