Impalow
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Here is my recap from the show! -
Thanks guys! The first show went very very well! A little issue did pop up... the battery life on the headlamp/tail lamp battery was not so great. While it somewhat stayed lit all day within a couple hours the color bar effect had dwindled to flashing off and on and only the red color working. (I assume this has something to do with each color frequency demanding more power to produce the color light, I think?... I'm not sure, its over my head) I still had room for one of the larger cells in the rear compartment, so when I got home from the show I swapped out the batteries and rewired. Now the larger cell operates the Head/Tail and the smaller is for the flickering interior screens. Initial tests seem better, we shall see how it holds up Sunday in Detroit! So last night I started playing with dragsters... I scoured the vendor side of the Columbus show looking for a Hemi-Sphere/Garlits dragster, or the Tommy Ivo FED with absolutely no luck. There was a nice build up of the Tommy Ivo kit there, and I realized the length of the rear body work is probably a bit long, as well as the overall length being way-way too long. So I returned home empty handed and started cutting up a "Young American" kit I had, figure I'll just fabricate the rear body work myself. First thing I realized is this is going to have to be pretty short... So I shortened the front body work, then pie cut it to narrow down the width, then angle cut the bottom off to make it a little more low profile, like my inspiration. (not going for any sort of replica, just trying to hit an era and look, gives me some freedom to be creative.) I did glue the windshield/cowl on too far back in this mock up, and that was resolved after the photos. And it actually fits! Lots more work to do.. but its a start!
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This is so cool to watch! I built one of these 1/8 scale monsters when I was a kid since the f40 was one of my favorite cars! Yours is downright amazing, great design touches and truly unique! Great Work!
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The ramps were easy compared to an entire body... ?... That's the plan for that old bronco leadsled build... which i should be back to soon. Well after I finish a manx and build a dragster... hahahaha
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You betcha! No payload but that is the plan! Hope to see you there Tom!
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Hey Andrew! Thank you! My tools are really super simple, a few Qtips and a couple flat toothpicks.. (using the big round end) the main thing with the Bare Metal Foil is that the base surface is smooth and shiny to get it to stick well. Speaking of bare metal foil… covering these ribbed ramps was quite a challenge. ? At some point I should probably do a YouTube video showing all the weird stuff I do with BMF.. haha the “Impala” is pretty much done with the exception of the bumpers!
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Little more progress tonight! Exhaust and headlamp lens down!
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Todd is going to ride down to Columbus with me so Ill be sure to ask him!
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Plugging along... next Saturday is the contest and the list is getting shorter... Basically down to ramps, exhaust, headlamp lens... then permanently install the wheels and tires... oh and bumpers... I got them painted in Molotow chrome yesterday, but not in love with the finish.. My paint/ink may just be old... probably going to redo. Got all the BMF done, then started in on the wiring... Took a bit, but its all stashed away. I had to use two of the new smaller Lithium battery holders from Evans Design, One for the head and tail lamps, the other for the flickering interior screens. Seems to work okay so far. https://evandesigns.com/products/small-coin-cell-holder-with-separate-switch then worked on the tail light assembly and lens, these are two red "Pico" LEDS and boy are they tiny. The tailgate still swings up and has working lights, which was my goal/challenge. I made a ribbed styrene back panel and covered it with BMF, then put the lights on the edges to try and spread the light across somewhat. I used the same clear red film as the records to make the lens... but it looked a bit plain. https://evandesigns.com/products/chip-nano-pico-leds?variant=32158378885168 So I went ahead and used the scrapbook cutter to make an etched lens, and a .010 bezel... made it look a lot better and less plain.
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Buckeye Scale Auto Club's 8th annual show
Impalow replied to 59 Impala's topic in Model Club News and Announcements
Thats the plan... im trying to get something finished to show... even if not, Dad and I will be attending. Hope to see everyone there... its been quite awhile. -
Thank you Tom!
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Hey guys I finally got my youtube channel up and running.. Some of this will be work on our 1:1 scale cars and working with SEMA brands, however I am going to also do a lot of scaled automotive content. My first scale episode went live last night and is on my 1929 Ford build from 2017, if you have 15 minutes give it a watch... all feedback is appreciated! Please like and subscribe too!
