Days of Thunder Mello Yello

[beefheart22]

I'm sure there have been 100 Cole Trickle cars from Days of Thunder posted, but I wanted to be the 101st!

Please don't think of this as a NASCAR, but more of a tribute to a movie car that raced away with our hearts. A tribute to a vertically challenged actor who, at one point in time, could be taken seriously and didn't jump on couches. A tribute to a very young (and very attractive) Nicole Kidman who was the eye Candy for those who weren't gawking over the state-of-the-art Hendrick Luminas... Awe heck, I just wanted to build the Mello Yello car 'cause it's cool! Everybody needs to get this build out of there system at one point!

TS Gloss Black, TS Light Green trim, three step Tamiya polishing compounds, kit decals, except the panel contingencies which were nicked from a Power Slide sheet... and when I was trying to remove the decal residue around the contingencies, I tore the edges on a few... Ah well. We'll say Wheeler met Cole at the wall...

Edited June 16, 2009 by beefheart22

[beefheart22]

cool project, i have a few of those Days of Thunder cars i want to do as well!

no fan of Tom since he went nuts over Katy, but i can't blame him. man what a way to make a fool of yourself though. not a real big fan of Nicole Kidman, except that one movie where she proved that she's a true redhead

Dave

--> "true redhead"

Thanks Dave!

Edited June 16, 2009 by beefheart22

[old low&slo]

I like it !! I always liked the mello yello and the old tide car paintjobs.

did they make the rowdy burns and the kyle busch oops sorry I mean the russ wheeler cars also ???

[beefheart22]

I like it !! I always liked the mello yello and the old tide car paintjobs.

did they make the rowdy burns and the kyle busch oops sorry I mean the russ wheeler cars also ???

I think I saw a Russ Wheeler and City Chevy kit from the same line floating around eBay. I ordered some Power Slide Exxon Rowdy Bu[sh]rns decals a little while back...

[raymanz]

Lookin good, nice paint and decal work. I think your right on spec. Keep it up!

[nascarfan]

"Loose is fast and on the edge of out of control"

[old low&slo]

"Loose is fast and on the edge of out of control"

and now your car weighs twice as much and your tires are half as wide

[nascarfan]

and now your car weighs twice as much and your tires are half as wide

Look a panel we don't have to fix.

[Murphy's Law]

Look a panel we don't have to fix.

*BAM* Don't want you gettin' spoilt Buck...

Nice looking ride!

[beefheart22]

"Hit the pace car!"

"What for?"

"Because you've hit every other !@%$%#@* thing out there!"

My personal favorite:

"We end up looking like a monkey &%^@$%* a football out there!"

Chassis has more detail (suspension and exhaust dumps remain), Engine, rims.

Left the plating on the rims, but sprayed them with a wet coat of TS Flat Clear. Got the effect I was looking for quite well. As for the engine, I wanted to experiment on the headers in anticipation for some future NASCAR builds. Layered some metallic brown, gun metal and "titanium" gold. Some dry-brushed metallic blue to simulate the weld joints. Looks good in my opinion, but not sure if it's accurate or not. *shrug*