Post by Oldtimer on Jun 3, 2021 17:23:58 GMT -8
Who doesn't admire and respect the late Alan Kulwicki?
Nascar Winston Cup Champion, one of the first (if not the first) Nascar driver/team owners with a college degree, and the holder of one of the coolest sponsors ever. I have an entire shelf in my 1/18 scale collection dedicated to him.
As with many Nascar participants back in the day, he didn't limit his efforts solely to the Cup series. Based on this decal sheet and picture, he also participated in the Grand American sedan series.
So, I love this donor model made by ACME, based on an old Welly mold.
I wish they would take the old GMP Trans Am Camaro molds (especially the 1969 Todco/Penske version) and do the same thing.
Anyway, notwithstanding my attraction, they do have one significant issue (among some other minor ones), which is the induction system.
As you can see from above, there is an air box and an apparent headlight inlet.
However, under the air box is the incorrect multiple Weber carb inlet system derived from the very first version of this model created by Welly, which was to replicate one that raced in Australia by Alan Moffat.
The first thing I do when I customize one of these is to correct the gross induction error.
Swede70 has created a number of 1/18 scale resin pieces, one of which is a period-correct four barrel carburetor.
Here's a link to a Flickr album that shows what I do to convert one of these models.
flic.kr/s/aHsm7ZEUeA
Here's what this one looked like in progress.
One other thing I do on mine is to add the front fender brace that Welly did away with when they "corrected" the Trans Am models (see the two pictures above).
I actually had two decal sheets, one with a white background, the other one clear. This is a combination of the two.
The donor I used was missing the driver's side upper door bar, so I fabricated one, wrapping it with some black pinstriping tape to emulate padding.
Nascar Winston Cup Champion, one of the first (if not the first) Nascar driver/team owners with a college degree, and the holder of one of the coolest sponsors ever. I have an entire shelf in my 1/18 scale collection dedicated to him.
As with many Nascar participants back in the day, he didn't limit his efforts solely to the Cup series. Based on this decal sheet and picture, he also participated in the Grand American sedan series.
So, I love this donor model made by ACME, based on an old Welly mold.
I wish they would take the old GMP Trans Am Camaro molds (especially the 1969 Todco/Penske version) and do the same thing.
Anyway, notwithstanding my attraction, they do have one significant issue (among some other minor ones), which is the induction system.
As you can see from above, there is an air box and an apparent headlight inlet.
However, under the air box is the incorrect multiple Weber carb inlet system derived from the very first version of this model created by Welly, which was to replicate one that raced in Australia by Alan Moffat.
The first thing I do when I customize one of these is to correct the gross induction error.
Swede70 has created a number of 1/18 scale resin pieces, one of which is a period-correct four barrel carburetor.
Here's a link to a Flickr album that shows what I do to convert one of these models.
flic.kr/s/aHsm7ZEUeA
Here's what this one looked like in progress.
One other thing I do on mine is to add the front fender brace that Welly did away with when they "corrected" the Trans Am models (see the two pictures above).
I actually had two decal sheets, one with a white background, the other one clear. This is a combination of the two.
The donor I used was missing the driver's side upper door bar, so I fabricated one, wrapping it with some black pinstriping tape to emulate padding.
