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[Droppedgmc]

This is looking Great!

[shucky]

Here is the shift light finished up. The body is magnesium metalizer, thinned flat yellow by Tamiya, and red MV lens. The mount was done in titanium metalizer and has scalehardware 8mm rivet and RB motion nut for adjustment detail. Next up is working on the wheels and tires. Thanks guys for the support and comments.



Mount in place on dash.



Light in place.

[Road Runner 79]

This is really nice!

[surfjunke]

Beautiful work. Love what you have done, so far. Very clean work & fine details.

Those punch & die sets are great as, could not work without them. There is also a hex head set as well.

These kits from Jada are great. I wish they would make more. I did buy one of each when they were available.

[shucky]

Well, tonight I got a start on the wheels and tires. The Tamiya Enzo rear tires are wider than the resin sleeves I made so I decided to use two sleeves per tire trimmed to fit. Used a Micro Mark mini miter saw and mini 5 inch disc sander along with their variable speed foot control to get it done. These are great little machines and well worth the purchase for hobby use when you get them on sale. Here are some pictures from earlier this evening.





Here are the uncut sleeves.





Trimmed front section.

Edited by shucky, 25 October 2012 - 05:03 PM.

[shucky]

Rear section ... not quite right yet LOL ..


One done, one to go.


Both rears done.



Thanks for watching and the kind comments.

[Prostreet]

Great clean build Mike.

[bryan_m]

wow! that shift light is sweet! very nice work............ultra clean..

cheers
bryan

[relaxednoma]

I did not know either that Jada did a run of plastic! totally cool!


and really like this build!

[geemoney]

very nice

[dadaman]

loving this build! the details are great.

[Randy D]

Hi Mike, Most impressive work going on here!!! Really enjoying following along on this one


Randy

[Duntov]

Very fine craftsmanship!!!!

[shucky]

Was able to do some work on this thing over the past couple weeks. I was able to get the sleeves painted using Testors lacquer gloss black and the wheel centers Tamiya semi-gloss black for a little contrast. I found the Tamiya semi-gloss black is not "pure" black per say and this worked out wonderfully but is very subtle.





These are silver plated crimp tubes (size #1 .031) from the craft store. I'm using them for lug bolt covers. Gave them a quick coat of clear to preserve their finish.



And here I'm punching out some wheel center cap logo's from a decal sheet.

[shucky]

Next up was getting these things together. Installed the lug bolt covers and center cap logo's. All that is left is to add the Protech valve stems.







Next up is the brakes I borrowed from a Mr. Model wheel set. These will be getting attention next. More to come and thanks for the comments as always.

[tyrone]

looking real good...keep it going....

[Scale-Master]

Great work! Super clean details, scratchbuilding and upgrades. Impressive throughout.

[Prostreet]

Very nice clean work Mike, What brand is that punch?

[shucky]

Thanks Tyrone, Mark, and Joe. It's the Micro Mark punch. It comes in very handy and I'm not sure how I got along without it. I should have more updates tomorrow night.

[shucky]

Spent a great deal of time this past weekend finishing the brakes and making spacers to mount the wheel/brake combo to the crude Jada chassis. Since this isn't going to be a show queen I opted to not un-tub the Jada chassis which would normally house their huge over-sized wheel/tire combo. I was lucky enough that the ride height sits perfectly and just as I had imagined for this build, so all that was needed was spacers to adjust width which I made from aluminum tubing. This allowed me to push my wheel/tire/brake combo out as far as I needed to for the look I was after. I'd be comfortable saying now that this build has officially been "stanced" and I'm thrilled with how it came out. Here are some mock up's and how it'll sit. Its all been taken down already so I can get the chassis painted and continue assembly. Getting close, more to come, and thanks as always for the kind words and encouragement.

Brakes are simple but really nice pieces from Mr. Model. Calipers are painted metalizer brass with Tamiya clear yellow.



And the mock up's.