1955 Indy Winner

[arcticwolf]

I love old Indycars, just the scale the kits are give me fits. But I figured I'd give this a try. It's the old Monogram toy, with some improvements.

I had this to work with

What's usable from the kit, one of Calvin's upgrade sets, plus lots of Evergreen rod. The idea is to full detail everything that's visible.

First I made two separate space frame modules, they get glued together later

basic cockpit

engine bay painted

not much left of the kit body by the time I carved out the  junk

installed the cockpit, glued the two halves together, and now try to pretty it up - lots of masking

[arcticwolf]

So it's now pink and cream

secret ingredient, 3D printed Offy from Texas3DCustoms

I'll save the tranny for something else. Some Alclads and a MigAmmo wash

cut a hole in the floor, I believe it's authentic

and it all fit inside

so my latest finished build, the Pink Zinc

I said I'd probably never build another, and then yesterday a box arrived with ........... two more Monogram body shells.

Thanks for looking.

Paul

[chrissmith]

Looks great!! You did a lot of great stuff with it.

[handiabled]

Perfect looking scratch work! This turned out fantastic

[kyledehart5]

Another of my favorites Paul! Has to be one of the nicest looking of those old Monogram Kurtis’s I’ve ever seen. Beautiful work.

[deafpanzer]

Beautiful build! I think I have seen the real thing at Indy 500 museum. You will love that museum if you haven’t visited.

[tcoat]

A truly wonderful transformation.

[keavdog]

Well done. Great details and scratch work.