Chris Smith

A little more progress

Just a weeks worth of work…. lol

A very productive day ?

Some progress, I do have quite a bit of time into this and it doesn’t look like much. I had the miss fortune of tearing one of the large decals and had to order another set. But I will say I had them at my door in 2 days. As usual awesome customer service and support. I got some body work done, laid down some gravity color titanium white. Sprayed a mist coat and a wet coat of clear, then I put on some decals. All I need to do is seal everything with some 2k and then I can move forward on the cockpit. thanks for looking….

As per usual, this kit needs a lot of dry fitting to make sure everything lines up. Or I will be wondering why things don’t line up correctly later on down the line. I must have spent 5 hours yesterday just to double check everything before I start painting the monocoque cover, I’m almost there. I have some bodywork to do then hopefully I can get some paint on it. I do have a good portion of the cockpit polished and installed, so this is a positive sign. I have to remember, it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon ?? thanks for looking….

Off onto another large scale project ? I will be working on the Model Factory Hiro 1/12 Brabham BT45 press release version. Hopefully you will join me in on this and enjoy what I hope will be a great project. I decided to start on the monocoque first, instead of the engine and gearbox. As usual lots of drilling and dry fitting. I probably have a few hours of polishing some white metal. thank you all as always. Chris

Pretty much done with this one! Hopefully you guys will like it. I also couldn’t resist taking a couple of pictures outside ?

I have been slacking ?

Looking good Bruce, amazing what Porsche was able to do back then. Imagine how fast the car would be with tires from today’s race cars.

And I when I grow up I would like to scratch build like you and Tim!!

I’m sure you will find a way, such a beautiful and iconic car

Came out great Paul ?

Are they sponsoring you Tim ? Nice update my friend, glad to see took some time to get some work in on this project

A little bit more added, now we have ground effects. ?

They act like the butterflies on a carburetor. You nail the accelerator and the plate opens and air and fuel enters and make it rip

I could not sleep last night so I worked into early this morning. I was able in stall the seat and engine and also the lower body panels. During the week I worked on the cockpit surround and added carbon decals for a little more realistic look and also built the seat belts. Feeling pretty good about it at this point.

Steering wheel…I did the best I could, the wheel is white metal and all the knobs and buttons are molded in and not very crisp.

Front suspension and brakes installed, it took a lot of patience to get all the carbon decals installed and it seemed like it took forever to get everything painted just to be at this stage. Hope you like

Front suspension and brakes installed, it took a lot of patience to get all the carbon decals installed and it seemed like it took forever to get everything painted just to be at this stage. Hope you like

Very cool subject, I remember this car running at Fremont Raceway. I was probably 10 or 11 years old. My dad used to take me to the track quite often to see some of best drag racing. I had no idea of where the guys came from but I sure did enjoy getting autographs and pictures of the cars so I could plaster them on my bedroom walls. i sure will be following your journey and re living part of my youth ?

Very cool Bruce, I will have to check it out the next time I come over the hill for a visit.

Looking good Bruce! So you have been shmoozing with celebrities ?

lol, thanks for the support..and I’ll let you talk to the wife about the fee’s ?

After 3 coats of clear , some massaging with some 3000 grit and 5000 grit. Then I used 3 different polishing compounds , here we are. A few more small details then I’ll put a couple coats of wax on it.

Great to see you back onto this particular project Bruce. As usual off to a great start!