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| New Project.....; ...in 1/25th scale. | |
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| Topic Started: May 18 2009, 08:18 PM (3,549 Views) | |
| DamnCranky666 | Jul 3 2009, 07:44 AM Post #126 |
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I'm liking the larger scale version of the vehicle much better, Hamilton. Probably because we can see bigger and better details!!! |
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| Corvette Summer | Jul 4 2009, 09:14 AM Post #127 |
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Nifty.... |
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| khamilton | Jul 4 2009, 10:30 PM Post #128 |
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Time to build a hood. First, a firewall was cut out of .030" styrene. The bottom opening clears the bell housing and transmission, the curved support strip at the top mirrors the shape of the grill and the retangular opening will accomodate the instrument cluster....  The grill shell was detailed with strip styrene and photoetched grill bars....  Next, I carved a buck that I was going use to to shape a piece of aluminum for the hood.....  ...but that didn't work. When the aluminum sheet was formed over the buck, it would spring back like this:  I could have hammered the aluminum over the buck, but then I would've had to file the dents and smooth out the surface.....WAY too much work. Instead, I just rolled the corners with a knife handle....  ...and used the buck to check the fit. After a couple of hours of filing and test fitting I added a couple of strips to the finished hood for some visual interest. Getting a really good fit required filing and hand-tweaking between every test-fit, which took some time) Now this space...............  .....will be filled with a hood of scale thickness. This is just mocked in place - the little spaces will be gone whme everything is permanently attached.  The rest of the gears and chain came in, too, so now I can play with the drive train: 
Edited by khamilton, Jul 4 2009, 10:47 PM.
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| Corvette Summer | Jul 4 2009, 11:11 PM Post #129 |
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yay.... |
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| DaveInTheHat | Jul 5 2009, 12:29 AM Post #130 |
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That's cool. I made a dragster body out of aluminum and the frame from brass. I found 1/4" drive sockets really useful to bend different shapes. |
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| khamilton | Jul 9 2009, 06:51 AM Post #131 |
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Here's a quick update on the working steering (it works from the drag link on down to the tie rod. The steering box doesn't do anything....)  All the pins are temporary.... 
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| mnapoleon | Jul 9 2009, 07:47 AM Post #132 |
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Nice clean work Ken. Thanks for the bit by bit progress reports. It's Looking fantastic! 
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| Hollywood Jim | Jul 9 2009, 08:22 AM Post #133 |
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Wow.!! |
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| armyofchuckness | Jul 9 2009, 08:36 AM Post #134 |
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Fantastic work, Ken! Very impressive linkage. |
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| DaveInTheHat | Jul 9 2009, 09:42 AM Post #135 |
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Cool! Looking great. |
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| Chuck Doan | Jul 9 2009, 05:28 PM Post #136 |
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Excellent! Love the thread detail. |
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| Bryan_M | Jul 9 2009, 06:14 PM Post #137 |
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holy sh1t Ken!!!!!!!!! thats freakin amazing! nice work, the hood, and the steering linkage are great......when i grow up i wanna be able to build like you do! bryan |
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| khamilton | Jul 9 2009, 08:08 PM Post #138 |
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Don't try to butter me up now, Rust-Boy. To all you OTHER guys......"Thanks" |
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| chester | Jul 9 2009, 08:37 PM Post #139 |
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"the steering box doesn't do anything..." WTF? |
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| Bryan_M | Jul 9 2009, 08:41 PM Post #140 |
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oh now i see we are going to carry this over into this thread as well.................ok, its ON! LOL seriously tho, that thing is beautiful! Bryan |
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| Corvette Summer | Jul 9 2009, 09:47 PM Post #141 |
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yipee.... |
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| HowardE | Jul 10 2009, 06:28 AM Post #142 |
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Real nice scratch building, Ken... 
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| Twist67 | Jul 11 2009, 05:59 AM Post #143 |
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Hi, thatīs awesome scratchbuilding.Fantastic work on this one. Cheers,Chris |
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| DamnCranky666 | Jul 11 2009, 01:46 PM Post #144 |
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Wow! I love the way it is turning out, clean and pretty. Love the raw plastic with all that metal!!! Great job, Bink!!! |
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| dptydawg | Jul 11 2009, 08:40 PM Post #145 |
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Hi Ken, I realy like the engineering that yo are putting into this project. The scratch building shows that you understand the mechanics behind the machine. Another outstanding piece of work Carl |
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| JBucci | Jul 11 2009, 09:24 PM Post #146 |
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Beautiful craftsmanship Ken.  Jim |
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| khamilton | Jul 13 2009, 06:59 AM Post #147 |
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Thanks, guys. Here's the latest from the weekend building sessions: First, the clutch linkage, attached to the steering brackets. The forked support bracket on the end of the shaft attaches to the engine block..........  The throw-out arm is just a piece of brass channel stuck in the bell housing....  When everything gets put together permanently, the connecter rod to the clutch throw-out will be added to finish it off..........  Next, I did the frame for the folding top over the seat, using .010"x .042" flat brass...  Long story short: After trying several things for the fabric top, I used a piece of heavy foil from the top of a wine bottle. It's a little thinner than Verlinden lead foil and shapes nicely...  After everything is painted, I can form the bottom of the back flap and attach it to the back of seat. I might laminate some tissue paper to the foil for a little bit of texture.....  That's it for now. This week might not see too much building time, but I like to get in some long, late-night building sessions on the weekends...which I was able to do this past weekend! |
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| mnapoleon | Jul 13 2009, 08:01 AM Post #148 |
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Gorgeous Ken! What will be very rewarding with this model is that all of the little details that you have spent so much time perfecting WILL be seen on the model unlike a typical model car kit. Fantastic! 
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| armyofchuckness | Jul 13 2009, 08:06 AM Post #149 |
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Wow! Another great use for wine foil. |
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| Bryan_M | Jul 13 2009, 08:14 PM Post #150 |
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HOLY SH1T KEN!!!!!!!! thats fantastic! wow! im blown away! bryan |
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