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Dennis O
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 Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 1:57 pm Post subject: Al Straub's NASCAR Grand American Daytona Car |
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Local racer Al Straub ran several seasons of Grand American as well as many years of ARCA. This Mustang (he loved Mustangs) ran back at Daytona. All I had to go on for this car was a B&W photo. I think the drop shadows were likely gold leaf in real life. Hard to print gold leaf on a laser printer. As an FYI, Al Straub's grandson is Daytona 500 winning crew chief Chris Gabehart who calls the signals for Denny Hamlin.
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Henryjint
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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Very nicely done!!!
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gcreswell
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| Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| that looks awesome, |
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MarkJ
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| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:15 am Post subject: |
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| Came out beautiful, Dennis. I remember when you were asking for additional reference for this car. Laser decals using ghost white toner? |
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Dennis O
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| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:24 am Post subject: |
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Yes used my new laser and ghost white toner. Contingency decals are hawked from other kits. I did double up the numbers and sponsor decals. They seem to "pop" more that way. Mustang body from the Trope kit over a AMT NASCAR chassis. Wheelbase was perfect fit. Had to cut on the cage and the track width a bit.
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MarkJ
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| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:07 am Post subject: |
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| Dennis O wrote: | | Yes used my new laser and ghost white toner. Contingency decals are hawked from other kits. I did double up the numbers and sponsor decals. They seem to "pop" more that way. Mustang body from the Trope kit over a AMT NASCAR chassis. Wheelbase was perfect fit. Had to cut on the cage and the track width a bit. |
Good job on doubling them up. Sometimes that can be tricky. |
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Firefly
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| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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WOW - love the way that sits. Nice!!
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sentsat71
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| Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:34 am Post subject: |
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VERY NICE build!!!
for me the '70 - '73 Mustangs were the best looking ones.....
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| Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Outstanding! |
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halfbreed999
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| Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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Terrific build. Its nice to see these old Grand American cars and others built. Nice to get away from the regular NASCARS.
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Jim N
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:50 am Post subject: |
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| Looks great. I like it a lot! |
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Vamach1
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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| sentsat71 wrote: | VERY NICE build!!!
for me the '70 - '73 Mustangs were the best looking ones..... |
Agree with you on the big horses. I want to build the Wayne Andrews Mustang sportsroof he raced at Daytona. |
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R.J.
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Looks great.
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Wakefan77
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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Nice! Would love to see more pics of this one.
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jchrisf
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| Wakefan77 wrote: | | Nice! Would love to see more pics of this one. |
This thread is a year and a half old.. hopefully he'll read this and post more. |
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Dennis O
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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I have only two pictures of this model. I do have one that you may find interesting. The picture of "Santa" is actually Al Straub. His family purchased the model from me and gave it to him as a Christmas present.
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Toys4Don
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Very cool model and great story. |
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