Billy Kingsley Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I discovered the sport of NASCAR at Christmas in 1992, and it's been the most important thing in my life since then. In 2004, I finally felt that my skills were good enough to build NASCAR models, and since then I've completed 96 of them! 4 of the 5 times I've had models published have been NASCAR models, and it's kind of what I've become known for. This is my most recent completion, from last month. Dale Earnhardt Jr's 2003 car. Also completed last month, Ted Musgrave's 2001 Dodge Ram. My first NASCAR Dodge truck, my first NASCAR truck of any kind in 6 years. (3rd overall) Bobby Hamilton's car from the 1996 Daytona 500. After the car was already painted I found out an uncle drove the show car! This 1974 Soapy Castles Dodge has been one of my most popular models, even though construction is not of high quality. It was used in the 2010 Scale Auto Contest Annual, much to my surprise, because of the 11 models I brought to last year's NNL East, it's the least well-built! This Chrome car is one of my favorites. The real car really was chrome, run twice in 2002, the last use of chrome on a car body before NASCAR decided to make it illegal for some unknown reason. I had the body plated by Chrome Tech USA. I'm a big fan of the Kodak cars. This is my biggest project to date. It took 15 months to get it right. Converted from a street car to NASCAR spec. Fireball Roberts' 1963 Ford Galaxie. Plenty more on my website! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Fantastic Build,s Billy ! Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Billy, COOL builds.. EXCITITNG to look at ....Thanx HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Steffens Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 (edited) NASCAR builds are always interesting, new or old, OOB or superdetailed....great stuff Billy! Its been a while since I built one...now I may have to grab one out of the stash and get started! Edited July 29, 2011 by Frank Steffens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Billy Kingsley Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Thanks again, guys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
71roadrunner426 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) Excellent builds, I still have my Polar Lights Charger , but the car doesn't look like a Charger at all, Polar Lights did the car a huge injustice it is a horrible shape for such a beautiful car. I built my NASCAR models with the old MPC NASCAR series, Richard Petty's 71 Roadrunner, Buddy Baker's 71 Charger and so on, they got the body shapes dead on way back when these kits were released, but the Roll cages were a different story, and yes I did pay out my butt for these kits on Evil bay. The polar lights Mercury and Talladega Torino are wrong also, the nose of the car should be sloped lower and the rear windshield should be flush with the body. Edited September 4, 2011 by 71roadrunner426 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Billy Kingsley Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 Yep, I know it...but it's still the best thing available for me. Can't afford the old kits, and the nose being off on the Ford and Mercury doesn't bother me that much... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grant Lehman Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I really love the look of those vintage Nascar bodies.... Very nice work !!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dirkpitt289 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I especially like the vintage cars. IMHO they have the most personality and character Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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