NASCAR Dale Jr. Card Stock Paper build

[John Pepon]

Alright-still trying to learn how forums work. I think I posted this one to the wrong forum earlier. It’s a Dale Jr. 2008 NASCAR built from card stock paper. It is still a learning process as I have many more to build. So this one has a lot of errors. The interior roll cage is made from dowel rods. I am on a time crunch so I didn’t work hard to shape them - or smooth them better. The front end isn’t rounded enough and I messed up shaping the hood. The decals are cheap water slides ordered from EBay. The decals are what I used to sketch out the template of the car.

[John Pepon]

Ugh...pics keep posting sideways. Sorry folks.

[SCEtoAUX]

The sideways pics seems to be something the forum does.
No. 88 Dale Jr. Nice looking car so far.

[Vermin_King]

That's looking good

[gotham]

Don't complain about errors, there's nothing wrong with your build(s).

[John Pepon]

Lol...yeah- not so much complaining...I joined to be a part of this community to learn. On IG I see amazing paper Model cars with beautiful rounded curves...I build like I Sketch-where as others build like engineers. I need more of that precision and planning. And...I had a NASCAR fan tell me all the errors on this model on Deviant Art...so I’m preemptively stating my flaws here. Plus pointers are welcomed. I’m knew to the forum so I have a lot of threads to look through. Thanks

[Richschindler]

Great looking model.
Interesting thing, to some maybe. I now live about a mile from DEI and about two miles from JR’s house. Like I said, may be interesting to some, but boring to others.

[John Pepon]

I think that is interesting. I’m an INDYCAR and F1 fan so this build got me into NASCAR as I had to watch a lot of racing vids to research what detail to put into this. Dale Jr. seems to be a great dude-in all I love motorsports and race cars in general...almost as much as I live sci fi and comic stuff... My wife and I talked about how great it would be to get Dale’s signature on this. I am about to do a larger scale build of Mario Andretti’s 1969 Clint Brawner Hawk...I have his signature on a piece of paper that will be glued and clear coated into the base of the model.

[noboD]

John, I am impressed. I am surprised at how few cars are built of paper.

[FRD]

Fantastic job!..