LE MANS 2009 BUILDOFF

[simonr]

Hi Men,...a question, Which one is that already built 917K?...Is this an old 1/32 MPC 917K?

Nice project, though!

Simón P. Rivera Torres

I REALLY BELIVE IN "PRACTICING WHAT YOU PREACH"

SO LET ME START THE PROGRESS PHOTOS FOR THIS BUILD.

PROJECT: 1970 LE MANS WINNER -917K...K IS FOR KICK A!!!

THE PARTS ON THIS FUJIMI ARE STRAIT AND DETAILD.

MOLD LINES R MINIMAL EXEPT ON THE ENGINE COVER

TOP IT HAD TWO CIRCLES AS BIG AS A QUATER

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF THE BODY, BUT

DID NOT MADE SENCE, SO LOOK AT

REFERENCES AND OUT THEY WENT, SANDED THEM OUT.

I GOT THIS KIT SO LONG AGO THAT I FORGOT THAT I EVEN

GET A STUDIO 27 DETAIL METAL PARTS FOR IT. OHHH YEAH

TO MY SURPRISE

I WILL START THE BODY, SANDING, BONDO, AND PREP FOR PRIMER.

HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE READY FOR RED MONDAY.

INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF PARTS THIS THING HAS

FOR BEING A CURBSIDE.

I WILL BE CHECKING IF I CAN GET AN ENGINE KIT FOR IT

BUT ONLY IF I CAN FINISH IT FOR JUNE 12, IF NOT

IT WILL STAY CURB SIDE, BUT INTERESTING THAT

THIS FUJIMY...THE ENGINE COVER IS REMOVABLE

AND IT SHOWS DETAIL TOP OF THE FLAT 12...ENOFF TO

GIVE AN IDEA

ALRIGHT...ROUND ONE, TIN!!!!!!! TIN !!!!

[CAL]

I have it narrowed down to one of these.

[fordsixty]

good luck CAL. if it were me, i would go with the Minolta/A-from Peugeot 956 GT-1 LM.

decisions decisions.

[3men2s]

Simon, that's a die cast I got many years ago and promised to do a 1:24 scale model of it

one day.....when I saw the fujimi, I almost cry men. and for a good price, because

those fisher models were out of my legue and pocket.

progress this weekend on this cucaracha.

Question, I know this car had two engine set ups the 16 cil. and the 12 cil.

WITH WHICH ENGINE DID IT RAN THE RACE IN 1970 ?

I sopoused with the 12 but saw in a site a picture of the 16 and

sais engine taken out of the 1970 917 winner of lemans and it gad me thinking.

[Foxer]

I have it narrowed down to one of these.

hahah Cal ... gonna take you 0 to 60 days to figure that one out. Here's what you do ...

1 first, remove all duplicates and place in a separate pile.

2. Then, eliminate every one you've built in the past and locate in pile 2.

3. Load up a full sized paint brush with carbon fiber black paint and stand back 12 feet

4. Flick the brush for a spackle finish paint job towards the stack.

5. Now eliminate all boxes larger than a Tamiya as in violation of the rulebook

6. After counting the paint flecks, the one with the most carbon fiber wins!

[3men2s]

fordsixty

you got your hands full, how r u going to finish by the due date

is going to be something to see, is a custom job WOW.

Just the bumper alone gave me a headaque. LOT'S of work.

bur checking your work We know it will rock.

The FIAT, I would do the same you did for the back wheel widening

to the front and then put one of those head cutter spoilers in the front

from those group 5 racers from the 70's. and finished in MARTINI COLORS.

LOOKS GREAT!!!! NOW I KNOW FROM WHAT LEG YOU LIMP !!!! spanish say translated.

we know what is your style. wonder if it was you who did a new vw look like a gt1 porsche race car?

[CAL]

Simon, that's a die cast I got many years ago and promised to do a 1:24 scale model of it

one day.....when I saw the fujimi, I almost cry men. and for a good price, because

those fisher models were out of my legue and pocket.

progress this weekend on this cucaracha.

Question, I know this car had two engine set ups the 16 cil. and the 12 cil.

WITH WHICH ENGINE DID IT RAN THE RACE IN 1970 ?

I sopoused with the 12 but saw in a site a picture of the 16 and

sais engine taken out of the 1970 917 winner of lemans and it gad me thinking.

never any 16 cyl. It was always a flat 12, basically it was two 911 flat six engines put together. 1970 car had the 4.5l version.

BTW it's the 40th Anniversary of the legendary 917

Edited March 30, 2009 by CAL

[3men2s]

hahah Cal ... gonna take you 0 to 60 days to figure that one out. Here's what you do ...

