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[Davewilly]

This one should be cool to watch

[Romell R]

I got a lil done tonight not much of a update because the wife and i went whale watching in Santa Barbra this weekend. i hope you enjoy!!!

in this pic you can see i was able to make the pressure fittings and attach the oil line to the pan. the kool thing about this trans kit is , it allows you to make your braided hoses from communication cable




thanks for joining me.......

[81zxing280]

O man see looking great... How was the whale watching for u. We went a little while ago and didn't see anything sadly

[Romell R]

O man see looking great... How was the whale watching for u. We went a little while ago and didn't see anything sadly

man! we saw at least 12 differant Blue whales and probably 20 or more Humpbacks, and hundreds of common dolphins, Santa Barbra is pretty much home to blues and humpbacks.

Edited by Romell R, 14 August 2012 - 01:33 PM.

[Romell R]

I wanted to share with you some progress, I was able to put the brake disc together and this was no simple task as the disk is made up of 3 main photo etched parts that need to be soldered together. The Kit gives you two version possisbilities and I chose to build it with the real threaded knock offs. I also opted not to paint the parts as per the instructions , instead i polished the metal parts for a more realistic piece. The shocks were also a nice piece of work as they are made from white metal and photo etch the only kit piece is the spring which had to be cut to size. I hope you enjoy!


Heres the new disc next to the pocher plastic disc


and those wonderful shocks




See ya real soon.......

Edited by Romell R, 17 August 2012 - 06:20 AM.

[moparmagiclives]

I wanted to share with you some progress,

At first I thought the progress you had made was the new hardwood floor in your shop, man those parts are awesome. Cool Car !!!

[Romell R]

I worked on the front suspension yesterday... Heres an a arm assembly


brake caliper and pads......


Complete modification of the front chassis......(sorry i didn't take pics of all the photoetch before it was painted)





Thanks for stopping by.......

[eizzle]

That's crazy, the calipers have seperate pads?!?! All you need now is some scale brake fluid and that sucker would stop on a dime!

Edited by eizzle, 19 August 2012 - 01:47 PM.

[Randy D]

Hi Rom,

This is one cool project!!! Glad you found your dream


Randy

[cobraman]

Fantastic detail.

[Romell R]

Thx fellas for the sincere compliments .... And Randy you just dont understand how happy I am to be finally working on this project!

[Tired of kit bashing]

AMAZING!

[comp1839]

really looks like you're having a good time with it, romell. that is THE most important part. keep up the killer work!

[rhs856]

Romell, I have seen you post in the past about wanting one of these and finally finding one. How great it is that this model is going to find new life in the hands of a very talented builder. Thanks for letting us follow along with you in this journey.

[Plasticfanatic]

Looking great, this superb transkit worth every single penney it cost, this is going to be another masterpiece from your worbench.

[Romell R]

Thanks fellas for the encouragement....

Dave your soo correct im having a ball and what good is having a hobby if your not having fun with it RIGHT!

Fred I agree with you, it's worth every penny I spent and its a whole new building experiance for me too...

Here's a few pic of the progress I wont say much, Just that I scratch built the starter and solenoid, And that the horse on the steering wheel is hand painted and polished. enjoy!




Getting a bit of top end work done now.....





sorry the wheel was still a bit wet in places....


see ya soon!

[Old Sprinter]

Amazing detail!

[Mike Kucaba]

Fantastic work! A few years ago Jairus did a multi-part build of this kit in MCM.I don't know if you'll get anything out of it but it might be good read. That upgrade kit sure looks like it was worth it!

[Romell R]

Fantastic work! A few years ago Jairus did a multi-part build of this kit in MCM.I don't know if you'll get anything out of it but it might be good read. That upgrade kit sure looks like it was worth it!

Id like to see that Mike do you have a link to his build??

[Mooneyzs]

Rom... This build is killer man!! The detail is out of this world. Nice work bud!!