Thanks guys!

These Monte Carlo bodies are out of Wisconsin. Thanks to Doba Engineering I can make my 78, 79 Nascar dreams come true! When I get done with this set, I'm going back for more. So, Doba, I saw in another thread you are experimenting with clear resin. How's that going?

Rich

Have not started yet Rich -- got some Mopars and the Laguna I am finishing up first (hopefully soon; the time on the weekends goes too fast). :)

Ah, the great ole days of Winston Cup. Great pix! :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

Hey Joez,
Here's that beat up green charger I was talking about. I used HO Express decals to put the sixes back on the sides,
and went ahead and put one on top too. I didn't like having only three 6's on it.
http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/58/961b665f562f40f98af8b48789eb1cb0/l.jpg

Rich
www.myspace.com/northtexasslotcars (http://www.myspace.com/northtexasslotcars) :thumbsup:

Nice to see Sparky back in action!! But he really needs a shirt this time of year!! He'll catch pneumonia running around half nekkie like that!!!

Man, I'm really digging that garage!

Rich,

Didn't like the idea of only three 6's on it...yeah.I post part numbers on labels at my work and they get put up 111,222,333,444,555,678,777, 888 ect. Also have gotten everyone else at my job to do the same...678

Nice looking green and white Charger!

Bob...I look up not down...zilla

I like the a numbers that you used. Looks great!

Yeah I like that charger!! i dont even have one in my collection!!

Wes

I really dig this!

cool garage!

Love that Charger. Lots of cool stuff showing up at the shop I see :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Sorry about the mess guys, but when your running your own operation, with little or no help, stuff starts to stack up.
I think i have found some solutions to give me a extra hand this year.

http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/18/2a525a766e3d4031b071ef2a2b280ef9/l.jpg

Old man Harold made me a deal on this old Komatsu forklift. It's still in good shape cause he kept it up.
He went out and got some fancy new lift that takes up less space in his go kart shop. Despite all you hear about the bad economy,
he seems to be doing good. Of course, all that retirement from his job and the military doesn't hurt.
This is gonna make pulling motors a whole lot easier!

http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/54/0007227fae2943778d8b03700ce6fcb4/l.jpg

This hopped up John Deere is going to make the yard work go by real fast. At least, thats the point of it.
Big Al landed the motor for me out of some big rig. It's not really chrome. I sprayed it with some Al-Clad.
It cleanned up real nice though.

http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/15/d9498f865ef444cb81b8ef639fb6eb4c/l.jpg

All this extra horsepower is gonna make this year a little easier.
I'm cleaning out my shop to get ready for my projects for the upcoming swap meet.
Maybe ya'll can come over sometime and help me work on some stuff.

http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/60/d1e836edd6204e3abb95592e8bcb32c8/l.jpg

Rich

Thanks Doba, Zilla. You guys want a beer?
http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/511/medium/RichsCamera_0861.jpg

Rich

www.myspace.com/northtexasslotcars :thumbsup::thumbsup:

I'm in the mood for a couple but, it's cold right now. Dang bring on the summer heat will yah! Nice John Deere...my Dad is a big tractor collector and he painted several of these up in different colors. One looks like yerz' Rich. :) :wave:

Bob...my Dads name is John...zilla

Too funny Rich, I am gonna have to buy some of these autos off ya at the meet so ya get spanky there a shirt...lol...


Dave

Too funny Rich, I am gonna have to buy some of these autos off ya at the meet so ya get spanky there a shirt...lol...


Dave

Spanky.....lol!

Rich, nice looking details (especially the fridg). Makes me wonder what Sparky's water closet looks like!;)

Great find in that forklift. That will speed up pulling engines for sure.

Great stuff.....love it NT!!!!!

Spanky.....lol!

Rich, nice looking details (especially the fridg). Makes me wonder what Sparky's water closet looks like!;)

Looks the same ....only in brown. ;)

Eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!:eek:

Eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!:eek:

LOLOLOL..

Wes

Just watch out that cockroach doesn't drive off in your new forklift. He looks big enough to cart it off on his back. :eek:

We grow em BIG here in Texas.

Umm.... I think I'm getting this decal thing figured out.

http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/18/d77ef670ed44428d8f3d46dee95c91e9/l.jpg

http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/7/7c7fe80e1a8c4b46b3b74103fe8a5591/l.jpg

http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/39/8df1f18992624480b23ec6825a440b2f/l.jpg

I still can't print white, but I'm figuring ways around that.
I'm looking for gloss peel and stick decal paper that you can use an ink jet on. Is that just a dream?

Rich 88, but really 44.
(previously 43)

Have you tried white decal paper, Rich?? If it's going on a white body and you trim it close to the edge of the colored part it should blend in pretty well.. You might need to back it with a blank piece of white decal paper for use on a darker colored body, as well as trim perfectly to the edge of the printed design.

looks good on #88 gatorade!! looks like the decals was done by professional!! :thumbsup:

Wes

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

looks good on #88 gatorade!! looks like the decals was done by professional!! :thumbsup:

Wes

Wes you are right but, now after seeing this Gatoraid 88 I would say he is a professional! Nice job for sure...digging this Stocker big time.

