A phantom Indy turbine...

[Patrick]

I am working on a less exacting project and one somewhat more relaxing. I love the Zink Turbine car but lack the right parts to make one right now so I'm making a phantom car using many ideas from what parts I have around (in my "bottomless' spares box!).

I thought I'd start with the turbine engine first. So into the spares box I dive and surface with a Lotus turbine and a Howmet turbine...oh and some small pieces of photo etch I picked up at the model railroad counter.

This was the plan...in my head...

this was the first assembly as I expected it to be...

...it didn't quite look right compared to the Zink engine so I sliced and diced...

...and came up with this configuration. This looked about right for me. I used this nice drawing as a guide to what could be done...

...and these photos of the Zink car...


NEXT...the body!

"Lay on MacDuff and damned be he that first cries, "Hold! Enough!"

Patrick

[kurzheck]

I can't wait to see what you're up to with this. You're a creative modeler and this will get interesting.

[Calvin]

This is going to fun to watch! ;D

[eagle36]

The almost perfect body to use for the Zink car, or any rear-engine car, would be the Revell Lotus 25 slot car. I've got one, which I'm building up as Clark's F-1 car, but the body is way too wide for a F-1 car, it's wider than the AMT or IMC Indy Lotuses. But the Zink car has a very Lotus like nose cone and the wide body is close the Zink car.

[racerbrown]

patrick the magician!
duane

[Patrick]

Great idea on the Revell Lotus 25. Interestingly I've learned that the Zink car was built from or based on a Lotus Mk21, some say a Lotus Mk18!

Patrick

[scalecentral]

Patrick you like the odd just like me. I love seeing your builds.
Nic

[Chris]

As Always, Nice stuff Patrick great idea and I always wanted to do the Shelby Turbine but wouldnt want to cut up a Paxton 1967 Turbine!! Ouch....Chris