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Post by illeagle10 on Feb 19, 2019 13:15:30 GMT -8
1989 Patrick Marlboro PC-18 Indy 500 Winner Emerson Fittipaldi - WIP
Hi All, Here goes, I am fulfilling my promise to Chris! One of my first cars in over a year! This should be a quickie. I have wanted to build this car for a while. I had seen a number of guys just put the decals from Emmo’s winner on the AMT PC-17. I wanted to go a little further with something a little more accurate. I had started converting a PC-17 into a PC-18 thinking it would be an easy conversion. As my luck would have it no sooner had I started cutting up an AMT PC-17, someone has to go and make a kit of it!
Hobbie Time formerly Classic Racing Resins, has made the job a little easier and has made a nice little conversion kit for the 1989 winner or for that matter any other PC-18 from 1989. Indycals makes numerous decals for this car. Mears, Unser and Sullivan decals are available from Indycals. One final note is that Calvin has the Hobbie Time kit on sale for $20.00 plus postage! hobbitime.shop/ Fortunately, the AMT kit I started cutting up can be used as a donor kit for this upgrade. The first thing I did was to clean up the resin body. As usual with resin kits there are a few pin holes in the bottom of the kit with some flashing around some of the edges. I then let the kit soak in some Polmolive dish liquid to wash off any mold releasing agents. Once the kit was through soaking and drying, I lightly scrubbed the kit with a white Scotch Brite pad just to make sure.
After clean up I drilled out the holes for the front suspension mounting. Next step I cut off the front lower suspension from the AMT kits under tray with a sharp Exacto knife. While you’re at it cut off the upper suspension too! Put the suspension pieces aside and saved them for later.
Then, following the directions from the update kit, I matched up the bottom of the AMT Kit with the resin body and cut the bottom of the AMT kit to match the Hobbie Time kit. It is quite easy; you cut the tip of the bottom off at the front nose where the seam is. Next, cut the under tray right where the notch is at the edge, straight across to the bottom of the tub. At this point do not glue the under tray to the body yet.
Before gluing the under part of the AMT kit to the update kit, I first took a Dremel tool and ground out the area between the bulkhead and the engine, between the side pods. You can see the difference from the stock body on the left and the carved out body on the right. This will allow the seat tub to be installed at a later date.
Okay! That's it for now!
Jim
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Feb 19, 2019 13:20:21 GMT -8
Thanks for posting your project Jim, it also qualifies for the Community Build "No Fenders" so be sure to post it there when you feel like it.. I have not yet started my "No Fenders" entry as I have so much on mu project list but will soon.. Chris
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Post by afx on Feb 19, 2019 13:22:24 GMT -8
Nice to see you posting a build here Jim. I'll be following.
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Post by illeagle10 on Feb 19, 2019 13:23:25 GMT -8
Thanks Chris, I think I'll keep it here for now since it's a full WIP. I may do something a little bigger for the "no fenders"!
Jim
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Post by garydavis on Feb 19, 2019 16:22:01 GMT -8
That is looking GREAT JIM. Looking forward to more updates for sure....
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Post by tatocorvette on Feb 19, 2019 19:35:00 GMT -8
I'll follow this one closely. Looking good!
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Post by flashman on Feb 20, 2019 11:20:39 GMT -8
I'll be watching this one, too, as I also have Calvin's transkit (bought it from a friend).
Thanks much for sharing this with us, Jim, but could you include a different photo showing the area you ground out? I'm having trouble getting the idea of what you did from the photo you have posted.
Cameron
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Post by illeagle10 on Feb 20, 2019 12:48:52 GMT -8
I'll be watching this one, too, as I also have Calvin's transkit (bought it from a friend).
Thanks much for sharing this with us, Jim, but could you include a different photo showing the area you ground out? I'm having trouble getting the idea of what you did from the photo you have posted.
Cameron
Hi Cameron, Here is the only other picture I have of this project at this point. If you look just behind the cockpit where the refueling cell would be, that is the area that has been Dremeled out. Hopefully this helps you out!
Jim
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Post by illeagle10 on Feb 20, 2019 12:49:48 GMT -8
Thanks guys for your kind words! Hopefully I'll have some updates in the near future!
Jim
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Post by flashman on Feb 21, 2019 6:27:15 GMT -8
I'll be watching this one, too, as I also have Calvin's transkit (bought it from a friend).
Thanks much for sharing this with us, Jim, but could you include a different photo showing the area you ground out? I'm having trouble getting the idea of what you did from the photo you have posted.
Cameron
Hi Cameron, Here is the only other picture I have of this project at this point. If you look just behind the cockpit where the refueling cell would be, that is the area that has been Dremeled out. Hopefully this helps you out!
Jim
OK, now I can see what you did. Good planning, being able to insert the cockpit later is a great idea. Thanks much!
Cameron
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Post by illeagle10 on Feb 23, 2019 17:34:53 GMT -8
Moving on......I drilled out two elongated vertical holes in the cockpit area that would be just behind the driver’s helmet. As you can see the tub has a nice snug fit into the body. After I was satisfied with the grinding and the fit of the tub into the body, I cut off the front part of the under tray that fits under nose of the cockpit. I made sure that there was enough room to fit the cockpit tub up into the body. I then glued the front part of the under tray to the body. More to follow soon, Jim
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Post by afx on Feb 23, 2019 17:55:11 GMT -8
The CART era produced some fine looking cars.
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Post by checkeredflagdetails on Feb 24, 2019 10:11:59 GMT -8
Looking good Jim. I have several of these cars, really looking forward to the tips etc. with your build.
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Post by garydavis on Feb 24, 2019 11:33:26 GMT -8
Your doing some might fine FAB work Jim!
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Post by illeagle10 on Feb 24, 2019 16:44:21 GMT -8
Thanks guys for the replies! I think the hard part for resin kits of the 80s and 90s is finding the right donor kit. This one was pretty straight forward by Calvin(Hobbie Time). It was pretty easy choosing the AMT PC-17 as a donor, especially since PC-18 is so close to it. For many of the later resin cars like the Penske PC-22 and 23, the 95 and later Reynards and the 90s Lolas I found the Revell Reynards are a better match for donors. You can see some of those builds on the Indy Car Modeling board. indycarmodeling.proboards.com/Jim
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