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Hey guys,
Just thought I would share some cars I just finished. The Petty Enterprises Plymouth Superbird team in 1970. Sadly, I checked the old forum & I started these back in July 2013 as I started a thread on them. I cant believe that was 7 years ago & Im not sure why it took me that long to finish them. In that time I worked on them here & there, usually about a year in between sittings. I have to say, out of all the race cars & drivers, Richard Petty's Superbird would have to be my all-time favourite of all. But really, no idea why I stalled these for so long. For those that don't know Richard Petty's & Pete Hamiltons Superbirds here they are -
Heres some details on the cars I built. The bodies are by Johan in 1/25 scale. The bodies were quite modified, wheel wells opened up & flared as well as a lot of work around the nose. The nose was resin cast by Doc from a Monogram Superbird 1/24 kit. Chassis is H&R Racing, Motor is H&R Hawk, Wheels H&R with my own urethane resin tires, Wheel inserts are resin by Modelhaus, Paint is Tamiya TS-23 Light Blue & cleared with Gloss Clear TS-13, Decals by Powerslide, Driver figure by Immense Miniatures.
I still need to fix a few things on the cars. The roll cage in the Johan Superbird kit is possibly the worst Ive seen. I removed it from the #43 but you can still see it in the #40. My local hobby shop is waiting for the Evergreen round strips that I wanted to make my own roll cage from but they said it will be about a month. So Im waiting for that to come in. I also need to fix up the exhaust pipes. They didn't quite work as I thought.
Also as a side note. I did some work to the rear bumpers & basically sanded most of the chrome off. So to re-chrome them I tried spraying some Molotow Chrome through my airbrush at about 25psi & the results were excellent. The bumpers were sort off half bare & half chrome but were smooth. I did not prime the bumpers, just sprayed Molotow straight on. I sprayed 1 super thick coat, all at once & I was amazed. Im a big fan.
Anyways here they are -
Heres Pete Hamiltons #40
Heres Richard Pettys #43
Thanks for looking
Greg
Just thought I would share some cars I just finished. The Petty Enterprises Plymouth Superbird team in 1970. Sadly, I checked the old forum & I started these back in July 2013 as I started a thread on them. I cant believe that was 7 years ago & Im not sure why it took me that long to finish them. In that time I worked on them here & there, usually about a year in between sittings. I have to say, out of all the race cars & drivers, Richard Petty's Superbird would have to be my all-time favourite of all. But really, no idea why I stalled these for so long. For those that don't know Richard Petty's & Pete Hamiltons Superbirds here they are -
Heres some details on the cars I built. The bodies are by Johan in 1/25 scale. The bodies were quite modified, wheel wells opened up & flared as well as a lot of work around the nose. The nose was resin cast by Doc from a Monogram Superbird 1/24 kit. Chassis is H&R Racing, Motor is H&R Hawk, Wheels H&R with my own urethane resin tires, Wheel inserts are resin by Modelhaus, Paint is Tamiya TS-23 Light Blue & cleared with Gloss Clear TS-13, Decals by Powerslide, Driver figure by Immense Miniatures.
I still need to fix a few things on the cars. The roll cage in the Johan Superbird kit is possibly the worst Ive seen. I removed it from the #43 but you can still see it in the #40. My local hobby shop is waiting for the Evergreen round strips that I wanted to make my own roll cage from but they said it will be about a month. So Im waiting for that to come in. I also need to fix up the exhaust pipes. They didn't quite work as I thought.
Also as a side note. I did some work to the rear bumpers & basically sanded most of the chrome off. So to re-chrome them I tried spraying some Molotow Chrome through my airbrush at about 25psi & the results were excellent. The bumpers were sort off half bare & half chrome but were smooth. I did not prime the bumpers, just sprayed Molotow straight on. I sprayed 1 super thick coat, all at once & I was amazed. Im a big fan.
Anyways here they are -
Heres Pete Hamiltons #40
Heres Richard Pettys #43
Thanks for looking
Greg
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These are some Johan kits converted to slot cars.
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