klubman01 535 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Here's one I completed not so long ago. It's the US Racing McLaren M20 driven by Scooter Patrick at Road America in 1974. Both of the previously dominant Shadows retired, handing victory to a two year old McLaren. The model is based on the early Marsh Models kit (MM20), plus some bits and pieces, and the decals, from the MA kit (MA462). The Marsh kit was incomplete, so I used items from the MA kit to fill the deficits. To correctly portray the US Racing M20, I extended the fins and remade the wing mounts to move the wing wing further back. The front wing was moved forwards, with endplates and new mounting positions. The intakes between the wheel arches were added and the intakes on the arches filled. The roll hoop is made from copper wire, and the sidepods needed some minor modifications. The decals are mostly from the MA kit, with additions from Virage and MicroSport. The modified parts. The wings, and engine parts (and driver' seat) are from the MA kit. The Marsh tyres were a bit too "low profile", so they were increased in size with strips of 10thou plastic card around the outside. Thanks for looking. Trevor 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Kitkent 470 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 A lovely model Trevor,I don't remember seeing this version,+ it's nice to see a non orange McLaren! Link to post Share on other sites
klubman01 535 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Thanks Chris. Marsh released their kit of this car just after I had completed this hybrid version! Trevor Link to post Share on other sites
swralph 1,787 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Looks great. Link to post Share on other sites
Vesa Jussila 741 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Nice little master piece. Link to post Share on other sites
klubman01 535 Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Thanks guys, much appreciated. Trevor Link to post Share on other sites
keefr22 13,425 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Another lovely little gem Trevor, really like that colour scheme. Keith Link to post Share on other sites
klubman01 535 Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 Thanks Keith. Link to post Share on other sites
RabRoberts 175 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Lovely build Trevor. Love the modifications, it would never occur to me to wrap the tyres in plasticard, clever stuff. Cheers - Rab. Link to post Share on other sites
klubman01 535 Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 Thanks Rab. I've used the plasticard strip technique on several Marsh kits up to now. Once the card has been faired in with a bit of filler, I then paint the tyres with Xtracolor Tyre Black (X505) and they're ready for decals to be applied. Trevor Link to post Share on other sites
Homer 932 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Congratulations on a fine model. Link to post Share on other sites
klubman01 535 Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 Thanks very much indeed. Trevor Link to post Share on other sites
HOUSTON 2,619 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Trevor , COOLEST looking McLaren if ever there was... I think This one is STUNNING. Link to post Share on other sites
klubman01 535 Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 Thanks very much. This one, plus the Penske Sunoco M6B, are great colour schemes, probably the best of the privately entered McLarens. Mind you, pretty much all Can-Am cars are cool! Trevor 1 Link to post Share on other sites
kapam 1,683 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I'm very often astonished by what some modellers can achieve in 1/43 scale; and your build is no exception. Preferring to stick to 1:24/25 scale myself, I can only marvel at these more-or-less half-size creations. My hat's off to you. An extremely worthy subject too - from the heady times of Can-Am in its purest form. Link to post Share on other sites
klubman01 535 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 Thanks very much for your kind words. I like 1/43 scale for the huge range that's available. Granted, most of them are relatively short run kits but they take up very little space and can be stored (after they've been built) in the same box that the kit was in. More Can-Am stuff to follow! Trevor Link to post Share on other sites
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