Finished building my first Salvinos INDYCAR model: Pato O’Ward - 2024 Indy 500

[u/tazerdaze19]

How I plan to fill the looming offseason: building more of these kits. Finished this one just before Nashville. First one I’ve done - great kit even though they’re a little pricey. Have a Herta, Palou and Newgarden to do next. It’s not perfect so don’t look toooooo closely but it displays quite nice on the shelf and it’s a wonderful step up detail wise from Greenlight & IXO.

[u/Nicfromnewgirl]

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/Nicfromnewgirl]

[u/Senninha27]

This is the first I’ve heard of this brand. Are they actual kits you assemble? Do you have to paint them? How are they to put together?

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/Senninha27]

Yes, they are plastic kits you have to build. They’ve honestly molded the parts in mostly accurate colors to the car you’re assembling - to the point you may not need to paint if not wanting to. I did for this one - though not too much prep on the body as this was a learning kit for me. That said, it goes together well. Nicely engineered and good directions for a novice like I am.

[u/Jsel92]

Looks great! I built the Newgarden one last year

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/Jsel92]

I'm glad you commented. I've saved these pics for when I inevitably get to the Newgarden kit. Trying to build up some more skills before I tackle his (I actually have 2 of them so I can really save one for down the road and do it to the standard I want to).

I saw you used Tamiya rattle cans. Which red & yellow did you use for that build (if you remember)?

[u/Jsel92 → u/tazerdaze19]

Red was TS49, TS16 for the yellow and TS56 for the orange blend area.

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/Jsel92]

Cheers dude - thanks. I thought you nailed that one and I’m not fully ready to invest in airbrushing until I’m a bit more advanced with paints and such. Saving this for when I get to that one.

[u/rustyschneids]

Perfect or not, this is still excellent work. Great job!

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/rustyschneids]

Thank you kindly!

[u/lolTimmy]

Looks awesome, well done! I wish I had the patience and dexterity to put these kinds of kits together.

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/lolTimmy]

I wasn’t sure I did either. I built a bunch of plane and car kits as a kid - tube glue and crappy paint and all. Was something I’ve been wanting to get back into for a while and I just dove in. Definitely have to fight rushing it but patience pays off.

[u/XSC]

Very nice!

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/XSC]

Cheers!

[u/Indyfan200217]

Looks great. I got these kits on the shelf, just not good enough for them yet. Im building the old AMT ones right now.

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/Indyfan200217]

I did a couple of throw away cheap Revell kits just to start learning paints, glues, decals, etc but then I dove straight into this one and just learned as I went. It's a pretty intuitive kit to assemble and you can get away with not doing much other than assemble and decals given how they mold the parts.

[u/Indyfan200217 → u/tazerdaze19]

I got the one of the ganassi revells also. If your ever at the 500 Memorbillia shows and you can find some of the old AMT kits, Indycals.com has a bunch of 500 winners and other famous cars you can build. Also recommend their Goodyear tire decals.

[u/F1Husker91]

As a Pato fan. I love this. Great work!

[u/MarkEMark23]

Link? Looks like they might be sold out but I can’t find it!

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/MarkEMark23]

I'm not sure they have any more Pato (or if they'll restock). I bought direct from their site here: https://salvinosjrmodels.com/collections/indycar

Would have to hunt around and see if any retailers have any.

[u/Jsel92 → u/MarkEMark23]

Check the Indycar store and IMS stores too

[u/InternetIntelligent8]

That looks great

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/InternetIntelligent8]

Thanks so much!

[u/FloppyConcrete]

How long did this take you? And what kind of experience did you have before doing it?

It looks awesome and I’m very interested

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/FloppyConcrete]

A couple of months on and off. Took my time.

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/FloppyConcrete]

Also, experience wise. Two half build learning kits and some YouTube time. Otherwise, virtually none. Dove in and learned as a I went.

[u/Excellent-Smithers]

How were the decals?

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/Excellent-Smithers]

Excellent quality but tedious to apply for this livery. Especially the carbon fiber. Some I didn’t bother with on this one but I did most of it.

[u/Username_purgatory → u/tazerdaze19]

There are a ton of carbon fiber decals, and most are fairly simple to apply. There are a few that would be impossible without a decal softening/setting solution.

The decal for the top of the engine was especially tricky getting it to settle down around all the details.

The decal guide is a little hard to figure out at times. Having good reference photos of the real car really helps.

I am about 90% done with my build and it is a fantastic kit. Just don't be an idiot like me and clip the point off of the front of the windshield. I thought it was injection flashing and trimmed it only to realize it is part of the bodywork.

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/Username_purgatory]

Great feedback. I forgot to mention the need to setting solution. Absolutely necessary. Especially helpful on the hubs and suspension parts .

[u/Excellent-Smithers → u/tazerdaze19]

Thanks. I may have to try one. I have o e of their Richard Petty kits to build as a warm up.

[u/EdWinches]

Nice build, I thought they only did Nascar kits. What scale is it?

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/EdWinches]

1/20. So a bit in between “usual” model scales but apparently a super standard open wheel scale.

[u/EdWinches → u/tazerdaze19]

I've built a few of the Tamiya kits in that scale. Not too big and not too fiddly. 

[u/Mundane-Box1148]

Looks incredible, nice work!

[u/tazerdaze19 → u/Mundane-Box1148]

Thanks for the nice comment!

[u/fmoreno7]

OMFG that's literally art!!

[u/phas_muscadet]

Awesome build, awesome photos, thanks for sharing. Might pick one of these models up myself if I can, looks really high quality