How about a "Thunderchicken" to finish up the day?

Thanks, sometimes I use the track and shop builds as a way to break out of car moder's slump and have something really useful when I get finished. The track I used for the "chick" shot was modeled after Darlington Raceway circa 1957. I gonna add the flagstand, walkthrough gate and some sockets to hold the tubing supports for the roof that kept you from getting sunburned but assured you would be deaf for several hours after the event. LOL That way I can take it off for earlier builds.

Absolutely great. I also love all the different backgrounds you use in your pics. The one for the "Thunderchicken" could be an exact duplicate for one of the local tracks around here. Keep up the great work.

"Airborne, can do!"

A lot of them are. I was building these things when about the only aftermarket game in town was Fred Cady and his Nascar stuff was pretty limited back then. I learned to make my own lettering brushes by cutting and reshaping regular ones when I started building the local dirt cars back in the early seventies. I also had to learn bodywork and develop an "eye" for shapes to get the odd ball bodies that were run at our local tracks. While the kits may have been the fancy hardtop bodies it would often be the stronger and more plentiful two door sedans that were racing here. Here's one of the early builds that used the '67 Cyclone funny car body with the wheelbase restored to stock and a '68 Falcon roof grafted on to make a Comet 202 sedan with "decals by Testors" to dress it up.

 

Yo, Mitch, I love the cars and the history behind them. One question though, are all of your marking hand-painted? They are great. Keep it up.

"Airborne, can do!"

LOL! It honestly looks like the name!

Nice model, mitchum!

Mitchum-I don't know which I like better-the cars or the history behind them!

Thanks for posting.