Mercman Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Not much done yet, still have the engine, and some suspension left. Then it's off to paint. The hair pins radius rods on this are just that Hair thin. You sneeze, and they're gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyBad Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Don't look that small in the pic. You must have some good eyes for that scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercman Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Got a good pair of reading glasses for doing them 1.75 magnification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 My fingers hurt just looking.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Quantz Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Yeah! I enjoyed building this kit, I will enjoy watching you build yours! I have a few spare parts left over, if you need any, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmiccadillac Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 WOW. 1/25th scale must feel like you're painting a bus after you do a kit like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James W Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Jordan makes some nice kits. I've built a few stock model T's and trucks but have not hot rodded any. This one looks fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercman Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 (edited) WOW. 1/25th scale must feel like you're painting a bus after you do a kit like that! [/quote ActuallyI gave up 1/25th to work in this scale. I still have some 1/25th kits, but not as many as before. Went from 500, down to about 30. Now I bet I have close to 200 1/87th cars, and trucks, and 40-50 buildings that I'm working on. Also no I dont own a train layout, I have some rolling train stock, but it is for diorama purposes. Your little coupe looks good. I like it. How did you make the headers? Edited May 10, 2009 by Mercman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Quantz Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 I used .035 styrene rod. It is a tab big for the scale but, it was close enough. I measured out how close the body was to the front of the engine, and how far the exhaust needed to stick out of te side so it wouldn't interfere with the body. I just heated the rod up under my halogen desklamp, and made a nice tight bend with tweezers. then I cut the front exhaust pipe to length and added the other 2 pipes, angling the cut so they match up with the main pipe. It was somewhat tedious work, but it looks better than not having exhaust manifolds at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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