Decals, decals, and more decals! Rocky Sink applied 119 decals from S.K. Decals to every body panel of his 2015 Macau World Cup Audi R8 GT3 racecar. Rocky’s Audi is coated with Tamiya White lacquer and rolls on aftermarket Indycal tires.
Tim Kasper’s JoHan 1/25 scale 1955 Pontiac Star Chief has so many mods that you need a whole page to get through them all. The brandywine and light gold Poncho features a scratchbuilt interior with a lighted dash, a cantilever suspension system, a fully plumbed and wired 509 ci engine, and many machined and turned copper parts.
One of the most recognized names in NASCAR is the former driver of the No. 18 Toyota Camry, Kyle Busch. Aaron Thomas brought Kyle’s Skittles car to life by converting a Ford Fusion body into a Camry and constructing the rest of the racecar box stock.
Fred Henry likes things that look and go fast. Fred’s British racing green AMT 1/25 scale 1967 Ford Mustang looks the part with a back-halved chassis, widened stock rims inserted into massive rear tires, and a fully plumbed and wired 429 Cobra Jet engine. Go fast or go home!
Hector Guadalupe’s Revell 1/25 scale “Chip Foose” 1967 Dodge Coronet was built straight from the box with only the addition of Tamiya Light Metallic Blue paint and Bare-Metal Foil.
Brian Jackson’s 1963 Shelby Cobra street machine features extended fender flairs, a custom hood, a lowered suspension, and wide wheels from his spare parts box. Brian finished one of Shelby’s iconic rides with PPG pepper white and a gold stripe.
Finding the correct color and history of Jack Ingram’s 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo was the most difficult part of building this replica for David Hawkins. David used Plastic Performance decals and wheels, a scratchbuilt window net, and interior aluminum panels to complete this 1975 Permatex 300 winning racecar.
In the Junior Under 11 years old category, modeler Zoe Rogers loves Scooby-Doo, and she wanted to build the Revell Mystery Machine snap-together kit from the cartoon series. With some minor help, she completed the van by herself and had a blast adding the stickers.
Joshua Morgan’s 1972 Ford LN8000 6x6 was a machine on a mission, a Mad Max mission, that is. Joshua started with the AMT LN8000 racecar hauler, stretched the cab to make it a four-door, added a Mack truck suspension, a turbocharged Cummins VT-903 V8 engine, and sat it all on a set of scale, 54-inch tires with bead-lock wheels.
Larry Mulkey is a big man with an even bigger heart, and he’s definitely not shy about tapping into his inner child. Case-in-point, Larry built his AMT 1/25 scale Li’l ’Stogie Death Valley draggin’ wagon from the box and weathered it to depict it racing across the trails of a spectacularly different Wild West.
Robin Bittner built and detailed this new release of the Moebius Models 1/25 scale 1965 Chevrolet Nova gasser. He painted with a custom-mixed green color, marked the car with the kit decals, and wired and plumbed the engine beneath the quarter-mile monster’s hood.
Anything Ken Denza builds is top-notch, and his Asphalt Modified is no exception. Starting with a Big Donkey Resin body, Ken added a plethora of photo-etched metal and aluminum parts from Detail Masters, Barry Grant, and VCG Resins, along with some scratchbuilt modifications.
Barbara Denza built a 1964 Ford Falcon to enter for the ‘60s and ‘70s theme. Her classic Ford features a wired and plumbed engine, throttle linkage, scratchbuilt seat belts, and a period-correct, flat-black, teardrop hood surrounded by glossy Testors Graphite Gray.
What color is it? Don Betterton’s AMT 1/25 scale 1939 Ford sedan sports a slick PPG Chameleon paint job, Pegasus wheels and tires, and a lowered stance. Don took approximately one month to complete his ’39. “It’s the most fun I’ve had painting a model in some time,” he said.
Every part of Roger Wood’s 1999 Ford Mustang III has either been heavily modified or replaced. Roger used Scale Auto magazine decals over Dupli-Color orange paint and a scratchbuilt roll cage to protect the driver.
Davie Baker scratchbuilt the frame and suspension, opened the doors, and stuffed a Chevrolet 572 big-block between the fenders of his 1955 Chevy drag truck. Davie took almost two years to complete this burnt orange quarter-mile terror.
By looking at Ryleigh Miller’s 1967 Chevelle, you would be hard-pressed to realize this Chevy was built by a junior participant. Ryleigh added the undercarriage from a ‘70s stock car, radiused the wheel wells, and added tires and wheels from a late-model racer. The exceptional, ultra-smooth blue paint job made the perfect surface for the ever-present sponsor decals.
Junior modeler Jesse Baker’s black 1967 Ford Mustang took about a month to complete. Jesse added a cowl hood, raised suspension, wheels, and tires from his spares box to his GT500 drag racer.
Junior modeler Makalee Baker’s three-week build of this 1936 dirt-track racer sports a wired and plumbed engine, a scratchbuilt roll cage, and a wild, lime green paint scheme.
Kelly Koons aimed for the unusual this year and scored with this custom 1966 GMC pickup dressed in Jeep Rescue Green. The GMC uses an Iceman Collections conversion kit, and Kelly added 3D-printed tires and wheels.
The popular 60’s and 70’s theme featured Jason Wright’s 1970½ Camaro Z28. Jason added parts-box wheels and tires, painted the Chevy pony car with color-change metallic paint, and finished with white racing-stripe decals.
Hope It Don’t Snow has a category chosen by the previous year’s winner for SCMA members only. The theme for 2023 was tractors, and Quincy Bennett brought his “A” game with a Porsche Diesel Jr. 108 painted in John Deere green and yellow. Quincy’s poor farm implement is going through an identity crisis!
Rising to the SCMA club tractor challenge, Robbie Foster entered a Porsche Diesel Jr. 108 of his own. Robbie’s box-stock build sports a dark navy blue over white paint scheme and took approximately three weeks to complete.
Jim Smith kitbashed Monogram Saleen Mustang and Mustang GT kits to create one sweet ride. Wearing Splash Paints Pepper Gray, this pony car features a lowered suspension, wheels from Scale Stars, photo-etched metal brake detail, and a scratchbuilt S-281 rear spoiler.
Jeff McNaire built a Fujimi 1/24 scale Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 straight from the box. The six-week build features kit-supplied photo-etched metal parts and Splash Paints Selenite Gray under Zona decals.
Tim Goheen used LB Production decals over House of Kolor Kandy Blue on his box-stock build of a NuNu 1/24 scale BMW M8 GTE. This was the first NuNu kit Tim ever built, and he said everything went together beautifully.
Scott Inman’s 1/24 scale 1973 Mitsubishi Galant GTO 2000GSR was a model most attendees could not pass up without taking a closer look. Scott painted the body with Splash Mitsubishi Electric Blue, deleted the side moldings, added carbon-fiber decals to the hood and bumper, and used 3D-printed Work Meister S1 wheels.