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This is the entry to my model car room.
Right outside the door is a closet that holds all of my completed models -
all boxed up and waiting for a display cabinet to be built. Yes I am
a huge Mark Martin and Ford car fan. You have to have a stereo to
keep the music going as you build late at night..... |
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This is a shot into the completed
closet. The small white boxes are stacked 3 deep and each contain 1
car. The other boxes hold multiple cars and the large boxes on the
bottom are full of built-up models used for parts... |
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Behind those closet doors is my pile of
future victims. The chair will hopefully be replaced with a recliner
someday... |
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Kits piled floor to ceiling in the
closets. I try to keep them organized by category but the Nascars
are starting to take over multiple shelves... |
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The workbench and computer station.
Workbench is an old letter sorter desk from a post office. I removed
most of the dividers and can keep 24 projects going at all times and
organized. I have room for the box and a slot for the sub assemblies
for that project. I also have room left over to keep my paints and
tools organized as well as some left over slots for bodies that are
drying. The stack of kits on top of the computer station are Nascar
donor kits for the after market decals I have - which are stored in the
large yellow envelopes on the desk. |
This is a shot of 9 Nascar projects that I
had ready for primer and paint...
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I build up the entire chassis and roll cage
prior to painting...
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9 Nascar bodies ready for primer - flat
white, gray, or flat black depending on the final color of the body.
In this case these are all 98/99 Ford Taurus cars.
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Misc parts for those 9 Nascars - anything
that needs to be primed and painted a color that I will also be using on
the bodies or chassis. |
Misc pieces painted and ready for
sub-assembly or final assembly.
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9 sets of tires scuffed and ready for rims -
which are painted and drying. Engine blocks assembled and ready for
paint. |
9 sets of tires ready for the cars. I
think I counted 200+ decals that were applied to this pile of tires and
rims. Other misc pieces painted and ready to go.
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Some of the bodies painted and mocked up on
the completed chassis and wheels. I really enjoy decaling Nascar
models so I usually leave the best for last....
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A good mix of projects - everything from trucks to muscle cars to
Nascar to drag cars. |
More cars with the major components of the chassis completed. |
4 Nascar chassis and roll cages builtup - waiting for tires and bodies. |
4 Nascar chassis with wheels and tires added. |
Partially decaled bodies and painted chassis |
Partially decaled bodies married to the completed chassis. |
Freshly painted 66 Mustang and 70 Boss Mustang |
Freshly painted 40 Ford convert and 62 Bel Air |
Spent the day spraying flat black parts... |
Focusing entirely on completing the 69 Dodge Charger. |
Sat down one day and decided to foil a bunch of stalled
projects.... this is where I was at around lunch time. |
Managed to finish foiling 11 bodies by the end of that
day..... |
A bunch of projects that got decals one day. |
40 Ford Delivery and a 69 Cuda waiting for final assembly. |
A day of painting. A couple Maz cars and a Pearson Talladega are
included in this batch. |
Max Cuda and 41 Willys, 69 Shelby Mustang and a 62 TBird |
Painted the blue on the Pearson Talladega and on a 41 Ford Woody.
Some chassis buildup on the Pearson and Maz cars. |
Some red projects - Maz Cuda and Willys, 67 Shelby Mustang, and 69 Cuda. |
Brush painting the wood details on a couple Woody bodies.... |
Brush painting completed on the Woodies. |
Some painted bodies drying on
the desk - this was prior to setting up a computer on this desk... |
Painting misc pieces and getting ready to assemble some Nascar tires. |
9 sets of Nascar tires finished. |
Cleaning up and assembling chassis' for some Nascars. |
Nascar bodies painted and drying while I build up the chassis' |
Completed Nascar Chassis' |
Mockup's prior to decalling. |