MarkJ

Another unbelievably awesome build from your bench, Pierre. Your mastery of weathering is better than I've seen anywhere else and so realistic and not overdone to the point of not being believable. It truly looks like you went back in time and obtained the real winning car and shrunk it down to 1/24 scale. And you always pick subject matter that is so interesting to learn and marvel at how back in 1955 such complex high-powered machinery was already in use and could take the high-speed beating that they took and still finish after 10 hours and a few minutes of utter machine breaking abuse by the super talented and brave drivers of the time. Thank you so much for building this project and sharing it with us mere mortals.

Mere words are not enough to express the level of excellence this model possess. This might be the best build I have ever witnessed on a forum. Thank you very much for posting it.

Superlative in every way. The cleanliness of build and quality of the finish is through the roof remarkable. Thanks for posting it.

Thanks guys. Like they say, it's tough getting old, but I'm not about to throw in the towel yet. If this build takes more than a year, so be it. It will get done eventually.

Thanks Donato. I've never not finished a build and I don't think this one will be the first. But I have noticed my skills are not what they used to be. I started this thing last September and I'm hoping I can get it done at least in less than a whole year.

Looks amazing, Pierre. The wheels are the icing on the cake. Let us know when final presentation is ready to be viewed in the under-glass section.

It's always great to finish a build. Especially when it turns out as great as this one did. Lots of nice eye-catching details and very clean work.

Had to start over on the shifter. the putty deal did not work out at all. Also started on the fire extinguisher. After those pieces are done, I can add the bars to the engine compartment and flip the chassis over and start on the underside which will be a lot of stuff to do. At least I finally found some pretty good reference pictures of the underside. Turns out it has a quick-change rear axle assembly. That's going to be a mind-numbing transformation that won't be close at all. I'm going to keep the detail to a bare minimum. Just want to finish this one and move on.

My bad, I thought you had the wheels when you posted what they looked like. Must be coming on an old steamship that barely floats.

Pierre, everything okay? Waiting patiently for more on this one. Well not so patiently, I guess.

Lots of nice detailing going on here. Looking forward to completion.

Very interesting, Shawn. So, this was a really real stock car racer from the 60's. Excellent job replicating it. Surprised it actually ran as good as it did against the competition the owner chose to race against.

Yes, you may need another set. Sometimes you get lucky, and they cover well.

Man, I'm getting tired of working on this thing. And I see no end in sight. Just keep plugging along till I can finish it. Definitely bit off more than I can chew.

Excellent build as always, Steve. Everything is top notch in your execution of the build, especially knowing that you were working with a resin body. Thank you for posting it.

I haven't had too much luck with the Molotow stuff. It doesn't seem to ever dry and if you touch it after you are done it dulls terribly. You are right about the AlcladII , you almost have to be perfect with the application of it or it doesn't look anything like chrome.

Thanks for the reply Jason. You have done a wonderful job so far fixing the glaring errors this model has. I'm sure the final build will be spectacular.

Sorry, Ken. It appears that you have been hijacked. Doesn't matter. I know your build will be superior in every way, just looking at your engine photos is proof of that. Still can't wait to see YOUR final photos.

Great job with the Krylon. Not that easy to get that stuff to look good. Are the white areas on the car decals or do you have to paint them on? If it is paint you might have wanted to do that part first and mask before putting down the red.

Thanks for the reply. Maybe someday it will be more readily available over here in the states. I guess I will have to just keep on trying to find it. I did some recent wheels lately with Alclad II chrome but it just doesn't have the superior chrome look about it that the Revell Chrome does. The wheels on your build look amazing.

Man, that's really looking good Jason. Never worked in 1/18 before. What's the main thing different you notice about it pro and con wise?

I tried to get some of that Revell Chrome. Where did you get yours from? Everybody I found was out of stock. Very popular stuff.

Added the mount for the shifter and painted the inside of the doors and under hood where necessary. I messed up and put the mount too far forward to where it was going to be under the dash, so I had to cut it loose and move it back a bit. This is where paying too much attention to the ref pictures will get you in trouble. The ref pictures for this build just gives you a general idea about where things are, but not exactly. The IROC race car Camaro is a banjo car not a real Camaro from the factory, so it might look the same, but they are way different in actual dimensions. The 1975 IROC race car Camaro was actually a stock Camaro made into a race car. Not really a very safe race car for the speeds they were going. That's why they changed to a Banjo chassis in 76 or 77. I can't remember exactly. The Porsche they used the first year was a factory built 911 with a few tweaks here and there but it was basically a stock 911 with a simple roll bar behind the two front seats and the Engine was a race engine. It was called a 911 RSR 3.0. They only built them for the IROC series. I think there were 15 race cars and 2 spare ones. A lot are still around and worth boocoos of money.

Thomas, Wow. So clean it looks 1:1. One of the best builds I have witnessed here lately. Excellence abounds with this model. Thanks for posting it for us mere mortals to view.

Wow, turned out beautifully. Make sure you post here when you put this in the finished thread to let us know.