This is the 1998 #23 Winston "No Bull" Taurus driven by Jimmy Spencer in
the paint scheme that ran early in the 1998 season. The roof is split
between red (rear) and white (front) and the roof number color is also, the
2 is red and the 3 is white. In later cars the roof is all white and the
numbers are all red.
The kit is a 1998 #99 Exide Taurus with aftermarket decals (origin unknown).
Painting and Decals:
The body interior and chassis are standard light grey. The body exterior
was first airbrushed with testors gloss white. I then masked and
airbrushed the red areas with testors gloss red. I then applied the decals
starting with the black WINSTON banner on each side which runs from the
pillar to the bottom of the body. Then I applies the silver pinstripe to
the area between the front body red and the center white section followed
by the roof number the hood decal and trunk decal. I then applied the
contingency decals, the door numbers, rear quarter Winston's, the headlight
and grille decals and the rear panel decals. This was a very nice sheet
with decals to do either the Taurus or the 1007 T-Bird car. Note:This is
the car from Rockingham so I put brake duct decals on it and left out the
passenger side window! I removed the rear skirts from the body (I meant
to do this before I decaled it but....oops....I didn't!) and replaced the
passenger side skirt with a full rear skirt (one that comes to within the
same distance of the jack post as the front one. On the drivers side I cut
a rear skirt just long enough to go from the exhausts to the rear of the
body (somewhere between 3/16 and 1/4 inch). I replaced these because I
made a flat exhaust with both pipes dumping out the driver's side of the
car! (More info and pics to come on this modification later) Now back to
the body after I redid the skirts I gloss coated the body with testors
high-gloss enamel spray. I then masked and painted the clear parts and
applied the tire decals and painted the center caps. Once the body was
dry I made the replacement skirts and glued them to the body and mounted it
to the chassis (Yes it does have the two tabs on the back side of the
airdam to hold the nose down!) I then installed the clear parts and
inspection decal and rear window wedge adjustment hole decals. Lastly I
cut and applied black decals for the skirts (I cut these from Microscale
black 5x7 stock which I purchased from BSR.
Complete instructions for painting and assembly of chassis, clear
parts, and construction of slab sides can be found at the bottom of the main page!