parki Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 (edited) Hi there Jairus, I was looking through some old Model Car Journal magazines that I have last night and I came a cross a very cool model built by none other than yourself. I was wondering if you had any more pics of it and a bit more info on it? looks like you put a lot of work into it. Edited February 19, 2011 by parki
MikeMc Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 Jairus...over the top Watson......that is unreal!!!!Equal to the P47 idea MORE !!!!!!
pepperdrumstix Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 I remember seeing this model in a hobby mag and thought it was one of the best "salt racer" models I ever saw. I wondered how he did the salt on the tires and body. Liked the exhaust stains on the body. Man would that be fast and a real hand-full to drive. He had the touch back then to build something completely different and well done. A blast from the hobby past for sure. Patrick M
Foxer Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 This is a great looking car, but I'm NOT guessing the year this was taken! (I think there's cigarette ads on that prototype in the back)
Bill Eh? Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Looks like 1990 something on the NNL sheet under the model. Definitely a very cool salt flats style racer. I don't think the prototypes in the background have cigarette advertising. They are two Tamiya kits, the Tom's kit and the Minolta 88 CV I think.
Jairus Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Thanks guys. That one was built in '87 or '88. Same year AMT released the kit originally at any rate. Currently it's in storage and not at my fingertips or I would post some more pictures. The engine is out of an Unlimited-hydro kit I believe. Found it in a swap meet about a year previous and thought that it would be a great in a streamliner project. The writing was on the wall when Mark Gustavson announced a Salt Flat speciality class! Not that over the top actually, but it does feature a nice working door latch and some removable panels inside.
parki Posted February 20, 2011 Author Posted February 20, 2011 Thanks for the info Jairus. it is definetly one cool model. Wish I had the skills to build like that! Its cool that you still have it. If you do ever have a chance to get it out of storage it would be great to see some more pic's Hey Foxer, it was Taken in 1991 at the Pacific Northwest NNL, and was in Model Car Journal issue #89 October 1991. Thats where i scanned this picture from..
ra7c7er Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Really good looking model and in a mag to boot. Congrats all around.
Dr. Cranky Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Great find, I had not seen that one before. Another J. Watson beauty!
DanR Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Since he's on here, maybe Jairus can tell me how to pronounce his name. After reading it in print for so many years, it would be nice to hear it correctly in my own head! I always assumed it's like "hi-roos" - am I close?
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