Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
Looking good all decaled up. Nice work, Art.
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
A shame you needed to make so many improvements just to get it to a decent standard. Your skills and the work to find good reference fotos really makes a difference! Thanx a bunch.
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
Stunning work! Your improvements are definitely just that
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
harron68 wrote:A shame you needed to make so many improvements just to get it to a decent standard. Your skills and the work to find good reference fotos really makes a difference! Thanx a bunch.
Yeah, for a resin kit, it's pretty nice, but I do like to make it more accurate and do things that set it apart. Once I find reference shots, it can make a lot more work!
I got some more done on the interior. The belt kit I got from Scott at futurattraction.com. It has some really small parts, but makes a real nice latch!
Thanks for looking!
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
Speed Racer 65 wrote:Very nice crisp paint work Art.
How did you anodize the parts blue?
The blue was Tamiya clear blues acrylic mixed about 1:1 with some thinner that was given to me by a fellow model club member. He had some Gunze thinner reverse engineered then mixed up a big batch. I sprayed it over the polished metal directly, or over Testors Aluminum Plate metalizer on the plastic parts.
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
Made a wheel that matches the reference shot a little better than the kit wheel. I started with a wheel from another 70's AMT kit.
I tried to make a wheel center cut on a Cricut scrapbook machine, but that didn't work out. So I decided to use some printing plate aluminum my buddy Brad gave me just last weekend. Inspired by how my friend Randy D. uses his files to make parts to perfection, I thought I would give it a try on this. Not perfection, but as good as I could have hoped for.
Polished it up and added some photoetch "bolts".
I also made a shifter mechanism.
I tried to make a wheel center cut on a Cricut scrapbook machine, but that didn't work out. So I decided to use some printing plate aluminum my buddy Brad gave me just last weekend. Inspired by how my friend Randy D. uses his files to make parts to perfection, I thought I would give it a try on this. Not perfection, but as good as I could have hoped for.
Polished it up and added some photoetch "bolts".
I also made a shifter mechanism.
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
Excellent detail work! The belts look great and the steering wheel and shifter are fantastic!
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
Thanks, Kats!
I was trying hard to finish this build in time for the GSL last weekend, so I haven't made any posts. I did manage to finish it last Friday in my hotel room. Well, almost finished. There are a few things left I'd still like to do. I want to see if I can get a more accurate wheel set up, and I also need to male the fuel buckeyes on the left side of the tub. Here are some shots I manage to take during the push.
When I got the kit, it didn't have any brake discs in it, so I turned a set on my lathe. (It's about all I can do with it :) )
To complete the setup, I made a mold off of the spindle to cast additional brake calipers.
I cut the turbo off and added a Detail Master flange, and also so I can paint it separately.
Here's the intake and exhaust all painted up.
I was trying hard to finish this build in time for the GSL last weekend, so I haven't made any posts. I did manage to finish it last Friday in my hotel room. Well, almost finished. There are a few things left I'd still like to do. I want to see if I can get a more accurate wheel set up, and I also need to male the fuel buckeyes on the left side of the tub. Here are some shots I manage to take during the push.
When I got the kit, it didn't have any brake discs in it, so I turned a set on my lathe. (It's about all I can do with it :) )
To complete the setup, I made a mold off of the spindle to cast additional brake calipers.
I cut the turbo off and added a Detail Master flange, and also so I can paint it separately.
Here's the intake and exhaust all painted up.
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
I reconfigured the rear trans cover and machined a starter coupler.
I made a rear bumper from brass. This was before I added the bottom hoop. I painted it with Alclad chrome.
I made a rear bumper from brass. This was before I added the bottom hoop. I painted it with Alclad chrome.
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
Added a rear pan made from aluminum printing plate and styrene strip. I found that Testors Ford Engine Light Blue is an almost exact match for the decal blue.
Of course I have Pro Tech braided line throughout, but I added some to the interior per the reference pictures.
Here are some "finished" shots I took in a booth called a Shotbox that were available for use at the GSL. I didn't get the lighting right, so I messed with the pics a little. Still not great.
A couple of notes I didn't show. The tires were replaced with Indycals tires for accuracy. I also used aluminum rod instead of the white metal roll bar so I could polish it up. I used Pro Tech nut and bolt heads for the windshield. I also added what I think is a trans cooler and a tank on the right side, and the turbo inlet.
Thanks for looking!
Of course I have Pro Tech braided line throughout, but I added some to the interior per the reference pictures.
Here are some "finished" shots I took in a booth called a Shotbox that were available for use at the GSL. I didn't get the lighting right, so I messed with the pics a little. Still not great.
A couple of notes I didn't show. The tires were replaced with Indycals tires for accuracy. I also used aluminum rod instead of the white metal roll bar so I could polish it up. I used Pro Tech nut and bolt heads for the windshield. I also added what I think is a trans cooler and a tank on the right side, and the turbo inlet.
Thanks for looking!
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
Worthy of ANY contest or model magazine!!!! The phenomenal "extras"on suspensions and engine make it a very unusual and special champ! When you consider how utterly basic the kit is, the work added does do it justice.
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
Beautiful build! The attention to detail really brings this to life.
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
Thank you, guys!
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
NICE !!!!
Intake hose couplings look really good !
Intake hose couplings look really good !
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
Nice work, Art, I'm watching this!
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Re: Lloyd Ruby's 1970 Mongoose Indy Car
Great build.
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