VanSpence Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 23 hours ago, Cool Hand said: And sussing out how its looking and thinking about things ahead. It is so awesome that you are using jack stands to hold your rear axle up here. What an amazing build. Following this with huge anticipation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcarfan27 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Amazing chassis build! Love the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandboarder Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) Started the rear set up. Kit diff replaced with a The Parts Box 9 inch resin piece. Drilled out and installed a 2mm brass axle. Track is to wide by 5mm so removed 2.5mm from each end. After mock up, not enough clearance for the type of suspension that will be installed. Taking idea for rear set up from the 1:1 inspiration car. And sourced some design info from Art Morrison Chassis. Need a re-work, changed with same materials 2mm square. Kit tailshaft will be used. Will need to be shortened a small amount, after rear end is set in place. Rough design work of brackets Using previous technique, transferred to 0.20 styrene. Holes drilled. Cut out and shaped. Attached to the diff. Brackets attached to frame, trailing link ends in place to help determine link lengths. Next task is to finish trailing links and watts links and brackets. Edited January 1, 2020 by Cool Hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 On 12/31/2019 at 1:16 AM, VanSpence said: It is so awesome that you are using jack stands to hold your rear axle up here. As noticed got them painted, impressive that they actually work like the 1:1's They are from Fujimi Tools remix kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Rear links all set in place. Next up is to work out the shock absorbers. Chassis now a roller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Sweet, enjoying watching this and picking up some tricks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, stitchdup said: Sweet, enjoying watching this and picking up some tricks X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuhkapelti2 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I also enjoy watching the development of the chassis. I´d check the rotation direction on the tires. Hopefully you have enough steering angle for the front wheels, being a drift car. Very cool build so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 26 minutes ago, Cool Hand said: Chassis now a roller. Chassis now a drifter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowlife ! ! Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Still being blown away by this, great stuff Luke Im loving this build ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Man, this is impressive work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I LOVE threads like this! The more detail the better, as far as I’m concerned - and I love seeing impressive scratch building like this! Beautiful work! Keep it coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) Thank you for the comments they are very much appreciated On 1/4/2020 at 2:55 AM, Reuhkapelti2 said: I´d check the rotation direction on the tires. Hopefully you have enough steering angle for the front wheels, being a drift car. Tyres will be ok for now, thanks for mentioning it though. I hope there is enough steering, thinking the over fenders creating a wide body will help. 14 hours ago, CabDriver said: I LOVE threads like this! The more detail the better, as far as I’m concerned - and I love seeing impressive scratch building like this! Beautiful work! Keep it coming! Agree detailed threads sharing the process of how things are achieved is the best thing about the forum. Have learnt a lot my self over the last decade from all the forums observed. Edited January 5, 2020 by Cool Hand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) Not much detailed info of the process in this update, just roughed in for now to share a few pics to show the overall look of the set up. Might to need get some paint on a few things, as to not get over whelmed later trying to do it all at once after the build process is over. Edited January 5, 2020 by Cool Hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 You have great scratch building skills! I love the plan and with that chassis it will be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) Thank you Anton. Not much of an update, just showing still working on it. Applied some primer to check for flaws and give it a light fill. Once thats sorted, black surfacer will be applied. Edited January 7, 2020 by Cool Hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 After doing some prep work on the body, decided to get the over fenders attached. Now the track can be finalized. After that removed some of the stock wheel arches using a sanding drum, this gave clearance for the wheels. Before. After. Couldnt resist to apply some 1500 black to see how it looks and do a mock of course. Bit patchy as it was just very light quick coat. Going to need to thin the over fenders a small amount to get the wheels flush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldschool4x4 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Man, you need some BIGGER tires on the rear... Great scratch building!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Awesome scratch building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Oldschool4x4 said: Man, you need some BIGGER tires on the rear... Great scratch building!! Yeah need to consider some wider treads on the rear for sure, have to look whats in the stash. Thanks 2 hours ago, crazyjim said: Awesome scratch building. Thank you Jim appreciate you looking and leaving a comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Applied another coat of 1000 primer instead of 1500 black, next up will apply TS-29 Semi black. And got the suspension components painted TS-29 and TS-49 Bright Red, have to get red in there some where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmustang Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 12/29/2019 at 4:48 PM, misterNNL said: Your workbench is way too clean and organized. First thing I noticed, too. Like the way you are getting some mess on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 LOL! Shock absorbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Outstanding work. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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