64 Galaxie Modified Stocker

[kyledehart5]

As always, skip below to avoid my drivel and get to the photos. Here we have a dreaded fender race car build! This kit I acquired courtesy of Brian. It's an older release of the modified stocker kits that Round 2 is currently re-releasing. I'd like to get most of these in the series built because I think they're just fun builds to mess around with and not have to put any thought into at all. I built the GTO kit awhile back which I picked up at Hobby Lobby during one of their 40% off sales.  Brian offered me this 64 Galaxie and the 66 Impala, so I took him up on it and built this in the background of my PC17 build. Kit goes together really nicely with just cleaning up some flash. I did absolutely nothing extra on the build either. not even plug wires. This is just completely out of the box. Sanded the tires as if it was a generic asphalt racer, added some exhaust staining and black "rubber" flecks around the bottom and called it good. Decals are a combination of those that come in these kits and ones that I had laying around. Went with some sort of silly crane livery with a car sponsored by a crane company. I didn't base it off of anything at all, just built it for fun. Another fun little tidbit on this kit are the couple gas cans and open face helmet it comes with. I painted those up and stuck them in one of the photos.  Thanks for looking and thanks Brian for the great kits!

[Gary Davis]

Nice clean build, Kyle.

[kyledehart5]

Aug 29, 2022 12:31:28 GMT -5 Gary Davis said:

Nice clean build, Kyle.

Thanks Gary! Nothing special but I wanted to share it since I got it off a fellow member.

[1961redlegs]

This is a sharp looker, you caught the look and spirit of short track racers. Great job!

[kyledehart5]

Aug 29, 2022 20:31:14 GMT -5 1961redlegs said:

This is a sharp looker, you caught the look and spirit of short track racers. Great job!

Thank you!!

[racerbrown]

Well done sir! I built these when i was a kid.
It was neat to build a model of what was running our local tracks back then.
duane

[kyledehart5]

Aug 30, 2022 6:42:26 GMT -5 racerbrown said:

Well done sir! I built these when i was a kid.
It was neat to build a model of what was running our local tracks back then.
duane

Thanks Duane! I love that Round 2 is re-releasing these old kits and the modifieds. I’ve mostly been around sprint car racing in my life but these stocker kits are just a lot of fun to build without having to worry about much

[hurtubise56]

That looks great! Glad you got it built! Just remember, not all of them go together as easily as that one. The Torino, Galaxie, Buick and Impala are the best of the bunch. The GTO is pretty good, too, but mostly unobtanium nowadays. Never cared much for the Olds, altho it builds easily, as in "real life" it was a little too big to make a good race car. The Falcon and Chevelle are basically unbuildable OOB.

[racermagic]

Aug 29, 2022 20:31:14 GMT -5 1961redlegs said:

This is a sharp looker, you caught the look and spirit of short track racers. Great job!

I concur.  Has a Saturday night feel to it and those cars, that was part of the  lure.

[kyledehart5]

Aug 30, 2022 18:16:54 GMT -5 hurtubise56 said:

That looks great! Glad you got it built! Just remember, not all of them go together as easily as that one. The Torino, Galaxie, Buick and Impala are the best of the bunch. The GTO is pretty good, too, but mostly unobtanium nowadays. Never cared much for the Olds, altho it builds easily, as in "real life" it was a little too big to make a good race car. The Falcon and Chevelle are basically unbuildable OOB.

Thank you! I will get the Impala built that I got from you too at some point. The others just depend on what I can find for reasonable prices and when or what Round 2 re-releases and I can get from hobby lobby when they have their sales. Just fun kits to have around to sling together without going deep into the builds!

[kyledehart5]

Aug 30, 2022 20:29:05 GMT -5 racermagic said:

Aug 29, 2022 20:31:14 GMT -5 1961redlegs said:

This is a sharp looker, you caught the look and spirit of short track racers. Great job!