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you read my mind! Some thing like that, or a short version of this.. It has to have body panels to paint, and I love the rear bodywork coming up to the parachute. yes! I was looking at that too...the length is about right.... just would need to make my own body panels to make it look more 70's
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Alright... so i goofed up.. The corvette is going to be too wide for the back of this thing, I looked at a lot of options even notching the sides out, but everything I came up with just made it less cool. So I think that unfortunately is going to become a stand alone future build... Which I am not entirely unhappy about, I was battling myself about 3d printing the chassis since nothing else on this hauler project is 3d printed, felt a little like cheating... which is odd, but more of a personal internal struggle than anything. I did a mock-up and attended our N.C.A.M. meeting/hangout on Saturday,and was discussing with the guys my dilemma of a payload. That's when Todd Wingerter picked up one of his gorgeous front engine dragsters and set it on the back. It has the narrow width and low profile I need, now just need to build something to the correct time period! So here we go again! ?
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Hey Claude! Thank you! its just a Cheap Urethane Clear from our local paint shop. Its a bit thinner than the premium stuff which helps the prevent the "dripped in goo" look. That is great idea! I don't know if I have it in me to paint on this thing anymore...hahaha.. I have been gathering copper paint and trim for another project, I may need to try a spot on this and see.
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A couple pieces of dirt in the roof... but all in all... I'm happy with it.. cant wait to get proper lighting and make it POP! and with the flash! Oh I decided to wait and do the BareMetal Foil after the clear... the kandy was just a bit too fragile to risk it.
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Thanks guys!!! Oh, its not coming along at all... I did order some tires for it so I can work out more of the details... but as of now I'm not even going to try to get it done for the Columbus show. I am going to try and work out a less complex payload quickly so there is something back there. I cant wait to get back on the corvette tho, its going to be so fun! I was able to convince my boss into letting me use our work paint booth to get some clear sprayed on my lunch hour today! A just a little overkill...lol
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STEVE SCOTT ,A.KA . [ UNCERTAIN T ]
Impalow replied to bpletcher55's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I just want the kit to build the stock one…
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Thanks guys!! Got the Kandy on!!
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Remember this thing? I finally got back to the bench last night! Got it masked (again...?) I swear I have masked and unmasked this thing so many times now...haha. I had some extra time before bed so I did the little contrast-y panel on the front and top. I used old leftover fingerprint vinyl masks from my Gremlin, then sprayed Splash Paints Kandy Green. Then I removed the mask and sprayed Kandy yellow, Kandy green and Kandy Teal working from the inside out Splash Paints Kandys Hopefully getting the rest of it painted this week! Then finally no more masking... just BMF ??
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Oh yeah mid-engine for sure!! Im planing on a 348/409 with the uneven fuel injector stacks coming through the split window! I got the bottom of the body cut off at an angle so that really helped the proportions. Then I grabbed the engine from the revell 58 impala, and the transaxle from a penske pc-8 indycar and started working out the packaging.
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Thank you guys so much!! I really appreciate it! I’ll probably just 3d print the chassis and everything.. cause that’s what I do now.. ??♂️ By the way… This thing is a straight up fever dream.. hahaha!
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Thanks you guys!!! I got this far tonight before bedtime, lots of cutting and tweaking but its starting to take shape!! Still lots to do! Thank you!! Its a wild one! Plan is to go full detail, and part out some old indy kits I have laying around! Between that and my 3d printer I should be able to make it work, i hope! excellent idea! At some point I'm going to wedge cut the bottom of the body off, a lazy mans section.. so they may just go away naturally… but If they dont then, they will probably get sanded off!
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Well its shorter now.. ?
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Yup! with all the compound angles going on with the rear portion of the stingray roof.. instead of chopping/narrowing I'm just going to use the 1:32 scale roof as a donor... That is at least the plan at this point, hopefully I can pull it off!! Currently the body is a bit too narrow for even the 1/32 roof, so I may have to do some trickery.. but I do have some ideas.
