Randy Ayers Nascar Modeling Forums

No, the pain for me is getting free time to get down to my friendly neighbourhood paint supplier....but the quality of Axalta (DuPont) in a rattle can is worth it.

Sounds like a pain, but if you want a rattle can, head to your local automitive paint supplier and ask them to mix you up a can of Calypso Coral. It is a Ford colour, which was originally Poppy Red fr ...

All three of yer Mustang builds are stellar. Well done.

Quite a few of those Slixx decals produced for those '95-'97 round sided Monogram Monte kits are made specifically for the rounded version...the hood is the killer, the Flintstone Cartoon Car decals o ...

That car is beautiful to look at, just the fact that is a Marcis car, is awesome, but the use of those '88 and '89 Super Speedway headlight covers on an '86 ride, has always "bugged" me. A ...

Awesome. Good job on the correct '84-ish front valance.

The '88 Benny ride was supposed to part of Revell/Monogram's 1987 dual kit, for reasons others probably know better, the Ken Schrader '87 Red Baron Pizza was implemented instead of the '88 version. Th ...

The first one they ran at Daytona (for sure) was semi-gloss black....being a rebodied MC Anderson Valvoline Buick. They were soon red, like mentioned above.

'87 Oldsmobile Delta 88's
#29 Hardess, Cale....Monogram kit
#55 Skoal , Phil Parsons...Powerslide decals, two versions
#14, Copehagen, Foyt....Powerslide, two versions
#83, Wynns, Lake Speed, Mono ...

I think you can chalk it up to the sender of email not being an early 70's Nascar enthusiest, like most of us on here. No biggie, we are a proud minority.

Looks pretty good for your choice of blue that "missed it by that much"...

If I recall, they do have the equipment to make thr bodies, but they do not have the molds for the chassis. Their larger tire would certainly improve the overall look of the old Revell 1/24th Luminas. ...

Well done, especially the window net "fix".

Semi-gloss black is correct.

This is kind of an unexciting answer, but if ya can handle plain ole enamel rattle cans, just used Testors Dark Gloss Blue.

When it comes to building Phil's Skoal Brother Lemans, I will not be building an "after race" version.

I think 81 was silver too, at least the early part of the season, like 1980. 1982, Benny and Buddy in the J.D. Stacy Lemans was red.....then Cale years, like you said, were orange.

Not sure what Tamiya offers, but thr light colour is Ivory. Used to be available in Testors' Model Master line.....if they offer a version of Wimbilden White, that may be close.

The 98 car was a Mike Curb owned car. Most of the year, Ron Bouchard drove it with the Valvoline sponsor....think they parted way before years end.

Pretty sure I have seen a Jack Beebe Race Hill Farms #47 too.....either Bodine or Handsome Harry were driving.

Rusty, Benny, Richard and Kyle, Buddy in #28, Jaws in the #88 Gatorade, Richard Childress, and Roger Hamby's #17 Kings Inn, Dave Marcis too.

1973 is when the big block engines had to run a limited carb bore size. That was the nail in the coffin. It was 1971 when the big blocks had to start running restrictor plates.....IIRC

Several years ago went with Tamiya TS-24. Chassis was same colour purple as well.

The Cartoon Network, purple Scooby Doo Monte, comes in both slab and non slab form. The late issue, slab side, come in the box that has the lid attached, little different pifture trim too.

The gold mat not glossy though, real matt finish......have seen an up close colour picture years ago...

Any autobody supply shop that mixes paint can whip one up a can of Poppy Red, supplier here found it now listed as Calypso Coral.

In beginning of 1981 quarter windows were run. Not sure why NASCAR did away with them. All the quarter glass, re-issued kits, only fit the 83-88Monte Carlo.