Short Track and NASCAR modeling

Had the same happen last week, sorta. I squeezed some tube glue into a scrap of paper to dip a toothpick in and glue a small part, didn't notice it when I went to set the chassis down and set it in the glob of glue! I had to wipe the glob off then repaint the area. I don't know if it's a jinx or I am getting absent minded in my "older age".

Thanks, Dave. I hope you are right.

Excellent job, Dave. Everything done at a high skill level. Cleanliness of build, paint, decals, stance and anything else I forgot to mention. All up to your usual standards.

Have done several versions of this one. Actually saw this car race and wrecked
in the third turn at the Jacksonville Speedway in the early 60's. Grandstand talk
as I remember say it was Buick powered. But may have had a hemi.
Was totaled in the wreck, never to be seen again.





look close, these are two different models

wow, you have been having some dumb luck with this one...


will make it all the more satisfying when it's done.

for those of you who didn't follow the WiP, this is Kasey Kahne's 2004 Dodge Intrepid, his rookie season in NASCAR.  it's modeled after the car he ran in Phoenix that year, with the black numbers.  he started 4th and finished 5th. for the year, he had no wins, 13 top 5s, 14 top 10s, 4 poles, and led 692 laps on the season; good enough to earn rookie of the year.  he also won $4.6 million on the year.  all in all not a bad start for a kid from Washington state with an open wheel background.

the kit is a Revellogram Ryan Newman Intrepid, paint is Tamiya italian red (TS-8) over red oxide primer.  decals are mostly from JWTBM, the original sheet i got was from Winscals and i only ended up using the "DODGE" above the grilles from that sheet.  it held up terribly over the years, everything i tried to use from it (except the rookie stripes) cracked.  the aftermarket parts i used were all from Jaye - wheels, dash, antenna, fuel filler.




















i am overall happy with how it turned out, which is rare for me

some better interior shots of Jaye's dash








i also did a test fit of the body with the cage in place, just to make sure nothing rubbed... evidently after i glued the cage to the chassis something flexed a bit, the right front is slightly off the ground now

too late to fix that now...

to finish this build, i literally have to apply 5 decals.  and attach front shocks, air cleaner, interior vent hoses, radiator, the window assembly and the adjustment tubes that go along with it.

but i decided to show the last little bit...

here is my sophisticated chassis assembly jig



and the mostly decaled body













please ignore my feet in the last pic 

i had to go with the 2005 Charger trunk lid decal, the appropriate 2004 Winscals one broke apart pretty bad when i tried to use it. glad i didn't use those decals, every one that i have tried to use has broken apart.  can't imagine that the side decals (Ram's head and stripes) would have fared any better.  the only (barely) usable one is the "DODGE" above the grilles.

Quote from: 68Mopar on March 18, 2025, 12:23:40 PMI have a little work done on the chassis. I won't go much further as I want to replace the bogus exhaust, dash board and shifter. I saw some good replacements at that Jaye's site, thanks for the info about that site.

if you are planning on using one of Jaye's dashboards, and it shows tach button detail and you are using decals that don't have a cut out for that part, you can ask him to leave the tach detail off.  he may be able to, he may tell you not this time, depends on whether he already has the item printed. just a suggestion.

I have a little work done on the chassis. I won't go much further as I want to replace the bogus exhaust, dash board and shifter. I saw some good replacements at that Jaye's site, thanks for the info about that site.