Lizard Racing Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Here are two old Indy cars recently resurrected from storage. I built the '68 Eagle in 1972. It came straight out of 30+ years of storage. I even have the original box! The paint is a bit dirty and the decals faded. I did manage to wash off the dust. The McLaren was always a fantasy car and was recently rebuilt and repainted. It reflects a '74 McLaren but changed and updated in a subsequent year (pre-Cosworth). There's nothing older than last year's race car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Gotta love survivors! Clean 'em up, touch 'em up, fix what's broken, and display them proudly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Very nice, you would never know they were 50 years old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davewilly Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Well done! I know how fiddley those kits can be, yours are very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Nice builds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Tier Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Those are pretty slick!!!, I wish all these cars were done in 1/24 -25 scale; don't know why they are all in 1/20. GREAT work!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael in Illinois Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Cool builds, wish I had room to display that type of model, Would love to get back to building those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Very cool indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizard Racing Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Here is a third Indy survivor that is a parts bin project. I have always been a fan of the supercharged Offy which ran in '66-'67 until overtaken by the turbo. The chassis is the AMT Lotus with the engine from the Watson roadster. Some of the parts are nearly 50 years old, since I built several variations of the Lotus back in the day. Tires are from Indycals. Here are all three Indy cars I was working on at the same time. Ten years of Indy car development. I think I'm going to do something simple next. Thanks for viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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