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    Post your crazy IMSA cars...

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted · Edited by zenrat

    This one fought me all the way and then the decals declared UDI and joined the rebellion.  So I did the best I could with bits & pieces of left over NASCAR sheets.

    35211770943_ee9cf766a5_z.jpg2009-03-09 at 14-21-55 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

    35888814551_bd862fbcc7_z.jpg2009-03-09 at 13-25-34 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

    35211771633_e3baf87677_z.jpg2009-03-09 at 13-23-25 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

    35211764233_0d5ac7f1b3_z.jpgTrans Am Mustang WIP 23-11-08 01 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

    CANNONBALL 2017

    in Community Builds

    Posted

    That should do the trick Erik.

    I've been doing bodywork.  Cowl induction, body shaved and bumpers narrowed and moulded in.  I'll put some pics up when i've finished the PSR and shot a final coat of primer.  Shouldn't be too long.
    Also, extractors have been fabricated, painting has commenced on the chassis, inner wheels have been painted, 4 point cage fabricated, dash modified and seats prepped for paint.
    When it comes to paint i've been thinking about some 80's inspired graphics.

     

    CANNONBALL 2017

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    Posted · Edited by zenrat
    Because of the voices in my head.

    Looking good folks.

    Good luck establishing the People's Republic of Jantrix mate.

    So, October.
    Time to get to work then.
    I've got the engine mountings sorted along with the front suspension and the firewall.
    I'm currently adding cowl induction and front coiler mounts will be next followed by extractors and a radiator.  Lots of room under the bonnet of this thing even with a 762 cube donk in there.

    37631331321_5c6f9e8d7b_z.jpgCannonball Caprice WIP 11-10-17 02 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

    36920591434_811998b0e6_z.jpgCannonball Caprice WIP 11-10-17 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

    Now i'm getting into gear i'll try and post more WIP pics.

    Why haven't the model companies addressed the problem with tire melt ?

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    I just discovered something interesting: the wheel/tire combo that I posted about yesterday (AMT '31 Woody) were 2 of a set of 4. The other 2 are on the front of a rat rod I built in 2010...and that model is sitting on my shelf with no signs of tire melt at all. Same storage temperature and humidity as the set that is now melting...same kit,even.

    The difference? The wheels that are OK were painted with Plasticote automotive lacquer (?) paint. The other 2 wheels that reacted badly with the tires were painted with Krylon Fusion glass black. That pretty much clinches it for me--the Krylon paint must be involved somehow.

    I second that.  Worst cases i've had were rims i'd painted with automotive lacquer.
    I've also have a     true I left in contact with the paint on an adjacent build burn right through Future, Tamiya TS paint and primer to the plastic (which might suggest Future isn't going to protect the rims).

    If you want to see just how tyres change as the plasticisers leach out then leave some in brake fluid for a few weeks.  You'll be amazed how much they shrink by.

    CANNONBALL 2017

    in Community Builds

    Posted

    Some seriously cool looking things going on here.

    On the occasion of the 10th running of this CPB I must publicly express my gratitude to Jantrix for creating a thread that motivated me to return to modeling after about ten years. I don't build a lot, so most of my completed builds lately have been Cannonball cars. I made my one and probably only trip to GSLMCC XXVI a couple weeks ago where Len Woodruff selected my 2012 Cannonballer for the Bob Barnett Award for custom car building. A humbling surprise. So kudos to Rob and the rest of you knuckleheads who lay out the kind of jolly competition that makes me try a little harder. Thanks guys.

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    Well done Mike.  I remember that build.  I always liked it and it seems i'm not the only one.

    Having build some engine mounts on my Caprice I offer the chassis up to the body with the engine in place to find the back of the induction fouling the beaver panel.  I probably should have checked this before I built them.
    So, off they came and on went a new set.  Having got the fore and aft position of the donk set I could then rebuild the gearbox cross member I had to slice off to fit the tranny and start to build a tubular K member replacement.
    Small steps but its how I like to work.  Lots of builds on the go at which I whittle away slowly until suddenly I realise the deadline is     approaching at which point its panic panic panic all systems go for launch.

     

    Why haven't the model companies addressed the problem with tire melt ?

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted · Edited by zenrat

    I have issues with tyres sticking to the shelves in my display cases.  Just the vinyl tyres and they only stick to varnished or melamine shelves.  I have always assumed it is caused by the same plasticisers leaching out as causes tyre burn.
    I have to remember to be carefull picking up a build just in case doing so too roughly leaves a wheel behind.

