finished the next one, just in time for the month of may, Dan Gurneys Lotus 29, driven in the 1963 Indy 500.
I got the recent reissue of the AMT kit that is about 60 years old... but it's not a bad kit, cosidering that age, with one big (literally) exception: the tires. The kit tires are comic-like, much too big, using them would give the ground clearance of a Dakar-Buggy. Fortunately the 3D printers nowadays make it possible to quickly design and print some replacements; see the kit tire on the left with my tires on the model.
I also printed some acessories: a better steering wheel, lids for the reservoirs, the wing nuts and especially the buckles and adjusters for the seat belts. 2 hours design work, printing a build plate full of belt parts and you are set for the rest of your modeling life.
The rest was not so difficult to build, you can certainly add more details, especially the area in front of the dashboard, etc... but I only added the belts and some cables, wire end ferrules for the intakes and a mesh on top of it; that mesh was only visible in one of the pictures I found, but I liked that. In general, it was difficult to find period pictures in color to find out which paint to use.
Painted with TS26, the blue stripes are painted with a mix of TS15 and 23, the Gray was also a TS, several Alcald colors and Molotow Chrome. Decals are from Indycals and Mr. Super Clear on top.
Hope you like it.
