Nascar Whelen/Asphalt modified #88 Woody Pitkat 1/25 by SalvinosJR – work in progress
Finally I added steering wheel and was able to glue the roof and added rear spoiler.I used transparent windshield from the kit. Unfortunately driver side clear kit part was not accurate… I decided to recreate it from some transparent plastic that left after some figure packing.Paper prototyping went fine and I got the shape desired.…
After countless hours of thinking “how to” improve the kit. I decided to replace original part for front net of a racecar.I used moskito mesh repair kit from Aliexpress… After paint it looked the best compared to other options I had. I found that the model front axles looks quite empty compared with pictures of…
I started to work on racecar detailing. I was thinking about rebuilding the shocks and replace the coils, but I left those oob. Rear axle was completed and extra shafts were added to handle custom brake discs. Additional details were painted as well, I used Tamiya LP range of paints – sticks properly without any…
As my previous experience with Salvinos JR model – this kit is basically same – it is not the representation of the car on the box… it is just general representation of Nascar Modifieds. After looking at the picrures of the real thing, I decided to cut some parts and replace kit plastic with my…
Racecar project is progressing.Initial painting, parts of the frame and engine. I used Tamiya LP range, SemiGloss Black, Italian Red, Silver and Sparkling Silver. Now the time has come for a bit of detailing. I’m planning to add wires and tubes to the engine. Started with spark distributor and wires. I used 0,2mm red wire…
“Drivers – start your engines!” Lately I got opportunity to watch amateur class racing at BullRing LasVegas. Between many classes there was so called Asphalt Modified. It was awsome, like a go-karts with V8 buileded in!Then I found 1/25 scale model of Modified class from SalvinosJR – decission was simple – I’m on it. As…