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Post by jamesharvey on Oct 27, 2017 8:27:14 GMT -5
I am trying to create Ralph Hepburn's 1946 Novi using one of Bill Jorgensen's models and need some help with colors. I have watched a Firestone film of that race which is some help. The body is a dark blue (suggestions, please), numbers are yellow with black outline and the seat is red. I need some help on the color of the wheels, maybe red or black or ? and on the color of the "V8" on the nose, red or silver or ?. I also would appreciate any help with the large circle with printing which appears on each side. Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Jim
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Post by jamesharvey on Oct 27, 2017 15:14:45 GMT -5
I found a color pit photo in which the wheels look red. Any help or verification would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim
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Post by alwaysindy on Oct 27, 2017 20:24:02 GMT -5
Jim:
You can find the '46 Indy 500 on line: "Crucible of Speed"...IIRC it is a beautiful deep metallic blue with gold numbers(?)...red wire wheels for sure...the Novi insignia on the side never is very clear...I tried online for the city and everything I could find, but no luck...
Tim
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Post by jamesharvey on Oct 28, 2017 8:03:31 GMT -5
Thanks, Tim. The book "Novi The Legendary Indianapolis Race Car" Volume 1 on p. 31 states that it was painted blue with yellow numbers. I have wondered about whether it was metallic or not. Did metallic paint exist in 1946? Another picture on p.32 shows the right side with lettering "Novi Gov Spl." It seems odd that the words were not spelled out and I am not sure about the color. I might try silver if I can figure out the correct spelling and font. I appreciate your help and will view the film.
Jim
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Post by spyder on Oct 28, 2017 18:09:41 GMT -5
Great subject, James. In fact any Novi is a great subject to model. With regard to metallic paint: I don't know who or when metal particles were first mixed into paint, but you can go back centuries and find metallic paint used by artists to represent metal (silver, gold , whatever). Aluminum powder was mixed with aircraft dope during WW-I to be a first color layer on aircraft fabric as a barrier to the damaging effect of sunlight. The Wright Bros painted some of the wood silver on the Wright Flyer in 1903 and painted later aircraft wood and fabric with metallic silver. Lou Meyer's '28 winning Miller 91 was definitely metallic gold. So metallic paint has been around for awhile.
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Post by jamesharvey on Oct 30, 2017 6:41:14 GMT -5
Thanks for all the suggestions and information. I should have realized that metallic paint existed considering the '28 Miller but I just didn't think of it. I can't tell from the photos or film that the car was painted with a metallic blue so, at least for right now, I will probably just go with a medium blue. I wonder if Walt knows for sure. I am sculpting the two hood bubbles which were on the 1946 car but not later. Slow process.
Jim
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