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Geoff Brabham Brickyard 1994


Shunter
12-02-2007, 11:03 PM
This is the car that Geoff Brabham drove at the inagural race in 1994. Seeing it was an Australian making the race and one of only a few Aussies to race in Nascar it has some relevance to me.
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Working on the chassis and fixing the small things that drive you mad, like sink marks and having to fill the gaps in the firewall and along the chassis.
I have also attached the front and rear clips and filled the gaps there, and then sanded all the moulded lines under the hood. I may add my own bracing, time will tell. I still need to clean up where i took the window net out and then remove the seam lines on the cage.
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The body is now painted and ready for decals. I made the mistake of spraying this with Tamiya grey primer and when i did the gloss white and i think i may have thinned it too much and it had areas where you could see the darker areas underneath. I rubbed it back lightly then put a coat of white primer on and then the gloss white and i think it is saved.
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Decals are 99% done, just a few small ones to still add. It is not 100% accurate but i can live with it. I am still playing around with the white decal on the nose, i need to double this up again to hide the grill decal. Now back to the chassis and engine side of things.
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Gavkiwi
12-03-2007, 12:38 PM
nice model, looking really good, awesome liked those old t-birds.

quadzero
12-03-2007, 04:02 PM
I like the livery of this car. Looking forward to more of this as well as the engine.

Jamie829
12-03-2007, 06:10 PM
Yeah Shayne! I'm digging this one! Although I remember you starting this on the BAD board? This looks familiar.....and so good!

Jamie

JTRACING
12-03-2007, 09:04 PM
awesome!! love those white cars eh! lol

Shunter
12-04-2007, 12:48 AM
Yeah Shayne! I'm digging this one! Although I remember you starting this on the BAD board? This looks familiar.....and so good!

Jamie
Thanks Jamie, yeah it is an old one which i sort of started and then it never got going...

Shunter
12-04-2007, 12:49 AM
awesome!! love those white cars eh! lol
Yeah i certainly do....the best part about white is not matter what colour the decals are they jump out at you...

Thanks guys more to come.

malscar
12-05-2007, 06:18 PM
Looking good Shunter, love the subject.

To do the white tape, try using the white tape plumbers use to make screw joints water tight. Would just need to glue it down.

Mal

Shunter
12-06-2007, 03:51 PM
I have managed to get some colour onto the chassis and so that is now ready to start addding the engine and running gear. Not sure if i will add any extra detail or not as i am not 100% happy with the decals so maybe it will just be a nice shelfer. I will clear the body this weekend and see if it hides the areas i am not happy with.
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ozracer
12-06-2007, 09:14 PM
Shunter did you clear over the decals last or did you polish the white then lay down the decals and clear again?

white97ex
12-06-2007, 09:44 PM
lookin' good!

Shunter
12-07-2007, 04:00 AM
Shunter did you clear over the decals last or did you polish the white then lay down the decals and clear again?

I have not as yet put clear over the decals, i will use two pack as i have tried Tamiya TS-13 before on this brand decal and they do not like each other. The body was cleared then rubbed down and polished before i did the decals.

Thanks for the kind words guys.
Shayne

davesans
12-07-2007, 02:43 PM
Nice work the body looks with all the decals.

Shunter
12-31-2007, 02:31 AM
Well i have had my first experience with using 2 pack. It is nice to work with bar the smell and of course the care you want to take for your own health. It certainly has a shine and looks good i think. It went on OK but i shook the hardener can before i poured it into the paint jar and it has caused a few bubbles/pinholes, the last pic shows the marks i have in the paint, as you can see they are like small pinholes. I am letting it sit for a day longer then i shall sand it down and while i am at it clean up the mess from the clear around the window openings etc.
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SkylineFan
12-31-2007, 09:25 AM
Shunter,
Looking very good!!! Those pinholes are called fisheyes. Next time you get one, run inside after you discover one and open the airbrush bottle and with a clean brush load it up with the clear and dab the fisheye and fill it with clear. The self leveling characteristic of 2K clear will level out the bump that will be left there. If not you can always polish that area once the clear sets up....

