Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2015 12:24:10 GMT -5
It's been a long time since I posted anything on this board so here goes.
I started this build a couple of months ago. I pulled out the old Bill Jorgensen 1969 Brawner Hawk resin kit with the Indycal decals. A lot of period photos of the car have come to the surface since Bill produced the kit but there are still aspects that can't be seen. Photos of the replica in the Indy Museum are not much use but I found enough to pull it off. I purchased some fluorescent red from Gravity Colors for the body only because I wanted to give it a try. It's a little lighter than the Tamiya color but you can't tell until you put them side by side.
After cleaning up the body I decided to make my own fuel filler plates. The locations on the body needed a little adjustment so I filled them in and re-cut the locations.
Fabrication of the fuel plate. Found the one filler part on a spare PE sheet but the rest is from scratch.
The kit doesn't come with the side radiator vents so I needed to make my own out of some Evergreen plastic stock.
I used Archer Fine Transfers rivet decals and also had to reposition the rear vents.
Indycals now carry the proper Firestone tires for this period so I added them. The front wheel needed to be redone so I found something close and modified them accordingly. They turned out OK.
Next up is scratch building the turbocharger, waste gate, intake and exhaust manifold setup. The Lotus 38 manifold looked closer to correct with some modifications.
Had to make a setup table for the suspension engineering. Also needed to make a replacement number 2 for the nose. This one was not wide enough. This picture shows the old one sanded down.
Decided to try and keep some of the cast front shock pieces. The center portion is telescoping brass tube and wire.
Here's the replacement number 2. I did the artwork and print to white decal film.
I painted all the engine parts with most of the shades of Alclad II. Then applied some acrylic washes to bring out the highlights. I also made some corrugated heat shield foil for the headers.
So that's where I'm at right now. I plan to make some good progress over the holidays.
Thanks for looking.
I started this build a couple of months ago. I pulled out the old Bill Jorgensen 1969 Brawner Hawk resin kit with the Indycal decals. A lot of period photos of the car have come to the surface since Bill produced the kit but there are still aspects that can't be seen. Photos of the replica in the Indy Museum are not much use but I found enough to pull it off. I purchased some fluorescent red from Gravity Colors for the body only because I wanted to give it a try. It's a little lighter than the Tamiya color but you can't tell until you put them side by side.
After cleaning up the body I decided to make my own fuel filler plates. The locations on the body needed a little adjustment so I filled them in and re-cut the locations.
Fabrication of the fuel plate. Found the one filler part on a spare PE sheet but the rest is from scratch.
The kit doesn't come with the side radiator vents so I needed to make my own out of some Evergreen plastic stock.
I used Archer Fine Transfers rivet decals and also had to reposition the rear vents.
Indycals now carry the proper Firestone tires for this period so I added them. The front wheel needed to be redone so I found something close and modified them accordingly. They turned out OK.
Next up is scratch building the turbocharger, waste gate, intake and exhaust manifold setup. The Lotus 38 manifold looked closer to correct with some modifications.
Had to make a setup table for the suspension engineering. Also needed to make a replacement number 2 for the nose. This one was not wide enough. This picture shows the old one sanded down.
Decided to try and keep some of the cast front shock pieces. The center portion is telescoping brass tube and wire.
Here's the replacement number 2. I did the artwork and print to white decal film.
I painted all the engine parts with most of the shades of Alclad II. Then applied some acrylic washes to bring out the highlights. I also made some corrugated heat shield foil for the headers.
So that's where I'm at right now. I plan to make some good progress over the holidays.
Thanks for looking.
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