Building some plastic models during the offseason

[kingofnerf]

Finished Cale Yarborough's '79 Olds Cutlass 442 stock car last week:

Spent all day this past Saturday working on another one, so I avoided the emotional trauma of the MBB loss to Auburn. LOL

 

[JimG]

I loved the old Cale 21 Merc Cyclone!

 

[GMB2USC23]

I had a uncle used to live across Wateree from Cale, him and Bruce Atkins(Roscoe Coltrane from Dukes of Hazard fame) used to play with his cars on the weekend while I fished on the docks. Didn't catch much on them days but what a rush lol
Loved some Cale, he was my Grandfather's favorite!

 

[FurmanCock]

Finished Cale Yarborough's '79 Olds Cutlass 442 stock car last week:

Hey, we have the same china pattern!

 

[kingofnerf]

Hey, we have the same china pattern!

Yes, I am one of the Boston Nerfs. LOL

 

[kingofnerf]

Starting working on Benny Parsons' '78 Cutlass last week.

 

[kingofnerf]

Got her done.

 

[AikenGameFan]

Just like getting back into running is tough, I really do not think I have the "eye to hand" coordination to build one of those anymore.
You do some great work.

 

[kingofnerf]

Just like getting back into running is tough, I really do not think I have the "eye to hand" coordination to build one of those anymore.
You do some great work.

Thanks, man.

I have discovered that my visual acuity is crap as I have aged. Thinking about buying either a jeweler's lighted magnifying glass or a headband with some different magnifying lenses on it. Maybe both.

 

[FurmanCock]

I think Benny Parson's would have approved.

 

[kingofnerf]

I think Benny Parson's would have approved.

Benny won 3 races in 1978 at Richmond, Riverside, and Darlington in a Monte Carlo as the Olds cars were only being used at the superspeedways early in that season.

He started/finished 3rd with the Cutlass in the Daytona 500 and started/finished 2nd at Michigan.

Cale Yarborough driving the Junior Johnson #11 First National City Travelers Checks Oldsmobile won his then record third consecutive NASCAR Grand National Winston Cup Championship. BP finished fourth in points behind Cale, Bobby Allison, and Darrell Waltrip.

Pretty good back then.

 

[kingofnerf]

Changed things up a bit and started on a Korean War-era F4U-4B Corsair model.

I mixed my own paint to create the brown leather color for the cockpit seat and headrest.

I remember someone who worked at Mattel once telling me Mattel used tampos to paint the graphics on the Hot Wheels cars, so I tried something like that on cockpit details. I dropped a couple of drops of silver paint on a paper plate, spread it out with a Q-tip and then tamped down the Q-tip on the places I wanted to highlight. It was pretty clean, fast, and easy and it worked great.

 

[kingofnerf]

Used Tamiya TS-55 Dark Blue (gloss) for the color coat over the gray primer. I used Silly Putty to mask the cockpit, cowl, and radiator openings. Laid down the medium blue on the top of the tail and masked it with Silly Putty as well when I shot the dark blue. It came out pretty decent.

Still got a few more things left to do.

 

[kingofnerf]

Got a little further the past two days. Was concerned some of the decals would roll up when they were clear-coated since the surfaces weren't flat, but they didn't.

Will hopefully finish her in the next day or two.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Looks good!

 

[kingofnerf]

Got the landing gear installed.

Tedious stuff.

 

[FurmanCock]

Tedious, no doubt. I wish I had the patience and/or skill to do such detail work, but I just don't. Doesn't prevent me from admiring the work of those who do have that ability.

 

[kingofnerf]

Got the drop tanks and missiles on her.

I usually build Corsairs clean with no drop tanks or hung ordnance, but decided to add them to the build this time since this is a Korean War Corsair. The High Velocity Aircraft Rocket (HVAR) carries a 5-inch shell for a warhead and I mixed some paint to create the olive drab color. A bare metal fuse screws into the shell so I kept that silver. I figure Blitzy might appreciate these little factoids since he was an armorer.

Another big pain in the backside, but I got her done.

 

[kingofnerf]

Got her finished.

Man, this stuff has been good for the builder in me.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Got the drop tanks and missiles on her.

I usually build Corsairs clean with no drop tanks or hung ordnance, but decided to add them to the build this time since this is a Korean War Corsair. The High Velocity Aircraft Rocket (HVAR) carries a 5-inch shell for a warhead and I mixed some paint to create the olive drab color. A bare metal fuse screws into the shell so I kept that silver. I figure Blitzy might appreciate these little factoids since he was an armorer.

Another big pain in the backside, but I got her done.

Awesome job!