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[vintagedragfan]

movin right along Clay, sweet!

[futurattraction]

I'm mesmerized by the quality of your work, Clay.

[ClayK]

Thank you very much guys! I'm really having a good time on this one so far!

I've been working away on the rear clip. More plastic, brass, and dirt modeler photo etch. I used Micheal's shock mounts, and tabs for the brake line mounts, and rear tree mount.







I also got the rear driveshaft loop made up and installed. I used two pieces of brass bent and trimmed. Once to size, I inserted some small brass pins inside each, then soldered both joints.



And just to show it's not all roses and unicorns doing this stuff, here's my pile of attempts before I got one I could use!



One last thing I did before calling it a night was sand my slicks. I chucked up some 1" stock in my lathe, pushed the tires on, and spun them slow against a flat file. Took a bit of time, but they are so smooth now. And it beats sanding with a sanding stick.



Hope to get the body mounted soon!
Clay

[shucky]

Awesome Clay as usual.

[SteelyEd]

Clay, I have been admiring your work for years, it's a pleasure to watch one of your masterpieces come to life. Thanks so much for sharing.

[Dragracer]

It all's coming out great Clay, like the fact that you showed all the problems/mistakes that can be made & that it doesn't all go together 1-2-3. Heres a idea for you, after you get done with this beast (after a well deserved break I'm sure), since it is a Mustang, how about a another Camaro, maybe do a 1/16th version of "Blackbeards Revenge" !

[tyrone]

Cage is looking tight Clay...

[DaytonaTim]

Having some of our TDR Innovations parts (Lenco tranny and U-joints) included in one of your builds Clay is an honor.

Thanks
Tim

TDR Innovations

https://sites.google...tdrinnovations/

[Mooneyzs]

Clay... your progress is looking great man! beautiful work. I sure know the labor pains you went thru with the drive shaft loops. I couldn't tell you how many pieces I redid for my headers on my funny car build that I have going on right now. But to get the parts to where you are completely happy with, it is totally worth the many hours put into it.

I do have to ask are the rear tires Flashpoint pro mod rear wheels?? or something else. Keep up the awesome work on this and I am looking forward to more and learning much more from you. You are one of the top notch builders in my book.

[vintagedragfan]

beautiful work Clay!, are you using CA glue to attach the brass parts or something different?

[ClayK]

Having some of our TDR Innovations parts (Lenco tranny and U-joints) included in one of your builds Clay is an honor.

Thanks
Tim

TDR Innovations

https://sites.google...tdrinnovations/

Thanks Tim! So far from what I've used, the parts are great. Waiting on some wheel tubs next!

[ClayK]

Clay... your progress is looking great man! beautiful work. I sure know the labor pains you went thru with the drive shaft loops. I couldn't tell you how many pieces I redid for my headers on my funny car build that I have going on right now. But to get the parts to where you are completely happy with, it is totally worth the many hours put into it.

I do have to ask are the rear tires Flashpoint pro mod rear wheels?? or something else. Keep up the awesome work on this and I am looking forward to more and learning much more from you. You are one of the top notch builders in my book.

Thanks Chris, The slicks I have are ones Terry sent me a long time ago. He's got several different sizes, so I'm not sure where these fall compared to the rest. I think these are the biggest ones he has. I know they wouldn't fit under my Daytona body, but they will work fine on this Mustang.

Clay

[ClayK]

beautiful work Clay!, are you using CA glue to attach the brass parts or something different?

I use green zap-a-gap. I don't know what it is about the dirt modeler brass photo etch, but it really bonds well to styrene with zap. It really holds well.

Clay

[phantom1]

clay coming right along nicely

[Beavis]

looks like clay is lookin to play now, lol this will be an amazing build. im in for the ride

[ClayK]

Not a big update, but something I've been waiting to do, and think is kind of cool. One of the reasons I wanted to do an R2B2 chassis is I love some of the design features of their cars. The main one is the removable body/titanium rear tree. You may have noticed my rear clip stops short. Right at the rear coil over mounts. The reason why is everything beyond that is all lightweight titanium frame work sort of like a funny car.

I had already added the top tabs before, so I set out to make the two thicker lower picots. I used /040 sheet plastic cut to shape, and added those to the back of the chassis.



Next I mounted to the body to the chassis and slowly started building inside connecting the tree bar by bar. I used brass rod for the main support because it was easier to bend to the proper shape.

Here's the tree about 80% finished......




And pinned in place.





And with it mocked up inside the body. I still have more tabs, and body support pieces to add. But it's pretty close.



Thanks for looking!
Clay

[Dyno Davo]

Awesome work Clay, will be following this build.

[eviltwincustoms]

WOW, I feel really incompetent right now just seeing this work is just spectacular! I will need to take a look at the R2B2 chassis closer, because this was a feature I definitely over looked from a detail perspective.

Great execution Clay, man I am learning something new every time I see your updates!

[Dragracer]

The rear tree looks awesome Clay,R2B2 sure does have some nice cars!

[gasser59]

Not a big update, you say? I say it is a HUGE update. I was not aware of this on the R2B2 chassis and your execution is flawless and inspiring. Great work Clay.