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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 30 2007, 05:08 PM (784 Views) | |
| jimw | Dec 30 2007, 05:08 PM Post #1 |
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| ronr | Dec 30 2007, 05:13 PM Post #2 |
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Now thats a good looking sprint Jim! ;r |
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| themadmodeller | Dec 31 2007, 12:01 AM Post #3 |
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Superb build. Where did the rear tires come from? |
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| oldcars | Jan 1 2008, 07:44 PM Post #4 |
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That was when sprints were sprints. One cool model. ;;) Richard |
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| carl | Jan 2 2008, 06:32 PM Post #5 |
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Real pretty looking cars Carl |
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| fireguy14 | Jan 3 2008, 09:37 AM Post #6 |
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That is one sharp car, and excellent build! |
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| Madd Mike | Jan 3 2008, 08:04 PM Post #7 |
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Great lookin Car, How much of a difference is there in that car and the early indy cars ??? No cage or wing, NO WAY !! ;;)
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| clutch13 | Jan 7 2008, 12:53 AM Post #8 |
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i think iv seen this build beforebut any way nice job jim.i always liked your builds for there realism.oh yea welcome to the lobby
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| MojaveRacer208 | Jan 13 2008, 03:44 AM Post #9 |
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Sweet!!! To answer Madd Mike...the Indy cars of the late 40s and into the early 50s were essentially long-wheelbase Sprint Cars similar to this. The Chevy Small Block is a late 50s addition. I have worked on restoring a late 40s Kurtis Indy car which originally ran an Offy. It was shortened into a Sprint Car when the roadsters took over at Indy. In the late 50s, it was converted to a small block Chevy and had a bar added. In the late 60s, it had a cage added. Around 1980, it was crashed so hard, the driver never got into a race car again. After sitting for about 10 years, we straightened it out, removed the cage and switched it back to an Offy.![]() The yellow item near the rear wheel is a dog dish...at this Indy 500 party, the dog wanted someone to pour some beer into his dish. Another one I've worked on is a car built by Luji Lesovsky to be a Bowes Seal-Fast Indy car in the late 40s. It too was later shortened into a sprinter. Then it got its then owner and recent Indy winner Troy Ruttman banned for a time from driving in AAA (the big organisation for Indy cars, sprints and Midgets at the time) events because he had another driver (Danny Letner) race it in a non-AAA event. ![]() This pic shows my wife and me (with mustache-no beard) and another fellow, blocking the view of the car with the Canepa Kenworth modeled by AMT. So ...Yeah! The model IS a lot like an Indy car of the late 40s/early 50s... |
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| Ancient Modeler | Mar 24 2008, 10:20 AM Post #10 |
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Nice, clean, well detailed build! rrr r2d2 Which kit is that? I just asked a question on doing this to a Grant king kit. Is it possible to do a correct early sprinter from that kit? |
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cage or wing, NO WAY !! ;;)





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