My first completed post here....

[Rider]

...thought it's time I posted and say hi. First off let me say there is some REAL talent on this site, MCM is one of the sites I use for inspiration, mad skills here.

My name is Curt I'm 42, I hale from Burlington, Canada, a town which is 45 min from Niagra Falls and 45min west of Toronto. I've been building on and off my whole life. Just got back on the bench in Jan '08. I've only managed to build about 10 kits since then. I tend build in fits and spurts, usually kit bashing and sctrach building. I may only build 1 out of 10 or so OOB. I like to build anything with an engine and wheels be it two, four or more. I'm currently getting very interested in casting resin parts. I have purchased an industrial vacum pump, and made a vacum camber. I'm just waiting to get my new work area set up until I start that craft. Oh and I tend to ramble. Anyway, I hope I can find a spot on MCM, I look forward to being more invovled.

Here's a kit I finished back in Jan-Feb of this year.

It started life as a Tamiya Honda F1 RA 272.

I've always liked the old ways of The Indy 500, back when it was pretty much run what ya brung to make the field, the days of Smokey Unick (sp). So I thought I'd try building something different.

The wheels and tires are from one of the Ferrari Tamiya kits, the rear wing is from a McLearn M8b kit, cut in half and a rear tail section added from a 1/72 Gee Bee kit. The end plates need to come off and be thinned out. The front wings are from some other 1/20 F1 kit, the nose section has been filled. I scribed panel lines into the body, and layed down the checkers by hand, (six times) then I shot the body with Spaz Stix Ultra chrome, it needs to be cleared and polished.

Hope ya like it, any comments, positive or otherwise welcomed.

The last pic is of a converted Tamiya Lotus T98 into the T99 via F1 Specialist decals.

Edited September 9, 2009 by Plastic Freak

[MrObsessive]

Welcome Curt! Glad you decided to post!

As a fan of vintage racers including old F1 and Indy racers.............that Honda looks GREAT!!

That was before all the super wild wings and heavy decals...............much more "innocent" then!

[Guest Gramps-xrds]

Welcome to the business side of the forum. You should fit right in

[voljeepx]

Hey Curt, the car looks great! Welcome to the forum, you will find that the people on here are great, not like on some others! About the car, love the look of the chrome and the wings are awesome! Congrats on a cool build! p.s.-If you wanna get into the resin casting business may I suggest you start with Corvette C6-R wheels! Been trying to find those suckers forever!

[MikeMc]

Welcome Curt!

with models like those don't hide.....let us see them!! and I think the Lotus is real not model!

[Nick Winter]

Hi Curt, Welcome fellow Ontarian. How's it going in your neck of the woods. So you also cast. Well i got into a little sooner in my building years than you, A year ago when I was 12 I'm now 13 going on 14.

[Rider]

Thanks everyone who posted a response for the warm welcome, I'll do my best to post work from time to time. But don't look for much to be finished, I tend to only mess around with mods here and there, i.e. chopped tops, engine builds, paint jobs, etc.

Bill, I couldn't agree more with you regarding the good old days of Indy. If I had a hero it would be Smokey Unick, I should learn to spell his name properly.

Hi Curt, Welcome fellow Ontarian. How's it going in your neck of the woods. So you also cast. Well i got into a little sooner in my building years than you, A year ago when I was 12 I'm now 13 going on 14.

I've see a few of your builds, such as the charger, your skills are mad for only starting out, keep it going. Do you know of the shop called "Keiths Hobbies" up in Brooklyn, great shop, they used to be in Norht York on Young Street. If you haven't been make an effort to get up there it was a great shop in TO. As for the casting, great stuff Duke. By the time you reach my age you'll be a master. Post up some of your casting I'm sure everyone would be interested in seeing your work.

voljeepx, re your wheels. I have never tried sculpting from scratch, but ya never know maybe I'll take a crack at those wheels some day. Feel free to remind me when I post up any progress of my casting experiance or PM just me.

MikeMC, thanks man for the props.

Gramp-xrds, I'll try to fit in.

Thanks again everyone, glad to be here.