Ford GT40 MKII

Voltando aos carros de Le Mans, terminado hoje mais um Ford GT40, este na versão MKII que chegou em segundo lugar nas 24h de Le Mans de 1966 com Denis Hulme e Ken Miles ao volante, kit Fujimi na escala 1/24. Ford lauched its own effort to create a GT prototype in 1963. The most powerful of all the race cars participating in car races at the time was the Ferrari, and though Ford made efforts to acquire Ferrari in order to be able to compete in the Le Mans, these efforts ended in failure. Thereafter, noting the similarities to the Ferrari in the GT image and Eric Broadlay’s Roala GT, Ford acquired the Roala GT and concluded a one-year contract with Broadlay to engage in the development of a Ford design. The GT40 revealed at the 1964 New York Auto Model Show had a semi-monocoque configuration, and its height was a mere 40 inches. The GT40 began to participate in racing in 1964. This was the Mk.II, mounting a 7 lit. V8 engine of 485HP. This vehicle gamered a one-two-three finish at the Daytona 24-hour race, and in the same year beat the Ferrari hands down for another one-two-three finish for its first Le Mans win. Fujimi kit at 1/24th scale.

Firebird Funny Car

O terceiro e último dragster da série é um Firebird da categoria Funny Car pilotado por Randy Anderson em 1997, kit da Revell-Monogram na escala 1/24. The third and last of my dragsters series is a Pontiac Firebird Funny Car driven by Randy Anderson in 1997, Revell-Monogram kit at 1/24th scale.

STP Firebird Pro Stock

O segundo dragster é um Firebird da categoria Pro Stock pilotado por Rickie Smith em 1991, kit Revell-Monogram na escala 1/24. They’re legendary as the fastest Detroit doorslammers in drag racing competition! They are the track-burning machines of the professional Pro/stock class, replacing fuel funny cars as drag recing’s most popular class. Externally identical in appearance to popular street machines such as the Chevy Beretta, Pontiac Firebird and Ford Probe, they are thoroughbred racing machines under the skin. The powerful Petty Blue STP Firebird is piloted by “Trickie Rickie” Smith, a top NHRA and IHRA Pro/Stock competitor who holds five championchips in IHRA competiton! His tubular frame Firebird sports the latest advances in chassis technology including a funny car “cage” sorrouding the driver. This powerful machine is powered by a big block GM motor that displaces 500 cu. in. in NHRA competition and a whopping 700 cu. in. in IHRA drag Racing. This motor is fitted with dual Holley carbs on a hand-built alloy mainfold and utilizes Pontiac cylinder heads and lightweight valve covers. Revell-Monogram kit at 1/24th scale.

Pausa para Dragsters

Primeiramente obrigado Juanh e Motorsport Modeller pelos comentários, estou acompanhando seus blogs mas assim como acontece aqui ainda não consigo gravar comentários direto nos posts, gracias/thanks!!! Por curiosidade resolvi montar uns kits de Dragsters e gostei da brincadeira (mas os caras que os pilotam devem ser malucos, que máquinas mais estranhas!) Iniciamos com um Topfuel pilotado pela Shelly Anderson em 1997. Kit Revell-Monogram na escala 1/24. You might trouble tagging a blond from California as the fastes lady at the strip but there’s no argument: Shelly Anderson is both the quickest and fastes famele driver in NHRA history with her career best 4.658 second ET at 316.23 mph run. Shelly was the NHRA National Record holder in elapsed time from October 1994 to 1995. Her first career victory was the 1993 Keystone Nationals; one of only five woman drag racers to win na NHRA National Event title in a professional category. Shelly began driving rails in Top Alcohol Dragster in 1992, and moved into Top fuel at the Mopar Mile-High National that very same season. It really is like a family outing when the Andersons go to the drag strip. Shelly’s father Brad Anderson is a three-time NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car Champion and Shelly once served as him crew chief. Her brother Brad is a two-time NHRA Top Alcohol Funny car Champion, who will move into a nitro Funny Car as Shelly’s teammate for the 1997 drag racing season. Not so surprisingly, their mother Carol handles many of the management duties for this family-run racing team.The kit replicates Shelby Anderson’s Western auto/ Parts America/Texico Havoline Top Fuel Dragster as it appear during the NHRA 1997 season.

Ferrari F138

Juntamente com o modelo F150° Italia terminei também o carro da Ferrari para o ano de 2013, o F138. Kit da Fujimi na escala 1/20. Ferrari F138 driven by Felipe Massa in 2013, Fujimi kit at 1/20th scale.

Ferrari F150° Italia

Depois de algum tempo afastado dos kits retornamos com o carro usado por Felipe Massa em 2011, Ferrari F150° Italia, kit da Fujimi na escala 1/20. F150° Italia driven by Felipe Massa in 2011, Fujimi kit at 1/20th scale.

Oldsmobile "kodak" 1990

Presente que montei para um tio fã de automobilismo que esteve visitando o Museu da Nascar há algum tempo atrás e ficou fascinado pelos carros. Olds 1990 pilotado por Ernie Irvan na Winston Cup, kit AMT na escala 1/25. Como continuo sem conseguir postar respostas diretas nos tópicos, agradeço Juanh pelos elogios, gracias amigo. Thanks Motorsport Modeller, I used the usual Tamiya masking tape, is very easy to mask the Sauber's kit. Sponsored by Kodak, the Ernie Irvan driven Winston Cup Oldsmobile race car is easy to pick out on the race track with its distinctive Kodak yellow paint scheme. The Kodak film Olds has become a familiar car in the Winston Cup circuit, and has become a real contender, especially since being driven by Ernie Irvan. 1990 was Ernie’s first year with the Kodak team, but not his first year in the Winston Cup series. Ernie moved from Salinas, California, to be near where the action is and has been in the middle of a lot of real action on the track ever since. In ’89 he had four top-ten finishes while with another team and expects to do better with his Kodak Olds. He is a top-ranked short track contender doing very well in “local” races and fully expects to be a champion in the top NASCAR series. Ernie’s Olds is powered by a small-block GM V-8 worked over to 358 cubic inches and produces close to 600 horsepower (exact figures are a team secret), enough to push the Kodak car over 200 MPH on the longe tracks. Althrough the rules stipulate that stock block, heads, front cover and other componentes be used, a lot of hightech work is done inside the engines nonetheless. Special ceramic coatings on cylinders, valves and combustion chambers, computer designed camshafts, coolant and oil flow/temperature management are part of the art and technology that takes place. Considering that the best small block street engine ( the L98) GM puts into the Corvette produces 245/250 horsepower with computerized fuel injection, 600 HP with a single four-barret isn’t shabby at all. Aerodynamics also play a major part and any little improvement in reducing drag is equal to free horsepower. Front air dams, flush fitting glass, rear spoilers and smooth blended contours all help the already sleek Olds. AMT kit at 1/25 scale.