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Post by rickyallen on Oct 20, 2021 18:46:40 GMT -5
Just completed a kit a bought on eBay while on paternity leave with our first daughter! Let me know what you think!
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Post by rickyallen on Oct 20, 2021 18:52:19 GMT -5
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Post by hurtubise56 on Oct 20, 2021 19:15:12 GMT -5
Not the easiest kit ever, nice job!
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Post by Gary Davis on Oct 20, 2021 19:55:25 GMT -5
Nice build. I did the same kit for Bobby Unser #1 Car.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Oct 20, 2021 20:27:19 GMT -5
One kit I haven’t been able to add to my stash yet. Looks good. I like it!
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Post by 2lapsdown on Oct 21, 2021 6:50:25 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever had a kit fight me the way this one did. Nice job on yours
John
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Post by rickyallen on Oct 21, 2021 9:00:52 GMT -5
Thanks all.
I used an Indycals sheet and Tamiya rattle cans. They aren’t perfect color matches but they’re what were in stock and could be delivered quickly! I used TS-26 Pure White, TS-51 Racing Blue and TS-85 Bright Mica Red.
I also won the MPC Hall of Fame set on eBay recently for under $35 (‘74 McLaren, ‘63 Watson, 63’ Lotus) and plan on starting with the McLaren. I already built the Offy and it mares it’s way into the background of some of these pics. For the MPC kits, any advice is welcome! I know there are some resin upgrade parts available. Also, I may try to convert or poorly pass the ‘63 Lotus off as the ‘65 winner. I am undecided.
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Post by indy on Oct 21, 2021 9:12:52 GMT -5
Always a good way to start the day by logging in to find another Mears build. Nice job on a tough kit. Thank you for sharing.
Jordan
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Post by gavkiwi on Oct 21, 2021 11:25:37 GMT -5
Thanks all. I used an Indycals sheet and Tamiya rattle cans. They aren’t perfect color matches but they’re what were in stock and could be delivered quickly! I used TS-26 Pure White, TS-51 Racing Blue and TS-85 Bright Mica Red. I also won the MPC Hall of Fame set on eBay recently for under $35 (‘74 McLaren, ‘63 Watson, 63’ Lotus) and plan on starting with the McLaren. I already built the Offy and it mares it’s way into the background of some of these pics. For the MPC kits, any advice is welcome! I know there are some resin upgrade parts available. Also, I may try to convert or poorly pass the ‘63 Lotus off as the ‘65 winner. I am undecided. I always loved the box art / photo of that set with the 3 cars in front of the IMS museum, which to me also looks like a 1/25 model of the Museum looks like that set came out in 1988 by ERTL. |
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Post by arcticwolf on Oct 21, 2021 12:36:05 GMT -5
Thanks all. I used an Indycals sheet and Tamiya rattle cans. They aren’t perfect color matches but they’re what were in stock and could be delivered quickly! I used TS-26 Pure White, TS-51 Racing Blue and TS-85 Bright Mica Red. I also won the MPC Hall of Fame set on eBay recently for under $35 (‘74 McLaren, ‘63 Watson, 63’ Lotus) and plan on starting with the McLaren. I already built the Offy and it mares it’s way into the background of some of these pics. For the MPC kits, any advice is welcome! I know there are some resin upgrade parts available. Also, I may try to convert or poorly pass the ‘63 Lotus off as the ‘65 winner. I am undecided. The Lotus kit is OK, nothing special. With a lot of upgrades it could be a nice model. My advice, if you want a 65 winner, buy the IMC kit and struggle with it. It's horrible but at least it's the right car. The Mclaren is a joke as far as OOB. Buy the upgrades from Micheal (Indycals), money well spent and you'll have a great finished product. Mine got half built and put back in the box, maybe I'll finish it one day. My Watson is pride of place in my collection. The kit was way beyond what MPC normally made, ahead of it's time. It's a difficult and time consuming build but well worth it, AM parts would help and are available. You can even buy a complete 3D printed chassis but the cost is horrendous. With all of them I'd say at least buy the resin tires, although I didn't use them on this build (will for later versions).
cheers Paul
(just for inspiration, my Watson):
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Post by Gary Davis on Oct 21, 2021 13:27:46 GMT -5
That looks really good Paul! That car is on my build list for sure.
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Post by hurtubise56 on Oct 21, 2021 14:17:19 GMT -5
Just an FYI for everyone, the "MPC" Indy set is a re-issue of kits that were all done by AMT originally.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Oct 21, 2021 17:50:59 GMT -5
Thanks all. I used an Indycals sheet and Tamiya rattle cans. They aren’t perfect color matches but they’re what were in stock and could be delivered quickly! I used TS-26 Pure White, TS-51 Racing Blue and TS-85 Bright Mica Red. I also won the MPC Hall of Fame set on eBay recently for under $35 (‘74 McLaren, ‘63 Watson, 63’ Lotus) and plan on starting with the McLaren. I already built the Offy and it mares it’s way into the background of some of these pics. For the MPC kits, any advice is welcome! I know there are some resin upgrade parts available. Also, I may try to convert or poorly pass the ‘63 Lotus off as the ‘65 winner. I am undecided. The Lotus kit is OK, nothing special. With a lot of upgrades it could be a nice model. My advice, if you want a 65 winner, buy the IMC kit and struggle with it. It's horrible but at least it's the right car. The Mclaren is a joke as far as OOB. Buy the upgrades from Micheal (Indycals), money well spent and you'll have a great finished product. Mine got half built and put back in the box, maybe I'll finish it one day. My Watson is pride of place in my collection. The kit was way beyond what MPC normally made, ahead of it's time. It's a difficult and time consuming build but well worth it, AM parts would help and are available. You can even buy a complete 3D printed chassis but the cost is horrendous. With all of them I'd say at least buy the resin tires, although I didn't use them on this build (will for later versions).
cheers Paul
(just for inspiration, my Watson):
Paul, that’s a lovely Watson and a kit I’d totally forgotten about but now I’m going to have to find. Very cool |
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