Dave B Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Some time back my good mate received two of these kits from a friend in the US. As we do a fair bit of wheeling and dealing I ended up with one of them. It was a very basic resin kit, nicely apportioned body, beautiful photo etched wire spokes and grill and nice resin wheel/tyre. I decided the kit deserved better than the other parts supplied so proceeded to make my own rear 1/4 leaf springs and trailing arms, upper and lower front suspension arms and tie rod, brake drums (spares from a Merit Alfa 158) and backing plates. I also removed the louvres on each side of the bonnet as they were all different lengths and cut in some I had previously cast in resin from a Monogram Indy car, made up an aluminium floor area around the gearbox and changed the seat to a more accurate one. Prepped and sprayed with auto acrylic undercoat I then mixed and sprayed my own auto acrylic maroon, clear coated and polished out. Decals that came with the kit were applied. A challenging build and much more satisfactory than building a "kit". Am now hoping another mate can 3D filament print me an Alfa 33 Periscopia. Tks for looking. Dave B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Outstanding Dave! Thanks for sharing your build details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Chernosky Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Beautiful job Dave. Your attention to detail shows. The paint is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluebomber Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Man, that's a beauty, Dave! Who makes (made) the kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave B Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Gluebomber said: Man, that's a beauty, Dave! Who makes (made) the kit? Thanks guys, sorry Larry I have no idea who made it. Plain white cardboard box and the instructions were photocopies hand written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Beautifully done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Well - I think I can solve this mystery ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Alrighty then - you’re in Australia - I think - I’m in Miami - I think - and the kit maker is the late Gary Doucette - who lived in Toronto! ... The scale is 1/25. I’ve started to mess around with my kit but haven’t really gotten much farther than you see here - I met Gary a large number of moons ago - nice fellow - not a great caster - but he studied his subjects very carefully and always made an effort to make an accurate kit - the masters were purchased by someone - another nice fellow - who casts and sells on EBay - I know that Gary would have loved this build - and by the way - looks like you nailed the color- whose paints did you use ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 One last thing - Gary’s kits included some unique choices - I plan to build his Pugeot Indy car - the 3 litre car with the tapered tail - beautiful car - was on display at Amelia 3 yrs ago ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Never mind the paint question - studied your posts again question answered ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Very nice replica of Wilbur Shaw's 1939 Indy winner, David! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave B Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 Tks for the additional info Andrew, now I am looking forward to seeing yours built, it looks like you are going to go to a lot more trouble than me!! PS, you were right about location, Hobart, Tasmania. Dave B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 We have “Florida man”. you’ve got a devil ... push ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89AKurt Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Wow, I can imagine the extra work to make it look so fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger U Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 On 6/4/2021 at 4:43 AM, Rich Chernosky said: Beautiful job Dave. Your attention to detail shows. The paint is awesome. I agree, it is a beautiful model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky 130 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 That is beautiful!!!!! The real one never looked that good. Seems a shame to for you to have use up valuable storage space, so I volunteer some of my unused space to you for storing the little red car:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kromolly Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Beautiful work. Fantastic paint and detail, just a gorgeous model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Very nice... and that red paint is phenomenal ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Foxx Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Another of your wonderful builds , your work is always awesome . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Porter Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 This is a really fantastic build of one of the Speedway's most celebrated cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Absolutely gorgeous. Lovely car, and a very well executed build. Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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