Beans Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Decided to throw my hat in for the Cannonball run group build with the year of birth theme. Having a lot to choose from for 1970 I decided on the AMT Z28 and am going the pro touring route. Steve H. has a really well done and super detailed pro touring version of this model in the WIP section as well so I needed to be sure to steal all his good ideas while making mine different. Here are just some basic pictures of what I have done so far... Noticed the body isn't quite looking all that good.....I think I'll set it aside and work on the chassis Had a decent engine laying around so with the help of the 3D printer I started upgrading it. To address ride height I needed tires and wheels. 3D printer to the rescue again. Designed some wheels on the free tinkercad program and made everything to scale. Also realized that reducing things to the proper scale tends to make parts thin. Still figuring this whole 3d printing thing out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 With the tires sized and ride height generally determined, as well as still ignoring the body warp issue... I turned my attention to the rear suspension. Thought about all kinds of ways to modify for an upgraded independent suspension. Then decided to just cut things up and build new. Used styrene to reconstruct the entire rear chassis. Then added the rear end, axle, lower and upper suspension components and fitted the tires with some disc brakes I had. Next I will clean up the connection points and add shocks. Then on to the front end... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve H Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Hi Joe! Off to a great start. I’ll definitely be watching yours come together. It will be a bit embarrassing if you finish before me, I better get going!! Cheers, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLHCAHZ Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Nice fab work. Its all looking great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 On 1/18/2022 at 9:10 AM, Steve H said: Hi Joe! Off to a great start. I’ll definitely be watching yours come together. It will be a bit embarrassing if you finish before me, I better get going!! Cheers, Steve Don't count on it. I always start out gangbusters but slow down rapidly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 6:24 AM, FLHCAHZ said: Nice fab work. Its all looking great! Thank you. This is definitely the most scratch building I have ever attempted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 Not much new. 3d printed and painted up some seats. Did some butchery to the rear chassis to fit over my mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 Managed to get the roll bar in and the interior cleaned up. For the most part the interior is done. Also widened out the wheel wells and checked the stance with where everything should fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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