NASCAR - Only took me 25 years to finish

[tommym]

While looking for something else, I found this partially built amt/ertl #6962 1990 Bill Elliott Nascar Ford Thunderbird in my attic a few months back. Seems roughly 25 years ago I started to build it. Then I met this beautiful girl Jacque, and started dating her. Model got boxed up and forgotten. I proceeded to marry Jacque and am still happily married to her. Since then we’ve moved a couple of times and my boxes of stuff just travel with me. And yes, there are a few more unbuilt models in the attic.

I’ve been watching you ISM members building some awesome stuff for awhile and it gave me the incentive to finish it. After almost getting it done, I kinda got stuck worrying about the decals.

The Styrene Syndicates 48 Hour Build convince me to finish. Although I didn’t participate in the build, I used that time to decal, clear coat and finish the model.



This what it looked liked when I opened the box



Repainted the body



Finished model

Although I am a very SLOW builder, A big THANK YOU to all on this forum

TommyM

[Twokidsnosleep]

Hey that looks great!!!
I love the story behind the model as well...just had our 24th anniversary last month

[PrivateMansoor]

Congrats. Looks great for a 25 year old model. Can't believe you had all the parts and decals still worked too after so long. Good job.