DaveT

Shunter
12-31-2007, 02:29 PM
Thanks Dave and thank you for the tip. That would have saved me a little bit of rubbing.....hahaha But i have rubbed it down and was going to try polishing it out but i think i will do another coat to flatten it all down again.
Cheers,
Shayne

kanedge
12-31-2007, 06:19 PM
Looking good Shunter, the clear still looks very nice. This will be good to follow, where abouts in Oz are you from? I'm from Sydney.

Shunter
12-31-2007, 07:40 PM
kanedge i am in Melbourne. I am working at the same time on doing Brad Jones's Lumina that he raced here in the early 90's and Mr Nascar is going to do the decals for George Elliott's Lumina with the Real McCoy sponsorship...So i will get a little Australian stuff done.

935k3
12-31-2007, 09:05 PM
[QUOTE=Shunter]Well i have had my first experience with using 2 pack. It is nice to work with bar the smell and of course the care you want to take for your own health. It certainly has a shine and looks good i think. It went on OK but i shook the hardener can before i poured it into the paint jar and it has caused a few bubbles/pinholes, the last pic shows the marks i have in the paint, as you can see they are like small pinholes. I am letting it sit for a day longer then i shall sand it down and while i am at it clean up the mess from the clear around the window openings etc.
Next time you paint Try adding a couple drops of Smoothie Fisheye eliminator. It really works and is compatable all types of paint. Here is a link. http://e-bodyshopsupplies.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=128

malscar
01-01-2008, 02:50 AM
That clear looks tops even with the couple of fisheyes. As you say they can be fixed with a bit of work. Seems you still have a few projects that have taken ages.( looks at desk with wry grin:shakehead )

billypee
01-05-2008, 12:37 PM
Nice work Shunter.

Shunter
01-07-2008, 05:12 AM
Thanks guys for the comments. A small update. Paint is fixed as best i can get it. I will try some of the Fisheye Eliminator, plus also work on your tip Dave as i hope to not have this issue again. I have drilled out the back of the wheels (they do not look as bad as what this picture is highlighting) and seeing i could not really tell what colour the wheel strip was a scrapped the black off to show the blue plastic and then cleared the wheel.
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Chassis is getting some details now with shrink tubing for rollbar padding. I still need to trim the thread to make it look more like a ziptie.
I will do a little detail wiring inside as well and then wrap it up.
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billypee
01-07-2008, 06:11 AM
The bodywork looks very nice now... almost too perfect (but that is in no way a criticism).

Regards,
Bill

davesans
01-08-2008, 02:49 PM
Nice work the finish on the body looks killer. Very cool roll cage pads keep up the good work.

kanedge
01-10-2008, 06:17 AM
Looking good, that bonnet is so shiny. I like the idea for rollbar padding.

Shunter
01-27-2008, 03:46 AM
Well nothing special here, just slow progress. I have flocked the seat and will add belts to it now, tyres are done and some minor work on the chassis. Engine is started with just a little wiring which i will show soon.
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The window net is just sitting there for now, thanks for it JT.

kanedge
02-04-2008, 06:32 AM
Clean work.

Shunter
02-10-2008, 03:26 AM
I have been working on the motor with this one plus a little of wiring in the interior. I hope to get the belts on the seat and then i can wrap up the interior work and get the body on the chassis.
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malscar
02-11-2008, 02:58 AM
Nice work Shunter, love to see more when you have finished the interior.

Shunter
03-19-2008, 04:56 PM
Well i thought it was time to get back into the modelling seeing the weather has finally cooled a little, the garden in the new house is started so wifey is happy. Not a great deal so far just some engine work, and finishing off the chassis.
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Jamie829
03-20-2008, 09:24 AM
Very nice Shayne!!!! It's coming along so nice! Keep it going!

Jamie

Shunter
03-24-2008, 12:45 AM
I decided to add a little more detail into the engine bay and have added the radiator hose and i will run some extra wires to the firewall.
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Shunter
03-29-2008, 03:53 PM
Just found out that the body is a little twisted on this one, i hope when i glue it down it will pull it all together OK.
Just doing a test fit of the body onto the chassis.
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