Scale-Master

As potentially cool as a pet troll could be, I would choose the LFA. Did they do a bit more detailing for the engine than they did with the GTR? Or do we have to wait to find out?

That is how I get most of my exercise. Crawling around looking for and bending down to pick up dropped parts.

Only picture I could find already hosted... What are the odds there'd be a Super 7 in it?

I second Dave on that. Make the ground effects fit now, or leave 'em off. It's like they are just plastic suggestions.

Any one remember what the name was before it was "Merk"? Why the edits after all these years? And just after exhibiting troll characteristics in another thread to boot... Who has a beef?

I don't know how close to the real car the color is, I don’t know anyone who has seen the real car in person, or can provide substantive proof of what the color truly was. I have seen photos of the car in sun and overcast lighting. Two completely different looks to both colors. The guide I am using was made before we had the Tamiya paints, it specifies to use Testors 1104 red over Testors MM Guards Red. I have been looking at everything I could find and decided the actual color is now subjective since there is so little info about the real car. I did shoot the Maroon over the red to warm it up a bit. Written descriptions describe the darker color as Maroon too, but again, how subjective is that? I am comfortable with the way it is, but build yours to your comfort level. They copied some of the motorized “features†on the Academy version like the single AA battery box and part of the power switch in the chassis. It says it can be motorized on the box, but there is no motor, gears or provisions to make it motorized. Another note, the plastic is very brittle. Many parts break trimming them from the sprue, more break during clean up, and a couple were broken on the sprue. The slightest bend and the plastic snaps.

The trans and engine are almost done. It has a few fit/alignment issues that I suspect are not present in the Tamiya counterpart this kit was copied from. The body has its base color coats, TS-8 Italian Red and TS-11 Maroon.

"And, finally, Mr. Scale-Master, you had early pictures of my engine with the "now inaccurate" gaskets. You let me post these humiliating pictures. You set me up for failure!" Sorry Steve, from the beginning you knew I was doing a different version than you, and like I said, we all know what happened at the German GP relating to those gaskets. In the future I'll try to provide some reference for the models I am not building, just for you... If it were me, I'd consider leaving them the way they are, I understand the way the car was shown in the museum was using those gaskets. Most people will never know. If you can live with that.

I thought everyone knew the Ishino gaskets were used only during the German GP,(and we all know what happened...). But since Steve is using the Marlboro graphics, not the McLaren, (the version I am doing BTW), he should correct this. Otherwise, great job Steve!

The engine parts were painted prior to assembly. The FORD lettering on the cam covers was molded pretty weakly on this Academy knock off of the Tamiya kit, but I tried to do what I could with it... The kit provides spark plug wires, I added a wire for the coil (not sure why they don’t include that) and I added the injector lines made from monofilament line.

Yes it is 1/20th, but not the Tamiya, is it's the Academy copy.

I have been intending to build this car for decades and decided to just do it after agreeing to build this kit at the same time as a friend who is building the Tamiya kit (as the JPS). The decals and templates are from an IPMS Convention magazine (1994 at Omaha). The first thing I did was replace the rear wing end plates since they are slightly larger and a different shape from the Andretti JPS car. They were scratched from sheet plastic. The black one is the kit JPS part. I made the mounting tabs longer for ease of holding them for painting. The front wings were molded to the tub and were unevenly warped on my kit; (think lots of dihedral). I cut them off and set them up with pins for reassembly. This will be an added benefit for executing the two tone scheme too. The skirts molded to the side pod outer panels were also modified for this version. You can see the difference between the virgin bagged part and the modified one. The skirt is shorter and the pod has a radius on the front bottom. The roll bar was modified to be taller since Nilsson was taller than Andretti. Those should be the only parts modifications needed and the rest of the building, except for the body color and decal changes, should be essentially the same as the JPS version…

I too am partial to the '55 Chevy in the first post, partly due to being related to the driver as listed on that painting (and decal).

I created the art and printed the decals. Painted the body Tamiya TS-49 over TS-25. Had to replace the front tires and a couple pieces of PE that had been lost. Tires were machined from rubber vacuum hose; decals were made to replace the PE cowl vents. I mounted it to a base to protect it from being handled. Faux cracked asphalt made from card stock and the base of the box it came from was brush painted to look like wood grain. It is 1/87th scale white metal kit produced by High tech Modell.

And by the way..., It's spelled Hugger Orange, not Huggar. You should only use Huggar Orange on Cameros.

The orange on my (real) Koni's are a darker orange than the Chevy Orange on my (real) Chevy engine...

More progress on the interior… Here’s the trusty scale to give an idea of the size of this one… The front tires were missing from the kit, so I machined replacements from rubber vacuum line. (On the left is a kit supplied rear, on the right is one of the replaced fronts.) The wheels are dual layer PE with machined spindles and rims, knock offs will be added after they are installed on the car. Body was painted with Tamiya red I have printed the decals and hope to apply them tonight...

White metal kit that builds another livery, (I will make the decals to do a car Shelby drove). Here is the body casting after clean up. I painted a pink base coat to make the red color a bit brighter due to its diminutive size. Here is the interior so far…

The second of a pair (1972 and 1973 LeMans winners), this one is the 1972 LeMans Winner. Built from another old Provence Moulage 1/43rd resin kit.

Thanks, yes 1/43. The decals on these old kits are somewhat challenging...

Provence Moulage resin kit.

Those parts look great Steve! Don't listen to Mr. Taylor, I don't think he knows what he's looking at... or more likely his tongue is firmly planted in his cheek.

Thanks. Yes, it is the 1/43rd PM. The tires split between the time they were put on the rims and put on the car. Brings back memories... That was the least of its issues. And Mr. Taylor, it is French, not finish...

Old resin kit.

I have to respectfully disagree. As an owner of a real one, that revamped annual version kit is not even good enough for a simple curbside.