Mario “Shadow” Mendiola
Chicago, Illinois
Shadow spent a year building and painting this AMT 1/25 scale ’49 Ford convertible as a tribute to Joe Bailon, the creator of the candy apple red finish on full-size cars, who passed away in 2017. After customizing the body and adding quad headlights and custom taillights, he applied silver and topped it with HOK Green Pearl Flip-Flop Kandy and used Organic Green for the flames.