English Leather Special

[raceparke]

I got Lances kit of this a while back and may begin it soon. I had sent Lance some questions that he said would be answered in a WIP. Sadly, it now seems that WIP won't appear in this forum. I would therefore appreciate any insight on the following:

1. Front suspension- rocker arm, pull rod, other? Pics?
B. Blue color same as 1955 Vukovich b/c same owner?
III. Offy plumbing like AMT McLaren?
Four. Rear wing setback same as McLaren?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts
Dan

[stuboyle]

I think Lance told me he was going to do WIP and post it on his website at some point.

[professor]

I believe that this car was similar to Foyt's Coyote in the suspension area.

[raceparke]

So, I just said to my self, self you're going to have to do this yourself, so here goes. Skimpy photo references seem to show topfront susp is a three piece welded gadget. Maybe like so. .




The front hub looked to me similar to the one in Lances Pepsi Eagle so I made some like those. . Lances on left mine on right



I'm assumong the rear upper arm is in front of the drive shaft not above it as in most rear susps from this era because it isn't visible above the lev el of the rear body work so I cut off the top of the hub and glued it to the front instead- see the one on the left



Thats it for now- comments, ideas and hopefully fotos will be appreciated.

[clm1545]

Looks good to me. My method is to get as much info as you can, and just "wing it". I'm, for sure, not a contest model builder, so if it looks good to me, that's all I care about. Please keep up your wip.
Take Care
Craig

[indy]

Impressive looking scratch building! Going to enjoy watching this one come together.

Jordan

[raceparke]

I've been using a gluebomb AMT McLaren and decided after last post to start from scratch on the rear susp rather than build onto the mess, so I designed a susp that has the upper arm in line with the drive shafts. No idea what Bob Riley's looks like, this is the Raceparke variation Mk X bis version.






And from the front- voila- out of the airflow


and from the aft-

[indy]

Great scratchbuilding! Thanks for taking pictures along the way for us to follow along.

Jordan

[raceparke]

Plumbed and painted





and- a rough draft

[raceparke]

Added some gizmos in the front



and a floor in that area



and radiators





and the "kit" is ready for final prep and painting

[sandysixtysfan]

Very nice work on this, I like the details you're adding.

Sandy

[alwaysindy]

Dan:
A great job so far! Keep it up; I can't wait to see it finished...
Tim

[raceparke]

Having experienced arthroscopic knee surgery, I am back at it. Paint and final assbly.



another look at the front susp.



I used Dupli-Color Intense Blue Pearl. Someone referred to this paint in a thread about the 1955 Vukovitch car. Since the owner in both cases was Lindsey Hopkins, I figured the color would be the same. Now to finish the detail painting and decals.

[clm1545]

Looking good.

[raceparke]

Added rear links. I chose not to try to rig up a rear anti-roll bar, so Roger will probably have massive handling issues! ;D ;D



Final assembly complete



Decals and shiny coat next and then I'll call it finis. . .

Pix to follow

[indy]

Looks great - thanks for posting the WIP pics. This has been fun to follow!

Jordan

[racerbrown]

coming to the finish and it looks like another winner!
thanks for sharing.
duane

[raceparke]

Finished.







And with predecessor



A nice sleek body, simple color scheme, looks good with my other OWers.
Thanks Lance and Michael and all who looked at this.

[rick]

Very impressive raceparke. Great build.

-Rick

[indy]

The finished looks great! Never seen this one built up before so this has been extra enjoyable.

Jordan

[sandysixtysfan]

Very nice work, well done!

Sandy

[racerbrown]

nice!
great to see it paired up with the '55 car.
duane