1970 Johnny Lightning Colt Ford - Al Unser

[Calvin]

Nov 20, 2011 14:42:59 GMT -5 2lapsdown said:

I'm sorry to keep peppering you with questions, but where did you get the wheels?

John

No, I like questions, if I didn't I would be posting on this forum.

They are AMT Mclaren wheels.

[2lapsdown]

Thanks again, I'll let you rest awhile!

John

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this appears to be an old alumalite resin 1970 body that i made pre 1993. i was thinking that calvin might have gotten this one from jim stephens. the colt was remastered in 2003 one boring week in iowa whilw my now ex wife was attending some convention that escapes me now. thats probably why mikes decals fit-they were made using the remastered body....

[Calvin]

After 1 year working on this, its finally done!!!!!!!
I'm pretty happy to have a 1970 Winner, it was a lot of work but it was worth it.

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Calvin....

Great work. Nice on that one kid! Great color too!

Best to you!!

Russ

[illeagle10]

Wow! You really did a great job on that old body Calvin! Glad I sold it to you, because I don't know if I could've done half as good a job!

Jim

[racerbrown]

very very inspiring!
thanks for sharing.
duane

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excellent job cal..

[Calvin]

Some other notes:

I made the windscreen - which is sprayed with Tamiya Clear Blue (just like the body)
I'm glad I clear coat my stuff because I used that clear barrier to my advantage to help prevent mistakes with glue or other paint, also scratches - I handled the body many many times, if I didn't have that clear coat on, it would look like "sheat".

[gavkiwi]

To quote Indiana Jones: "That belongs in a museum. "

looks great!

[Calvin]

I went back and fixed this thread. I saved my old pictures from that evil greedy worthless Photobucket and also cleaned up any confusion.

This brings back a lot of fun memories!

[Art Laski]

Glad you did, Calvin. This is a neat build I don't think I had previously seen. One to be proud of, for sure.

[shunter]

Stunning work, loving this one.

[djflyer]

Absolutely fantastic job on one of my favorite cars (there's a one-off print of it signed by Al hanging over my desk right now). Its too bad AMT or MPC was never able to do a kit of that car - they would have sold a million of 'em!

[racerbrown]

Sept 29, 2017 21:22:13 GMT -5 djflyer said:

Absolutely fantastic job on one of my favorite cars (there's a one-off print of it signed by Al hanging over my desk right now). Its too bad AMT or MPC was never able to do a kit of that car - they would have sold a million of 'em!

that's so true about selling a million of them. when i was a kid back then, this car was just the coolest thing out there.
i remember having something like a tether car that i towed behind my bike and i just flat wore that thing out.
duane

[Calvin]

For those wondering I used TS-72 Clear Blue over TS-44 Brilliant Blue to give a candy look.

[hurtubise56]

Just got my Colt kits today, absolutely superb! Lance out did himself on this one. Thanks you, Lance, for persevering thru all the challenges that came up along the way, much appreciated here!

Calvin, thanks for the color recommendation!  

[indycals]

I agree 100% with Calvin on the color.

[Calvin]

Jun 7, 2023 14:04:35 GMT -5 indycals said:

I agree 100% with Calvin on the color.

Because you told me to use those colors 😂 lol

[SteveG]

Wow! Just beautiful! A true labor of love.