1969 Indy Winner

[glenn]

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This is a Lance Sellers kit. Decals by Indycals. I mixed the paint for the body using MCW lacquer. Neon Orange and Red. The photos from race day all look different, color wise. It's probably a function of the photography from the era. I kinda did an average of all of what is out there. 

[Dan Belcher]

Looks great!! The trouble with the color matching on this car is that neon colors quite literally just can't be photographed right. The way our eyes see neon colors can't be duplicated by a camera, so any time you see a picture of something neon, it's basically just an approximation of what it looks like. That's why the photos and videos of neon cars always look different shades of both brightness and color, even with today's cameras. I know that the replica of this car in the IMS museum is so bright in person that it catches you off guard, and it's more orange-ish than you'd expect.

[glenn]

Dan,

That's what I was struggling with in this build. I saw in person Gordy's 73 car at Trenton, That thing was BRIGHT!! I wasn't sure about this car being like that.

Glenn