1 first, remove all duplicates and place in a separate pile.

2. Then, eliminate every one you've built in the past and locate in pile 2.

3. Load up a full sized paint brush with carbon fiber black paint and stand back 12 feet

4. Flick the brush for a spackle finish paint job towards the stack.

5. Now eliminate all boxes larger than a Tamiya as in violation of the rulebook

6. After counting the paint flecks, the one with the most carbon fiber wins!

MY CHOICE

1. NEWMAN PORSCHE

2. MAZDA

3. PEGEOT

ANY OF THESE

[CAL]

MY CHOICE

1. NEWMAN PORSCHE

2. MAZDA

3. PEGEOT

ANY OF THESE

I was considering the 905, Bentely Blower, and the ultimate sports car in history 956/962.

[LDO]

I'm in. Provence Moulage 1/43 Cadillac Northstar LMP #3, 2000, 21st place.

I'll be darned if I can find an online photo of it, though.

Can someone make this a sticky?

Edited April 1, 2009 by LDO

[CAL]

I'm in. Provence Moulage 1/43 Cadillac Northstar LMP #3, 2000, 21st place.

I'll be darned if I can find an online photo of it, though.

Can someone make this a sticky?

[LDO]

Thanks, CAL. Do you have a photo of the black #3 car? Just wondering if I really need it for this buildoff.

[3men2s]

JUST CAME OUT OF THE PAINTBOOTH.....

LDO....GLAD YOU R IN AND THE CHOICE OF CAR!!!! SWEET.

CADDY IN LE MANS....THAT WAS GREAT, LIKE I SAID BEFORE

I LOVE EXPERIMENTS AND THIS ONE WAS ONE OF THE BEST

LOOKING ONE.,,,,SO BRING IT.

[CAL]

Thanks, CAL. Do you have a photo of the black #3 car? Just wondering if I really need it for this buildoff.

Here is a link to it.

http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/2000...0-06-18-003.jpg

[curt raitz]

Well I gotta jump into this build-off as well...

gives me a good excuse to get this model built...

will try my best to post photos of build, I get carried away and forget about takin' pixurz as I'm workin'

and away we go...

[fordsixty]

glad you decided to join in, Curt.

excellent choice. with your top notch building talent, this should be cool to see built up.

come on people, i know there are more road racers hanging out in your closets. post them up.

[3men2s]

now that Curt is in. This means

that the bar has been raised.

LETS BRING THE A GAME. BABY.

Hey Curt, always enjoyed your buils

glad you decided to be part of this

using the words that Steve Mcqueen said

in the movie LE MANS, ..I say "BUILDING"....is life, anything before or after is just waiting.

Edited April 2, 2009 by 3men2s

[JHDrew]

OK, I'm in for a Chaparral 2F curbside by Fisher. Put me on the reminder list.

[fordsixty]

time or an update.

i was able to put in a good bit of work, on the torino, this weekend. built the entire cage out of .080" and .062" evergreen round stock. made the seat brace out of .040" angle stock.

the seat is out of the revell '64 thunderbolt. the seatback was too high, so i cut it down. i will probably get it painted this week ( semi gloss black ).

also got the grill finished up, still needs the screen and headlight covers. i will add these after the body is painted.

the cage fits very well. looks good. not 100% accurate because i had to take certain liberties. i only have two pictures of the interior. since it will all be in black, it will be hard to see the difference.

that is it for now.

how about other people's builds?

later

[3men2s]

fordsixty.......that looks wicked man, sweet

[ScaleCentral]

Sounds cool considering most of my stash is LeMans. I have two kits which I already started but haven't gotten very far, will that be okay? They are the Quikskins Cadillac LMP and the Monogram Mercedes 300SLR with Harold Bradford conversion. I'll post some pics of them in the next couple of days.

Nic

[CAL]

The kit I wanted to build is lost in the mail, been 6 weeks. I might have to make another selection.

[ScaleCentral]

The kit I wanted to build is lost in the mail, been 6 weeks. I might have to make another selection.

And what kit would that be? I might have an extra to send you...

Nic

[CAL]

And what kit would that be? I might have an extra to send you...

Nic

The new '88 C9 Merc

[3men2s]

WHATZAAAAAP!

WE GOR A MONTH AND A HALH TO GO ON THIS THING

R WE BUSSY !!!!

ANYWAY I AM GOING TO DO SOME WORK ON THIS FREEZBE

HIS WEEK. HERE R SOME PROGRESS.