Bob...how refreshing.........aaaaaaaaaaaaah...zilla

:thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

Love the Gatorade car :woohoo:

Nice and crisp Rich.

Looks very sharp!

Okay, so I cleaned up my shop. Well, as clean as it gets around here anyways.
It's just in time. The projects are rollin in.

http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/50/279272fac3a6438c89585ff0a44a5651/l.jpg

These are just getting paint and decals.

http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/41/92180377aa874a5f904b8e7e232d6810/l.jpg

This ones a little further along.

http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/61/77ca6e11bebf42d8b16560ba2481316f/l.jpg

This one may surprise you.

http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/42/eaba7d59126f4946a78c345355dd26f0/l.jpg

At any rate, I'm just glad to see a little work coming in.

http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/34/b61e690f458a42b7803321b1b806cfaf/l.jpg

Here's hoping all the shops can stay open.

You got yer hands full there. Like 'n the Stang in that color combo... WTG :thumbsup: nd

Since that new decal shop opened up in town, fixin up a car has got a whole lot easier.
Im almost done laying the scheme on this Laguna.

http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/63/a6d0822fcf564cd6a79cf975378a0f57/l.jpg

The warm spell has let me finish the paint on this Laguna.
Now where did I lay my Winstons?

http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/59/b1064ccedc384506917522c787c6eb34/l.jpg

NXT,
Great looking set of Gatorade bods. Okay, where did you get the Laguna from? :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

I have a feeling that the Yellow, Orange and White paint job is going to get some decals that are going to look right at home soon.

The Lagunas are actually Ideal bodies that fit the Tyco LWB.
They drive a whole lot better than you think they would.

Before I proceed I think we need to look back at how this car was lookin in action not to long ago.
The pit road robots were provided by Cyberdyne Industries out of California.

http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/74/bafe0a1498abcd8d17b4c075a7c7ec60/l.jpg

Yes, these new decals are working out great.
http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/47/da7c1e8ae1224c5dba60ab627284f482/l.jpg

Now, Al is here to help me demonstrate how this car might look at Talledega.
Now that's more like it.
http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/49/6eeb52fa26e1429981eefa9cbf596693/l.jpg

I still have my ol' Malibu I originally did back in 95, with 24th scale decals.
I'll keep it the way it is just for old times sake.

http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/47/198bd837a8cf4a9680b414915d003c92/l.jpg

Looks like Sparky's been hard at it!

Better get him a jug!

Great color combo on the Laguna! :thumbsup:

Yea, I likes that color package...RM

Yes, Sparky looks like he need a tall cold one about now... And maybe some leftover pizza.... Anything good in the fridge??? :p

Yea, I likes that color package...RM

Me too! The fact that you kept the colors Yellow, Orange and White throughout the paint scheme realy makes it work.

Bob...Cranck that bad boy up...zilla

The 1:1 car look just like Rich's :thumbsup:

http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/500/cale_1-vi.jpg

The 1:1 car look just like Rich's :thumbsup:

Nice find doba!!

http://www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?aid=17888

Here is a link for some rolling Chassis cars that were Auctioned off by the Nascar Cafe in SC recently. One of which is a different version of Holly Farms

Bob...would have thought these would go for more $$...zilla

Yes, Junior Johnson worked a deal in 1975 with Holly Farms to come back on his car after they lost the deal with Carling Brewing Company. I don't remember seeing this scheme but the first cars were white with the red stripe down the side. Later in the year they started painting them yellow.

http://www.proxibid.com/AuctionImages/1357/17888/Detail/4.JPG

http://nashville420.com/edited/yarborough%20-%2075%20chev%20NASH.JPG

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1976-nascar-5.jpg

:thumbsup::thumbsup: to Sparky.

The 1:1 car look just like Rich's :thumbsup:

http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/500/cale_1-vi.jpg

wow it looks like 82 cordoba (sp?) or mirada.. but its a chevy monte carlo isnt it?

Wes

wow it looks like 82 cordoba (sp?) or mirada.. but its a chevy monte carlo isnt it?

Wes


1975 Chevy Laguna S3 -- basically an aero nose version of a Malibu / Chevelle.

1975 Chevy Laguna S3 -- basically an aero nose version of a Malibu / Chevelle.

ahh my bad.. i keep forgetting they did use malibu/chevelle . thanks doba.

Wes

Here's the new DW car from '82. (JL Body)
http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/16/cf4dc38fa2e54d98a6a54359d48c3cfe/l.jpg
http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/49/7016221069fd45f2a45762b8fb622936/l.jpg

DW leads em all into the turn at Martinsville.
http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/101/856ac958327e4824b5d492f255f0e2be/l.jpg

Bonnett tries to get under him, but no can do.
http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/56/9b477de1adcb4a19aa2b4293de41adba/l.jpg

Nice job Rich!!! Me likes that flatbed truck too!!! Looks cool!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: