Kiwigavs AMT Pod Racer "Indy" Style

[kiwigav]

Hi Gang

This is going to be my next build as I wait for some supplies for the AT-ST.
Apologies, but I cant remember who said Pod Racing was like F1 Starwars Style. But that gave me an Idea.
I have been tossing up with the Idea to give Anakins Pod Racer a F1 or Indy livery. When the kit arrived from my Ebay seller, the decision was easy. The Kit had seen better days and there were a few small bits come off the sprus and the decals were dis-coloured.

I have decided to give the kit a Indy look, in particular Target Chip Ganassi Racing with New Zealand Driver Scott Dixon

[Hawkins6685]

Interesting idea. Will be following this one.

[Lee]

Awesome!

[peppie]

Great Idea
As a Star Wars and F1 fan, I'll have to follow this one.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Gentleman start your engine....this should be cool!!

[Nige201980]

Great idea looking forward to this one.

[kiwigav]

Update 1

Have got a little bit done on Pod and Engines. The engines are pretty good for an old kit but there are a few seams/gaps in some annoying places around detail.

Also you may notice the similarities between the pod and F1/Indy cars

Have used a homemade mixture of glue and spru shavings to fill gaps and indents


Engines half assembled


few gaps to fix.


See the similarities?



Catch ya next time

[DBMiller]

Can't wait to see the paint job on this!

[kiwigav]

Supplies Arrive

Well decals at least!!

Ordered these Indy decals from a very cool site http://www.indycals.net/ Was able to get Scott Dixons markings and also choose 1/32 scale also available in 1/25th

[Twokidsnosleep]

Dying to see this painted up red
It's gonna be super cool!

[DBMiller]

I found this in an email from a photography site I subscribe to. It is from a camera review titled: Panasonic G7 Shooter’s Report Part I: High-octane excitement at the Indy 500!
by Mike Tomkins


Isn't this your baby?



This is the link in case you want to look at a few of his Indy shots.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/p ... d-83729877

[kiwigav]

cheers mate, awesome pic

[kiwigav]

Update 2

Have got well on the way with engines and have started painting pod.

the jet exhausts I have painted using a combination of AK Xtreme Aluminium,Durlaluminium and Burnt metal in adition to using Tamiya clear yellow, red and blue for heat stains. The next big step is the engine its self with all the plumbing.


Other parts get first red coat

[Twokidsnosleep]

Oh that looks superb so far
Gonna be very cool when done

[kiwigav]

Mini Update

Hi guys not much work on the bench for a while. Just moved house so work space a little messy and temporary.

Received some cool PE belts for the RED Racer




Looking forward to cool new bench soon!!

[Coen]

Nice!!!
Eduard's prepainted stuff is alway so well painted.
Excellent choice Gav.

[kiwigav]

Bit more progress

Well we have almost unpacked the house and now have a temp cave set up. Have got a bit done on the Pod Racer.
Engines are almost done. just a few little bits here and there to do. Will probably add a bit more burnt metal to exhaust.

have installed the Eduard pre-painted harness set onto kit seat. Pretty pleased with outcome.

[Coen]

Gav, that is wicked cool stuff dude. That detail is awesome!

[kiwigav]

Have made a start on decals before attaching other parts

[Aliktren]

thats amazing, love it

[Coen]

Super maximum coolage Gav!!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Looking great Gav, the seat harness is awesome
Really like the look of this build

Sounds like we are running parallel lives wrt house moves at the moment.
I have some of my modelling stuff up and running, but much is still packed up and some deep in storage
The Star Wars build keeps moving along though, slowly

[kiwigav]

cheers guys

[Nige201980]

Love the colours Gav well cool.

[kiwigav]

POD Racer Finished

I used electronic cable for the cables connecting the Pod to the Engines due to broken kit parts



more pics in reveals

[Twokidsnosleep]

Love it mate, Fantastic job

[DBMiller]

Hey, you're back! It's a beauty, too!

[kiwigav]

Hey, you're back! It's a beauty, too!

Cheers

Not been able to get to the bench too much as the stress of buying a house has taken up most of my time.

[DBMiller]

Hey, you're back! It's a beauty, too!

Cheers

Not been able to get to the bench too much as the stress of buying a house has taken up most of my time.

And we all know what fun moving can be!

[kiwigav]

Hey, you're back! It's a beauty, too!

Cheers

Not been able to get to the bench too much as the stress of buying a house has taken up most of my time.

And we all know what fun moving can be!

Yup

[Twokidsnosleep]

Cheers

Not been able to get to the bench too much as the stress of buying a house has taken up most of my time.

And we all know what fun moving can be!

Yup

House building is not a walk in the park either

[felisbarcinonensis]

Super cool pod!!!