Kanaan 2012 Indy 500

[jaw12287]

After a long cold winter, spring has finally sprung here in Ohio! The one benefit of a whole lot of cold and a whole lot of snow was that I was able to knock a whole bunch of projects of my build list. For example, here is my build of Tony Kanaan's 2012 Geico/Mouser Indy 500 Ride

This livery has always been one of my favorites but was actually harder to pull off than I thought. The transitions from the light blue to the fluorescent green was somewhat of a challenge, as was finding the right shade of metallic blue for the bulk of the car. I ended up going with Testors Custom Blue Metal Flake, which ended up looking fairly close but took a number of layers to get it to apply evenly and darken up to the right shade. In direct sunlight, the color really pops on this section of blue. This started out as a 2012 Indy 500 event car so it has the added perk of having a display box that matches the event it ran in. Decals by GWS/Circle Track Decals


69C1D151-91CA-4FE7-8A3B-C30BDF7E3E9F 

40D8C554-D70F-47AC-B517-3D9BAD90F11E 

11D2F437-28BC-40B6-88A3-76EED4F387AD 

2903879E-A618-4F2F-A27B-7BBD149182B6 

FB8E8BA2-EE6E-4228-A475-6D6B48A395CD 

CF4AB02C-4934-40EC-B233-F88C1373F60E 

C48A05EC-2A4A-4177-8106-8C2E337EF318 

[IndyCarModels]

Looks great.

[gwstexas]

Another great job!

Gary

[indy]

I really like the blue on this one.

Whose rear bumper did you use? What did you use for the flo green? Is that vinyl?

Jordan

[jaw12287]

Apr 14, 2019 9:21:53 GMT -5 indy said:

I really like the blue on this one.

Whose rear bumper did you use? What did you use for the flo green? Is that vinyl?

Jordan

Thanks for the kind words! I totally forgot to give credit for the 3D printed wing. I used one I found on Shapeways by Cjerina. Here is a link to the one I purchased:


www.shapeways.com/product/H7RCLVJG2/2012-14-sw-bumper-qty-1?optionId=41933035&li=marketplace

I've made several models using these bumpers and they are always excellent. For the fluorescent green, I tried a number of different brands but had the issue of it either being too thick and looking like it was globbed on there or being too dark when you put a solid enough coat on it to cover the white. I ended up settling for Testors Flo. Green and applying it in extremely light coats. it took like 4-5 light coats to get it to where it is but it ended up coming out better than I thought it would.

I tried vinyl striping on this one, but the trim tape I used didn't seem to look right when I laid it down so I opted to go back and use paint instead. One of these days I'll get better with Vinyl but for now, it is an art that seems beyond my abilities...

[justmike]

Wow. I like how nicely you laid that CF decal down. I have to assume that is one of the resin kits available which I am eagerly anticipating. What do you use to clean up and fill in pinholes in the kit? I have never worked with resin so will need a lot of help when my two kits arrive this spring. I will be bugging people for a lot of advice, starting with you. lol  Are the bumpers you ordered specific to this car? One of the kits I am ordering is the 2012 INDY 500 version of Stefan Wilson's car. I would like it to be as accurate as possible so am curious about what you feel is worth spending the extra money on

[jaw12287]

Apr 14, 2019 15:58:57 GMT -5 justmike said:

Wow. I like how nicely you laid that CF decal down. I have to assume that is one of the resin kits available which I am eagerly anticipating. What do you use to clean up and fill in pinholes in the kit? I have never worked with resin so will need a lot of help when my two kits arrive this spring. I will be bugging people for a lot of advice, starting with you. lol  Are the bumpers you ordered specific to this car? One of the kits I am ordering is the 2012 INDY 500 version of Stefan Wilson's car. I would like it to be as accurate as possible so am curious about what you feel is worth spending the extra money on

Thanks for the compliments but the CF decals were actually already on this model of greenlight cars. I just carefully masked over them so I didn’t damage them. Gotta cut some corners when you can 😉.

This one is actually a diecast car that I stripped and repainted instead of a resin model. Given my tendency to mess up paint, diecast is a little more forgiving as it is easy to strip and restart if you have an mistake.

The bumpers I ordered match the ones used on the superspeedways (Indy, Pocono, Texas, California, etc) between 2012 and 2015 but there are a number of other bumpers available on Shapeways for other model years. I’m not sure how well they line up with resin models but they are a perfect match for 1:18 scale Greenlight models.

[GrandPrecision]

Wow! Excellent job, can't say that I've ever seen this one built before. Always enjoy seeing these cars with the proper SW bumpers, it looks way better. Glad I could help, I just wish Shapeways pricing was a little more reasonable!