OldNYJim

Thank you sir! Some more progress this weekend…most of which was assembly so not a tonne of interesting processes to share - just don’t screw it up 😂 Spent the morning plumbing brake lines, adding fuel lines and carb linkages and all that stuff: Now I don’t need access to the underside anymore I can fit the belly pan: The tires got a very light glaze of Vallejo dust, just to get a little in some of the cracks and crevices. Next up, wheels and tires attached… …and then nerf bars to the body and frame - plus that hand fuel pump and brake lever: And it’s ALMOST done! Quick mock-up with the body in place…some more little details to add and I need to paint the plaque and do some touch-ups and then I can get this thing on it’s wooden base and under glass: Thanks for looking - more soon!

That’s a beautiful (and well done) tribute!

Nice work so far - and you did a great job on those leaf springs!

Color is cool! What is that?

Thanks fellas! Pierre - I’m enjoying your Nova build! A little more progress this week…printed some plug boots…I have a technique to make these with wire, but I haven’t got it down to where they’re perfectly consistent like the printer can achieve… Some Vallejo tire-black is a really good finish for rubber parts like this: And while I had a couple of drops in the airbrush I did a little shading on the tires to add some interest to the Testor’s black enamel that I had shot previously: And then this evening, wired the engine: Still need to plumb the carbs and add linkages, but there’s relatively few bells and whistles that I need to add to this engine to have it where it’s relatively accurate and feasible. Meanwhile, speaking of fuel, finished work on the bare metal finish on my gas tank. This is the largest metal piece bar the engine, and I wanted to give it a fairly realistic look despite the fact it’s virtually impossible to see on the finished car from about any angle besides upside-down. Still, gave it my best effort anyway, and added a slightly-too-late-design Monogram logo, for my own amusement: Another couple of evenings work, another couple of parts closer to being done (but my to-do list is still plenty long - ha!) Thanks for looking - more soon!

Awesome, thank you! Great build so far!

…and in NW Indiana today!

This is awesome! Nice work! Did you print the Richard Carroll looking tires? Would love to know where you found the file for those!

White Createx is tough to airbrush - it’s not their most user friendly color. If you have a store near you that stocks Vallejo, what I would do in this situation is pick up some of THEIR white, or optionally the Tamiya acrylic white, mask the blue areas that need to stay blue, and reshoot the white Both of those white acrylics are super easy to spray, very opaque, and save a complete strip & redo

The realistic weathering on this one, coupled with the stance and super-rare blower are knocking this one out of the park. Nice work!

Thanks fellas! A LITTLE more today, although it was Easter so limited bench-time… Installed some brass ‘poppers’ to the leather cockpit surround…they’re actually tiny brass rivets that look like this: But I think they work for the look I was going for: Quick test-fit to see how this part looks in-place: I like it! A little more assembly on the frame… That banjo rear end has microscopic little photoetch bolts in all the places bolts should be, but they’re like flakes of glitter…I know they’re there though… One of the challenges of using only a couple of metalizer finishes for the whole build was to stop everything looking too toy-like…the Testor’s aluminum I used on the engine turned out really great, I thought - but it needed some washes to add some realism. Did a dark gray, really light, wash plus a darker one for the finned portions on the motor. It brought out the detail a LOT I think! Not quite done with that yet - I prefer to do a few layers in stages, but I'm happy with the first round. That motor looks so huge in this little bitty frame 😂 And finally a real quick drop-some-parts-together mock-up for my own amusement…it’s starting to look like a thing! Thanks for looking - happy Easter!

Great looking build! Thank you for sharing!

Happy Easter!

A little more (although I was down this week with the flu, so not as much as I’d like…) Body polished out…I’m not going for SUPER shiny, this is a vintage racecar after all, but I didn’t want paint flaws either… Shiny enough for a night at the dirt track anyway… Started some assembly…working front to back so got the spring, axle and hairpins in place, plus a test fit of the radiator: Added a FEW little photoetch bolts and details, but trying to only use them sparingly…not that you’ll see them when the tinwork is on there anyway: And whilst some glue was drying, researched Midget lapbelts…I wasn’t going to have one, thinking they weren’t too common in this era, but the kit’s driver figure had one around his waist so I guess THIS car will have one. Turns out a lot of them were more like the belt that stops your pants from falling down than the kind of harnesses we see today - one strap with holes, one strap with a buckle; replicated that with some artist’s tape that looked suitably leather-y, a printed ‘buckle’ and some photoetch: And, finally, I custom ordered a base for this thing from a guy named Bases by Bill…he does nice work - great price, looks cool, came fast (to the exact size I asked for): Just a small update, but I’m excited to be doing some assembly…more soon, soon as I’ve done more! Thanks for looking!

Wonder if this will get a ‘regular’ box release too? I don’t NEED the tin box, but I’d pick up the kit - love this era of drag car. How is this kit? Anyone built one?