Ryan Blaney #12 Ford Mustang 2023 champion – work in progress
Whats left? – windows net and some final touches.Kit net is made of hard plastic, I was planning to do it in more realistic way… I used tamiya masking tape to replicate net based on kit example. After painting it looks spot on! Additional weathering, fuel stains and “battle damage” was added – and…. It…
Nascar race cars in superspeedway configurations are not symetrical when it comes to wheels camber and toe. I went oob settings with the suspension alignment, but unfortunately i wasn’t sattisfied with the outcome the car was set to high and not properly aligned.Again, based on the pictures and general informations, I modified the suspension to…
Yup, I decided for more challanging wheatered, beaten raced version of my miniature – I found it more interesting.Whetering of the tires was real challange, nascar tire wear is superextensive and it is not symetrical. I used photos of the real car from the end of the last race of 2023. Additionally I added tire…
Photo documentation showed that wheel rims colors is not unified – it looks like polished metal on spokes with dark insides. I went with two tone paiting, but I think I over-complicated it a bit 😉, anyhow, I love final results. Looks like the real thing to me! Sharing my way if someone would like…
Time for a top coat.GX112 SuperClearIII UV Cut applied. After some polishing work the body looks as it should. As I’m working mostly at night – I took opportunity to took a picture within direct sunlight, the colors really popped up! In meantime I applied internal decals and tire markings. And put chrome silver bare…
I added few internal details including visible fuel lines. It will fit quite nicely into the body. Unfortunately, there will be not so much details visible with body-on…. It is ok for me – I will not focus so much on the interior :). BTW I receive a package from https://www.modelroundup.com/ – 2022 Nascar Champion…
In meantime I ordered aftermarket racing belt set. Its not as real-real Nascar safety belts, but I decided to go with those as it will add extra detail to the miniature. Additinally I added some photoetched bolts to the seat – looks cool now. Seat in position. Just hop-in and drive! In meantime I covered…
I started to work on the blue parts of Blaney’s Champion car.Masking tape was applied based on photo documentation and kit box. Quick mix of two MrHobby – I used kit decals as a guidance for a color. It looked quite same in my eyes… and sprayed unmasked parts of a body. The color want…
In my modeller shelf I found plain carbon fibers waterslide decals. I put them on the racing chair and other interior parts made of carbon fiber. On the sides of the main cage I attached self adhesive packing foam parts to replicate Next Gen car safety walls. The engine was enriched with sparkplug wires, I…
Nascar cars details like headlights or grilles are made of sticker in the real thing… Salvinos decals covers thats pretty good, except real-real mesh that is incorporated in the front bumper of next generation racecars. I need to improve that! First, I did pencil drawing on paper tape – based on decal from the box.…