1971 Bobby Allison Chevy Monte Carlo 72 Southern 500 winner

Modeling Subjects Autos
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Just finished. AMT model king kit. Lots of modification to the front and yes it had red bumpers.

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Great job! Love those older stock cars.

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@MarkJK Nice work! The paint is fantastic.

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Thank you. I built this model 53 years ago using the old nascar series mpc kit and an amt monte carlo body. Finally got the inspiration to do a do over of the build using present day resources we have now to have a much better outcome.

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Thank you. I used Createx Wicked gold and wicked red acrylic paint with an airbrush and homemade flow improver and got the results I was looking for. I did not even polish the paint before I added the decals it came out so smooth. I used future to seal the decals and that gave it more gloss. I was afraid to polish the gold for fear of losing the iridescence that it had and I’m glad I didn’t polish it. Here is another shot of how the paint changes colr depending on what angle it is viewed from.

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Fantastic build! I really like that color combination and the older body style of the NASCAR cars.

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Nice work! I was in the Allison section in 2014 when Jr won his last 500! G-22-seat 4

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Thanks, Tom. Yes, real stock cars make the best race cars.

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Thanks, El-seven. I guess you are talking Daytona. I was lucky enough to be there for the Firecracker 400 in 1980 and 1990. Bobby Allison won it in 1980, and Dale senior won it in 1990.

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Very nice! Great photography too. Was that a cell phone shot- if not what camera?

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Missle, it was my Samsung android phone for the base shots. I then sent them to my current p.c. computer via e-mail and then from that computer to my old computer via my lexar 8g transfer deal where I used my very old photodeluxe program to edit the pictures for size and to add my texwardfan logo to each finished photo. I then transfered them back to my regular p.c. to send them to the message boards. Below is a raw photo before editing.

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