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[Scale-Master]

Thanks, as always...

 

I made the top of the trans out of brass.  I drew artwork for the pieces and then I acid cut the parts out, then soldered them together.  It is made up of four parts.

[Alyn]

Non-stop details.

 

Thanks for taking the time to share, professor

[vintagedragfan]

this is some beautiful work Mark, I see another GSL champion in the making! I am going to try and make it out this year, will be my first time attending, really enjoying all of the fab work!!

[Scale-Master]

I also cut brass for the mounting faces of the bell housing and transmission.

[Scale-Master]

I started on the rear section of the transmission, all styrene construction with a little polyester filler.

[martinfan5]

Superb work Mr Jones

[Harry P.]

Geez, Mark... too bad you're such a no-talent hack.

 

 

 

 

 

[Danno]

Yeah, Mark, you make it look so easy!  

 

Michelangelo said, “In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.”

 

Mark is the converse.  He sees bits and pieces and things and glues them together until they look to the rest of us like a Seven.

 

[Scale-Master]

  

 

Michelangelo said, “In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.”

 

 

That's machining.  The parts are in there, the trick is knowing what part wants out of what piece of aluminum...

[Scale-Master]

More details have been added to the rear section of the transmission, but there is still more to add and some cleanup to be done before texturing it.

[uncle potts]

You keep talking about texturing these parts. My question is, how do you do this? It's been a problem I've not been able to solve when scatchbuilding.

[Scale-Master]

I use talc mixed into my paint for the texture, ratio varies depending on the desired results.

 

The cast portions that make up the gearbox and tail shaft assemblies of the transmission are built and have had some texture applied.

The top of the gear case has been shot with a cold galvanizing coating.

The trans is pinned together to help with future painting and assembly.

More parts need to be machined to round this part out, but most of them are just hardware items.

[LAone]

Nice work on that trans. I like the texture look you do. Gonna have to try it sometime.

[cobraman]

Beautiful work. I wouldn't even know how to begin something like that.

[Prostreet]

Man, that's some amazing scratch building there Mark.

[NormL]

WOW, just wow

[crazyrichard]

just awsome and inspiring

[uncle potts]

Gotta give that talc trick a try....thanks.

[lanesteele240]

i just bought a bunch of back issues of MCM off ebay and one of them is is this awesome issue

some dude named gregg (the author of the article) said you wont be able to top the one in the mag. looks like he was wrong.

i cant wait to see how you made these

those gauges are awesome

[Foxer]

The old saying "you can make anything out of basic shapes" just doesn't do this justice!