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Zoom Zoom
06-19-2006, 11:15 AM
In conjunction with the 24 hours of LeMans, a few ACME members met at Wayne's home and spent the time during the race building models of LeMans racers or their IROC cars. Nobody in the LeMans competition DNF’ed; everyone finished by the 21st hour. My 904’s were finished at the 17th hour with the decals applied at about 3:55 AM.

I picked Monogram’s simple 28-piece curbside (ex-slotcar) Porsche 904. Originally I was going to build a red 904 for the race, but decided at the 11th hour to build two. I also had a restorable original 904 model missing a couple of wheels that I decided to build as well. 30 minutes in an alcohol bath removed the decals that were placed over the silver plastic.

Modifications included the use of Fujimi slotted Porsche spare wheels from their 911 Enthusiast kits (we have plenty due to a club project building IROC cars). I had to drill out the centers and re-drill some vent slots that had filled in during the years. I also cut away the styrene side glass and made the side glass from clear styrene sheet, mounted from the outside. I opened up the scoops behind the doors, and used craft-store cabachons (think bargain-basement MV lenses) for headlights. Interior-wise I added aftermarket seat belts and hardware to the otherwise simple 4-piece interior.

No drama ensued building these cars at all. I was impressed with Tamiya’s new Mica Silver; it applied perfectly in a few light coats over the gray primer, and the clear glossed it up just right. The red car is Tamiya Italian Red sealed w/clear. Next year I’ll pick something a bit more challenging to work on. I love how these cars look and they look great together; there’s a lot to be said about Monogram’s simpler curbside kits from the past-they certainly look right, especially w/a few tweaks. The other builds from other group members were impressive; Matt's Fujimi Gulf GT40, Wayne's Fisher resin Ferrari 312 Berlinetta, and Mike's Revell C5R.

http://images1.fotki.com/v6/photos/1/10258/3682509/Silver1-vi.jpg
http://images17.fotki.com/v9/photos/1/10258/3682509/Silver2-vi.jpg
http://images17.fotki.com/v313/photos/1/10258/3682509/Silver4-vi.jpg
http://images1.fotki.com/v6/photos/1/10258/3682509/Red1-vi.jpg
http://images1.fotki.com/v320/photos/1/10258/3682509/Red2-vi.jpg
http://images1.fotki.com/v320/photos/1/10258/3682509/Red3-vi.jpg

Following pics taken by Matt. I've been told I look like I've already been up 24 hours in this photo that was taken within the first hour :lol:
http://images1.fotki.com/v320/photos/4/431166/3677633/DSCF7441-vi.jpg

Time of photo: 01:30:
http://images17.fotki.com/v9/photos/4/431166/3677633/DSCF7455-vi.jpg

The finishing lineup. C5R by Mike, Ferrari by Wayne, Gulf GT40 by Matt, and my 904:
http://images1.fotki.com/v6/photos/4/431166/3677633/DSCF7466-vi.jpg

More pics of the mayhem provided by Wayne at our Fotki site:
http://public.fotki.com/ACME-IPMS/modelpaloozas/24_hours_of_lemans/
GTmike400
06-19-2006, 12:58 PM
Finally finished my very first model ever. I was in with Bob, Matt, and Wayne for the 24 Heur du Mans build. I chose to build a C5R. When I went to look for the kit I couldnt find one, but luckily a fellow builder had one so I started all my prep at the beginning of the race and finally finished 20 hours later.

Here are a couple quick shoots of a pretty decent build. Nothing spectacular, but good for a first.

http://www.pichut.org/up/IMG_1428.JPG

http://www.pichut.org/up/IMG_1427.JPG

http://www.pichut.org/up/IMG_1425.JPG

http://www.pichut.org/up/IMG_1422.JPG

I need some more front pics.
Dino Scuderia
06-19-2006, 03:13 PM
That 904 is looking very well proportioned.
Pauley Sty Reen
06-20-2006, 09:09 AM
That's a fine looking bunch of autos. Congratulations goes to Mike for finishing a model! Bob's Porsches are looking good with those wheels. Matt's GT40 is very clean looking build and Wayne's Ferrari is a not-too-often seen subject. How about more pics of it?
Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun.
GTmike400
06-20-2006, 11:10 AM
That's a fine looking bunch of autos. Congratulations goes to Mike for finishing a model! Bob's Porsches are looking good with those wheels. Matt's GT40 is very clean looking build and Wayne's Ferrari is a not-too-often seen subject. How about more pics of it?
Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun.

Thanks Ken. We challenge you to build a 1/12 935 just as detailed as your 910 in 24 hours. :D
Zoom Zoom
06-20-2006, 01:35 PM
Thanks Ken. We challenge you to build a 1/12 935 just as detailed as your 910 in 24 hours. :D

He'll get right on it, after you finish your 1/12 scale hotrod by noon tomorrow :eek: :D
Matt Wadlinger
06-20-2006, 03:18 PM
Great job guys, I'm glad we attempted this and pulled it off.

Now, who's up for a 12 hour build during the 12 hours of Sebring? :eek: :D

All of the pics we took can be found in these 2 albums if you'd like to see more of the GT40 and Ferrari

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

http://public.fotki.com/CADguy/acme/modelpalloozas/lemans_24_hour_buil/
GTmike400
06-20-2006, 03:31 PM
Now, who's up for a 12 hour build during the 12 hours of Sebring? :eek: :D

I'd love to. That would REALLY be pushing it. You'd have to spend time planning an order to paint/build. That would be really fun I think.
BRE350Z
06-20-2006, 07:38 PM
I will take some additional pictures of the Ferrari and post them this week. It was really crazy building all of these in 24 hours. If we try to do a 12 hour build for Sebring or 1 10 hour build for the Petit Lemans mine would have to of a car that hit the wall out of turn 12, ust some paint, a hammer, and blow torch:eek: .

Wayne
freakmech
06-20-2006, 08:06 PM
Nice going guys they all look great! And is it true, did Mike finally build something??? i dont believe it. Who finished in time to build his for him??? Fess up, even the pictures dont fool me..... I was going to do a build for Lemans but its just no fun when your by yourself. We need to set up teleconference next year!
Zoom Zoom
06-20-2006, 08:15 PM
I might have gotten ONE of my simpleton 904's done in 12 hours start to finish, anything more would be a compromise. If we did it the rules would have to be a bit less severe. And no restaurant breaks :D

For a 10 or 12 hour build maybe we could do a real team effort. We choose the subject, and we build the same # of models as participants, and we'd each have specific areas to complete assembly-line style. That way we'd be able to economize and also apply a person's best skills towards a specific area, and then we'd all have a model to take home that's the equal of the others.
Dino Scuderia
06-20-2006, 09:17 PM
I'll sprinkle the dirt in the paint, it's my specialty.:D