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[Jairus]

Been a long time since I posted here.

Just finished this for a friend in France... or Italy... I forget.

 

 

 

 

This for another customer...

 

This one I call "Purple Rain".

 

And a thingy for Maximo...
Full build is in the Thingy section.

[Pablo]

      Love them all     

[Revtor]

Wow!! Nice work, beauties

[Jairus]

Gorski like controller handles for Bobby.

[John Componeschi]

Hope this helps. Great article.

 

 

 

[Leon]

Jairus Whats best for cleaning Lexan Bodies Inside before painting? Thanks Leon

[Jairus]

Sand the inside with steel wool and then a tooth brush, dish soap and warm water.

[Leon]

Jairus have you used the RTR water based paint  if so how long do you let it dry before removing mask if you use any Getting ready to try some of it. Thanks Leon

[Jairus]

Been a year since I posted here. 
Lots painted in that time, mostly posted in individual threads so I won't cover old ground.

But just finished two Porsche 908 Spyder bodies.

 

 

 

[Richie]

Extremely nice clean work as always!

[Jairus]

When things get slow I start pulling out old projects I started a while back and make an attempt to finish them.
Since the estimated cost of getting my wagon out of the shop is thirtyone hundred now... they are going to be for sale.

This project began couple years ago when Victor from Truescale sent me a Ferrari 550 GTS body, interior, masks and a wing.
Its such a beautiful body that I ordered some decals from Patto's and set about building a chassis.
The chassis cut body and decals then sat in a cigar box since 2013 or so.

Anyway someone provided the wheel inserts.  It's been so long that I forget who, but the wheels are ProSlot.

 

 

Most of the chassis are left over from my racing days.  I think the pan is from truck racing and the longer pillow blocks from another chassis so I could run 1" dia tires.
 

 

Took a lot of time to paint all that black trim.  Some mornings my hands are not steady enough, but later in the afternoon... much better.
Rear wing is molded in two pieces of clear which I painted black and then wrapped a strip of carbon fiber decal around it.  Almost a model kit in itself!

 

 

 

 

Fin.

 

[Don Weaver]

Jairus,

 

Are you going to be selling other builds?

 

Don

[Jairus]

Them that I still have, yeah.

[Don Weaver]

Them that I still have, yeah.

 

OK, so what are they?

[Dave Crevie]

Good use of an old JK Millenium chassis. Gives me some ideas on what to use them for.

[Jairus]

Finished three Indy car body paints. I am not up on the bodies, but the last one is a vintage Lancer 220 BRP.


 

 

 

 
All three received intake stacks and the BRP uses paint brush ferrules for exhaust trumpets.

[Tim Wilkins]

Sheraton-Thompson Hawk-Ford, I believe.

 

[Pablo]

Is the white and blue #12 for sale? If yes, I really have to have it.  

[Jairus]

Paul, they were consigned by Scott Myers and are his. Sorry, sir, but you would have to take that up with him.

[Pablo]

OK understood. I was just fishing.     

[Phil Smith]

They all look fantastic, but the white and blue is my favorite as well.

[Half Fast]

Sheraton-Thompson Hawk-Ford, I believe.

 

Nope.

 

Mario Andretti poses in his Dean Van Lines Brawner-Hawk after qualifying fourth for his first Indianapolis 500 in 1965.

[TSR]

The other two are 1966 Watson-Ford, at a time when AJ had lost his magic. They were never really competitive but won a couple of minor races because everyone else fell foul of mechanicals or crashes.
 
At least one survived and has been restored to a decent standard.

[MG Brown]

Mario Andretti poses in his Dean Van Lines Brawner-Hawk after qualifying fourth for his first Indianapolis 500 in 1965.

 

Yes, Al Dean was the entrant of record for Mario's 1965 Indy "500" attempt. It was one of five cars to finish on the same lap with the winner.

[Jairus]

Painted a new one today.  This is going to France for a Russkit collector who loves everything Russkit.  It's a Porsche 906 Spyder which was cut down from a coupe by the owner.

 

 

 

 

 

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