CrazyGirl

thanks guys !!! , getting closer yet !

mega nice build !!

OMG that is most totally amazing !!!!!!!!!!

that car is cool , I am a Huge Monkees fan and I don't know why I have not bought that kit

I want to get the Tamiya 1/20 scale 1979 Porsche 928S put I am a little gun shy , the last Porsche I got from them has a fake half engine it will never run that way , does this 928 have a full detail engine and opening hood , Thanks

Thanks for the nice words ,,,,,,,,, a little more progress I may redo the BMF on the radio , for the most part I am liking it , the radio knobs I made from aluminum

you can take all the fancy hot rods with a zillion dollars in custom work and as impressive as they may be , nothing beats an old school simple hot rod , nothing

that is one cool looking hot rod !!! that is one cool looking hot rod !!! that is one cool looking hot rod !!!

starting to go toghter , comments welcome , good or bad

ok thanks guys , I used the testors enamel , used tubing to hold them upright , I figure about 2 years of building at this rate lol

I did a search and could not find anything , so , for gauge lens I know folks use epoxy , but can testors clear coat be used also

ok a much improved new gauge with a lot more depth for the face and lens , sometimes it take a few times to get it right , and thunks Lee

Lee , I gotta redo it tomorrow , I am not 100% happy with the gauges ,,, I bought a 3C collet thingie and a quick change tool post , so I should wait till it gets here before I redo the gauges , learned a lot anyway

oh heck no lol

I think I was back in 1975 when I was like the only sucker to buy the Austin Marina , bought it new for I think 3,500 dollars , sold it 6 months later for 500 , it would not go more than 25 miles w/out breaking down , what a nightmare that was

the best car tested ,, I would say a Yugo , followed by the Austin Marina

I just got a Tamiya Porsche 911 , no engine , , just the underside half engine , I doubt it will run , wish I had known , so I just ordered the Revell Germany 1972 911

thanks guys , ok 1 radio knob is done , but I have to put a black dot on it after ,, the radio knobs are tiny , the marks on the gauges are pen marks when I pushed them in

got a chrome wheel set for my lathe , bling ,,, Pimp My Lathe lol ,, and a few auto's , a 300 Z a VW and a 911 oh and some testors clear and some Metalizer , I had a bad thing happen , I was getting ready to paint and the phone rang and I went back to shake the metalizer and forgot I had the cap off , and the entire bottle is all over my walls and all over a Fender Tele , I was able to clean the guitar but it ruined the pickguard grrrrrrrr

Thanks Glu , I think the decal is what , maybe .0002 thick , plus a little epoxy for the lens , it should be ok I hope

doing decal face , I can't go deeper otherwise the bezel would fall off ,it's just a few thou wall thickness , there is enough depth to do a coating of epoxy to make the lens ,, the bezel OD is .090 the hole in the dash is .074 and the counter bore for the gauge decal is .062 , so I have to make them kind of backwards,,,,,,,, ok the gaugs are finished ,,,,,,,, I have to say I was a little nervous as to how this would pan out , but I am more than happy with the results

I am getting really excited about this build , two more small gauges left to do and on to the radio knobs and such , I want to get those knobs and switches as close to real as I can , but they're tiny , we will see , anyway sorry for posting a pic every 3 minutes

the speedo and tach and clock is done , now for the 4 small ones

first machined gauge to the highest tolerances, we are talking NASA Space Shuttle tolerance , LOL , the pics really don't do this justice ,,, 6 more gauges to go , plus light switches and junk

I am having a hard time hitting the buy now button , a few things are bugging me ,, Micro Mark Micro Mill ,, plus side to this , 60 pounds , free shipping , 500 dollars , down side , no R8 spindle , plus a few other down sides , Grizzly mini mill and Micro Mark are the same machine ,, the Grizz is 705 shipped the Mirco Mark is 750 , free shipping till Tuesday , the down side to these two are the weight 125 plus pounds , I would have to take them apart , but I guess that would happen anyway cause I would paint them and fine tune them , , so my issue is the money , I don't mind spending 500 dollars but when I hit the 700 mark it makes me think , like do I really need this tool , answer , yes and no ,,,,,,, more yes , but more no ,,, let me get to the question , does anyone own the Mirco Mark Micro Mill , the one with the MT1 spindle