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Post by afx on Oct 5, 2017 2:10:58 GMT -8
Thanks Patrick. Yea Richard making the back seat area look stripped took some effort. Thankfully modern kit interiors are modular in lieu of one-piece tubs so the work is a bit easier. I made a heat shield on the driver side floor from business card stock to cover the cast in heal pads that would have protected the carpet.
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Post by afx on Oct 22, 2017 6:11:58 GMT -8
Color mockup.
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Post by dustymojave on Oct 23, 2017 21:40:09 GMT -8
I made a heat shield on the driver side floor from business card stock to cover the cast in heal pads that would have protected the carpet. Actually those stock rubber heel pads for the carpet are pretty fair representations for heat shields that in the late 60s/early 70s would have been woven asbestos. By the 1980s, they would be woven ceramic fiber like that used for header wrap. Looks the same as woven asbestos. Off-white coarse weave fabric. Because the woven fiber wears badly under driver's heels, I've seen aluminum sheet over that woven fiber. Placing a piece of aluminum foil or white fine weave cotton cloth over the heel pad works well for the purpose. For those who don't know, the point of such heat resistant insulation on the floor of the driver's compartment is due to the headers right under the floor. Heat from the exhaust on a street driven car is no big deal. Stock insulation works fine for that amount of heat. But when the engine is being revved to near redline all the time like in a race car, there can be quite a bit of heat coming through the floor board. The cockpit can easily get to 140° during a race. You might note some of the pics of Gurney in the car show a large duct taped to the front corner of the driver's side window to blow cooler fresh air into the cabin to fight that heat. Not good for aerodynamics, but if the driver passes out from heat stroke, what does aerodynamics matter? The race season was almost entirely in the warm months of the year to contribute to that issue.
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Post by shunter on Jan 18, 2018 1:20:01 GMT -8
This has progressed very nicely JC...
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Post by afx on Jan 18, 2018 2:59:13 GMT -8
Thanks Shane. I have news to report, a new decal sheet is set to be released next month from Power Slide for both the Gurney and Savage cars. I played a small part in developing these decals and am anxious to see them on my build.
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Post by 65slotcar on Jan 18, 2018 10:44:48 GMT -8
JC, AAR Cuda build looks great. Decal sheet looks very impressive also. please post a link to purchase decals when available.
Bill
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Post by afx on Jan 18, 2018 17:04:01 GMT -8
JC, AAR Cuda build looks great. Decal sheet looks very impressive also. please post a link to purchase decals when available.
Bill Thanks Bill. Here is the link to Mike's Decals: www.mikesdecals.com/coming-soon-i-8.html
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Post by afx on Mar 15, 2018 6:43:56 GMT -8
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Mar 15, 2018 13:18:25 GMT -8
looking at your paint I think the color is a bit light, I had built many concours slot cars about Gurney cars and I actually went down to AAR and asked Dan what was the actual color, of course this is one of the most debated subjects on many Forums but Dan told me it was "Cadillac Fire Mist Blue" I won a lot of Concours awards on my slot cars because it looked right. I think Tamiya Dark Metallic Blue is a close match ... here is a pic of the 1969 Santa Ana Eagle Roll out car I painted with House of Kolor Cobalt Blue with a Dark Metallic Gray base. I built up many thin coats and used HOK intercoats to achieve a deep finish. The problem is the 1969 AAR Eagle roll out car was intentionally painted slightly different because it never went to Indy and was a show car... so take it as you want main thing is ,,,, It you like it the way it is Keep is!!! Building models the way you want is what it is all about!!! WORD!! Chris
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Post by slim on Mar 15, 2018 14:12:05 GMT -8
Outstanding work!!! You are doing masterful work. Patrick Yes indeed!
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Post by afx on Mar 15, 2018 17:30:44 GMT -8
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Mar 15, 2018 19:35:55 GMT -8
The one I sat on while talking to Dan for a while in the AAR compound was the darker color I had not seen the lighter color before.. Thanks Chris
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Post by dustymojave on Mar 15, 2018 20:49:00 GMT -8
IIRC, at Riverside, the AAR 'Cudas were painted the dark blue. But it's been 48 years, so I just might be mistaken.
Just checked, and sure enough, I was right.
Getty images has a couple of shots from the Mission Bell 250-TransAm in 1970 at Riverside that show Dan's #48 in dark metallic blue.
So you probably saw the AAR Cudas the same time I did Chris.
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Post by afx on Mar 16, 2018 8:04:42 GMT -8
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Post by afx on Apr 3, 2018 2:22:03 GMT -8
Started applying decals.
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