Rex White 63 Chevy

[MarkJ]

[MonoPed]

Nice work!

[droogie]

Nice build. Tell us more. Which kit, what paints, whose decals? How successful was that particular car in competition?

[rlz58]

That is one nice model,I started a Ned Jarrett Chevy But my dog ate the motor (no joke) so i got side tracked.Looking at this makes me want to finish it.

[Slim Louis]

Another great looking build, Mark!

[MarkJ]

Nice build. Tell us more. Which kit, what paints, whose decals? How successful was that particular car in competition?

Robert, Its a Revell kit. Model master and testors rattle can paint. PPP wheels and tires. Evergreen styrene tubes for the exhaust and roll bars. The 427 engine came out of an AMT 67 Chevy kit. the driver is from the 2006 Revell Dale Earnhardt jr. kit. I had to change the head to an open face helmet add the face and the goggles that were made from clear sprue. I also had to shorten the drivers legs and arms and change the arms to hold the steering wheel closer to the drivers body. The decals are homemade ink jet decals using clear and white testors decal sheets sprayed with testors 1261 clear lacquer to bond the ink. The headers are made from solder. The car qualified seventh at Bristol's spring race and finished sixteenth after mechanical problems took it out. It only looked like this at that one race because it picked up a local sponsor Sherwood Chevy for this race only. This same car though, a few weeks later, finished 3rd at the World 600 in Charlotte with no sponsor on the quarter panels.

Thank you for your interest in the model.

[droogie]

Thanks for the info. I enjoy the old race cars and have been following your Rex White retrospective.

[ricky12]

Love the detail shots Nice job

Edited April 18, 2010 by ricky12

[MarkJ]

Thanks guys.