Some of you may remember Allen James and his website www.racecarmodeler.com. Allen passed away some time ago; and I dug out this resin kit he made to build in his memory.
The 917 PA was a lightened and roofless 917 K, with bodywork resembling the earlier 908/02 and 908/03. In spite of turning up at the 1969 Can-Am at mid-season, Jo Siffert did well against the much bigger 7-litre McLarens in spite of a 2.5 litre disadvantage. Of course the later turbocharged 917/20 and 917/30 quickly dominated the Can-Am in future seasons.
I am particularly fond of this car because of the very clean shape. The kit is a good one, for a simple resin body, but the decals crumbled; fortunately I had thought to scan them prior to cutting them up and was able to print a copy, although not at as high a resolution as I would have liked. I still need to touch up the decals once it's all completely set, then coat with clear.
At the time of his passing, Allen was working on a resin kit of the C-Type Jaguar that would have used the Revell XK-SS as a donor; I am not sure what happened to those moulds. Of course the Revell XK-SS is not exactly common any more either...
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