Scale-Master Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 This will be the gold Holman-Moody car with the pink flash. Body is resin; the locating groove for the splitter in the hood vent needs to be filled for this version, (the kit builds one of two versions), and the lower rocker panels also needed some filler. Otherwise it is a relatively nice and thin casting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 IIRC, your Holman-Moody car finished 3rd at Le Mans in 1966, while two Shelby American-built Mark II's took 1st and 2nd. If you had the time and inclination, this would make a killer diorama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 You are correct Monty. While the record books score The #2 car as the 1st place winner, I think Ken Miles in the #1 car got rooked out of the win (now recorded as 2nd place) by slowing down allow the iconic photo finish. The other two cars are already done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 The interior is resin with a white metal dash. The seats look a little uneven, but they supply decals that hopefully will address that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 The tires are resin, the outer rims are machined aluminum, and the centers are cast white metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 (edited) Did you ever run across any info as to why they decided to paint parts of the front pink? Was someone else running a gold Mark II there? Did you ever build any of the IMC/Testors kits? If so, I'd love to see those sometime too. Edited September 2, 2011 by Monty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 There was the #4 (also Holman-Moody) car that was a somewhat similar color, more bronze/copper than this one's color. It had a green flash on the nose and a green panel on the right side. This one will also get a pink diamond on the right side. The coloring was for easier identification. I have some of the original IMC kits, but have not built them. Yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Nice start, keep it going . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whale392 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 This is your normal, 1/43rd, correct Mark? I like the GT40s, along with the Daytona Coupes, and look to this build with fondness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Yes, it is 1/43rd, another Marsh Models kit. As for being my normal? I can't say... I build most scales, just on a 1/43 tear right now, but still plugging away on that 1/12 McLaren too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romell R Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I would like to see the McLaren oh and this is starting off nicely too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Thanks, as for the McLaren, here you go: http://www.modelcars...en&fromsearch=1 I haven't added any updates despite the amount of work I have been putting into the McLaren because it does not look much different. As soon as I have something substancial to share on it, I will... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share Posted September 3, 2011 After the body was cleaned up and lightly primed, I shot a tan base coat then built up the gold in very light coats using Tamiya paints. The first couple of passes were done from the can, but the more than half of the paint was applied by airbrush, the finish and metallic came out finer that way. Once the base coats were built up I could see I would not be happy with the flake and texture. I color sanded the body with 1000 grit wet. (It smelled like sanding aluminum metal, must be a lot of actual metal in TS-21.) A few more rounds of airbrushing the gold and color sanding filled in the texture and very light coats proved to be the key to achieving a uniform and smooth finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whale392 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Looking good, Mark. By normal, I see you have been on the 1/43rd kick lately (and the 1/64th as well) and was refering to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete J. Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Did you ever run across any info as to why they decided to paint parts of the front pink? Was someone else running a gold Mark II there? Did you ever build any of the IMC/Testors kits? If so, I'd love to see those sometime too. The original flashes were done at the track after the team had trouble identifying the cars coming into the pits at night. If you see photos of the start, they don't have the pink and green flashes. One of those on the fly modifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) Here I have started applying the decals. You can see the gold looks smoother and less grainy now. The roundel for the rear that goes over the rear edge of the scoop was not made to fit over the scoop. So I hand painted the white and the fine black pinstripe outline by hand. (Too bad my “registration” is better than the kit’s decals, that issue didn’t jump out as much to me before…) Edited September 4, 2011 by Scale-Master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonioseven Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Looking great so far!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 The interior did benefit from the seat decals. If I do another one of these I’ll fill in the molded seat dimples. At least through the windows and inside the body it looks good. The kit even provides a fiddly little vac-u-form piece for the intake as well as two white metal parts and one PE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Not exactly the best rendered wheels, but then it is an older kit. Did what I could with them… Kit was missing the tire decals, but the Ferrari 330 had an extra set, but a tad small in diameter for these tires, so I cut the pinstripe and hand painted the gaps back in after they were applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Nice work on this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 The decals are on and the clear has been applied, time to let it dry for a while… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ed Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Not exactly the best rendered wheels, but then it is an older kit. Did what I could with them… Kit was missing the tire decals, but the Ferrari 330 had an extra set, but a tad small in diameter for these tires, so I cut the pinstripe and hand painted the gaps back in after they were applied. WOW, what Great detailing! But I've finally figured out how you can do such amazing TINY detailed work!!! You've got 20X Eyes, Your Heart has been replaced with a constant flow pump and your Nerves have all been removed. Yep I'm on to you now!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hossalimi Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Very nice work Mark, specially the stripes on the tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 Thanks for the kind words guys. It is getting close to being finished... Those little details are proving to be time consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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