67 Foyt modifications

[cobra276]

I’ve been building Foyts 67 Coyote and decided to post some of my modifications. 1961redlegs and lenwoodruff made great builds and helped me to validate the fit of the parts.

I added some details not in the kit, like the front radiator support and tanks. I wasn’t comfortable fitting the nose on and just gluing the radiator in the nose, it didn’t feel right so I found some photos of various front ends and made some details. Some brass wire bent to the dimensions and soldered at the tips competed the radiator support. I just glued in some styrene together and shaped the tanks. I did lower the rack according to my photo references which changed the spindle set up.

To mount the nose I glued a square of styrene to the bottom of the tub which supported the bottom of the nose and also supported the tanks. I mounted two pins to the top of the nose and corresponding holes to the top of the tub which you can see sticking out. Now I can just push it on although will be prone to chipping the paint. The radiator looks placed backwards but in reality is faces correctly.

I filled in the tub bottom with styrene and worked out installing the seat from the rear after painting the tub. I sanded down bottom of seat so it slid in from the back. I made a firewall from styrene to separate the engine from the interrior. I glued in some styrene strips in the tub to position the painted firewall.

I made the distributor and fuel pump from styrene and they just fit between the firewall and placed engine. I plumbed spark and fuel lines and injector hoses.

I’m working on making the cowl removable so I can show the details of the engine. The cowl can be stretched over the injectors but again makes it prone to chipping, it’s a tight stretch. I had to make a couple modifications. First the sway bar holes need to be filled and the sway bar built from scratch. I’ll post that later. I have a problem with my cowl fitting over the shocks. I don’t see 1961redlegs or lenwoodruff’s builds commenting on a problem, and will just grind away the section marked and repaint the cowl.

[racerbrown]

very impressive work!
i love seeing all the details.
what did you use for the body paint?
thanks for sharing.
duane

[lance]

Beautiful work!

[cobra276]

I tried the new Gravity paint. Trying to find a poppy red in rural ohio is a challenge. Reasonable price and for my first try was the best finish I've laid down. I didn't have to do any wet sanding, just decals and cleared.

[Calvin]

This is amazing!

[cobra276]

The rear control arms are on. To minimize glue, I pinned the tub end which then didn't require glue and filed the tube to length for a slight friction fit and used the clear windshield glue to hold them in place.  My drill bit scratched the finish as the camera pointed out the line through the decals.  Going to have to try polishing with a Q-tip!



Then while trying to fit the sway bars I broke one. Figured out it was relatively simple to make one from brass rod. I happened to have my claw foot hammer it the basement and used it and my wood vice to simply flatten both ends with very light hammering and drilled the holes after measuring length and made some mounting blocks from styrene which were glued inside the rear bulkhead just above the shocks.  Much sturdier than the pewter.

[alterrenner]

I'm impressed with using a claw hammer as a modeling tool! Came out great!
--Frank

[indy]

A really pretty build. Really enjoying your scratchbuilding, too. Thanks for sharing the build with us.

Jordan

[cobra276]

Trying to modify models took me out of the hobby 30 years ago because I kept screwing them up, took a break and then found the Indy subjects. I like this site because you can see how others approach problems and learn new techniques. Learning to work in brass wasn't hard and although experiments fail I continue to learn and apply that to the next model.