Back with a new project, this time with an interesting twist. So I have been trying to get a Mock Season off the ground for ages, but have struggled painting cars to fill out the full field, and fretting over accuracy. So what if I keep the real drivers/sponsors/teams, but give them fictitious paint schemes? Thus the 2005 Alternate Schemes Project was born.
First up is Evernham Motorsports, who fielded 2 full time cars and one part time entry.
2005 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers
First up is Kasey Kahne's Dodge Dealers Dodge. For the Evernham Dodges, I used the 2005 RAM Mega Cab scheme as a base, Kahnes with no alterations. The multi layered glowing Ram was taken from a decal I made for the teams real 2005 car, and adds a bit of extra character to the car. I think this one does a good job of catching the eye and drawing you in.
2005 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers
Next up is Jeremy Mayfield, and not wanting to go for the traditional inversion, I chose a silverish grey for the rear. Somehow this doesn't look as garish as it could have been, especially with the greet accents, reminds me of his 2004 NBA All-Star Game Scheme.
2005 91 Bill Elliott Stanley Tools
Finally is the "primary" for Awesome Bill from Dawsonville. Keen eyes will see a resembelance to Marcos Ambrose's 2011 Stanley Scheme, and this is very much based on that, but the more black design used in 2011 at Sonoma, and later in 2013 at Dover. A somewhat more plain scheme, but one that works pretty well regardless.
Next up is Bill Davis Racing, one team of which has 2 paint schemes.
2005 22 Scott Wimmer Caterpillar
Scott Wimmers scheme is roughly similar to his real car, but the black extends across the roof, and down the nose. This makes for a nice change over the normal BDR Caterpillar cars. Note all Bill Davis cars lack Dodge logos, doe to their association with Toyota.
2005 23 Mike Skinner Unsponsored
This is inspired by Mike Skinner's Daytona car before sponsorship came onboard. This is basically a marriage of a par of 2004 schemes merged and transposed onto the 2005 Charger Body. Likely going to be used for races Skinner potentially doesn't have sponsorship for.
2005 23 Mike Skinner Auto Maniac
I was looking for something suiting of the sponsor scheme, and initially started off with Carl Long's 2006 Atomic X Dodge. Drop a stripe, narrow and contour across the nose, and voila, you have a simple but effective paint scheme.
Credits:
Template: BCR/Zone15 parts.
Numbers: Big Evil Racing
Logos: Google, Alan Harkleroad, Stunod, MParker84
Contigs: Splash & Go
