Shadow DN4 Can Am

[alex156]

Hi, Just finished this super little kit from Marsh Models. It's the "74" DN4 driven by Jackie Oliver at Road Atlanta. Just added a few rivets and detailed the dash and seat.





And my next build is :

Can you name car,driver,year and sponsor!

[dmacb]

Looks great!

[935k3]

I don't know the driver, the year 1974, the car was a Mclaren M8D sponsored by Led Zepplin with art by Peter Max. Oh Yeah the model looks great.

[lemansnut]

The Shadow looks great! I was lucky enough to see these race at Road America. Last of the "true" Can-Am cars. The other is a McLaren M8D that was sponsored by Led Zepplin but I can't think who the driver was.

Mike

[LeeABC]

Love it! if only us 1/24th scale modellers had this sort of choice of builds. great stuff.

Lee

[Viccario]

Superb! You made a wonderful job of that, can't get enough of the CanAm monsters! I assume as it's a Marsh Models kit it is 1:43rd scale? The owner of the Shadow team sounded a bit odd from what I recall reading in a recent interview with Jackie Oliver in an edition of Motorsport magazine as he would turn up to races wearing a black cape and hat for the full Shadow effect!

[Mech@niC]

Great looking Shadow you showed us Alex. I hope your Kiwi will turn up that good also

Originally Posted by Viccario

....can't get enough of the CanAm monsters!.....

You took the words right out of my mouth Viccario.

Originally Posted by LeeABC

Love it! if only us 1/24th scale modellers had this sort of choice of builds. great stuff.
Lee

You are right LeeABC, that we 1/24th scale modellers don't have enough choice in these models.
I have a few 1/24 Can-Am cars in stock. But the choice is limited.

[ScratchBuilt]

Hi Alex,

That is a very cool piece of Shadow-work there: impressive! I love the way you can see design features on some of these early-70's cars which are still familiar on modern LMP-style sports-racers. About 800bhp in period, right?

The Led Zep connection to the McLaren was news to me, though! After a bit of digging around online, it seems as though the sponsorship was through drummer John Bonham - very much the car fan of the group, I think! Looks like it spent most of 1974 running in European Interserie rounds, rather than in the 'final' year of Can-Am (which explains why I couldn't find a sinlge photo in my two Pete Lyons books...) So, two of my favourite things in one project - Zep, and sportscars!

Will be following with interest...