1997 Glidden/Menards G-Force - Tony Stewart 1stwin

[Calvin]

For some reason this morning I woke up in an early IRL mood - then I looked at my dusty Maistro Crest diecast on my shelf......so here we go! LOL My first 1/18 Diecast conversion. I know if I make it my own if you know what I mean, it will not get dust on it ever again!

The Goal is to turn this dust mess into Tony Stewart's First win car from Pikes Peak......it shouldn't be too hard, I see a few things that need to be modified.





Look at the nice DUST!

1997 Pikes Peak 200

[methanol]

Looks pretty good so far!!

[Calvin]

I got it pulled apart....the dust sure worked its way into everything!

[gavkiwi]

are those after market belts ? I bought 3-4 of these back in 1998. Shame they never sold these 1/18s with 'Indy' style super speedway wings.

[mrpeters]

Dec 8, 2012 16:47:18 GMT -5 gavkiwi said:

are those after market belts ? I bought 3-4 of these back in 1998. Shame they never sold these 1/18s with 'Indy' style super speedway wings.

They are stock

[Calvin]

I got the paint striped with paint remover. I also cut off the rear shark fin (if that's the name?) and the rear side foils.




As you can see in Stu's excellent WIP of his build I will need to sculpt out the rear.
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[Calvin]

Dec 8, 2012 16:47:18 GMT -5 gavkiwi said:

Shame they never sold these 1/18s with 'Indy' style super speedway wings.

Yeah, but for my build its perfect since its a high down force/short track build.

[Calvin]

Does anyone know of any good early IRL photo websites?

[SWT500]

I think you will find that, other than IMS, photos will be few and far between, since the media and most photos were in bed with CART and did not cover IRL extensively. The good news is that IMS had their staff at every race. The bad news is that you must go to IMS to view the photo books.

[Calvin]

I did a few screen shots to help out. I just want to say thank you to Michael P. for doing the extra Menards rear wing logos! There is a few or a bunch of different logos that I can handle on my own that are in black that I can do with my own ink jet.

[Art Laski]

I can't believe you're willing to defile a Dr. Jack model. Unbelievable...

This should be great, Calvin. Can't wait to see it done!

[Calvin]

I'm a little confused on what flo orange or red paint to use. Sometimes it looks like flo Orange on the side pods but a lighter flo Orange on the stripes above? Or maybe the side pods are flo red?
Heck I dont know?

[mrpeters]

there is one orange and one red stripe

you can kind of see it here

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[mrpeters]

also here

[2lapsdown]

Art, I was trying to figure out why a Dr Jack car was produced in the first place

[Calvin]

Yeah I can see it now. This pic also shows it pretty good.


I think I'll go with Tamiya flo Red on the side pods and Pactra flo Orange for the top stripes.

[Calvin]

Next I made the on board camera. I drilled a hole and stuck a brass rod into it to make it more structurally sound.




Then I filled the tail end up with bondo - then after it sets up I'll start sculpting it out to make it into more of a G-Force.

[Calvin]

I sprayed on the Flo Yellow on the wings......very BRIGHT!

[gavkiwi]

I love your WIPs Calvin, where is the flo yellow from, what brand did you use?

[Calvin]

Dec 10, 2012 19:59:16 GMT -5 gavkiwi said:

I love your WIPs Calvin, where is the flo yellow from, what brand did you use?

The paints I'll be using are....

Pactra Fluorescent Yellow
Pactra Fluorescent Orange
Tamiya Fluoresncent Red
Tamiya Clear Testors Lacquer



The thing about using Pactra RC paint is it goes on FLAT but covers very well, so before I apply the Indycals I will need to clear coat the car.

[indycals]

I was very impressed with the pactra dayglo yellow when I did the 68 turbine. So much so that I think I'll try their fluorescent red on the next car I do that requires it - Tamiya is great when it comes out just right, but it is sooo inconsistent. And despite being flat, it was a smooth flat that clearcoated well.

[Art Laski]

Dec 9, 2012 16:37:57 GMT -5 2lapsdown said:

Art, I was trying to figure out why a Dr Jack car was produced in the first place

Yeah, how did that happen? Maybe Colgate had something to do with it.

[Calvin]

I checked my can of Tamiya Clear and it was only half full IMO not enough to cover a 1/18 car....Since Tamiya doesn't make clear anymore for some DuMb reason? I decided to use a full can of Testors "one coat Lacquer" hopefully its OK to use or the same as Model Master Ultra Clear Lacquer?

[mrpeters]

i use that testors

[senn65]

Dec 10, 2012 22:57:19 GMT -5 indycals said:

I was very impressed with the pactra dayglo yellow when I did the 68 turbine. So much so that I think I'll try their fluorescent red on the next car I do that requires it - Tamiya is great when it comes out just right, but it is sooo inconsistent. And despite being flat, it was a smooth flat that clearcoated well.

Did you ever notice it takes a ton of clear to gloss dayglo paint? it must be porous.

[AJ]

The reason Dr Jack's car was made was a push from the league for good PR. A menard car makes me proud!

[harveythedog2]

Calvin,
I just saw this post. I wanted to give you a word of warning. Use etching primer! If you don't, chances are your masking tape will pull your paint right off down to the metal when you remove it. Then you will have to strip the body again right after you get done crying.

Can't wait to see it!

Stu

[Calvin]

Yep, I'm using Tamiya Metal etching primer before anything else.

[Calvin]

The Tamiya White Primer is on the body!

[AJ]

i have made 30+ menard cars and word to the wise mask off the side of the side pod when you paint the leading edge orange as pactra and tamiya sometimes don like each other looks great so far