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Post by 1961redlegs on Mar 15, 2015 21:51:22 GMT -5
I've started my latest build of Gary Doucette's kit of Dario Resta's 1916 Indianapolis 300 (not a typo) winning Peugeot. Gary's done a beautiful job on this kit with a fully detailed interior. I had a chance to do a lot of detail painting on it to include doing a wood grain finish. I used a Testors wood base and drybrushed on Raw Siena and Tamiya brown. I had a lot of fun with that as I haven't done it much since my First World War aviation model building days. I love the pre-WWI period of the Speedway and this car was one of the prettiest care of the era. This car had graceful lines and was quite successful. Winning the 1916 and 1919 races. Resta is one of the more interesting characters of the speedway and is overlooked today but he was the first man to win the Vanderbilt Cup, American Grand Prize and the Memorial Day Indianapolis race. When IMS had the "Greatest 33" contest a few years ago he got my vote. Here's my start and I'll keep you updated as I go, thanks for looking!    |
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Post by Calvin on Mar 16, 2015 1:30:50 GMT -5
Darn it! You're good! And fast.....and good historian.....also a passionate person > which is contagious.
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Post by alterrenner on Mar 16, 2015 5:13:59 GMT -5
I believe Dario Resta was also Dario F's great-great grandfather?
--Frank
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Post by clm1545 on Mar 16, 2015 9:37:48 GMT -5
Way cool, Jerry
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Post by indy on Mar 16, 2015 11:10:22 GMT -5
I thought you had subbed in real wood. Great stuff, Jerry!
Jordan
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Post by 1961redlegs on Mar 16, 2015 21:13:59 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words on the build so far, it's let me utilize some of the techniques that I normally don't get to on cars.
Calvin, you're exactly correct in saying it is a passion, In building the earlier cars it's a glimpse as to from where the sport came. For their time they were fast, sophisticated, deadly and also art. From the foundations built by the pioneers came what we know and love today. These cars were the pacesetters for the march of time.
As to Dario Resta being the great grandfather of Dario Franchitti, I don't think he was but it's an interesting story. Resta and Franchitti were from Italian families in the United Kingdom. Resta was from England and Franchitti from Scotland. It gets more interesting when you realize that that Franchitti's cousin is F1 driver Paul Di RESTA! That said it's just one of the many fascinating coincidences of the 500.
Both were nonpareil drivers who found success in America, while not related they had much in common.
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Post by clm1545 on Mar 16, 2015 22:40:29 GMT -5
Can you tell me what those things mounted to the firewall are, Jerry. At first glance I thought those 5 tube things were sticks of TNT, but that can't be right.
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Post by alterrenner on Mar 17, 2015 19:32:12 GMT -5
If I recall the Franchitti interview, he said the relation with Resta was on his mother's side.
I think those sticks of dynamite were oilers.
By the way, that wood effect is great! It does look like wood.
--Frank
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Post by 1961redlegs on Mar 21, 2015 10:38:30 GMT -5
Altrenner is correct, the dynamite looking tubes are for oiling. I'd also love to see the Franchitti interview you mentioned! I learn something new all the time on this site. I've gotten a little more work finished on the car, I've added the rear springs, and begun work on the front suspension. Getting the car to sit right on all four tires or not to sit lopsided is the trickiest part of any build and I always take extra time to get it just right. I've measured and adjusted and I have the springs even. It looks pretty good so far.  |
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Post by alterrenner on Mar 23, 2015 5:07:24 GMT -5
That interview was one of those time-fillers before a televised race. I couldn't begin to even narrow down which race it was, but Dario began racing with Hogan in 1997, about sixteen races per season... shouldn't take long to look over all the race tapes that survived our triple hurricanes of '04.
I do remember that it was a neat fact that some fact-finder at ABC had found for a commentator to ask about!
--Frank
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Post by alterrenner on Mar 24, 2015 5:04:13 GMT -5
I didn't watch any of my old tapes, but I did a lot of Googling last night, and found nothing on Dario Franchitti being related to Dario Resta. Several mentions of Paul de Resta, though. I must be totally wrong--still an interesting thought, though!
Bear in mind: I've been deaf in my left ear since I was nine years old, and several decades of open exhaust, air wrenches, and a wife shouting at me from the right seat has diminished the hearing in the other ear, and I have a tendency of hearing what I want to hear (ask the wife)!
If I run into Dario this weekend, I'll certainly ask!
Now--back to the build of the beautiful 1916 Indy 300 winner...
--Frank
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Post by 1961redlegs on Mar 31, 2015 22:29:24 GMT -5
The Peugeot is now painted, I painted it Belton-Molotow brand navy blue. Gary Doucette uses this brand of paint and swears by it. The paint goes on with no problems, it sticks well and has a good shine to it. I think it looks good, I think that it may have a slight purplish hue but that could be lighting. I'll get back to it more tomorrow!  |
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Apr 1, 2015 8:40:16 GMT -5
Amazing work on all three on going builds, the Peugeot, March and Eagle! The Belton-Molotow Cocktail paint? Is that Canada only? I've never heard of it here in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Sandy
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