Post by jose9 on Jan 27, 2006 3:31:54 GMT -5
i recently had the idea of building a model for every win evernham motorsports ever won. i was missing 3 2 chargers and 1 intrepid. for obvious reasons the chargers will have to wait. but the intrpid could be done. so it was bill elliotts pocono winner from 2002. as i was researching the difference between the pocono and indy winner i came to a bitter/sweet conlusion. the model i had already built for the indy winner was actually perfect for the pocono win and was very inaccurate for the indy winner. the cont were wrong and numerous things were wrong with the car. i remeber back in 2003 posting that jwtbms viper sheet had the best looking 2002 cont for bill. so i relooked at the online shot on jwtbms website and sure enough john had the correct cont logos for the brickyard car. its mainly the size on the cont and the mac tools logo that were different.so i decided to name the old model the pocono winner and build a super correct brickyard winner. but with a special twist! i wanted to relive the special feeling it was to see bill win that day so i had an idea! altho i havnt done it yet. iam going to make a driver figure of bill climbing out at victory lane i will use the body of the revell figure with the arms and head of tamiyas rally pit crew set.(havent bought one yet) to relive the look of bill celebrating iam going for this look
as for the model i reworked the front nose the dodges in 2002 no longer had that mold line separating the black lines on the nose. it was completely flat they also got rid of the bottom grills on 1 1/2 tracks and up
actually the 2001 homestead winner also was missing the bottom grills
so i sanded it smooth and added the front valance whixh in the race seemed to lift up from the speed bill was running 8) his tape on the hood pins also ripped off! with out further ado heres whati have done so far. in this stage of the build iam going to go for a no no in our hobby,iam sometimes cocky and stuff but iam gonna go out and say at this stage in time on the planet earth there is no model more accurate then this one that i know off. also there are still in accuracys and beleave me if i told you or fixed them you probly still wouldent know what they were. i got an mental illness sometimes :lol: to much obbsesion with red dodges i tell ya!
i really hope you guys like the car and veiw it looking for whats unique and not just hit the back button thinking iam posting the same car twice.
i know i wont be the only guy ever to build this car like this eaither but my hope is that i help somebody get closer to the level they want there car to look like or learn a new trick. heck i this build iam trying a new trick! i leanred from nick b. he tought me how to get the passenger side exaust opening with out having to make a new side skirt thanks nick!
funny storie too why is it my bill elliott cars always come out better then my kahne cars? but only after i had to stripe is once for freak accidents like droping the car on dusty floors when its wet or having the sprey can mess up for what ever reason. :lol:
as for the model i reworked the front nose the dodges in 2002 no longer had that mold line separating the black lines on the nose. it was completely flat they also got rid of the bottom grills on 1 1/2 tracks and up
actually the 2001 homestead winner also was missing the bottom grills
so i sanded it smooth and added the front valance whixh in the race seemed to lift up from the speed bill was running 8) his tape on the hood pins also ripped off! with out further ado heres whati have done so far. in this stage of the build iam going to go for a no no in our hobby,iam sometimes cocky and stuff but iam gonna go out and say at this stage in time on the planet earth there is no model more accurate then this one that i know off. also there are still in accuracys and beleave me if i told you or fixed them you probly still wouldent know what they were. i got an mental illness sometimes :lol: to much obbsesion with red dodges i tell ya!
i really hope you guys like the car and veiw it looking for whats unique and not just hit the back button thinking iam posting the same car twice.
i know i wont be the only guy ever to build this car like this eaither but my hope is that i help somebody get closer to the level they want there car to look like or learn a new trick. heck i this build iam trying a new trick! i leanred from nick b. he tought me how to get the passenger side exaust opening with out having to make a new side skirt thanks nick!
funny storie too why is it my bill elliott cars always come out better then my kahne cars? but only after i had to stripe is once for freak accidents like droping the car on dusty floors when its wet or having the sprey can mess up for what ever reason. :lol: