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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2013 8:17:54 GMT -5
That is just amazing!
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Post by alwaysindy on Jan 17, 2013 10:31:51 GMT -5
Jim: A truly great job! I believe it would even look fine in black & white... Congrats, Tim
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Post by shunter on Jan 21, 2013 6:09:48 GMT -5
Lovely work, it looks fantastic.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2013 18:29:03 GMT -5
Really great build. They are excellent!!!
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Post by Art Laski on Jan 22, 2013 12:08:02 GMT -5
Looks great, Jim!
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Post by illeagle10 on Jan 26, 2013 17:22:58 GMT -5
Thanks guys for your kind words. Hopefully this car will turn out even better for the museum. Well, I finally got the stripes on the #2 car. I got all the front and rear suspension pieces and wheels rechromed. I also fabricated front and rear wings and the rear end plates. Painted the undertray.
Jim
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Post by illeagle10 on Feb 10, 2013 14:52:35 GMT -5
Well, I've been busy lately doing some of the boring stuff. I've been painting and glossing the wings and wing endplates along with doing the interior cockpit work and hand painting some of the exposed interior spots on the car. Here is my shifter and linkage that I made up using Evergreen Plastic. I don't think I posted this on this site before. This is how I make my shifters and this method can be used for any scale. I've used this method for making throttles on my 1/72 aircraft models. Taking the desired size rod that I need, I then putting a drop of white glue on a piece of paper. Then I dip the end of the rod into the white glue. The more you dip the end into the white glue the larger the knob will become. When the white glue dries the lever or shifter you are making can then be painted. Using a couple of plastic rods, after drilling out the larger size I fit the smaller rod into it, then drilled a hole perpendicular to the larger rod to fit the shifter. Here is the shifter and linkage after just painting it. I have a little more detail painting to do on it before installation. Here is the car ready for decaling. I already started putting on the carbon fiber decals for the interior. I also gave it a little test fit of the lower front and rear suspension arms with wheels and tires. Hopefully I get to decaling this upcoming week. Jim
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Post by illeagle10 on Feb 21, 2013 14:33:05 GMT -5
I've gotten the decaling done on the #2 93 Penske car and have given it a gloss coating. In regard to this car and decaling there are some people that I must thank for their help. First is Bill Jorgensen for sending me this car to allow me to build it for the museum. Next is James Debosik (racewrench87) for giving up his Speedway Graphics numbers, one of the hardest items I needed to find for this car. Also, a big thanks goes out to Michael Portaro (Indycals) and Mike Bugel (Blueline decals) for helping me with decals. I just don't know where our hobby would be without these guys. As I began decaling, I did have some left over Speedway Graphics decals, mainly scraps. One of the things I found with flo-orange decals is that they are very brittle and break apart easily, even after applying decal film on them. Fortunately I had a number of the Chevrolet bowties in my scrap decals. These are the bowties on the rear engine cover. I probably went through a half dozen of them, even though that is an easy place to apply decals. I also found out that I did not have big enough Mobil 1 decals just under the bowties. Fortunately there are a good supply of Mobil 1s from Indycals in different scales on many of the Penske sheets that Michael has available. I used the 2009 Penske 1/18 decals using the largest Mobil decals from the sheet. These are just about spot on for this car. Now back to the detailing of the transmission and exhaust area and then getting this thing together. There are a few more parts that I still have to fabricate. Jim
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Post by MikeB on Feb 21, 2013 14:39:06 GMT -5
Jim that looks amazing
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Post by illeagle10 on Feb 27, 2013 17:07:06 GMT -5
Quick update on the #2 93 Penske. I got transmission and lower rear suspension finished, by using a number of shades of metal paints and using paint to highlight some of the detail. I also used a black wash to add depth. I then glued the suspension to the undertray. I then added the undertray with suspension to the body adding the upper suspension A-arms and sway bars. I test fitted the wheels and tires. As you can see I am just about complete with the wing mount. I am also working on the dash, which is almost complete. Once that is done the interior will be done. I can then work on the windscreen and mirrors. I have to finish off the popoff valve and fuel vent along with a few other items. Keep tuned in! Jim
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Post by illeagle10 on Mar 11, 2013 18:10:08 GMT -5
Well it's been fun and hopefully this car will make it's way to the museum and stay there! It seems like I've been doing this car forever of course building two, one right after the other didn't help matters. So, here is the finished product. Just in case anyone thought it was the same car I was showing! Another neat thing about this car is that this year is the 20th anniversary of Emmo's second win! I hadn't realized that until a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy, Jim
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2013 19:00:59 GMT -5
Jim, that really looks good, what a nice build and detail.
Kevin
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Post by MikeB on Mar 11, 2013 19:15:19 GMT -5
Jim that is amazing I hope mine turns out 1/2 as good as that GREAT JOB
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2013 9:32:15 GMT -5
Very nice!
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Post by alwaysindy on Mar 12, 2013 19:25:58 GMT -5
Jim: WOW! Very well done...It will take it's rightful place in The HOF Museum...Congratulations! Tim
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