1999 Reynard Question

[Deleted]

Hi Mike,

Sounds like a question for Jordan! I have no clue myself.......

Mongo

[russd]

Yeah, Jordan will know all of the differences. I believe that one major difference is the front (leading edge) of the side pods. On the 97-98 cars the side pods were rounded (constant arc top to bottom). On the 99 cars the shape became more squared off at the top leading edge of the pods. There are probably some major changes to the wings (especially the road coarse wings). Also, I'm not sure, but I can't recall any 99 cars that used the "shark fin" (vertical air foil on top of the engine cover).

RussD

[indy]

Sorry boys - I was out of town! Mike, if you have any questions you can always email me ;D

Okay, Revell kits came in '98 and '99 varieties. '98 kits were Target (chrome OZ wheels), Shell (BBS wheels), Visteon (OZ wheels), Castrol/AAR (BBS wheels - Goodyears so no wet tires), and Forsythe (Canadian release only - chrome BBS wheels - no Players decals, all were replaced with Forsythe's). '99 kits were Motorola, Miller Lite, and Pioneer which all had chrome BBS wheels. The main differences in the kits are:
#1. the sidepods - the 99's had a leading edge "hump" on them
#2. the front road course wings - much more complex configuration in '99 kit
#3. the rear speedway wing - '99 had vertical slats on top
#4. the rear tire kickups/flugelhorns - the '99 had a quarter circle design while the '98s had a semi circle front and square back

Though some cars will vary the '98 can do a most any '97, 2000 Penske, or almost all 2001 Reynards. '99 kits are where I would start most 2000 cars except the Penske. I pretty much take it on a car by car basis - which car do you want to do? Any specific race? I'm still at work for a while but I can find you tons of references once I get home. I have tons of ideas for these kits - it just depends on how detailed you want to go.

Keep firing the questions - it's nice to find an audience that can use all that info in my head! lol

Jordan

[stonecold44]

Jordan, that info is more than one person should be allowed to have. That's unreal. I have that talent but it pertains more to 1970s and '80s Top 40 music.

[indy]

Yes, I know that one well you know we should talk more - we think alike ;D

Anyway, the easy way is to get a Target kit and a '99 kit - take the body from the '99 but get the decals and wheels from the Target kit. Box up the remains and you have a prefectly good '98 kit with chrome BBS wheels for another project....

Of course, you can get close with just the Target kit and with a little work, it could be a dead ringer for a '99. Any race in particular? Wins were Long Beach, Nazareth, Rio, Cleveland, Mid-Ohio, Chicago (1-mile oval), and Vancouver. He also finished 2nd in a photo finish at Michigan....

...that was the race were Max Papis was running away from the field even with the Hanford Device which created big packs. Sadly, Max lost his dashboard mid-race and so the Rahal Letterman team had to guess on fuel. The beautiful blue Harley edition Miller car (Speedline did these decals) slowed just 1/2 mile from the finish. As Tony Kannan flashed by, Max's 1st ChampCar win evaporated.... but Tony had lifted slighty coming by Papis and the #4 got a good run to the checkers. Tony celebrated his first win in the McDonalds car (Scale Coachworks did these decals) while Papis sat slumped over on the pitwall crying over the disappointment. It was awesome to watch on TV - one of the most stunning race finishes I have ever seen! You can find it on YouTube and it's a great piece to watch!

Anyway, the #4 won on roadies, short ovals, and the Rio "Roval" (as Rick Mears nicknamed it) so there is some opportunity to build a winner in one of a few aero configs. These Reynard kits are nice in their two box stock configs but what makes them great is that they are great bases to do unique builds as there are literally tons of variations from team to team and race to race. The opportunity is there to have a bunch of cars built off the same kit but that have very distinct differences that really make each one stand apart!

Jordan