Checkered Flag on Old Calhoun

Thanks for your perseverance on this one Russ - it is much better than you give it credit for.

Jordan

Turned out great! Glad you shared it with us.
Nic

thanks for the tutorial russ. as they say a picture is worth a thousand words. ;D
duane

Nice job for sure Russ but shouldn't it be leaking oil? ;D
Just a little humor...

Thanks for all the step by step. You should publish a "How To" book!
Stu

Hi ya Stu...

Believe it or not, Parnelli is still, after all these years a bit defensive over 1963. As he told me, "I was the one driving the beast...and my lap times didn't drop...and the oil was going onto my rear left tire."

If you watch the films of the race, especially the new "First Turn Production" of the 1963 race, you'll see the oil was all over Old Calhoun....and it was smoking badly. But, Sachs spun no where near Jones and McClusky spun in front of Parnelli and he had to go around Roger.

As I explained to Parnelli, you won the race and as Rodger Ward said, "If you are going to throw the black flag at a driver who is leading the 500, you'd better be damn sure he is the only one causing the trouble on the track....Which Parnelli wasn't that day."

I love watching to old films of the 1963 500......The move Hurtubise pulled on the first lap!!!!!1 Classic!!!

Best to you!

Russ

Thanks for the very kind words Tom. As I said before, this is a good one foot model so keep your distance. As Mongo said, this is not the best effort I have ever done on this car. The next one, (Yes, there will be another one using Lance Sellers Conversion Parts.) will be much better. I took some notes along the way.

I really LOVE the old Watson Roadsters. The sight and sound of the beast in just Indianapolis to me. The way they looked and who drove them.......Men with guts of granite!



And sometimes a real nut gets to sit where his heroes did. This is a replica built by Ronnie Ward, Rogers;' brother with the help of a guy named Watson and is owned by Tom Malloy and he once said I could drive it...sometime. Ah...to be older.......

Best to you!

Russ

Outstanding Russ! It was fun to read how you tangled with "The Beast" and bested him! This is why I like this group so much. Thanks Russ.

Patrick

Your model is really beautiful!!! I have one of those sitting on my to do shelf, with Indycals Decals. If mine turns out half as good as yours, I'll be happy.

Again, nice work,

Dave

Models and race cars just don't get any better looking than this.

Sandy