One that’s been on the shelf for a while, a car that we don’t see here in the UK. Quite a few parts, interesting and satisfying build. I couldn’t find any Hoosier tyre decals in the UK, so did a search on Google for the real sprint car and found that they also used Yellow Goodyear Eagles. Searched my decal box of spares and found two for the rears.
One thing I couldn’t quite understand was that all the large major parts were chromed, that had to be painted, so out with the oven cleaner and hey presto!
Very nice! I have that kit in my stash, but haven’t gotten around to building it yet. Have done about half a dozen others in other liveries, including putting a Ford mill into one of them, per Drew Heirwater (or however you spell his last name).
I think the kit does the wings in aluminum or chrome plating because a number of folks owning those cars left the aluminum wings unpainted and just put large number decals and maybe a few small sponsor decals on the bare aluminum. The “chrome” ones can be dulled down easily to look more like aluminum with a simple coat of Testors Dullcoat.
I have one other kit that I am going to leave the wing and wing mounts off and do as an earlier USAC non-winged sprint, with a scratch nose/hood unit.
Been several years since I have been to a good winged sprint show- need to get out and see one! They’re awesome!
Cheers Don and thanks for the info. When I Googled images of USA Sprint cars quite a few of the older images had the cars with no huge roof wing. Plus your scratch nose and hood unit, it should look great!
My family has been into asphalt winged sprint cars for years. Here are couple of pictures of my brothers car for this season. I too have one of the old Monogram Sprint Car kits. My plan is to recreate this car; however, there will have to be a few modifications, such as racing slicks instead of dirt tires and some changes to the hood and rear tank. The fram will have to be modified a bit as well, since this is an asphalt chassis made by a company called ‘Beast Chassis’.
Some of those shots show an interesting nose, with protruding lower lip (pouting?). Have not seen a sprint race for a couple of years now- is that a common nose, or a one-off?
Don, there are a couple of different nose-piece options for the Beast chassis. The one that has the lower lip and smaller opening is more aerodynamic than the other. In the bottom picture you can see the other nose that you may see on a Beast, larger opening. As you can see, these cars sit alot closer to the ground than you would see a dirt sprint car like in the World of Outlaws, so getting the most out of aerodynamics is key.
