AMT Lotus 56..Indy 1968

[chrisguyw]

I have always been a huge Graham Hill fan, and I have built a lot of "Graham" cars, and this one is his Lotus 56 from the 1968 Indy 500.

The body is a static 1/25 kit from Amt with a few poetic license modifications made as it is a slot car eg.,....the real car had the mirrors mounted on some rather high sheet aluminum supports....looked cool, but, not the sturdiest for a slot car, so, I mounted mine low on the bodywork

I did make a few bits, added instrument wiring, and painted it with Tamiya TS36 Flourescent red..(which actually looks dead on in person). The decals are from Indycals (his stuff is very nice by the way) and the wheels are Cox 1/24 Lotus 40 wheels, which are accurate for the Indycar.
My attempt at Graham's moustache is passable...not the highlight of the build ;)


It sits on a Flexi board brass/wire chassis and is powered by a modified 13UO motor.......sorry no pics.

While I really like this car, it is long and narrow, and while it runs very well, long and narrow is not the hot tip for going fast!!

Cheers
Chris Walker

[VTECFOUR]

Beautiful work as usual.

I'm sure it runs pretty good, too. If it runs anything like your Targa Proxy Chevron which I had a chance to drive yesterday, watch out!

Dan

P. S. Do post some chassis pics when you have time.

[munter]

I like the tall profile tires. That dash detail is awesome.
I see what you mean about long and narrow...some slotpoetic license perhaps regarding the track specification.

I would love to see the chassis.

[Audi1]

Looks great! Where did you get your wheel inserts...................................(?)

Allan

[Z-carfan]

That sir is a beautiful build. Kudos!

[chrisguyw]

[chrisguyw]

[mattb]

These are all Cox wheels used as inserts.
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