GTMust Posted June 23, 2011 Author Posted June 23, 2011 I substituted the shelf liner woodgrain paper for the painted floorboards. (Not satisfied with the way the painted ones were looking.) I think these look a lot better although I have no idea what the original ones looked like. I may tone down the color a little with a dark wash(?). I also started to build the driver's footrest and base for the steering column and pedals.... these will be finished and glued in place later. I've placed a 1/32 scale driver in the seat from the Airfix 1902 Mercedes and it seems that the positioning of the seats and footrest are going to be OK. The seats are not finished or glued in place.... just mocked up for location......
Ron a.k.a. Grouchy Pants Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 Thats coming together nicely How did you get the main grain in your wood planks? I read and I know its not exactly where you want it to be yet. But thats really cool that you could do that in the first place. your seats look really good too are they scratch built? Have fun Ron
GTMust Posted June 25, 2011 Author Posted June 25, 2011 Thanks Ron. The seats are from the Lozier kit. If you look at my built up at the beginning of this thread, you'll see them as the front seats. The woodgrain is exactly as it came from the adhesive shelf paper (like "Mactac"). Before laying it down, I scribed individual grooves in the floorboard to represent individual boards with the back side of a blunt #11 blade. When the paper was down, I could see the scribed lines telegraphed through the paper. I cut along those lines to create a groove. Then a dark brown acrylic wash over the whole floor highlighted the grooves as individual boards. When the wash was almost dry, I wiped it down with a paper towel to elimate the "beading" of the wash. Repeated applications of the wash should (I hope) darken the texture of the wood even more. Tony.
Ron a.k.a. Grouchy Pants Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 Oh ok my bad. I guess its been a long day. Sorry I over looked the seats... Thanks for sharing and explaining your process with the boards, that was a real good idea.
GTMust Posted June 27, 2011 Author Posted June 27, 2011 I think I've got the woodgrain where I want it now. Red oak..... maybe? Who knows but it's time to start adding details and I can't play with it any longer! I've installed the seats, the gas tank with hold down straps and racing numbers on a seperate panel attached to the frame. I think that how they did it? The wheels and hubcaps are on and the top cover of the differential is finished and in place. Not perfect, but after the rear mounted spare tires are located, not much of the diff will be seen. It's coming along...........
GTMust Posted June 28, 2011 Author Posted June 28, 2011 Thanks Harry. I'm still trying to figure out what those rocket shaped side tanks are for. They're not on the car in the race photo, only on the posed one. Anybody have any ideas? Tony
Harry P. Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 Thanks Harry. I'm still trying to figure out what those rocket shaped side tanks are for. They're not on the car in the race photo, only on the posed one. Anybody have any ideas? Tony Just a guess, but I would think an oil tank.
GTMust Posted June 28, 2011 Author Posted June 28, 2011 Just a guess, but I would think an oil tank. That was my first assumption as well, but why aren't they on the #33 car when it's racing? That's when you'd think they would be needed most as the engine would be more stressed at racing speeds. And why on both sides of the car? Two tanks that size would carry a lot of oil(?)....... Here's another car (Harry Grant in a different racer) showing the tank on the riding mechanic's side as well. If you enlarge the picture to 400% you can see a filler cap in the middle of the tank and two lines coming out of the top at the rear and disappearing under the mechanic's seat, apparently in the direction of the rear of the car.
Rob Hall Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) Cool...I got to the see the 1:1 in person..I think I saw it on the track w/ the Marmon Wasp...or in the museum...as much fun as the race and the museum were, a real treat was Sunday morning a few hours before the race--I was able to walk out on the track and watch the vintage race cars be rolled out and lined up and fired up alongside the track for the lap they later did..(I couldn't take my eyes off the Jim Clark Lotus, but did notice the Marmon Wasp and other vintage cars). Edited June 28, 2011 by Rob Hall
GTMust Posted June 28, 2011 Author Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) Thank you John..... your comment is much appreciated. Rob..... I've tried to find pictures, or a list of vintage racers that were in the Indy parade, but could find no reference to the Lozier. Even the Indanapolis Museum has very little information that I could find. I'm guessing that the actual #33 car was raced at different events for a number of years and eventually scrapped. Only the "winning" cars were kept for the museum. Tony Edited June 28, 2011 by GTMust
Jim Gibbons Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) I'm going to take a guess on those tanks, mainly from this picture: http://theoldmotor.com/?attachment_id=10953 It shows your Lozier in "racing" mode, but with headlights. Could those have been acetylene tanks for the front and rear lights? I'm sure that some of the cars were driven to races, and for the actual event, the headlights and tanks were then removed completely. Just an educated guess. Edited June 28, 2011 by Jim Gibbons
GTMust Posted June 28, 2011 Author Posted June 28, 2011 If you look at the Lozier "in the race" picture above, you'll see that the spare tires, headlamps and side tanks have been removed during the race. You could be right that they were acetylene tanks for the lights when it was driven on the road at night, but that would be a lot of acetylene, and I don't think the lights burned very much. And the filler and lines on the tank don't look right for acetylene. Other antique cars that I've seen with acetylene lamps had a storage tank the size of a modern thermos. I'm stumped on this one. I have a choice...... build the car in race trim, but that would also mean leaving off the spare tires on the back.......... or build it as per your photo with the spare tires, side tanks and headlights. I think I'll go with the race version for now and leave those items off. If I find out what those tanks were really for I can always add them later. Tony.
gasman Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 as a Former Lozier employee (yes the company is still around, they make shelving for stores, biggest client is Target). i'm enjoying this build, I have the Pyro kit, but its not really my cup of tea so it will remain a neat display item
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