Gramps46 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 It was 1963 and Shelby had purchased a couple of Cooper T61s to enter in the United States Road Racing Championship, USRRC. In the former Reventlow Scarab shop on Princeton Ave in Venice CA the Shelby crew installed Cobraized Ford 289 engines complete with stove pipe exhausts and Webers. Here at the back of the shop it is starting to get dark and the team needed to get loaded up and off to the races. Looking back it seems odd to see the shop truck pulling a single axle trailer. And now the rest of the old school modeling story. No digital drawings or 3D printing, no high end Japanese kits, just a few bucks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Sweet! You always seem to come up with the COOLEST stuff! Model on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Chernosky Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Very cool, Gary...like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Nice work, love those cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Nice work Gary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Wow, this is great! I've always liked this car - I bought a Monogram 1/32 built-up earlier this year. Wish someone did a 1/24 version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBorg Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Love it.....there's been a lot of interesting slot car bodies that never made it to being a scale model. This is a great build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Cool, cool, cool..... Love the truck-n-trailer combo!.... Great stuff Gramps👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Henderson Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 10 hours ago, Gramps46 said: It was 1963 and Shelby had purchased a couple of Cooper T61s to enter in the United States Road Racing Championship, USRRC. In the former Reventlow Scarab shop on Princeton Ave in Venice CA the Shelby crew installed Cobraized Ford 289 engines complete with stove pipe exhausts and Webers. Here at the back of the shop it is starting to get dark and the team needed to get loaded up and off to the races. Looking back it seems odd to see the shop truck pulling a single axle trailer. And now the rest of the old school modeling story. No digital drawings or 3D printing, no high end Japanese kits, just a few bucks. Hey Gramps, Beautiful!! But I don't understand the Vac u form+bondo=finished body. How does one accomplish that?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 13 hours ago, Ralph Henderson said: Hey Gramps, Beautiful!! But I don't understand the Vac u form+bondo=finished body. How does one accomplish that?? I used the Pactra slot car body as a female mold and applied Bondo to the inside of it with a putty knife. I did use a mold release agent before applying the Bondo though. I let it set for a day and then carefully pried the Bondo shell out of the vacuum formed body. The Bondo body will require a lot of clean up on the inside to smooth it out. The body shown in the middle is the result of the molding process and the finished body required very little in the way of changes. I did have to scratch build a chassis and interior though. Pattosplace.com in Australia lists the slot car body as being available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Fantastic model, Gary - immediately Dave McDonald/Bob Holbert came to my mind when seeing the first photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave B Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Great build Gary, I have the slot car body as well just haven't got around to back casting it yet. Dave B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 kewl looking race car. The old Ford truck pulling the trailer looks nice as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 Thanks to everyone for your nice comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyc Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Love your builds and the little history lessons that come with them. Thanks - that's a beauty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Really nice Gary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Excellent build of this old and uncommon race car. Very interesting process for creating the body. The result is fantastic, and speaks loudly of your modelling skills. I dig it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 8:49 AM, Gramps46 said: It was 1963 and Shelby had purchased a couple of Cooper T61s to enter in the United States Road Racing Championship, USRRC. In the former Reventlow Scarab shop on Princeton Ave in Venice CA the Shelby crew installed Cobraized Ford 289 engines complete with stove pipe exhausts and Webers. Here at the back of the shop it is starting to get dark and the team needed to get loaded up and off to the races. Looking back it seems odd to see the shop truck pulling a single axle trailer. No digital drawings or 3D printing, no high end Japanese kits, just a few bucks. That’s SO not fair !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 (edited) From Facebook posted by Rich MacDonald. Edited October 13, 2021 by vamach1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Henderson Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/12/2021 at 5:32 AM, Gramps46 said: I used the Pactra slot car body as a female mold and applied Bondo to the inside of it with a putty knife. I did use a mold release agent before applying the Bondo though. I let it set for a day and then carefully pried the Bondo shell out of the vacuum formed body. The Bondo body will require a lot of clean up on the inside to smooth it out. The body shown in the middle is the result of the molding process and the finished body required very little in the way of changes. I did have to scratch build a chassis and interior though. Pattosplace.com in Australia lists the slot car body as being available. Thanks!! That clears it up a lot!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M W Elky Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Very cool 😎 combo with the truck and trailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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