Danny Sullivan's Molson 1993 Indy 500

[shunter]

So while working on the Mansell build Michael from Indycals comes up with this new sheet, i look at it and think YES...




Then i think hey one Lola two Lola's cannot be too hard and at the speed i build hey two models done....Nice. I look around and dig out another Duracell Lola and get to work on it.



Then i read Michael's post again and see that the car ran with the roadcourse sidepods, luckily for me i have one laying around so i semi start it again.



And this is where i am now, just waiting for the sheet to arrive...

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[afx]

Great color Shayne.

[robhart]

It's nice that they give the fading paint section on the top of the nose as a decal.

[shunter]

Jan 20, 2018 9:04:33 GMT -8 robhart said:

It's nice that they give the fading paint section on the top of the nose as a decal.

Thank you guys....if the nose fade was not a decal i do not think i would tackled this one....

[shunter]

The postie brought the mail today and these were in the box, could not help but get a start on putting that big nose decal on.....got to love it.

[shunter]

So decals are finished on this one now as well. I am impressed with Michael's new printing method the ink is bullet proof almost, the only think i found is the paper is tough as well but as long as you trim tight to the printed area the carrier film is basically non existent. I recommend this and the new sheets to anyone....Nice work Michael.
So now it is onto the rest of the work for me with the two builds, but real work beckons next week so things may slow some...

[afx]

Nice work on the decals Shayne.

[harron6]

The white on the decals looks pretty thick too. Often the color is so light on any dark background the white can look darker. Good decals and good work!

[Chris K. Hale]

Nice decal work, I am finding Michaels decals are really more and more Outstanding.. Thanks for the pics.. Chris

[shunter]

I agree Chris his work is excellent now, it always was but he is striving to make it even better. Not much of an update but i think you can appreciate that it is 39 degrees Celsius here today and my A/C was serviced last week and of course it is not working correctly...funny it was prior to the service.
So anyway i went out in the garage as it was cooler there for awhile. I sprayed the wheels the other day and i thought i would take a shortcut and clear the kit black plastic, i have to say it looked really good and what a finish, then i sprayed the Alclad Chrome over it, i have done this before with 2K and then chrome and that worked well, but not this time around.


So it was time to soak in the alcohol bath and i started again with the usual process, flat black, gloss black and then today the Alclad, i think i got it this time.

[robhart]

Isn't that the way it usually goes when you try to take a shortcut?

[checkeredflagdetails]

I liked most if not all of the livery's from about 1988 through 2000 but this one is in my top 5. Looking good! Can't wait to see this done.

[dustymojave]

Since the substrate is already gloss black plastic, wouldn't it make sense to spray the Alclad straight on that, rather than adding coats of other paints which may or may not be as smooth or may render fine details less precise? Have you tried that?

[shunter]

Jan 30, 2018 15:59:01 GMT -8 dustymojave said:

Since the substrate is already gloss black plastic, wouldn't it make sense to spray the Alclad straight on that, rather than adding coats of other paints which may or may not be as smooth or may render fine details less precise? Have you tried that?

That is what i tried in the first pic with the Alclad bottle and it looked more like aluminium..not chrome. So i just went with what i know after that.

[shunter]

Continuing my run with completing a model and I have done the final bits to the Danny Sullivan Molson car from the Indianapolis 500 of 1993. Paint was Tamiya TS44 Bright Blue which is a great colour , and the decals are the excellent work of Michael from Indycals. The model is basically OOB except for the inclusion of flocking the seat and then adding belts, these ones are made from Leucoplast painted blue (TS15) and the PE hardware. Wheels are Alclad Chrome. The thing I like about seeing the two together is that the Galles team ran the road course side pods at Indy, so seeing the Mansell car next to it highlights the differences between the two cars from the same race.