Shambles
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Hi Seann. Very Cool decals! Nice to meet a fellow graphic designer that's into model cars and NASCAR. I've been retired for about 6 years but still dabble with my model car website and I've done some custom decals for a few cars and dioramas.
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Hi Mark. I've found some deals on kits in Hobby Lobby's clearance section a couple of times. I got this kit from Model Car Roundup's site for a good price. It's my "go to" place for supplies and decals too.
https://www.modelroundup.com/Joe-Weatherly-1961-Pontiac-Catalina-Model-Kit-p/moe-1221sd.htm
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What the hell IS that thing?
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Nice job! I've got a couple of Xoto 1:18 die cast Grand Sports, but have never seen a kit. Is that 1:25?
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Looks great. Love that color. Perhaps you can find some better decals on eBay. That's where I do most all of my model car shopping.
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Unusual subject, nicely done!
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Never seen one of those. Outstanding build!
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Nice job! When I was a Sr. in high school, a girl down the street had one of these with the 383. I asked her for a date, but she knew I just wanted to driver her car.
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I've built hundreds of models over the decades, but can't say I've ever seen either of these Mustangs.
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Thanks for the compliment, Tom. I'm waiting on some Evergreen square tubing to raise the dump body up a little more. I'll post some more photos as soon as I make some progress.
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Dave, I'd be happy to send you the wrecker body and accessories if you'll just pay the shipping. Just send me your address.
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Looking good. I've been wanting to get that kit, but have too many going already.
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Maybe it dumps forward over the cab ?
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Outstanding!
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Thanks, Jim. I guess I'm still somewhat of a perfectionist but, at my age I need to get over that. The paint on this one was mediocre, the tires wouldn't seat on the rims, and a few other issues bothered me. Besides, it's always fun to crash one.
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I've been building and wrecking model cars since I was a kid in the 50s. After I retired, I did several salvage yard dioramas but moved and downsized, and sold off my entire collection. I'm back into building and collecting and will do another soon, but on a smaller scale.
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Another one that I built long ago but no longer have.
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Not sure who the driver of this #8 was, but he crashed. That seems to happen a lot with my builds that don't turn out well. I've been wrecking model cars for decades. A 1/2" deep socket and a Dremel torch work well for making flat tires.
http://www.shamblesmodels.com/wrecked.html
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I posted this a while back, then shelved it while I set up a new model room. I got back to work on it yesterday but still have a ways to go. Not real happy with the paint but I didn't want to strip it and start over. Not sure whether to post here or on the NASCAR forum, so I'll do both.?
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I posted this project a while back when I first started it. It's been on the shelf while I did some remodeling and set up a new model room. I just got back to work on it and a few other kits I'd started. A little more work to do, and the paint didn't turn out as smooth as I'd like but here's where I left off last night:
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I was never a big Earnhardt fan, but I was a Terry LaBonte fan. He was a good driver and a class act. I remember when, after that race, a reporter was interviewing LaBonte and said, "Dale said he didn't mean to wreck you." Labonte said, "Yeah, he never means to."
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Very nice job!
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Beautiful! Nice work.
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I had several kits and projects going a few months ago, then took a leave of absence to remodel my house. I never liked the yellow wheels or the graphics on this model, so my first mods were to change that. I removed all of the graphics and painted the wheels black. I'll make new water slide decals for the finished wrecker. I saw another wrecker on eBay pretty cheap, and a 1:24 resin dump body and thought it would be cool to make a 1953 dump truck.
Last night I got the first wrecker disassembled, and that was no easy task! Getting this all put back together will be a challenge to say the least.
Daytona banked exit diorama
in WIP: Dioramas
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Hi Jim,
Very cool! I've done a few dioramas and yours is quite impressive. My next one planned is a NASCAR crash scene (I've been into crashing models for decades) and I've been buying up cheap but nicely built NASCAR models on eBay. I was wondering how to do the banked track, and now I know! Thanks for the video.
John
http://www.shamblesmodels.com/dioramas.html