pbh51
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Post by pbh51 on Jul 11, 2011 13:16:18 GMT -5
One of my all time favorite cars:  And under the cowling:  That is Bare Metal Foil aluminum over what I had originally painted black. I was halfway finished before I realized that carbon fibre was a year or two in the future. If I had decided on aluminum in the begining, I would just have painted it. I realy like the BMF, but if I had started with that idea I would have worked harder on smoothing out the surfaces. Most of the engine comes from the Penske Indy cars of 1979, with some changes to get it to fit under the cowling. To wrap it up, I added demountable wheels and front steering:  I am mostly a Ford type guy, but Jim Hall rocks. pbh |
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Post by 2lapsdown on Jul 11, 2011 21:55:55 GMT -5
After seeing what you've done with these kits I'd say you rock too!!
John
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Post by Calvin on Jul 19, 2011 22:29:58 GMT -5
Now that takes guts! Looks great! We dont see much of these done.
I've had or have plans to make a non curbside 2k but....we will see?
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Post by macsparty on Aug 30, 2011 10:36:19 GMT -5
Man, that's scary it's so good. Probably my all time favorite car, and on the definite to-do list, but I'm sure I won't go to these lengths! Just wow.
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Post by SWT500 on Aug 30, 2011 11:40:03 GMT -5
Carousel 1 missed the boat, not doing this car and the Jones turbine. Beautiful job!
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Post by indycals on Aug 30, 2011 14:48:25 GMT -5
Carousel 1 missed the boat, not doing this car and the Jones turbine. Beautiful job! I agree, but you can't amortize the tooling when you can only make one car from it. |
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Post by Calvin on Aug 30, 2011 20:02:41 GMT -5
Carousel 1 missed the boat, not doing this car The 2k is overrated  |
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Post by pje on Aug 30, 2011 21:32:15 GMT -5
Carousel 1 missed the boat, not doing this car and the Jones turbine. Beautiful job! I agree, but you can't amortize the tooling when you can only make one car from it. They could have done both Al unser's 1979 car and of course JR's 1980 winner. Not that much difference than the Lotus 56 turbines. That said I have no idea if they made money on them or not. Paul Erlendson |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2011 11:55:23 GMT -5
Carousel 1 missed the boat, not doing this car and the Jones turbine. Beautiful job! I agree, but you can't amortize the tooling when you can only make one car from it. i agree michael. the carousel strategy was market driven. .i remember talking to dalton when he was getting ready to launch carousel years ago. he said i should go to 1/18th because it was going to be the new standard as far as scale. sadly, many diecast collectors are now left to recycle the leftovers of a what is a dead industry. |
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Post by professor on Sept 3, 2011 12:14:07 GMT -5
The entire model industry is dead. It's only us guys on here that keep it going. Indy cars are just not popular enough to make any money when hard tooling is involved. Even Revell is constantly on the verge of going away. Financially their Midgets were not successful. Kids just don't build models anymore, it's only us old farts. Just be thankful that Carousel gave us as many models as they did.
T.O.
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Post by Patrick on Sept 3, 2011 12:19:49 GMT -5
Sad but true. I've tried to interest kids from my classrooms, but they just have too many other focuses like the internet, game industry, ect.
Patrick
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2011 14:12:16 GMT -5
The entire model industry is dead. It's only us guys on here that keep it going. Indy cars are just not popular enough to make any money when hard tooling is involved. Even Revell is constantly on the verge of going away. Financially their Midgets were not successful. Kids just don't build models anymore, it's only us old farts. Just be thankful that Carousel gave us as many models as they did. T.O. tom- i disagree. true modelers have nothing to thank carousel for (dont take that personally). when i started doing resin in `91, i could count on 300 conversion sales on an indy winner (in 92-93-94-95). whem the first diecasts showed up, sales dropped like a rock. by 98, there was no point in even producing an indy winner. i think i sold 25-30 in 96 and 97...chris etzel found in 3 years also that the time producing a kit didnt justify itself as far as income. so we stood aside while the chinese, financed by americans, dropped their inaccurate models on the u s market. we have become a nation of quick and easy. many of you remember heath kit catologues in the 60s where people actually built their own radio and tvs. i think we can all see the results in todays economy of the result of a changing mindset since that time period. there will always be a few individuals that will keep the craft alive- mike bugel and calvin are 2 young guys that are doing some fine work. lance sellers is as talented as they get. it really disturbs me that there are die cast collectors who have the means to ($$), but dont support lances work in any way yet they want us to produce 1/18th stuff for them. there will always be a small market for a guy to be rewarded for his efforts in when he can produce something original at a grass roots level. the internet has and will continue to facilitate these efforts.. |
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Post by lance on Sept 4, 2011 20:23:07 GMT -5
Bill, I couldn't agree more. Lance
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Post by Calvin on Sept 5, 2011 0:16:37 GMT -5
IMO Building models is way more rewarding than just buying a finished die cast model(not to convert) and setting it on the shelf. I have 3 diecast, all they do is collect dust and they dont have any kind of sentimental feel about them like my builds. I like working for it. |
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Post by mrindy77 on Sept 5, 2011 8:44:33 GMT -5
Bill hit it right on the mark....15 years ago it was easy for me to to sell 30 + built ups or custom one offs(1/43 scale) at $150 to $175 a piece, companies like Spark, Bizzare, etc come into the market and sell there wares for 1/2 that price....theres no way I can sell a built up for $75..based on the time/materials used I'd be working for $4.50 an hour.
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Post by harveythedog2 on Sept 6, 2011 7:14:40 GMT -5
I disagree with Bill to a point. I have plenty to thank Carousel 1 for. Hours & hours of enjoyment converting them and pure enjoyment turning them into something that was never made originally. Am I not a true modeler because I don't normally build in the so called "true scale"? Hog wash...
Stu
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