EUROPA CLUB RACER

[Brianl]

They do some pretty wild looking race cars at Club level. I can remember seeing something like this in Car & Car Conversions magazine many years ago although I don't think it ran a turbo V8 Indy motor!.

Body & chassis is Tamiya Europa while wheels, rear end & engine are Mongram March Indy car

Rear guard extensions are Evergreen sheet which is great to work with on this type of thing. Front guards came off the interior tub of an old diecast of all things. I needed something like that to handle the inner roll over as the tyres are taller than the guards. Still have the inlet side of the motor to do & I'm working on the interior at the moment. The screen is so big & so laid back that you will be able to see a fair bit of detail which makes its a bit more interesting.

Comments & ideas welcome!

Brian

 

 

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Love it. I want a real one.

[vintagercr]

That's awesome!

[cobraman]

Very cool. I could not get in and out of a real one ! 

[doggie427]

Great  model. Very nicely done bodywork and general fitment. Well done.

 

[GTJUNIOR]

Looks cool. Massively over powered, just the way I like them. (TOO MUCH POWER IS JUST ENOUGH!) 

[Brianl]

Tony I agree!!

Ari Vatanen (my all time hero driver) was asked if he would like 1000hp in a rally car. BMW had 1100hp out of their 1500cc F1 engines at the time. The Escort BDA's he was running at the time topped the scale at around 270/280.

His reply was "1000 was maybe too much.. 6 - 700hp would be nice though!!

And this was before Group B

Thanks for the thoughts

Brian

[tmathew1us]

Great idea Brian looks to be coming along well. 

Perhaps bring the rear edge of the front fender down to match what the rear fending is doing?

[mod3l Lover]

      Brian,

  This is looking Uber Duper for sure! Are you planning on

hanging the Indy Car wing out back?

  Just asking because you have the wing mount sticking

out the back. It would look pretty cool I think! . . Or not!?!

 

   Build happy,

    David S.

 

[Mattsteel85]

rad car bro

[Brianl]

Hi David

I'm think of just using the wing off the Indy cay car. Is not so big so it wont dominate the bodies lines. Went to the Time Attack day in Sydney last month & saw some very cool ideas for mounting wings etc so I'll have a go at them. Just about to give the cockpit a final coat so I'll post some more pics soon.

 

[mod3l Lover]

    This is going to be a very cool build however you do it!

I have a '59 Corvette build that's very stalled right now, but

it is a club racer car also. They have groups that race at

a track near me called Road America.

     David S.

[Dann Tier]

This is looking better than the stock version of this car!!  -great work!!

[Brianl]

Finally done something worth talking about. Interior is just about finished. Didn't worry too much about the roll cage joints as they are hidden by the roof. Interior colour is Humbrol cockpit green for reasons that will become obvious later. Inlet side of the turbo installation is next.

Brian

 

 

 

 

 

[GerN]

Great concept and execution - a real holiday treat to see.  Thanks for sharing.

[DrKerry]

Got my attention!!!!!

[Jurva]

Very nice project you have there. What is that tubing for cooling interior?

[Silver Foxx]

This is looking great Brian , will be awesome . I like the aircraft cockpit colour used in the interior .

[Brianl]

Thanks for the comments gentlemen

Ville - the tubing is some ducting from the old Nascar kits. Being generally warmish here (currently 39C / 102F) air ducts like this are common on cars that don't run cool suits.

Brian

[GlueTube]

Cool, in the spirit of Jay Leno! A great subject. I too am a fan of the back bone of motorsports, the club racer.

 

Regards

Brian

[ProStreetOnTheStrip]

looks like a gt40! nice job!