1978 Winston Cup Champion Cale Yarborough

[jjsipes]

Guess this will be my last build for 2022. Continuing my Nascar Champions Builds, this is my 1978 Winston Cup Championship winning Oldsmobile driven by Cale Yarborough. Not perfect but will do. Started with Salvino JR Model kit. Tamiya paints, Powerslide Decals 

[bbowser]

Nice work and great outdoor photos!

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[Pierre Rivard]

Nice build Jason. A shame Salvinos did not leverage the Monogram tooling for the chassis to make a better replica. You absolutely maximized the results possible with this chassis and as usual your paint finishes are impeccable.

[jjsipes]

Thanks guys. Like said, it's not the best but, it will do. I applied a coat of Future over the entire model prior to final assembly but the Future appears to have cracked. Have been hearing that it does that when applied over acrylics for some reason. I used Tamiya primer and paints. I left the paint dry for a couple weeks and then applied the decals and left them dry for a week. Then applied a coat of Future over it.

[Bruce Scully]

A really nice looking build , well done .

[MarkJ]

Very clean and beautiful , Jason. I see no flaws at all. Love the attention to detail. 

[slusher]

Beautifully done Jason!!

[GMasterG]

Hi. Nice job. I'm building this car now. Could you tell me please what color you used for the lower side trim yellow/gold? Thanks

[Old Buckaroo]

That's a really fine looking buildup of one of my favorite drivers. I loved this era of Nascar.

[Thedragsterdude]

Hey, hey, hey, man this is so AMAZING, AWESOME & COOL! I love old nascar 

[jjsipes]

On 11/6/2024 at 12:50 AM, GMasterG said:

Hi. Nice job. I'm building this car now. Could you tell me please what color you used for the lower side trim yellow/gold? Thanks

Sorry I've been away for a little bit. I used Tamiya TS56 Brilliant Orange.

[bobss396]

I have one of their Lemans kits started (BACK IN THE BOX...), of course another stalled project.

At least that one seems to use a similar chassis to the GMP Regal. I had to add filler material to parts of the rear chassis and firewall, the gaps were large.

But they build up nicely as yours did. I just got their Gray Ghost kit.

[Rattlecan Dan]

That's a really nice job! Very sharp car.

[GMasterG]

On 11/15/2024 at 8:05 AM, jjsipes said:

Sorry I've been away for a little bit. I used Tamiya TS56 Brilliant Orange.

Thank you, I appreciate the reference