Art Laski Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 (edited) I've been dying to get to this kit for a year now, and I finally just decided to dive in, even though I still have some other projects in motion. This is Kevin Kuzman's Silver City Models resin and white metal kit, which will be my first of this type. It's going to be fun getting this one built. Like many race cars, there were multiple liveries, but I am going to do this one of Al Unser: Here's the kit: Right now I am just in cleanup mode, and getting ready to mock it up. In doing so, I'm looking at areas that I could improve upon without creating a major project out of this. One thing that jumped out at me right away were the brakes. Since they are so visible on this kit, I figured they could use an upgrade. I had some Detail Master vented discs that are the perfect size, along with some calipers as well, but I needed to make some brake hats to be able to use the rotors. This looked like an opportunity for me to use my lathe for the first time. I have no machining skills (yet), but this is a simple enough project to learn on. The material I had was too soft, but I still managed to make something usable, ugly, but usable. Hey, I made something! Edited May 13, 2015 by Art Laski
Phildaupho Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Looking forward to this one. I may have missed it but what scale?
Miatatom Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Got a link for Kevin Kuzman's Silver City Models? Google doesn't help.
Metalmad Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 (edited) This will be another cool build of yours to watch Art ! Edited May 14, 2015 by Metalmad
Belugawrx Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 (edited) Great start Art Congrats on making sump'n outta nutt'n...lol What scale is this by the way...don't say 1:43rd!! Cheers Edited May 14, 2015 by Belugawrx
Art Laski Posted May 14, 2015 Author Posted May 14, 2015 Thanks for the comments, guys. Hopefully I can give you something more to look at soon. This is 1/25 scale, for those that asked. Tom, Kevin doesn't have a website, but he can be reached at silvercitymodels@comcast.net.
John Teresi Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Looks good......when is the next up-date?..........
Randy D Posted May 20, 2015 Posted May 20, 2015 Hi Art, You have my attention Looks like you are getting the hang of your new toy. Good looking hats! Randy
Art Laski Posted May 22, 2015 Author Posted May 22, 2015 John, Randy, thanks for looking, my friends... Here are a few more mock up shots. Sorry for the lack of focus on these.
Mooneyzs Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 I am a little late to this party. Art this is looking good. I had no clue you picked up a lathe. did you get and endmill too? What brand did you get?
Art Laski Posted May 23, 2015 Author Posted May 23, 2015 Thanks, Chris. No, I didn't get a mill. I got a Harbor Freight mini lathe as a partial trade for another piece of equipment I sold. I'm not sure yet how well it will serve me. I may end up selling it in favor of a Sherline, but this is at least getting me started,
Nitrozilla Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 Cool project Art. You lay out a project same as I do. Have fun with the lathe. When I get mine, my first project will be a very artistic looking pile of shavings.
Dave Van Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 Great subject matter......never heard of the company but the stuff looks great!!! I have about 10 Iratani 1/20 scale F1 cars to build.....but they are daunting.
Mooneyzs Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 Art... I am thinking that you may of said something to me about that at GSL and I forgot. Very cool. Learn on it and then get the sherline down the road.
Danno Posted May 26, 2015 Posted May 26, 2015 Kewl! New build, new skills, new horizons!!! Watching . . .
Art Laski Posted July 6, 2015 Author Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) Thank you all for looking! I stalled a little on this because I needed to do some fab, but I am back at it. The exhaust pipes don't have a support bracket in the kit, so I decided to make my own. I did it in brass because I thought it would be stronger, but I could have done it in styrene in a tenth of the time. I struggled with it for a couple of days, thinking about it many hours and several do-overs! All for a simple part... I also re-bent the headers so they came out more to the side rather than down to match the references I had, but I broke one of the white metal pipes, so I decided to replace the pipe with aluminum tube. It's a little rounder than the original casting and might help save weight on the model which will help save wear and tear when travelling. This sucker is going to be heavy! Edited July 6, 2015 by Art Laski
superbike-shaun Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Hi Art,looks like the start of sumpin beautiful, I,am a big fan of Parnelli's,I'm actually working on his 1970 boss mustang Trans am car,this one looks like it's gonna have some serious details. One thing,I think the rear uprights are solid,? If so maybe you could do some whittling might be cool.Shaun
Art Laski Posted July 6, 2015 Author Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) Hi Art,looks like the start of sumpin beautiful, I,am a big fan of Parnelli's,I'm actually working on his 1970 boss mustang Trans am car,this one looks like it's gonna have some serious details. One thing,I think the rear uprights are solid,? If so maybe you could do some whittling might be cool.Shaun Shaun, Thanks for looking and the suggestion. While you are correct in that the uprights are in reality hollow, the fact is that the only visible sign of that is a hole on the backside which is obscured by the tire and wheel. I considered it though, until I revisited the references... Art Edited July 6, 2015 by Art Laski
John Teresi Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Art.......nice Fab / Brass work.........your getting to be a Pro at this......I can see how hard this piece must have been to make.......tiny.
Mooneyzs Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Art... Awesome Brass work buddy. Looking good. I gotta agree with John, you are becoming a Pro. Looking forward to your next update.
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