24 Hours of LeMans Palooza

[Zoom Zoom]

Watch this thread; we're having a 24 Hours of LeMans palooza from the start of the race to the finish. Several ACME members are building LeMans endurance racers to celebrate. Models must be finished by the end of the race, and prepped only with primer before the start.

We'll update as we progress. A couple of ACME members will be working on their IROC cars instead of LeMans racers.

Should be a fun weekend! Hope you guys going to the Braselton Bash take some good pics (and lots of sunscreen and water)! ACME can host an album from that as well.

[Dino Scuderia]

I'll be watching!

[Scoob-Dood]

Where does one find out more about these events?

[The Prez]

:( sorry I can't be there,but I have the wheels and rotors done on my 917.
The body prep was done this morning. The body is in the de-hydrator
with primer.Next up the seats and belts and the tub.I will report
later from 10-ah-C :D :D :D

[Dino Scuderia]

What? No updates?

[The Prez]

:D :D :D :D Hey!!! Brian ,I guess we are up-dating.LeMans Radio on
the web is the BOMB:eek: .What are you working on?
Until later the Prez.:D

[The Prez]

Hey Are You Guys Awake?????

[Ferrarifreak]

OH Yeah we're up!! We're watching the race and holding the furniture down!!!I can't believe i'm still up. I've been waiting for their updates on the builds but I guess they're the ones asleep. hehehehehe I wanted to go down for the palooza too but this was our club meeting night so Mike and I went to that and came home and been watching the race. Aston and Vette are keeping a close eye on each other so far. Hey Downie, you ain't asleep and having any more of those wacko dreams are ya?????? hehehehehe

[BRE350Z]

Well, we've been working since 11:00 AM Saturday morning and I just finished a Ferrari 312P Berlinetta ( a Fisher kit). I decided I did not like the resin exhaust so I built new ones from aluminum tubig, orimed and painted flat white, also added Sakatsu gas filler caps, shifter, and body latches. Painted the model with Tamiya Italian Red over Tamiya Pink as a primer, no clear coat, just Tamiya polishing compound, ScratchX and Tamiya wax.

Bob finshed two Porsche 904's that look awespme and Matt is finshing a killer GT40, and Mike is wrapping up the #3 Corvette C5R, which looks great as well. I'll post additional pictures as they wrap up their builds. I believe Bob has posted pictures from earlier today as well.


http://public.fotki.com/ACME-IPMS/modelpaloozas/24_hours_of_lemans/dsc_2082_edited.html


Wayne

[BRE350Z]

OK, after 20 hours I am somewhat challenged with posting pictures but here is one of all four of the completed models.

http://images17.fotki.com/v5/photos/4/498566/3674215/DSC_2099_edited-vi.jpg

Wayne:D

[The Prez]

:eek: :eek: WOW!!!!! You guys have done a great job. I think you
have found a way for Mike to get a model finished;) . Just limit
Mike to 24 hrs. Oh, I will have my car done by the end of the race.
But I like working a little at a time.I don't like dropping painted bodies
and having to start over. See you later:D :D :D

[Matt Wadlinger]

This project was a blast guys. It was definately more challenging than I thought it would be going into it. But after 20 hours it's nice to have my first GT40 completed.

Here are the pics I took:

http://public.fotki.com/CADguy/acme/modelpalloozas/lemans_24_hour_buil/

[Dino Scuderia]

Good jaerb, guys!

[Ferrarifreak]

Awesome work guys..

[Lug Nutzz]

So ya'll did work on something! I think Speed Channel missed out on the real race.
Great job!

[Zoom Zoom]

I don't know what happened to my 5:30 am update I posted from Wayne's w/pics, but he covered it later.

I finished up the 904's at about 4 am, though the red one went into the project prepainted (not polished). That was going to be the one, but 11th hour I decided to restore the silver one, glad I did as I really like it.

Really fun time; I've now had about 2 hours of naps and today I'm going to be dragging :rolleyes:

Next year I'll build something a bit more meaty than a 28 piece kit ;)

[GTmike400]

Im soooo tired.

[GTmike400]

I just realized I forgot to BMF the exhaust shield. Crap. I kept putting that off, and forgot about it.

[Zoom Zoom]

I just woke from a 4 1/2 hour nap and am ready to start again :eek: :D

[Zoom Zoom]

I want to add a few thoughts now that I've had a real night's sleep :D

We had a great time and what really amazes me how everyone stepped up to the challenge and not only built and finished their models, but they did them so well. You won't look at any of them as "quickie" builds. Every one of them looks fantastic.

Most amazing is the job on the Corvette. Mike never has finished a plastic kit before. Ever. And he knocks the first one out of the park. The paint job is incredible. So incredible we played a prank on him w/another body that was half-stripped and then quickly sprayed w/yellow and we switched them out in the dehydrator.

[GTmike400]

It was a lot of fun. It felt good to finish my first model finally. I never thought it could be done, and it was, in 24hours none the less. I want to do the same thing again next year. I am already trying to figure out what kit I want to build next. I need to get a dehydrator too.

Having Matt, Wayne, Bob, and Eric to guide me there really helped a lot. Couldnt have done it with out the great group.