Kelly Petillo-1935 Winner

[alwaysindy]

This one's been going on for quite a while. I started the Best kit about 3 years ago. Stopped;started;stopped. Then "Cobra276" got me motivated again. I never liked the scale of this kit,so I decided to do it as close to 1/25th as possible. Some of the parts are approximately the right size; others way off. I widened the hood, added to the body in front of the cockpit,widened the car,replaced the seats,lengenthed the tail and replaced the engine. Since there are no Bob Clidinst drawings, I used the other 30's cars for wheelbase, dimensions,etc. We call that the SWAG Method (Scientific wild-(expletive deleted) guess) here in Texas. The colors are cream and red, as all Gilmore cars were(thanks Russ!)I also found a picture of the car after the race, so I had to add windscreens...

Sorry for the crummy pictures; I need to work on my photography skills..

A fun build,even if it was a long one...

The windscreens were especially tough...

Thanks for the inspiration...

Tim

[Deleted]

Tim!......You sly-boots, you kept this one from me. LOOKS GREAT!!! See, you can get something good out of those Aurora/Best kits....WOW!!!

Looks great & Best to you!

Your friend, Russ

[Calvin]

Great Job and nice detail!
IMO if the model looks like the real car then you did a really good job.

[indycals]

Fantastic!

[Deleted]

Awesome! Love the old cars will all that character!
Nice detail!

Stu

[lazierfan]

WOW !!!! It looks GREAT !

Eric

[illeagle10]

Great build Tim!

Jim

[Art Laski]

I love it! Very nice...

-Art

[professor]

very cool but the bricks are going the wrong way LOL!

[kurzheck]

Nice work! I really like the cars of the 30's.

[Deleted]

This car may have fought you though out entire build, but you didn't give up. Defintely worth the effort and time you put into this car. Well done!!

[racerbrown]

B-U-T-FULL!!! ;D
duane

[cobra276]

Excellent, nothing like winning a fight....wouldn't be as satisfying if every kit fell into place!

Dave