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Post by m2joe4 on Mar 22, 2019 10:19:47 GMT -5
What about a conversion for all the Revell 1/25 L88 Corvettes, to enable accurate versions of the LeMans, Daytona, and Sebring cars from the late 60s and early 70s? Conversion would require 2 different front air dams (one for the #4 car from LeMans '72, and a smaller one for the Heinz & Johnson "Rebel" car that was 1st in class at Sebring in '72 ), round and rectangular auxiliary/fog lamps (with decals), fender flares, and wheel inserts for the front and sometimes rear wheels on the Greenwood and Heinz & Johnson cars.
Vintage Racing Miniatures makes great decals for the #1 and #3 68-69 LeMans cars, and the #4 '72 car. There are plenty of Minilite (Greenwood ) wheels are out there, just need those last few parts to recreate a ton of great American endurance racers. There are nearly as many L88 'vette variants as there are Porsche 956/962s, and plenty of low cost kits that can be used to convert into multiple cars. The Revell kits are a great base. An even more ambitious project would add an accurate roll cage and the extended chin spoiler that some Greenwood cars used in the '70s.
Kits are usually in the $10.00 range, and decals for the Greenwood Stars & Stripes (initial version) and Heinz & Johnson Rebel car are good straight from the box.
A great set of decals for the later Greenwood Stars and Stripes car (the BFG sponsored cars) are sorely needed...
JH
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Post by 1961redlegs on Mar 23, 2019 7:29:09 GMT -5
How about Lance Reventlow’s Scarab sports cars. Those cars were as fast as they were beautiful!
There are a lot of really good project ideas here, and I’d probably buy any one of them if produced!
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Post by m2joe4 on Mar 24, 2019 14:39:28 GMT -5
I know Harold Bradford (Historic Racing Miniatures) was working on a Scarab when I last saw him at the NNL East show in '17. Not sure if that is still in the works, but it looked really good in development, and I though it was close to completion. If he finishes the project, it will be a stunner, like all of his other work.
I'll ask him if I see him at this year's NNL.
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Post by Patrick on Mar 31, 2019 13:16:20 GMT -5
A 1/24 or 25 Genie Chevy or Ford powered. There are many teams that ran the USRRC and pre-CanAm sports car racing.
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Post by pje on May 7, 2019 20:53:02 GMT -5
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Post by mjjracer on May 8, 2019 13:33:36 GMT -5
I just had a thought: how about an IMSA Mustang, modified with new nose and tail, and made into a Capri. Roush ran these along with Merkurs, Cougars, (and maybe some others.) MJ
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Post by indycals on May 8, 2019 21:29:55 GMT -5
I like that - saw some nice vintage IMSA Capris at Long Beach this year and was wishing there was a kit/body for me to do some decals.
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