tiptoe
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Race/wreck/repair/repeat
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Post by tiptoe on Dec 24, 2020 19:12:31 GMT -8
Hey yall!
Its been some time since I did the model car forum thing, lost a bunch of the old forums I WAS on, and I have been missing some of that as of late.
Thanks to COVID I have been able to kick my building into high gear so I figured now would be the time to show off some of my new stuff, meet some people, trade tips and tricks, etc..
About me:
Wisconsin modeler, member of the AMG, if you have been to contests or shows in the midwest you might have seen me, the black cowboy hat is my giveaway!
I race cars in the summer, I have an 84 Corvette that I use in the SCCA, WRL, and even the 24 hours of Lemons. I also guest drive for other race teams in the enduro style race series, Lemons, Champ car, etc..
About my models:
I build a bit of everything, but MOST of what I build is big bore road race cars. So Trans Am, IMSA GT, SCCA GT, rally, etc...from all time periods but the 80s are my favorite most days. Thus I figured this place would be a good place for me to set up camp and see how things go.
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mike_t
Full Time Ride
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Post by mike_t on Dec 25, 2020 3:11:39 GMT -8
Welcome aboard! Yeah, this ain't a bad place to be...lots of friendly people, willing and able to share. Seems like you'll fit right in!!
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Post by illeagle10 on Dec 25, 2020 4:15:57 GMT -8
Welcome "tip" glad to have you here!
Jim
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Dec 25, 2020 5:05:10 GMT -8
Welcome to our Board, You will find a bunch of friendly guys here that do some thing different, They actually Build and Share Model Cars! mostly Race Cars. Love those Trans Am, Gt-I and road race cars!!!!! Feel free to post up some pics and jump right in ( real Corvette race car pics welcome too ) Chris Hale
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Post by afx on Dec 25, 2020 5:24:27 GMT -8
Welcome and it sounds like you will fight in here - racing is what we are about.
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Post by Ben_B on Dec 25, 2020 7:14:11 GMT -8
Welcome!!
Ben
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Post by 65slotcar on Dec 25, 2020 9:04:03 GMT -8
Welcome to the forum ! big bore race cars are my favorite and about all i build. looking forward to seeing your work.
Bill
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tiptoe
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Race/wreck/repair/repeat
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Post by tiptoe on Dec 25, 2020 16:24:03 GMT -8
Welcome to our Board, You will find a bunch of friendly guys here that do some thing different, They actually Build and Share Model Cars! mostly Race Cars. Love those Trans Am, Gt-I and road race cars!!!!! Feel free to post up some pics and jump right in ( real Corvette race car pics welcome too ) Chris Hale Well since you asked This was taken at the 2020 Summer Festival of Speed at Gingerman Raceway  |
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Post by Oldtimer on Dec 27, 2020 15:17:17 GMT -8
Welcome to the Board.
Former GT1 owner and driver as well, however long since retired.
Owned four cars during my “career”, 69 A-Sedan Camaro, IMSA wide body Corvette (never raced it though), C3-chassis/Pickett body GT1 Corvette, and tube frame/Trans Am-spec 86 Camaro.
If you check some of my threads you may see pictures of them.
Looking forward to seeing your builds.
I work exclusively in 1/18 scale diecast.
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Post by mustang1989 on Dec 28, 2020 6:11:44 GMT -8
Glad to have you on board tiptoe. Looking forward to seeing some of your builds.
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tiptoe
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Post by tiptoe on Dec 31, 2020 9:35:17 GMT -8
Trying to figure out picture posting (still!!)  |
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Post by afx on Dec 31, 2020 10:00:38 GMT -8
Looks like you have it figured out.
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Post by 2whl on Jan 1, 2021 14:41:35 GMT -8
Welcome to the forum, tiptoe. If you like model racecars, this is the place to be. And from the looks of it, it doesn't hurt if you do the 1:1 thing.  |
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Post by Oldtimer on Jan 2, 2021 7:13:33 GMT -8
Trying to figure out picture posting (still!!) Is that a recycled Corvette Challenge car? |
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tiptoe
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Post by tiptoe on Jan 2, 2021 8:54:24 GMT -8
Trying to figure out picture posting (still!!) Is that a recycled Corvette Challenge car? LOL nope! Not at all. Me and my team made it. About 5 years ago we destroyed our Camaro racecar (complete loss, driver in the hospital not good) and as we were picking it apart one of my team asked if we could do something other then an F body this next time? We tossed around a few ideas, but I pointed out we should stay GM because of all the spare parts I have. My buddy found this nasty, moldy 1984 in a....not so nice part of Milwaukee. The rest is history! Team effort, I built the motor, my boyfriend did the tiger stripes, one of my crew welded the cage, my dad did the fiberglass fills/fixes etc. I'll post a few pics in the racecar section I think! |
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