Post by rh1no on Apr 3, 2017 17:26:47 GMT -5
Even though this build has literally been years in the making (research-wise), I've managed to not get banned nor kicked in the balls and left to die in a fire, so I guess it's not all that significant, but I'll still post it.
This is one of two customs that I'm taking down to Batesville for Mark Martin Fan Days. It's the sister to the Apache Stove hauler that Mark ran in the early 80's. Actually, they were the same vehicle, just repainted. And it isn't really a hauler, but I currently lack a better term, so it's a hauler. It's been on my "need to find good reference material" list forever, and I was lucky enough to hook-up with Ryan Finley (son of Dennis Finley... who hand painted all of Mark's cars in those days) and he had a photo that was decent enough for me to reconstruct the decals.
The cab is an 1:24 AMT Mack Model R685ST and everything behind the doors is scratchbuilt and my decals. The airfoil was formed by melting a sheet of styrene over a sculpted wooden block that I had saved from the Apache Stove build. Then some sanding and Squadron White Putty, sanding, etc.
I really enjoy taking one-off builds to Fan Days, especially the obscure. Since finding a reference photo was such a challenge, and the fact that I've never seen one built before... I place it firmly in the obscure category.
These were the reference photos:
And this is the end result. I'll post better pics to my site after it's autographed.
Thanks for looking.
M
This is one of two customs that I'm taking down to Batesville for Mark Martin Fan Days. It's the sister to the Apache Stove hauler that Mark ran in the early 80's. Actually, they were the same vehicle, just repainted. And it isn't really a hauler, but I currently lack a better term, so it's a hauler. It's been on my "need to find good reference material" list forever, and I was lucky enough to hook-up with Ryan Finley (son of Dennis Finley... who hand painted all of Mark's cars in those days) and he had a photo that was decent enough for me to reconstruct the decals.
The cab is an 1:24 AMT Mack Model R685ST and everything behind the doors is scratchbuilt and my decals. The airfoil was formed by melting a sheet of styrene over a sculpted wooden block that I had saved from the Apache Stove build. Then some sanding and Squadron White Putty, sanding, etc.
I really enjoy taking one-off builds to Fan Days, especially the obscure. Since finding a reference photo was such a challenge, and the fact that I've never seen one built before... I place it firmly in the obscure category.
These were the reference photos:
And this is the end result. I'll post better pics to my site after it's autographed.
Thanks for looking.
M