     

     

    CANNONBALL 2017

    in Community Builds

    Posted

    I've been tinkering.
    I've glued the front subframe on setting the wheelbase.  Turns out the AMT '76 Caprice is exactly 5mm longer than the same manufacturers '70 Superbee.
    With that done I then moved on to building motor mounts.  This necessitated removing the K-member so that'll have to be replaced with something tubular when I build some front suspension.

     

    CANNONBALL 2017

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    Posted · Edited by zenrat

    Welcome Fred.

    I've built vans for previous runs.  
    This one had a blown BBC, 'vette running gear and four 44 gal drums of fuel plumbed into the stock tank via a complicated pump and manifold system.
    It was built for the last Scale Auto run, catching fire and exploding somewhere on the outskirts of New York.
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    CannonballVanWIP01-11-11001.jpg

     

    CANNONBALL 2017

    in Community Builds

    Posted

    Glad to be back Jant.  A very good modelling friend died last year which got me down.  It has however just been pointed out to me that the last thing he would have wanted to do was stop me building.  And that was something I needed to hear.

    Velma is already hard at work plotting a route consisting only of straights separated by service stations.

    I am hard at work planning how to fit a fridge, microwave, coffee machine and box of donuts in the back seat, revise the suspension and upgrade the brakes.

     

    CANNONBALL 2017

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    OK.  A decision has been made.

    Sometimes my habit of gathering parts for a build into one box and then putting that box back into the stash pays off.
    Having rejected the idea of a Meyers Hemi Manx as being too impractical (for a sea to shining sea run anyway) I first pulled out a box containing an AMT Duster chassis with an MPC Dart body.  The Dusters 340 was missing (there is a Lindberg slant 6 in the box) but I have a couple of Clearly Scale resin supercharged 6.1 Hemis...
    ...But no, while tempting (my winning build for the first run used the AMT Duster chassis) that is too subtle. so I dug back into the stash again and pulled out this...

    The box is labelled Pro Lux.  It's the AMT '76 Caprice body shell and interior tub sat on the same makers '70 Dodge Super Bee Pro Street Chassis.  The rear half of the chassis fits like it was meant to be there and as the Mopars front subframe is moulded separately, matching the wheelbase will simply be a question of shaving off the mounting pins and gluing it further forwards.

    The tunnel rammed Hemi was long ago used in something else but I have the engine I built for last years run so i'll use that.  It's a Ross Gibson Sonny's Mountain Thunder 762ci Pro Street engine.  That should do the trick.  Here's a quick mock up.

    So, put me down as entered Rob - zenrat in ProLux.
    This year my co-driver will be Velma Dinkley

     

    CANNONBALL 2017

    in Community Builds

    Posted

    Yeah, I know that but from past experience Niko has similar tastes to me so they could end up looking similar and that'll show up that his work is better than mine :D.

    No, I have ideas but I need to match bodies up to chassis' to see whats possible.

     

    CANNONBALL 2017

    in Community Builds

    Posted

    Hi folks.  Some great looking builds there.

    I suppose I should think about entering this one.  Better late than never eh?
    Mind you, I spend most of the year not doing anything anyway.
    My first thought was to finally build my Johan Turbine Car but I see W-409 has beaten me to that idea.  I'll need to go and immerse myself in the stash and do some thinking.

    Something particularly impractical for this one I feel.

     

    Cannonball Run 2016 "The Aussieball" Official Build Thread

    in Community Builds

    Posted

    Just checking in.

    I've actually done something - I glued the gearbox (Clearly Scale T56) to the engine (Ross Gibson 811ci Sonny's Mountain Thunder I built earlier).
    Now I can start making the chassis.

    Has anyone posted this?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImaiRcDGbO4
    It's the 1979 Repco Reliability Trial.  Basically a race round Australia for "factory stock" cars.  It'll give you an idea of road conditions off the bitumen.

     

    Cannonball Run 2016 "The Aussieball" Official Build Thread

    in Community Builds

    Posted

    Same here. Guys, I have too much other stuff that has my bench packed and I'm not overly inspired by my Cannonballer design. Like as not I'll not be competing this year.

    Awwwwwwwwwwwww.  Come on Rob.

    Plenty of time left.  Can the plan and start again maybe?
    However, in the end it's meant to be fun so don't force it.

    Who knows though, maybe by August you'll have cleared some stuff and will want back in.

     

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