Scarab Mk 1

[Dave B]

I had always wanted a Scarab Mk1 but was never prepared to pay what was wanted on EBay for the Strombecker slot car body.  Luckily a mate of mine had a 2 part fiberglass mould from the sixties he was prepared to lend me so I thought I would have a go at pulling a vacform over it and then slush moulding a resin body.  It would also require making a windscreen so I cut one from MDF, coated it in permanent epoxy and then sanded away.

[Dave B]

This is the end result.  It is not specific for any particular race and is really only generic of the look of the Mk1 Scarab but it looks good in with my Merit and similar 50's sports cars.  Wheels, tyres, seats and steering wheel are all resin cast and many thanks to my mate Phil for the decals.  Painted in auto acrylic (blue and white) and clear coated. I did go to the trouble of adding the separate gear lever for reverse gear though!!!

Tks for looking

Dave B

[Bainford]

Now that’s proper model building. Great looking Scarab. Very impressive effort. 

[Snake45]

Very nice indeed! 

[Gramps46]

Amazing when one considers what you started with.  Congratulations on a job well done on a truly iconic car.

[olschoolkid]

That's pretty cool. I've never even heard of a Scarab before but I like it.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Koellefornia Kid]

It looks awesome, Dave! Very nice work!

[bbowser]

Race cars from the sixties are some of the best-looking designs IMO.  Great model!

[peekay]

As already stated, an amazing model, specially when one sees what you started with. Fantastic work.

[Phildaupho]

Beautiful model. I bet you could go into business selling these !!

[Scalper]

Wow that looks great... nice work on this

[Hi-Po]

Beautiful workmanship!

[landman]

On 11/24/2018 at 7:51 PM, Bainford said:

Now that’s proper model building. Great looking Scarab. Very impressive effort. 

X2

[Ace-Garageguy]

That, sir, is one sweet piece of work. Much impressed here. 

[Bernard Kron]

The all-time most beautifully conceived and executed USA race car, IMHO. And you've done it complete justice. My dream is that someone, somewhere, in some form will do a 1/24th full detail version of this legendary machine. Thanks for sharing your masterful rendition with us.

[Dominik]

wow! this is beautiful. well done!

[vintagercr]

Wow David, nice work!

[Dave B]

Tks folks, appreciate the comments, it was a fun build.

Dave B

 

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Lance Reventlow would be proud. Incredible build! The color, those wheels...everything spot on!

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P.s. Any chance you have a Lister Knobbly in your collection of 50s sports cars?

[Ace-Garageguy]

Any remote possibility you'd consider selling a vac-formed shell? I'm serious. 

[Bernard Kron]

4 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Any remote possibility you'd consider selling a vac-formed shell? I'm serious. 

I, too, would buy one!

[Dave B]

Rob, I have an old very used knobbly Lister body that I haven't quite been brave enough to tackle yet, but who knows?

Bill & Bernard, I will pull a .040" vacform and post a pic. A vacform would be harder to build than the resin you could pull off it.

Dave B

[aurfalien]

Hi,

Well I've come to love your subject matter, builds and photography format.

Your builds are like a slow, smooth after dinner sipper.