jbwelda

that is TOO cool! i once saw what appeared to be a 49/50 merc ledsled, but somehow it looked different...turns out it was a volvo 122 (?) remodeled to look like a merc. you could look at it for a long time and not see that! this reminds me of the same sort of thing. very cool and wish i had thought of it myself!

another excellent build! wow! that will look great next to the road agent!

>Future dissolves itself when re-dipped actually it will just come off clean with a bit of ammonia. even with certain tint media in it. i like the idea of using future and food dyes to do the tinting, its flexible and re-doable. if it came out too light, maybe another coat? i gotta think you tried that though... thing with india ink is its permanent so even though the future should come off with ammonia etc, there might be some staining with the india ink. worth a try though. its hard to get just that right level of tint without overdoing it...and with me i usually dont even realize ive gone too far until i have it out of the paint booth and onto the car. while im doing it, i never notice how much its really building up and the really "right" amount gets exceeded almost right away! i always got to keep a sign in my painter friends shop in my mind while im painting: "More On?" (heh heh moron heh heh and yeah i usually go for the moron move despite it all)

oops small correction, i see yours is a R33, so a bit different but same way still!

i think i remember having the same puzzle with those mirrors...i ended up doing same as you i think and they look good. heres a pic of the one i did, not to steal your honor but just because you might appreciate it. its a R34, 25GT Turbo. i used wheels and tires from the chrysler copperhead kit (bought a few of those cheap just for the wheels), and did a lot of little customizing stuff like moulding in the front clip, lowering it pretty extremely, attempting to mimic euro taillight lenses and, of course, the mirror thing: and heres a silvia i built around the same time...roughly to resemble my 1:1 240SX i believe this was the garage defend or some similar variation by fujimi. that aero kit required near complete re-engineer job to get to look decent! maybe one of these days we should get together for a nissan-a-thon! ours would look great together on a table!

not really my cup of tea, but you sure did a great job on it and youre right, that weathered look on the back of the plow looks super realistic!

just curious, could one drill a couple holes in the back of the axle and matching holes in the (presumed) frame front crossmember and strengthen that connection that way? if not i would be afraid with handling or maybe just sitting on the shelf the axle would come unglued from the frame with just superglue holding it. great car again, really makes me want to go on a roth binge!

and some more: close up of dual ignition system drive and aluminum distributors with wires, ready to be attached to motor front: wow these close ups really reveal the flaws! im gonna have to touch up over that red paint around the bolt heads! some misc junk including dry sump oil tank, muffler parts, and front brake rotorsL more misc half finished junk: finally, a comparison of the tie rod that came with the KG, in black, with the tie rod that came with the 356. notice same shape and length...what a coincidence. also note how much more detailed the 356 one is...im using it. thats all for now, hopefully i can get some more done if gods willin and the creek dont rise.

as promised/threatened, here are some progress photos: first, the trans more or less mounted in the frame...the gap between the trans and the bracket will be covered and not noticable though the trans does fit down snugger...its final position will be determined by the angle of the motor in its compartment: full chassis with front axle in place (mocked up still): front axle showing amount of drop: closer shot of axle and drop: some shots of partially completed motor: shot of motor with air cleaners in place...they still need the chrome nuts picked out and i am not going to install them until the car is around the motor in case i have to switch to velocity stacks to reduce height of motor in compartment:

very cool, i dig the louvered rear deck and the yellow shocks peeking out from underneath.

thats a great build! looks real sweet in yellow too! its kinda funny the parts packs have six port injectors? i had never noticed that! your aluminum tubes look great on there though.

actually making some progress despite my power going out (downed pole and exploded transformer) and a 4K volt shock wave coming through my house blowing out all my breakers and leading to 5K$ worth of work...but back on with the power and the water now, so will post some pics later. the mill is coming along nicely, the trans done, detailed and in the chassis, the front axle lowered (raised actually to lower the front) and a lot of interior planning done. pics to come later tonite or tomorrow though truth be told theres not much to show...motor takes awhile because of all the cleanup necessary but you never really know it unless youve done it.

wow really great build! i have one or two of those kits on the shelf and will have to think about starting it one of these days. if you really get the resin body ready to sell put me down for one! if the guy above REALLY has two 914-6s in his garage he is sitting on a gold mine. but i doubt you do, the 6s were made in very small numbers. i always wanted one. not sure but i think they were selling new for around 5K. what a steal.

too cool! i am currently putting the motor and running gear, and some other stuff, into a tamiya karmann ghia! do you have any build photos especially of the motor?

do you happen to have any photos from the frame building process? what was difficult about it? just fiddley or were there flaws to overcome? interested because this is on my short list along with the tweedy pie and the outlaw. those and the surfite were my favorite roth cars (even though roth just kinda cleaned up the tweedy pie, he bought it from someone already built). i have been reading and looking at a nice roth book, hot rods by ed big daddy roth, and it has some great anecdotes along with obscure photos. one of my favorite is about the guy who bought the mysterion, actually traded (back) the outlaw and b.bandit i think they were, only to have the mysterion disintegrate from the weight of the twin motors on a frame ed "designed" (he commented something like "ed wasnt much of an engineer in those days". also interesting was the building style used by roth: plaster of paris coated with fibreglass and then the plaster matrix left inside the 'glass. every photo of roth you see in those years he was either coated with white powder (dont get upset: it was dust from plaster he was carving) or at least looked like he had it behind his ears. another great one was how he painted his trailer for hauling his cars on the circuit black with "chapel of memories" lettered on the side, and pulled it with his hearse he slept in (didnt want to part with the $ for a motel). he was always being harrassed by police as he slept at the side of the road in his old trailer painted up in "clown colors" but that stopped when he started using the funeral home motif. book is heartily recommended and is reasonably priced at amazon.

marry her, then you will get to build/finance a 1:1!

well thanks everyone but now i fear this is going way off target because those look more like fuel injection tubes than velocity stacks for weber carbs, and i cant really find much in that electronics site that would fit what the original interest was. anyway havent checked out the line connectors yet so maybe but i am still puzzled why in the original magazine article i referenced, the author specifies swadgelok fittings and further claims he loves when he finds *cheap* modeling solutions. at 3.65 apiece there is something wrong there. maybe the price i found is for 10 or something (it says "1" but it may be one bag of x individual parts), so i think im going to continue investigation in that direction too... i guess i could go try to contact the mags editor or the author but i dont think i really want to bother with resurrecting my account over there. thanks again folks!

congratulations! think about engineering for a career...i dont know you but if youre good at models you may well have a promising career with good $$$ and security/flexibility. seriously!

thanks again for all the info!

that skyline is really hot!

so...those ferrels seem to cost... oh... $3.65... EACH. so thats roughly 30$ worth of velocity stacks on each motor. but if you buy 100, you get about 10% discount. huh. where was that tutorial again?

many thanks folks, for all the leads. and yep there is (or was...i will have to check if they are still around) Graingers in town. i will try the links first but its always good to be reminded of places like graingers. sacramento used to be full of places like that but many have disappeared over the years. yeah i figured the stacks on the cobras were stainless. thanks again!

thank you. see ya there!

>Is it trust issues or separation anxiety that causes people to not wanna touch their stuff? no, mostly its that you dont want the model broken by careless handling. its not really freudian science you know. sometimes the most simple explanation really is the explanation.

when is it again?