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mr68gts

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Paul it is great to see things going together, it also give some indication of the shear size of this undertaking. You have my un-dyeing  respect for your skills and tackling this project. I will be watching your progress with great interest, looking forward to more updates. Very well done indeed!

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Thank you everyone for the comments

Little tiny update....

I will use every available technique I can to make this the most accurate promod!

Sent files out to have them laser cut. Parts came back perfect! The 4 link brackets for the rear end are now in 6061 aluminum! With these finished ( once I polish them) I can continue on with the rear end!

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Paul.........what can I say.  The parts / car ALL look fantastic but you're a tease when it comes to details about "methods" etc.  Please when you have time share more about the laser cutting of those tiny parts.......who did them for you and with what particular tool would be my first question......which I'm sure will lead to a couple more.   So cool to see 1:1 car fab techniques being used in the building of model cars.   Will certainly look forward to your next post.   cheers, tim

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On 3/25/2023 at 4:49 AM, Codi said:

Paul.........what can I say.  The parts / car ALL look fantastic but you're a tease when it comes to details about "methods" etc.  Please when you have time share more about the laser cutting of those tiny parts.......who did them for you and with what particular tool would be my first question......which I'm sure will lead to a couple more.   So cool to see 1:1 car fab techniques being used in the building of model cars.   Will certainly look forward to your next post.   cheers, tim

Tim, Nice to see you back! So, the plates were cut by a company called Sendcutsend.com. I found them through a facebook add of all places! Thought why not since they are U.S. based so I converted my file over to a DXF and sent them the file. A week and a half later, I had plates at my doorstep. They offer laser cutting services and some other services also. (Bending, PEM inserts, anodizing ect)

Posts are gonna be a bit on this as I'm in the middle of trying to finish something up for GSL. There's no way this thing was gonna make it so I set it aside. Now I may not be able to attend GSL either. My wifes health is bad enough that she still cant travel real well in the truck. Its hard for her to climb up in it so if she cant get better by then where she can get in it easier then we stay home. Chris is willing to take my model up, provided I can actually finish it! 

Paul

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I've gotten the chassis back on the "jig" so I can start to continue on with this monstrosity. I need to update a few files but I can still plug away in my free time between this and Radici & Wise Vega FC now that the madness has settled down a bit around here. Now to find the model room again....lol

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And while this model will stay 481x powered, I did add this to my list of files thanks to Dave! Who knows what will happen down the road!

Meet the 1 cubic inch BAE Hemi! (in 1/8 scale!) Still working on the rest of the files for it but I have a start anyway!

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