It seems Jairus has started a "movement" - here's my attempt at a Pittman-powered F1 that will be at the Convention.
I used the same Du-Bro body that Marcus used, painted on the inside though, as mine was only very slightly yellowed:
I did not even try to keep the transmission molding integral with the body - I cut it off and then later attached it to the back of the 196B frame with some JB Weld:
I tried to make some suspension parts and coil-over units. They came out so nice (IMO) I did not try to paint them, so while they may not be scale-correct, I think they look cool:
For a frame, I also used the front end of an Atlas F1, but I added two brass rods down the side and a piece of .062" brass under the gears for a bit of weight and to have something to hang the rear suspension arms on.
The wheels are some old machined aluminum wheels that Paul Sterrett gave me some time back, apparently made in quantity years back by a company in San Diego, called Horsepower Engineering. Tires at the front are Ortmann 1/32 repros and at the rear I used one Alpha Wonder rubber donut cut in half for the two wheels. I know the inserts are not right, but the Lola spokes were the only inserts I had to fit these wheels, so they will have to do until I can find some correct inserts or a set of Cox wheels. The driver is one of Victor Ferguson's new F1 vacforms.
Hopefully there will be more of these cool cars at the Convention!
