Blown03SVT
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Harbor Freight digital calipers have been a game changer for me
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That is the easy part what is hard tomake the right boots for the spark plugs.
John Pol
Alot of the Hemi's I have seen in scale have the boots molded in to the valve cover. So it could be as easy as drilling the hole for the spark wire, paint detail the boot on the valve cover and install the wire.
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Not fully sure what the gauge of the spark wire is that you are using to tell you. A simple caliper from Harbor Freight changed my life.
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Those wheels... the old school 3 pc centerlines... wow! Great work all around on a very ambitious project.
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Having been a multiple 3rd gen owner this car makes me smile and is a time capsule. It is possible with the right precautionary measures to fire the car up and get it running well. It reminds me of a Wayne Carini style find. Sadly these Camaro's are not super collectible and desirable. It does seem to have the H.O. L69 so it has that going for it. If it was a low mileage 1LE then it would really be something.
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24 ga. Craft wire wrapped around a screw as someone else mentioned. The screw essentially becomes a jig, and the length is controlled by how many wraps you do. Depending on how you construct the coil over body and shaft the spring shouldn't have to support the weight of the model.
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Do you have a pic of the cutter Bill? Smaller diameter disc's or thicker plastic seems as though it would work well with the OP's method.
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Norbert, another pro stock that knocks it right out of the park! So nice!
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The vintage one is so much sexier. All those curves in the right places.
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Wow, Tonio great builds! Love that Legacy wagon! Your display case must look like a minature NOPI show.
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The wheel and tire combo, stance, ride height and color are perfect. They flow together so well capturing that street bruiser look I remember as a kid
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That looks great, and a great idea to use the proper chassis. i am working on the Mustang II kit you sourced your body from and challenging (punishing) myself to make it look like a presentable pro stock. The stance you have there is PERFECT
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Are those the SMBC kits? They look super nice
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Okay, speaking from a hobby detailer prospective here so bare with me... Nu Finish is a great product for an over the counter product, but not for what you are looking to do. Nu finish is not so much a "polish" as claimed but rather a paint cleaner and sealant all in one. It is designed to chemically clean contaminants out of your paint and leave a synthetic sealant to further protect the paint from the elements it is exposed to outside. I could sort of work on a model, but I cannot say as I have not tried it myself. Basically in my eyes not what it was designed to do. For rubbing out the finish after color sanding and polishing the tried and true Scratch X, or Plastic X work really well. Why, you ask? They have micro fine abrasives to remove swirls, and fine scratches. This could be furthered by using a glaze product such as Meguire's #7 Show Car Glaze, or my favorite Prima Amigo. These glaze products are designed to fill in fine scratches even further (they contain kerotin clay) while adding oils to the paint to increase depth and slickness. On a 1:1 vehicle many people apply a few coats of glaze to hide minor imperfections and add depth and gloss to the paint. They are a temporary fix though as they will wash away. They are a win on models because you obviously will not be washing the model. You could follow up with a carnuba wax of you choice but be aware most waxes contain a very small amount of abrasive to help polish the paint. This will remove the glaze you just applied. Also I find that carnuba tends to statically charge the surface leading to more dust. On plastic this can be even more of an issue.
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i have a small rant about the big box and toys store sales... They say it killed the mom and pop hobby shop. I don't think they had nearly the impact as internet sales. Now junior might have been exposed to those brightly colored boxes in Walmart 15 years ago... He maybe might have even wanted to build one. But most parents won't sit down to spend the time with their kids, or the parents lack the basic abilities to put the kit together. SO much easier to sit them in front of a t.v. or video and blame it on electronics instead of lack of parenting and intervention. Also, lord forbid children play with HAZMAT. They might poison themselves. They might be stupid and try to sniff glue. So the politically correctness of our society makes hobbies such as this as socially unacceptable...
As for the P.C. thing. It's even infiltrated children's sports, and academics. No one is a loser... no one is left behind. Tons of life lessons lost here
...end rant
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Crazy Jim, I just went and searched the Modge Podge... I might grab some of this sometime. Looks similar to epoxy with out the mixing making things a little easier/quicker.
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Clear epoxy, clear enamel, and even Future I have heard of being used. Different effect with each one. Epoxy "domes" while the clear enamel and Future tend to level out on flatter gauge surfaces.
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I really do not believe the hobby is going to die anytime soon. As Craig mentioned, now is a great time to be a model builder. We have better kits, the aftermarket, better supplies, great new kits from Mobeius and RM and companies like Round 2 keeping the old stuff alive for you nostalgic types. We all have our reasons to build, Like alot of folks here, my dad passed it on to me. Over the years I have come and gone from the hobby but I still enjoy it while I can. I will share it with my sons, nephew or anyone else for that matter that has a interest in learning more. I try meet with my local model club once a month if time permits to learn from them, as well as hanging around on this and the "other" forums to learn more from the seasoned vets.
IMHO, kids today really just need to be instilled with creativity. Get them to put down the cell phone and video game controller and go stone age on them and sit with them, and draw, build a model, sculpt clay... whatever. The little ones in my life do not need to carry my torch on.But it makes me smile that they have an interest in what I am doing. And as for adults, you never know who is a model builder out there. There is no accuate representation of who is building out there. There is no modelers census. But the manufactures are doing well enough to bestow new stuff on us that most of us want to spend our hard earned dollars on. The health of our beloved hobby seems to being doing well. There is light at the end of this tunnel and to me it's bright.
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I had issues with the fit on the 55 Chevy as well. Had to force the 3 piece dash into the right shape with Ca, accelerator and clamps.
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Thanks for the speedy response!
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Still overkill. I do Navy 2M repair. And you reinforced what I was saying. You use yours for detail oriented work as well as melting solder to motor cans. If this is a purchase he plans to use more than for soldering every now and then, then I would agree it would be a worth while purchase. An inexpensive iron with proper technique and thin low melting point solder will do what he needs. Wasn't trying to be offensive, just not trying to "up sell" him into something he might not have a need for.
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Looks like a "gentleman's" chop
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Probably scratch built out of aluminum tubing with machined rod ends and shock shafts. Pretty sure I saw that thread when I search for coil overs. Nice stuff, but above my level of skill.
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Norbert the sheet aluminum under the hood looks real,,, soda can aluminum or aluminum sheet?
Aftermarket muffler on 1/24th scale car.
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I did a little interpretation and am assuming based on your SIL-Eighty handle that you are looking for tuner style mufflers. So I went to HLJ and came up with this: http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?GenreCode2=Aut&Word=muffler&x=11&y=18
You could also scratch build a tuner can from aluminum K&S rods from a hobby shop