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1/16 Scale Army Vega Funny Car - Finished 10/14/2018


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Ben... Thanks man!! I know I am sick for all of the detail I am trying to pull off :lol:

John... Thanks my Brother, I am trying to take after you ;) .....Now if I can only build a model in 1 to 2 months.... :lol:

Greg... Thanks Mate!! You know what's funny is that I actually wiped down the one from the sandwich I had a few days ago and thought about using that one but decided that I better see if they would be willing to give me a couple of new ones. i was happy that they did. I didn't want the F/C to smell like Chicken ... :lol: Use all of my ideas if you would like. And don't be sad when this build does get completed because I have 2 builds in store next that I think everyone will enjoy watching ;) and they both are 1/16th scale builds.

Bill... Thanks bud. Many of you guys have set that bar high and I had to be creative to find a material that would work for the application.

Mike.... thanks buddy. I enjoy talking to you as well and for always letting me bounce ideas off of you.

Tyrone.... Thanks man!! I am trying my hardest to make this a top notch build ;)

Brad... Thanks my friend. I don't know if its better than the 1:1 but it will have more pics than the 1:1 :lol:

Lee... Thanks! You are so right about running across things that just fit what you are looking for. It took me a little while to figure it out and one of the reasons that the belts have taken so long. I feel I should already have them done but I have been slacking the past few days.

Michael... Thank you. I have been anxious to have this build completed for quite some time just to see it all together and if matches the vision I had when I started this 2 1/2 years ago.

Mark... Thank you. I always hope that I explain things ok so if anyone wants to try and use any of the ways I have done things they can.

Derrick.... Thanks man, I have got so much more motivation since the rolling chassis is together but have had a little road bump with the restraint system...lol

Well Fellas.... I have slacked the past 2 days and going to get some bench time in today and finish the lap belt section. Then hopefully I can finish the Shoulder belts and get some pics posted to share with everyone. I Don't thing the lap belts should be too hard because I have a little more area to work with. But the Shoulder belts are going to be a little tricky with the small opening I have to work with so I will have to be creative on how I make it work.

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Bill... thanks buddy...LOL

Ben... LOL I think they were thinking I was a little crazy. I told them it was for a hobby project.... hahah :lol:

Art... Thanks brother. I really appreciate the kind words from you, It means a lot. I can't wait to get this bad boy done and bring it to some of the Cali shows. Hopefully the Citrus Nationals is still a go this year. Right now I am planning for that to be the debut show.

Charlie.... Thanks bud!! I was having to be creative with making the tie downs and I love how I have come up with some dual usage on your parts. Thanks for always supplying us modelers with great products.

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Ok Fellas.... I know I have been a little slow at getting to the bench with these restraints. I don't know why but it seems that these would be so easy when in fact they have taken me a lot longer than I have thought they would. I got a little work done today on the lap belts and only got one half of them done of what I wanted to. I am going to try and finish the other tonight but we will see if I get to it. If not my goal is for tomorrow. Here is a few pics for you.....

Here is the start of the lap belts. I made a template of the belt out of some thin paper material to get the length I needed before cutting the medical tape:

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Here is one view of the seat belt tie down, made just like the first one:

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Here is a view from the other side:

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Here is the completed belt for that side:

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If I ever get around to building one of my Aurora Racing scenes funny cars, I plan on detail the heck out of it like this as well! I keep putting all kinds of detailing accessories in the box whenever I come across them.

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Ben... feel free to save any or all of the pics I have posted to use as reference. Sure would be cool to see you build up your Aurora F/C. If you have any questions when you do get around to building feel free to ask.

Danno.... Thanks buddy!!

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Mike.... Thank you bud!!

Well Fellas.... here is another Seat Belt update. Made some more progress today. I spent a few hours doing the other side and had to redo part of it a few times but here it is....

I started out with cutting my Johnson & Johnson medical tape for 3" wide material:

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I next cut out the material I was going to use for the leather piece that goes below the latch portion of the belt, This will get painted a leather color:

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Here were all of the pieces ready to go.:

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Here is the attachment point, This sucker gave some some trouble today :angry: :

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Fantastic.

But why do I keep smelling chicken? ;)

Fantastic. X 2 B)B)

Man, I gotta get me one of them new smellevision computer monitors... :(

Chris, GREAT update buddy. Just make sure there's plenty of adjustment there.....I can be over in a week, ready for a test lap at the wheel. :D ;)

Superb!

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John.... Thanks buddy.

Tyrone.... Thanks bud

Brett.... Thanks buddy

Danno... Thanks. You keep smelling chicken cause you have chick-fil-a sandwich in front of you??? Lol ;)

Gregg.... Thanks Mate!! I will make sure it has adjustment for everyone. I will let you have the first test pass.

Bill... Thanks buddy. I had to go the extra distance and add that leather piece to at the extra detail to it.

Well I am going to start the shoulder belts and hopefully I will be able to finish them today. So stay tuned.....

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