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Dan Belcher
Joined: 10 Feb 2020 Posts: 194
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:31 am Post subject: 1988 Indy 500 - The entire all-Penske front row |
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The front row in 1988's Indianapolis 500 was swept by Team Penske, with Rick Mears on pole, Danny Sullivan second, and Al Unser, Sr. in third. Mears went on to win his third Indy 500 in this race after Sullivan crashed while leading after a front wing failure.
These were such fun builds to do. I used aftermarket decals and fuel buckeyes from Indycals.net in addition to aftermarket wheel covers for the Sullivan and Unser cars from a friend over at indycarmodeling.proboards.com -- I opted to not use the wheel covers on Mears's car since he only used them on his initial stint and switched to open wheels for the remainder of the race. I did use Alclad chrome for a nice look though!
I built the Sullivan car first, and then decided "eh, why not?" and built the other two cars together. You can see the quality difference as I learned from my mistakes on the Sullivan car.
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gks1964
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:40 am Post subject: |
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Great work Dan. |
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Henryjint
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 1972 Location: NY State's Hudson Valley
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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HAT TRICK!!! _________________ Forum member since 10/25/2010 |
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lefty1820
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:13 pm Post subject: Sweet!! |
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Love it!! Great job! |
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BVAUGHN
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Outstanding
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spooker
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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It wouldn't be a proper representation of the Captain's cars without all the Goodyears being at 12 o'clock! Nice work!
Brian |
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Dennis O Board Moderator
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 880 Location: Louisville, Ky.
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:25 am Post subject: |
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_________________ Dennis
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DaveVan
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:16 am Post subject: |
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Very nice work......not easy kits. |
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sentsat71
Joined: 03 Feb 2018 Posts: 1237 Location: Fenton, IA
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:46 am Post subject: |
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WOW ! ! !
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Dan Belcher
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks everyone!
spooker wrote: | It wouldn't be a proper representation of the Captain's cars without all the Goodyears being at 12 o'clock! Nice work!
Brian |
Gotta be Penske Perfect™ |
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Racer14
Joined: 13 Feb 2018 Posts: 282 Location: Rockford, IL
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:07 am Post subject: |
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Super nice builds! I have Mear's car to build and will use your pics as a guide. |
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Dan Belcher
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:36 am Post subject: |
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Racer14 wrote: | Super nice builds! I have Mear's car to build and will use your pics as a guide. |
Thanks! Make sure to get a set of decals from indycals.net instead of using the kit decals -- they are much easier to work with and look better. Also get some tire decals from them instead of trying to paint on the raised lettering. You're better off sanding the lettering off the tires and just using the decals. (I also used one of the fuel buckeyes that Indycals used to sell, but it looks like those are not available anymore.) FYI for the chrome bits, I stripped the chrome plating off and used Alclad to get a more realistic look. Also here are a ton of reference pics I collected: https://imgur.com/gallery/dvWILXy |
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Racer14
Joined: 13 Feb 2018 Posts: 282 Location: Rockford, IL
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:21 am Post subject: |
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I have the Indycals and thanks for the pics link and other tips! |
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