Post by Deleted on May 8, 2012 10:50:39 GMT -5
Here is my latest build - the Johnny Pawl #18 Offy midget. This 1:1 car was built in Indiana after Johnny Pawl bought the midget operation from Frank Kurtis and is famous since it was on all the decals advertising his Racing Equipment Co. It was not a repainted Schafer Gear Works #18.
I airbrushed the body with Testor's One Coat Chrysler Yellow cut 1:1 with DupliColor lacquer thinner. The decals, rear brake drums, and 3-gauge dash were from Scale Auto Details. The seat and frame/firewall were airbrushed with Testor's One Coat Ferrari Red cut 1:1 with DupliColor lacquer thinner. Kit chrome was stripped and redone with Alclad II Chrome over Boyd's Gloss Black.
The hood was hinged with pieces of 0.040" (1mm) OD thin wall stainless steel tubing and 0.016" OD brass rod. This was my first attempt at hinging a hood on one of these and it came our okay but I will likely make changes on the next one.
I vacuformed carb blisters for the hood side panel and blended them onto the kit part. The blisters on the #18 car were quarter spheres that did not cover the carb throats like some blisters did. There were small extensions on the carbs on the 1:1 car and I added those made from thin wall aluminum tubing.
I did my usual modifications to the front and rear nerf bars (note the stacked initials JP on the front nerf bar) and the rear hairpins. The wheels were stripped of kit chrome and sprayed with Model Master Magnesium Metallizer with the centers painted with Model Master Aluminum Metallizer.
I am up to 10 midget builds with this one and there are more on the way.
I airbrushed the body with Testor's One Coat Chrysler Yellow cut 1:1 with DupliColor lacquer thinner. The decals, rear brake drums, and 3-gauge dash were from Scale Auto Details. The seat and frame/firewall were airbrushed with Testor's One Coat Ferrari Red cut 1:1 with DupliColor lacquer thinner. Kit chrome was stripped and redone with Alclad II Chrome over Boyd's Gloss Black.
The hood was hinged with pieces of 0.040" (1mm) OD thin wall stainless steel tubing and 0.016" OD brass rod. This was my first attempt at hinging a hood on one of these and it came our okay but I will likely make changes on the next one.
I vacuformed carb blisters for the hood side panel and blended them onto the kit part. The blisters on the #18 car were quarter spheres that did not cover the carb throats like some blisters did. There were small extensions on the carbs on the 1:1 car and I added those made from thin wall aluminum tubing.
I did my usual modifications to the front and rear nerf bars (note the stacked initials JP on the front nerf bar) and the rear hairpins. The wheels were stripped of kit chrome and sprayed with Model Master Magnesium Metallizer with the centers painted with Model Master Aluminum Metallizer.
I am up to 10 midget builds with this one and there are more on the way.
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