Gil De Ferran Valvoline Reynard Finished!
Dec 12, 2015 9:45:11 GMT -5
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Post by 1961redlegs on Dec 12, 2015 9:45:11 GMT -5
I just completed the car this morning, Gil De Ferran's Valvoline Reynard as it appeared at Mid-Ohio in 1998.
De Ferran started 12th and finished ninth in CART's visit to Lexington, Ohio right behind some rookie named Tony Kanaan (I wonder how he turned out?!). He led five laps around midway in a race most remembered (by me at least) Michael Andretti's massive crash during which his car flipped. It was a bad day for him but a quite good one for Adrian Fernandez who won. De Ferran had a fair season in '98, no wins and a few podiums, finishing 12th in the season standings. Bigger things awaited De Ferran in future years.
This particular car appealed to me for a few reasons, one I really like De Ferran as a driver and Mid-Ohio is my favorite road-course. I thought why not and this is the end result. I said it before but it bears repeating, during this time De Ferran came to Valvoline corporate headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky to do a sponsor junket and there that day was my mother-in-law who works for the company. She said De Ferran was an absolute gentleman, sealing my respect for the man.
Now on to the technical aspects to this build. It's the Revell Target kit with very slight alterations. I added a camera to the roll hoop and cut down the fin according to how the Walker Racing Reynards looked. I dechromed the wheels in ammonia, cleaned them up and repainted them gloss black. The car is painted Tamiya pure white with Model Master Blue Angel blue with Speedline decals for everything except the numbers on the rear wing plates. Gary Sleeper made me some "5s" to accurately represent what the car looked like at Mid-Ohio and they look perfect. This was a fun build and I hope you like it!
De Ferran started 12th and finished ninth in CART's visit to Lexington, Ohio right behind some rookie named Tony Kanaan (I wonder how he turned out?!). He led five laps around midway in a race most remembered (by me at least) Michael Andretti's massive crash during which his car flipped. It was a bad day for him but a quite good one for Adrian Fernandez who won. De Ferran had a fair season in '98, no wins and a few podiums, finishing 12th in the season standings. Bigger things awaited De Ferran in future years.
This particular car appealed to me for a few reasons, one I really like De Ferran as a driver and Mid-Ohio is my favorite road-course. I thought why not and this is the end result. I said it before but it bears repeating, during this time De Ferran came to Valvoline corporate headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky to do a sponsor junket and there that day was my mother-in-law who works for the company. She said De Ferran was an absolute gentleman, sealing my respect for the man.
Now on to the technical aspects to this build. It's the Revell Target kit with very slight alterations. I added a camera to the roll hoop and cut down the fin according to how the Walker Racing Reynards looked. I dechromed the wheels in ammonia, cleaned them up and repainted them gloss black. The car is painted Tamiya pure white with Model Master Blue Angel blue with Speedline decals for everything except the numbers on the rear wing plates. Gary Sleeper made me some "5s" to accurately represent what the car looked like at Mid-Ohio and they look perfect. This was a fun build and I hope you like it!
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