Lance Sellers 1957 Kurtis 500G

[kyledehart5]

Another of Lance Sellers creations. I actually started building this prior to the Novi but due to building that one for my Dad this one slid to the backburner. Freddie Agabashian's mount for the 1957 500. Driving for George Bignotti in the legendary Bowes Seal Fast special. Fred qualified fourth but fell out early with a fuel leak and ended up 22nd in what was his 11th 500 and final race. He attempted to qualify in 1958 but didn't make the race and subsequently retired. Fun build and an enjoyable one to research too. It should be noted that Lance included a decal for the hood scoop vent. I lost this removing it from the water. I scratch built one out of styrene and mesh. It's a bit big and may be something I work at shrinking up a tad in future. 

[2whl]

Very nice build Kyle

[chrissmith]

Another very cool build! I would like to see you do a build blog on anything, it would be cool to see how you progress from start to finish 😉

[Joel_W]

Kyle,
Another outstanding build. I'll 2nd Chris's suggestion of doing a full build blog on your next resin kit. Just might get me to actually try one.

joel

[kyledehart5]

Aug 31, 2023 8:29:09 GMT -8 2whl said:

Very nice build Kyle

Thank you!

[kyledehart5]

Aug 31, 2023 9:37:19 GMT -8 chrissmith said:

Another very cool build! I would like to see you do a build blog on anything, it would be cool to see how you progress from start to finish 😉

Thanks Chris. I’ll take that under advisement. I’m generally terrible about remembering to photograph things as they move along but I could certainly make an effort!

[kyledehart5]

Aug 31, 2023 11:32:21 GMT -8 Joel_W said:

Kyle,
Another outstanding build. I'll 2nd Chris's suggestion of doing a full build blog on your next resin kit. Just might get me to actually try one.

joel

Thank you Joel. I may try to get a WIP thread going the next time I drag one of these out. I’ve already dug into another one so maybe a couple builds from now but when I start one fresh I’ll try to remember.

[tatocorvette]

WOW! What a beauty! Outstanding for sure.
I can hear it idling!

[kyledehart5]

Sept 7, 2023 18:28:47 GMT -8 tatocorvette said:

WOW! What a beauty! Outstanding for sure.
I can hear it idling!

Thank you! I really appreciate that

[afx]

Very nice.

[kyledehart5]

Sept 20, 2023 1:42:36 GMT -8 afx said:

Very nice.

Thank you!

[sam]

This is gorgeous 😍 love this era.

[kyledehart5]

Thanks Sam! I do too. The roadsters were all such beautiful machines!