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[W-409]

Camaro has been primered to see, where needs to be sanded, and how much. It looks pretty good actually, better than I thought. I will sand it smooth tomorrow. I also decided to change Tunnel Ram intake manifold to Cross Ram.







And Matti's Rambler looks very good so far.

[ChevyCoupe41]

Thank's Niko and Jim. Here's update to Rambler. It got some paint on it and the wheels are also painted. The only thing which i had re-paint is hood. I am very happy to that paint.



Shiny.

[W-409]

Rambler looks great so far. What's that paint, you used? I mean the manufacturer and the color code. It looks just boring enough for a Sleeper.

That Cross Ram Intake is installed, I guess it's from Monogram '57 Chevy. Carburetors are from that kit too, and so is the air cleaner, but it's still in progress... Paint scheme of it will be shown later. Valve covers are from this Camaro kit. Chassis is painted flat black too.

[ChevyCoupe41]

Thank's Niko! If im not remember wrong the paint manufacturer was Motip but i dont remember color code. Next weekend i will go to paint that hood again so then i can look at the color code. Your Camaro looks also very good and i really like that cross ram intake.

[ChevyCoupe41]

Now the engine of Rambler is finished. If i put any more details to engine i put them when the engine is glued to chassis and cahssis is glued to the body. The air cleaner will be removable so that those detail of the carburettor show.

[Nick Winter]

Looking great, I do have an update on my Trans Am, but no photo's, I stripped the wheels because I deceided on something different. also assembled and painted a few more components.

Nick

[Nick Winter]

Well, here's my update on the wheels & tires being done.



I actually like them a lot more as Painted Rallye II's.

Nick

Edited by Nick Winter, 21 April 2012 - 04:02 PM.

[CorvairJim]

You're right about the Rally II's. Pontiac never chromed them, so I can't figure out why the model companies always do. Even the factory trim rings (when ordered - they didn't always have them!) had a brushed aluminum finish, not bright chrome. I recently had to strip and paint a set for a '77 Firebird Esprit replica that I built on commission. They look a whole lot better painted than they do chromed, whether stock charcoal gray or body color like you painted yours. Nice job!

[Nick Winter]

Thanks Jim, I had them the Charcol color but they just weren't doing it for me.

[CorvairJim]

I FINALLY got cracking on my mid-engined V-8 Corvair. I'll warn you guys now: I'm planning Corvette ZR-1 power for this bad boy!

Starting with a body from the "Prestige" release of the AMT 1969 Corvair Monza coupe kit, I removed the Monza emblems to clean it up a little and the side marker lights to backdate the body to a 1966 model. I used masking tape to show me where to scribe the cuts for the radiator air outlet, using the back of an X-Acto blade (I used this older body because it's molded in a harder plastic than the more recent one from about 2006. That one is in the newer AMT gray plastic that I find more difficult to do bodywork on):


Now that the outlet is cut in and bent down, I've taped out the cutline for scribing the horizontal cut for widening the fenders. I warped the plastic in the outlet by using too much heat when bending it down, but it isn't so bad that I can't putty it back into shape. Once that's done, I'll install the sides of the outlet:


I scribed the horizontal line with the back of an X-Acto blade, then cut vertically from the center of the wheel arches to meet the horizontal cut with a razor saw. Then I carefully bent the plastic out to the new shape I wanted. First I bent it outward from the ends, then back in at the wheel arches. That left a small gap in the middle, but that will be easy to patch up later on:


Here I show the filler pieces that go at the top of the horizontal cuts. These are basically just to give the fenders form; they won't be visible in the final build:


Here the filler pieces are installed and sanded down to conform to the new shape I want for the sides of the car:


More filler pieces. These will go between the fillers that I put on in the last step and the tops of the fenders. they are curved top and bottom and chamfered from behind to be mounted at the correct angle to blend in with the body:


This makes what I was describing above a little more clear. I didn't want a flared fender look for this one; I thought a widened fender look would fit the lines of the Corvair body better:


And finally, I cut off the front pan to mount a custom spoiler, made from a section of the custom nosepiece from the kit. It will eventually have an air intake in the center and covered driving lights beneath the stock headlight location. Those headlights will have flush covers too. Finally, the spoiler will have a aero splitter at the bottom to keep as much air as possible from going under the car and direct it through the radiator. Also, the car will have a full belly pan, and I'm even thinking about building in a ground effect tunnel in back!

[sports850]

That's some impressive plastic work there Jim , well done .

[Jantrix]

Wow. Jim that looks very cool. Keep it goin'!

[Tony T]

Wow, Jim...that is some awesome body mods on that 'Vair!! Love the look!!

[Nick Winter]

Jim! Very neat so far, lovin' it.

Nick

[CorvairJim]

About 6 hours down and a hundred to go! You know how it is. It doesn't take all that loing to rough the mods in; The time goes into making it all blend together seamlessly. Now add in the time it's going to take to build the chassis to accept the mid-mounted Corvette engine and front suspension, finish the "Trunk" with the whompin' huge fuel cell, re-do the interior so that it will be comfortable at that sort of speed for that long, modifying the dash for the extra gauges, CB radio, GPS, and radar/laser detector. I'm going all-out to build this for the theme: To me, it has to be a car fully capable of not only winning this race but setting the coast-to-coast record in the process. My goal is one day FLAT! A 140 mph average should do it...

(I'm still considering chopping the top and laying the windshield back some for extra aerodynamics!)

[Tony T]

Personally, I'd leave the roof alone, Jim...just my .02!

Gotta get me some bench time...got a couple to finish up before I get my '77 M-II to the bench.

[CorvairJim]

Yeah, you're right, Tony. Chopping the top on a car with such narrow posts, especially when they are at an angle like the rear ones, and tapered at that, would be a ton of work for very little overall effect. I'll just leave the top as-is. I might try it some time, but not on a model with a deadline hanging over it!

[Nick Winter]

So I actually have an update, started working on this one again.






Nick

[Nick Winter]

Finished interior.

[ChevyCoupe41]

Nick, your Firebird looks very Good!

Its been a long time since i put any updates here but Rambler is getting closer and closer to get finished. Only things what i had to do is paint hood,put ignition coil and lots of small details on it. Here's some progress pics and couple of pics whats is going now.

Finished interior




And what is going now.