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Post by indycals on Jul 26, 2011 14:17:26 GMT -5
IMO this is the coolest liveried Zink car ever. I love the heavy drop shadows on the numbers and the huge JZ logo on the hood. Built from the Monogram Kurtis roadster kit with modification parts from alwayindy, grille from The Model Car garage ordered through Strada Sports, and of course decals by yours truly. I used Krylon Watermellon and Ivory and I got the John Zink decals to match the Watermellon as close as possible. This is the 1955 winning car as driven by Troy Ruttman in 1956. Unfortunately this will not reside in my collection as the decals have been stripped and this car will be converted into a new 1955 winner.   |
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Post by rick on Jul 26, 2011 15:11:12 GMT -5
Cool looking decals and nice build.
-Rick
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Post by lance on Jul 26, 2011 15:13:32 GMT -5
Very nice! mind if I post it in my customer gallery? Lance
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Post by indycals on Jul 26, 2011 15:37:43 GMT -5
Go right ahead Lance!
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Post by Chris on Jul 26, 2011 18:03:55 GMT -5
No Doubt one of the best looking cars of its time...Very Nice build... Chris  |
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Post by SWT500 on Jul 26, 2011 19:50:28 GMT -5
The wisdom of this paint scheme is revolutionary. Most race cars look good one of two places but not both. Either the car looks good in the pits or on the track. The exaggerated graphics of this scheme epitomizes that. Very few of the period car markings are legible on the track because they are too small. This car is not like that, which I believe is much smarter. The principle applies today also.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2011 7:42:43 GMT -5
WOW great job
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Jul 27, 2011 8:43:02 GMT -5
Beautiful build!
Sandy
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Post by gwstexas on Jul 27, 2011 9:03:17 GMT -5
Great job and the decals look fantastic!
Gary
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Post by Patrick on Jul 27, 2011 13:29:48 GMT -5
Mucho caliente Senor!
Patrick
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Post by indydog on Jul 27, 2011 13:32:28 GMT -5
Looks great Michael, too bad you have to strip it down.
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Post by Calvin on Jul 27, 2011 23:50:09 GMT -5
Fantastic!
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Post by indycals on Jul 29, 2011 16:14:51 GMT -5
Here it is rebranded as the 55 winner:   |
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Post by racerbrown on Jul 29, 2011 16:53:39 GMT -5
wow!
both beautiful builds!
thanks for sharing.
duane
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Jul 29, 2011 17:04:51 GMT -5
Nice job re-decaling your model! Really beautiful work on this.
Sandy
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2011 17:54:38 GMT -5
BEAUTIFUL MICHEAL......BEAUTIFUL!!!
Best to you!!
Russ
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Post by Calvin on Jul 29, 2011 19:04:53 GMT -5
Very nice! You even had to add that air duct. on the side.
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Post by Patrick on Jul 29, 2011 21:41:34 GMT -5
How fun they must look side by side.
Patrick
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Post by jamesharvey on Aug 3, 2011 18:05:40 GMT -5
This is just a great build. Can you please share some more information about the grill? I looked at The Model Car Garage website and didn't see it. Do you mesh and make the insert? I was sorry to read that you had to strip the decals. I have some unbuilt Kurtis kits if you are interested.
Thanks,
Jim
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Post by indycals on Aug 3, 2011 22:42:59 GMT -5
Thanks for the offer Jim, but that is ok. It was my intention all along to strip it for the 55 winner - I do that with some of my cars so I don't have to build more than I need to show off my decals. Case in point my Hardees Lola and Provimi Lola are the same car. The grille is on this page: www.stradasportsstore.com/page25.html you have to scroll down quite a bit. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2011 9:17:13 GMT -5
Michael,
What is "alwayindy" ?
Thanks,
Jim
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Post by alwaysindy on Aug 4, 2011 10:22:23 GMT -5
Jim:
That would be me:"alwaysindy." Michael used my conversion set. Look under Indy cars '41-'62. The thread is "Kurtis upgrade kit."
PM mr with any questions...
thx!
Tim
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Post by stuboyle on Aug 4, 2011 13:18:34 GMT -5
Is this what you are talking about Micheal? SKU MCG-2259 $12.99 MCG-2259 1/24-1/25 Custom Grills Horizontal Bar (Photo Etched) 1/24-1/25 detail part |
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Post by indycals on Aug 4, 2011 21:21:35 GMT -5
Yep, that's the one.
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Post by Calvin on Aug 5, 2011 0:20:19 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2011 10:32:41 GMT -5
Enjoyed looking at this interesting colour scheme thanks. shame about not having the two cars side by side but I see your point on saving build time. lovely work all the same.
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