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  • #16
    Originally posted by GotFrank View Post
    "I'm sure Lightning McQueen has a pit crew out there too, but his would be far too expensive."

    Not really, there's two versions of My Name Is Not Chuck. One with the impact wrench one without. Most of the Radiator Springs townies have a Pit Crew version. But that's it for Team McQueen\Rust-eze.

    And Yes RCcars5 I made custom toolboxes for Teams; Shiny Wax, Sparemint and No Stall. The other two are kinda obscured by the pittys. And thanks!

    Sorts visible here:

    How did you make all of that? It looks really cool. My goal is to make some sort of display for my disney cars. To include a small race track similar to that of Martinsville or Bristol from the actual nascar series, along with a small town which is where I would display a lot of the cars. I don't want it to be at all similar to Radiator Springs. I want to make my own.

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    • #17
      "How did you make all of that? It looks really cool."

      Well short answer, a lot of time and patience. And a self-taught crash course in PhotoShop... Also in case I haven't already said, thank you for your service! And thanks for the compliment. Most of my models are constructed from either foam core, printed material on label paper or card stock. And a good deal of craft wood basswood, balsa wood and a few chop sticks here and there. The table surface is all hand painted with acrylic craft paints. Here a couple links for the pit boxes (war wagons):

      http://carsthetoys.yuku.com/topic/79...s#.VwGBc5wrLRY

      http://www.nhlpatches.info/cars.htm

      Dimensions for the pits:

      http://carsthetoys.yuku.com/sreply/1...Pit-Row-Update

      Basically print them out full page on 8.5" x 11" card stock. Cut them out, fold 'em and glue 'em together. I found Elmer's wood glue worked the best with a tiny paintbrush. And and old cassette case was a good folding brake for doing the edges on the top platform section.

      If you have any other questions or if I can be of any help feel free to message me. I'd be happy to help with your project in the future.
      Last edited by GotFrank; 04-03-2016, 10:01 PM.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by GotFrank View Post
        "How did you make all of that? It looks really cool."

        Well short answer, a lot of time and patience. And a self-taught crash course in PhotoShop... Also in case I haven't already said, thank you for your service! And thanks for the compliment. Most of my models are constructed from either foam core, printed material on label paper or card stock. And a good deal of craft wood basswood, balsa wood and a few chop sticks here and there. The table surface is all hand painted with acrylic craft paints. Here a couple links for the pit boxes (war wagons):

        http://carsthetoys.yuku.com/topic/79...s#.VwGBc5wrLRY

        http://www.nhlpatches.info/cars.htm

        Dimensions for the pits:

        http://carsthetoys.yuku.com/sreply/1...Pit-Row-Update

        Basically print them out full page on 8.5" x 11" card stock. Cut them out, fold 'em and glue 'em together. I found Elmer's wood glue worked the best with a tiny paintbrush. And and old cassette case was a good folding brake for doing the edges on the top platform section.

        If you have any other questions or if I can be of any help feel free to message me. I'd be happy to help with your project in the future.
        Makes me happy when people appreciate me for what I do. I didn't join the army for the thanks. I did it to serve my country while at the same time bettering myself. It's done that any more thankfully. But it's always nice to see people appreciate it.

        I'm going to have to bookmark this page for when I get back. I'm going to have so much fun with this. Hopefully my son will enjoy it when he gets older with me.

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        • #19
          I was wondering about the Haulers. I know there is the fake ones on ebay. They're far cheaper than the real ones. Is there any difference between those?

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          • #20
            Yes, they are smaller than the real ones. They all feature a bad copy of Mack as the cab (saw tooth grin). And the stickers on the trailers are completely different. They are by far the worst knockoffs I've seen. Except for maybe this:



            Ok or this: http://www.takefiveaday.com/2009/02/...d-of-pirating/

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            • #21
              Those are horrible. lol. I noticed they're exactly like Mack. The one thing I like about my faked Nitroade one is that he's not like the typical hauler where the sides open. He opens from the back and it seems more natural because thats where the real nascar haulers open.

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