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Post by sandysixtysfan on Sept 17, 2008 13:18:02 GMT -5
Hi, Here's the Jorgenson resin kit of the '67 Paxton Turbine that hopefully one day will sit next to the '68 Turbine (AMT/Sellers conversion kit) that I'm also working on. I Dremeled out most of the kit's resin cockpit in order to add these interior details. I'm building the car's right side cockpit tube frame using Plastruct. It's not 100% accurate due in part to my limitations and the "When do I stop grinding" question, but hopefully its in the ball park (if you're talking about a real big ball park!). To the right in the photo, is a piece of I Beam from Evergreen I've been modifying to represent the part of the car's center Backbone chassis that is visible from outside the cockpit. Hopefully, in the end with the framing and cockpit painted black and the Backbone chassis piece painted natural metal (with rivets added) it will look OK in the closed up car. Sandy  |
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Post by David Sullivan on Sept 17, 2008 15:40:41 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2008 22:37:30 GMT -5
Sandy....Looks great! Keep it up!
Best to you
Russ
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Sept 18, 2008 5:31:38 GMT -5
Thanks guys!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2008 11:24:24 GMT -5
Looking real nice, Sandy!
Did the seat come in the kit? (I haven't opened mine yet, oopppsss)
Mongo
P.S. If I open a box, I tend to start it! So, I haven't opened this one, yet. LOL!!
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Post by racerbrown on Sept 18, 2008 14:33:46 GMT -5
great job, please keep the pictures coming!
duane
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Post by Admin on Sept 18, 2008 21:46:35 GMT -5
Keep up the good work Sandy
Mike
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Sept 19, 2008 8:22:10 GMT -5
Mike, Welcome back! Best wishes for your continued health improvement.
Sandy
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Sept 19, 2008 8:34:43 GMT -5
Hi Mongo,
Yes, the seat came with the kit. I know the feeling about opening a kit and wanting to start it. You might want to open yours early as mine was missing some parts and I had to write for replacements.
Sandy
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Sept 23, 2008 20:03:48 GMT -5
Hi, Here's a little update. Progress has been slow do work and a major 'honey-do'- remodeling (1:1 scale) of the living room and fireplace mantle. Still on going, but that's another story. After doing some more research I re-did the right side driver's tube cage. The driver's seat tube support is a little large, but I found a piece of sprue in a kit that had the right shape so-o-o-o.... (hey, I like keeping it simple!). Both were painted today. The resin car body was notched out for the seat support to fit in to. The rivet detail on the driver's left side backbone frame was done with Archer's decal rivets (resin rivets on regular decal film) on large Evergreen I Beam plastic stock and painted with Alclad aluminum. I've been putzing around with mounting the suspension, but that's still in the early stage and will be the most difficult task. If anyone has done this before and has some, any, suggestions please let me know! The large piece of white plastic in the first photo will be epoxied on to the bottom of the body and sanded around the edges. This will form a smooth under body and eliminate a bunch of filling and sanding on the usual resin air bubbles. Sandy   |
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Post by racerbrown on Sept 23, 2008 21:50:20 GMT -5
;D looks good so far! i love the wip's
duane
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Post by slidinsideways on Sept 23, 2008 21:57:01 GMT -5
That is one sweet mama-jama you got going there! I am watching this build enthusiastically!!!!
Bill H
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Post by indy on Sept 24, 2008 11:46:36 GMT -5
GREAT STUFF!!!
Jordan
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2008 13:31:41 GMT -5
Looks good!!!!!! What decals are you goig to use? This is one of my future projects. I LOVE THIS CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best to you
Russ
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Post by David Sullivan on Sept 24, 2008 20:46:19 GMT -5
Great work Sandy!
Dave
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Sept 24, 2008 21:48:58 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words guys! I usually don't get this 'deep' into a build, so some of this is uncharted territory for me. So any suggestions (especially "Stop what you're doing, you're about to screw up!") are very welcome. Its really been fun and challenging so far. Tonight I worked on the wheels/hubs/and axles to improve their fit. This should help in aligning the suspension pieces. The camera's batteries died so I hope to post another photo in a day or so.
Russ- the kit came with Indycal decals (you can't beat that deal!). I'm with you, this is one of my all time favorites also. Can you imagine being at Indy the first time this car rolled onto the track!
Sandy
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2008 23:56:17 GMT -5
Sandy....
I have a recording of the first time the STP Crew fired up that car in the pits! It was so quiet compared to the other cars! One thing....Indycals are GREAT! Just take you time with rhe paint job. The STP cars were Florescent Red or Day-Glo Red. Be careful on the painting of your car. You'll need two nice coats of primer. a coat of flat white primer, then light coast of the red, which ever red you use. I got this tip from Ron Falk who helped paint the real car for Granatelli in 1967. Take you time and have fun. You're doing a great job!
