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[One_Track_Mind]

Jairus,
Is this one of the Dave Bloom bodies?

Nice job . . . (as always). :up:

[slotbaker]

Very nice indeed.

[Tex]

Jairus,
Is this one of the Dave Bloom bodies?

I'd say so; the rivets are a good clue.

[slotcarcol]

Jarius,

Another very nice job, as always. Thanks for the photos. Interesting and different to see an all-steel chassis on this one, and the matching orange guide, lead wires, and endbell is a nice touch. 8). Sure hope you can keep the rust at bay!

Do you have a site where there are photos of the slot bodies you have painted?

Thanks,

Col

[Jairus]

Thank you, Colin!
About the only site with all of them is here on Slotblog. All the cars that I can show, that is . . . Because some customers don't want their stuff made public.
Best thread is this one!

[Jairus]

I have been sooooo busy with stuff but not all can be shown here. Permission granted to post these two however . . .



And the underside:

[Edo]

WOW!
Doesn't this look like a wonderful tribute to Eldon "Gene" Adams?
:clap:

[Noose]

Excellent, as always!

[Jairus]

Mr. Adams saw the "Large Dart" pic posted in this thread and sent me a couple of pictures of the real thing! I noticed right away that there were a couple of details that I missed (no, not all the decals), but I stand by my interpretation!

[Edo]

Jairus,
You forgot the number 6!
Maybe We should have told you.


(pic by Gene Adams)

Is it possible that this one:

was inspired by this Shinoda belonging to Don Siegel:



Give and take, different paint colors available now?

[Jairus]

The green in real life is pretty close, but nobody has magenta unless its enamel model car paint which unfortunately would not stick to the Lexan. Magenta is a primary color and cannot be mixed.

[One_Track_Mind]

JHW,
The two things I noticed different was possibly the blue around the windscreen? And also, are the air ducts cut out on each side of the cockpit?

Nice job either way, as always . . .

Geesh . . . how do you guys do it?

[Gene/ZR1]

:arrow: Sneak peek at the clone chassis, :shock: coming soon to Edo. One done and one to go. 8) A body that good looking you need a chassis. :smokin:
:wall: Well, maybe you won't see the chassis, I can't post a photo! I need an email address to send photos to, anybody have one? Stand by. :hand:

[Jairus]

Finished up three more. Not as wild this time and the only request was blue! So, in order to be different, I went with three different blues, all of them lighter hues then normally seen at the track. Enjoy!







8)

[Noose]

LOVE the squiggles design! Great work as always.

[Jairus]

Well, guys, I finished a couple more. These are pretty much from the early '70s. The first is a replica of that famous piece by Philippe de Lespinay built in the spring of ’72, painted for a special friend.
The second, also a replica, is for a Sundance/Gilbert complete running car built following the instructions found in Car Model magazine. (Pictures posted when complete.)
These bodies are ready to mount and run, with slight adjustments to rear wheel clearance . . .
Enjoy!





:cool:

[Tex]

You are quite the artiste! :up:

[slotcarcol]

Hello Jairus,

Beautiful work as usual. What body have you used for the "wave" body? It looks great. I believe the original type that Ted Coates used (Ferrari?) hasn't been reproduced by anyone today.

Of all the paint schemes this must be one of the most original and outstanding designs ever created. Its has all the "far out" techniques of the day happening there. Interestingly, if you have a good look at the Car Model piece there seems to be two of these bodies that Ted painted in the article, very similar but different. Maybe Dona ripped one in half when she was marshalling! Oh Dona!

Col.

[Jairus]

Colin,
That is a M.A.C. Ferrari 612 body. Not correct but at this time it is as close as possible. I have a correct Kirby Ferrari 312P, same as what Sundance used, that I have backpoured and hopefully be able to vacuum form some of my own bodies from.
Maybe in the future I can make a more "authentic" Gilbert/Sundance car . . . but until then, this is as close as I can get.

[Jairus]

Couple of pics of Brian's HO that I just finished for him.




8)

[Tex]

:up:

Let's get small!

[Jairus]

Here are a couple I did for Maximo, called "Yvonne Angel":





This is the pencil sketch I made prior to painting:



8)

[Tex]

That's fantastic! I know he'll treasure that body forever.

[Kai]

Hi Jairus.
Your work is impressive.
Can I get a close-up of those front wheels?

[Jairus]

Here are a few HO bodies for the Toybaron.









Kai, I don't have anymore pictures of the wheels but maybe this will help?



Any more info and you'll have to ask David, aka Maximo!