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Launceston based
glassier, Jason Taylor has managed to turn his love of the thundering V8 Dirt
Track Cowboys into quite a successful small business. Jason has recently found
he has quite the talent for building replica sprintcar models, of not only
Tasmanian drivers, but drivers all over the world, and boy does he do a
brilliant job!
Jason's love of
model building has seen him build model's for drivers, team owners and fans all
over Australia, including the likes of the Disbury family racing team, who own
the Supaloc USA5 car driven by American Jason Johnson, Tasmanian team owner
Darren Goodyer and current Australian champion Brooke Tatnell.
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Adrian Redpath's
T12 |
Jason Johnson's
USA5 |
Brooke Tatnell's
A1 |
Other models Taylor
has completed to date include the Steve and Randy Kinser “Commodore 30’s” cars,
Anthony Sargent's 2005 livery, Jason Dawkins' 2005 livery, both 2005 & 2006
liveries of Kurt Luttrell, as well as Tim Hutchins' 2005 & 2006 liveries, Adrian
Redpath's 2005 Wyllie Tiles machine and Robin Dawkins 2006 Blackjack Racing
cars, which consist of the T21 and USA21 Cool Chassis of Dawkins and American
Brian Brown. His collection also includes a number of other cars from the World
of Outlaws and World Series Sprintcars.
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Blackjack Racing
(USA21 Brain Brown & T21 Paul McMahon) |
T45 Kurt Luttrell |
Taylor estimated the
each model takes in excess of up to 100 hours to completely build, the reason
being the perfectionist that Taylor is refuses to have his models looking
anything less than just that - perfect!
Each model is airbrushed and then decaled with digitally printed stickers, to
even further the realism of these stunning replicas.
The models are sold
at a very reasonable $150.00 each, and taking into account the hours spent on
each individual car and how great the finished product looks, you too will see
that at the price, they are as good as a steal.
Taylor has recently made available a new line of his models in a die-cast range,
which also look nothing short of spectacular. Pictured below is a die-cast
replica of the 2006/07 Robin Dawkins Cool Chassis car:
Taylors models are
not just available to team owners and drivers, but also the all important fans
of this great sport. As an owner of some of these great replicas I can
personally vouch for just how great they really look, and it can probably be
said that photos just don't pay them any justice compared to how the real thing
looks up close.
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Adrian Redpath's 2005 T12 |
T55
Steve Bricknell |
T50
Malcolm Lee |
So if you’re a
driver, crew member, car owner or just a fan and would like one of these
brilliant replicas of a specific driver then get in contact with Jason and I’m
sure he would be more than happy to accommodate your request. Jason can be
contacted via email at taylor405@westnet.com.au or he can be reached by phone on
0404 039 775.
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