Stephan Wilson's First Indycar Ride

[Deleted]

Here's Justin's little brother's car from the 2013 Baltimore Grand Prix. He didn't fair too well, spinning out and crashing into the tire barrier at the entrance to the pits. It happened right in front of me. As others will attest, Patto's decals don't fit 1/64 that well, and what looks to be a fairly straightforward build actually requires LOTS of cutting and pasting. Pieces from two sets of decals are required to get full coverage, but decent results can be achieved.

[clm1545]

Nice job! I want to see one of you 1/64 guys do road course front wings, That would be unreal.

[IndyCarModels]

I've done some cars with road course wings.  Not 100 percent happy with them but I keep  trying.
And to rocspo, I agree that the Pattos decals take some work. On some cars I order the decals without the backing.
These turn out a lot better.
Also are you interested in a Lotus 38 in 1:64 scale.  I'm working on a deal where we may get some older cars.
Will keep everyone advised.
Good job on the Wilson car.

[indy]

Nice work, this is very well done.

Jordan

[mjjracer]

Stephan was the guide on a garage tour at Sonoma in 2012. Really nice kid, well spoken, did a good job. Surprisingly short. Well, short-er.

MJ

[Deleted]

Thanks guys. Yes Terry, I've started ordering the decals modified without the main color. For some reason, the decals for the left sidepod are always smaller than those for the right, and they never fit. Even the sponsor logos are smaller. I've taken to using the right-side sponsor decals for both sides of the car whenever possible. I'm almost finished Dario's Cessna-sponsored, black car from Baltimore. All the sponsor decals are white. Having ordered the sheet without the black parts, it's almost impossible to even FIND the white decals on the very light blue backing paper! I end up doing the final trimming of each decal after I've gotten it wet, and can transfer it to a dark surface where I can see it.
I could do roadcourse front wings, but since I like to build entire starting grids, if I did one, I'd have to do 24. I'm not up for that level of punishment, especially since I'd have to redo the rear wings as well. If I could buy them, like the excellent speedway rear bumpers, I'd be up for it.
I'd also be up for a Lotus 38, even though I've got 30 2014 Indy 500 entries in various stages of completion staring me in the face.

Ric

[senn65]

None of Pattos stuff fits right in any scale, sizing way off. Nice work on the Wilson btw.