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I dabbled in modelling when I was a teenager but haven’t done it since. I really missed it and wondered if I could do it again.

For the first time in 30 years I picked up some of my Nascar model kits and started building them. There’s 6 Harry Gant race cars in all I plan to build. Yesterday I finished the first one.

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6 hours ago, Glen said:

Oh great!  

This likely means that Rob will be sharing pix in his skivvies from when he modeled for Hanes. 

Not Hanes........... SPEEDO

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Very cool Aaron. I've been working on a few myself.  I'm currently working on a Trumpeter 1/32 F4U Corsair and a 1/18 79 trans Am. The Charger and the finished Corsair i did last year. 

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I have a couple of unfinished models that I will probably never get done. Uncle Aurther is getting to my fingers and cannot pick them small parts. One is a 1035 Cord Convertible and the other a 1937  a  Auburn Speedster that I purchased many years ago at the Auburn/Cord Museum in Auburn Indiana.

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I finished the Skoal Bandit 1991 Olds and 1994 Lumina. Next up is the Skoal Bandit 1985 Monte then I think I’ll be done until the fall.

 

 

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I have quite a few models in my collection, cars, 4x4 pickups and Blazers, Baa Baa Black Sheep Corsair and Japanese Zero planes, and semi trucks and trailers. I haven't sat down to work on anything for a couple months as life gets in the way with other projects. 

I do intend to build this one in the same color that I'm painting my Monte Carlo. I have a cowl induction hood for it to match the hood I bought for my car.

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I finally got the kits and decals needed to build/finish 5 more Harry Gant cars. I found out Harry drove a first gen Monte in the sportsman series so I’ll be building one of those. My first car was a 1976 Cutlass S and Harry drove that body style (76/77 Cutlass S) in his NASCAR Cup rookie year so I decided to build that car too.

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Completed a project last night. Harry Gant’s 1985 Monte Carlo. Monogram kit with Powerslide decals. The original kit decals did not work out well so I had to remove them. The paint got a little beat up in the process but still looks OK. This was only my third car build that is 2-tone paint. It turned out pretty decent. I photocopied the decals, cut them out and taped them to the body to help determine where to mask it off.

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Next up, Harry’s Monte Carlo he raced in the sportsman series. I was able to get my hands on the Monte stock car kit thanks to Jason Molden in the club. 🙂

 

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On 11/5/2022 at 2:00 PM, Canuck said:

Here’s a couple more I’ve finished. 1977 442 that Harry Gant raced in 1980 and his 1992 Mac Tools Buick.

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Very nice. Looking forward to seeing the next one!

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