Best to you
Russ
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Sept 25, 2008 10:10:08 GMT -5
Russ, thanks for the tips on painting this thing. I'm planning on using Tamiya Florescent Red. It must have been great to talk with the guy who painted this car. I've heard that it made a "whooosing" sound as it went by. Here's where its at today. The wheel/axle assembly has a lot of play in it and the axel is a little short. I found a piece of brass tube that fit snugly over the axel. Then drilled through the brake rotor (took a little off the top of the caliper also to help it center in the inner wheel), the resin innner and outer wheels, and the knock off spinner. This only took a short amount of time and gives a tight, stable assembly. Also if you extend the brass tube slightly through the outer wheel, you have enough axle for the spinner to attach to. Hey, just like the real car! And NO, I'm not going to tread the tubing and spinner. I'm not that insane! In the photo are the resin upper front suspension arms. The kit has you butting them up to the back of the body/suspension cutout for attachment. To make this stronger I drilled and added a wire loop to the arms. Then dremeled out a space on the inside back of the suspension cutout. During assembly this small drilled out space will be filled with epoxy and the arm/loop inserted in it. The little white plastic widget in the photo is a jig to help set the height evenly for where the axle holes go. Just set the body on a flat surface then move the widget to each corner and make your mark. I hope to start roughing in the suspension this weekend. Wish me luck, Sandy  |
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Post by herk56 on Sept 25, 2008 12:50:35 GMT -5
Looks like you've figured out that brass rod is the resin builders' best friend! Nice job so far, ggod luck with your paint job - Brian
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Oct 4, 2008 6:45:08 GMT -5
Hi, Just a few more pics as the project is racing along at a snails pace due to 'responsable adult' things like work, home maintinance, etc. The frame and backbone parts are installed and the sheet plastic bottom added to the body. This provided a floor to the cockpit, covered some resin air bubbles and helped level out the bottom of the body after I went a little too far while flat sanding it. Ooops. Sandy    |
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2008 10:47:38 GMT -5
Outstanding work so far this one is going to be a winner.
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Oct 15, 2008 12:52:07 GMT -5
Wow Mike, thanks for that! I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Like every modeler, you give it your best shot and hope it turns out OK. In the last week I've backtracked a little and drilled all the way through the body at the axel points. This is to have the front and rear axels running through it made from brass rods (Hey Brian, love that brass rod & tube!). This, I believe, will work better (simpler and stronger) than to have the upper and lower suspension arms at each corner support the model. So I had to go back and cut off the axel stubs and drill through the kit's four hub/uprights. When final assembly comes it will be just a matter of sliding the hub/upright & suspension arms, then the disc brake, then the wheel over the brass axel. Pre-mounting the axels will also have taken care of setting the model's height and track. Learning as I go! I'm hoping to start priming the body this weekend.
Sandy
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Post by David Sullivan on Oct 18, 2008 7:08:54 GMT -5
Looking great Sandy!
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Oct 18, 2008 14:21:26 GMT -5
Thanks Dave, how's things going?
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Oct 27, 2008 16:32:26 GMT -5
To quote Robert Duvall (kinda), "I love the smell of primer in the morning! It smells like... an almost finished Model!" Sandy   |
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Post by indy on Oct 27, 2008 18:53:44 GMT -5
I love a model in grey primer! I don't know what it is but it always looks so clean - nice job on this one, I can't wait to see it done - model on!
Jordan
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2008 0:56:18 GMT -5
Sandy.....Looking GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep up the good work!!! I hope you're keeping notes...I'll have questions later on..
Best to you
Russ
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Post by David Sullivan on Oct 28, 2008 4:26:15 GMT -5
That looks great Sandy!
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Oct 28, 2008 7:32:59 GMT -5
Thanks guys. The primer did its job and showed a few (OK, more than a few!) glitches. A little more sanding and hopefully it will be ready for the color coats soon.
Dave- I'm out the door in a few min. PM & patches coming at ya in a day or so.
Russ- yep, takin' notes so ask away!
Sandy
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Nov 8, 2008 22:58:09 GMT -5
Some progress today on the Jorgensen STP Turbine- Paint. Tamiya Florescent Red over Tamiya white primer/base coat ala Russ! Lordy, that stuff sprays good. I held the can under hot tap water to heat it up (a suggestion from my friend Chazz). Warmed up it seems to flow even better. This has been a fun kit to build of a fabulous car. The only problems so far have been 'operator error', like not securing it to the wire rack and having it fall off right after spraying on a primer coat. There's been a few others like that, but I'll cover them later! "Stuff" Happens! I'll let it sit for about a week to throughly dry as the paint is on pretty heavy. I couldn't get the lighting right so the photo shows the color much lighter than it really is. Sandy    |
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