I concur.  Has a Saturday night feel to it and those cars, that was part of the  lure.

Thank you!! That’s what I was going for. Just a good old weekend warrior from your local track!

[arcticwolf]

Aug 31, 2022 2:00:41 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Aug 30, 2022 18:16:54 GMT -5 hurtubise56 said:

That looks great! Glad you got it built! Just remember, not all of them go together as easily as that one. The Torino, Galaxie, Buick and Impala are the best of the bunch. The GTO is pretty good, too, but mostly unobtanium nowadays. Never cared much for the Olds, altho it builds easily, as in "real life" it was a little too big to make a good race car. The Falcon and Chevelle are basically unbuildable OOB.

Thank you! I will get the Impala built that I got from you too at some point. The others just depend on what I can find for reasonable prices and when or what Round 2 re-releases and I can get from hobby lobby when they have their sales. Just fun kits to have around to sling together without going deep into the builds!

If you're interested

www.mikesdecals.com/other-racing-kits-c-4_47.html

[kyledehart5]

Aug 31, 2022 13:41:09 GMT -5 arcticwolf said:

Aug 31, 2022 2:00:41 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Thank you! I will get the Impala built that I got from you too at some point. The others just depend on what I can find for reasonable prices and when or what Round 2 re-releases and I can get from hobby lobby when they have their sales. Just fun kits to have around to sling together without going deep into the builds!

If you're interested

www.mikesdecals.com/other-racing-kits-c-4_47.html

Hey thanks! I actually have ordered from that website in the past and pop over occasionally to check their Dutch sales and other kits.

[racerbrown]

Aug 30, 2022 16:12:47 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Aug 30, 2022 6:42:26 GMT -5 racerbrown said:

Well done sir! I built these when i was a kid.
It was neat to build a model of what was running our local tracks back then.
duane

Thanks Duane! I love that Round 2 is re-releasing these old kits and the modifieds. I’ve mostly been around sprint car racing in my life but these stocker kits are just a lot of fun to build without having to worry about much

I'm with you on sprint cars! If i had a choice of any racing to watch sprint cars in the dirt is it. We have East Bay Raceway here near Tampa which is considered one of the better tracks in the country. It's been too long since i've been there...
Duane

[kyledehart5]

Sept 4, 2022 6:12:55 GMT -5 racerbrown said:

Aug 30, 2022 16:12:47 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Thanks Duane! I love that Round 2 is re-releasing these old kits and the modifieds. I’ve mostly been around sprint car racing in my life but these stocker kits are just a lot of fun to build without having to worry about much

I'm with you on sprint cars! If i had a choice of any racing to watch sprint cars in the dirt is it. We have East Bay Raceway here near Tampa which is considered one of the better tracks in the country. It's been too long since i've been there...
Duane

Duane, I love sprint cars, especially traditional, non wings. I am fortunate enough to help out with a local sprint car team here in Indiana. But every year I go to Florida for work and a couple of times I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to hit a track down there. It’s never worked out for me for east bay when we’ve worked in Tampa but I’ve managed to get to Volusia a couple times while we were over working around Daytona.

[bobbyc]

Nice job on your "taxicab", LOL. My family used to go to Hatfield Speedway when I was a kid and they would sometimes have that type of stock car racing there. But- my favorite was the midgets at that track, which was a third mile high banked dirt, but is no longer there.

[kyledehart5]

Sept 5, 2022 4:34:29 GMT -5 bobbyc said:

Nice job on your "taxicab", LOL. My family used to go to Hatfield Speedway when I was a kid and they would sometimes have that type of stock car racing there. But- my favorite was the midgets at that track, which was a third mile high banked dirt, but is no longer there.

Thanks Bobby! Midgets put on some of the best racing anywhere. Always loved the midgets, sprint cars and crown cars, and I never really got into the taxicab racing myself but these are just fun kits to build. 1/3 mile high banked dirt sounds awesome! I love the little bullrings we have here in Indiana.