Impalow
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Does this count? 😂🤣
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Here is my "little" dude and roommate for the past 10 years... a fantastic giant/little companion.
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Thank you guys! I managed to get some more time on this yesterday evening... Got the coil packs wired, made wire loom tee's out of left over MAD Plug boot material, crank trigger pickup.. After that I went off with the AM Works Screw Heads on the cam covers. Lots of tedious little work but I wanted to see if I can pull off a more modern ignition system for future builds. Although its a far cry from @Randy D's beautiful Porsche engine, I'm pretty proud of the results, I can't wait to get the turbos permanently on it along with the rest of the plumbing. Now if I could just stop dragging my feet on the bodywork. 🙄
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hahaa...This looks great! You are making me want to build another one of these.... What about a modern one? Like if dodge commissioned one for SEMA or something.. Hellcat Powered? Modern seats? Big Wheels? Dang it.....#bringbackthetrikes -
Wow... I haven't checked the thread in awhile... and this is amazing! That engine looks like pure jewelry! I can only image it in person... Fantastic work as usual Tim! 🤯
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Been following along on the gram... but nice to see larger pictures! This looks fantastic! Loving all that chrome, and the machined blower setup looks great!
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Oh yeah those are the ones! I used the cross-laced on my motorcycle and straight laced on the trike, they are really delicate.. so be super careful... i "buggerd" up the spokes on the motorcycle pretty bad, luckily its behind a lot of stuff and you cant see it.
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oooooooo... Did you get a Sotar 20/20? I absolutely love mine... if so, one word of caution, when cleaning don't put your finger over the tip like you traditionally would, the needle sticks out and it becomes a tattoo gun.. hahaha.. This looks fantastic! Loving all of your Model A builds!
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Thanks guys! This 3d printer is absolutely absurd... I tried another stress test with the coil-on plugs and they turned out flawless... the possibilities are literally endless with this thing.
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Thank you guys! A little more assembly and detailing on the engine... scratchbuilt some injector rails to help make it a little less toy like... not going to be seen all that well.. but if ya look they will be there... I’m going to go with a coil-on-plug setup, so I added a photoetched crank trigger wheel behind the 3d printed pully... now i just have to make 6 coils and an ignition module for where the distributor used to live.
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Carpet in Sheet Form - Beige - 1/24-1/25th scale
Impalow replied to Impalow's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
A little update on this! I got the stuff from amazon, 2 sheets of each, nice automotive colors although they were way off from what I needed.... so I kinda set them aside awaiting a trip to hobby lobby. Then last night i was painting some interior pieces, and decided to experiment with painting the velvet/felt... it worked! I used a couple light coats at varying angles of the Tamiya paint thinned with some lacquer thinner.
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Thank you guys! I've been slowly plugin away on this thing... Got some paint on the engine, its Alclad Polished Aluminum with some washes and detail paint. I also printed up my Burberry decals and applied them to the suitcase... excited about how that turned out... cant wait to get some dullcoat on it.
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I love this thing!! Awesome stuff luke!
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Thank you Tim! Yeah, I do have a bachelors degree in Industrial Design with a Major in Automotive Design.... I went to the now defunct Art Institute of Pittsburgh from 2000-2004, when I moved back home to Ohio I kind of fell into the Trade show exhibit world when a local company was hiring.. So now I've been lucky enough to be doing this for the past 16/17 years.. Its a great industry to be in, but I'm still very much an automotive designer at heart. Which is why I am so glad I re-discovered this hobby a few years ago, It gets all these strange ideas out of my head in much less time and a fraction of the cost of building the real thing. I still contemplate getting into freelancing some hotrod/custom/street machine automotive design work at some point. I did a bunch of work this past week, just didnt take any photos besides this one... so more photos to come!
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Oh yeah... Im not setup for printing things to sell, but i could share the model with one of the guys that sell 3dprinted stuff on ebay... then they would be available , those guys seem to have a printer farm and can knock out a ton, and make a little profit. Got more carbon decals on.... just one more piece on this(top of splitter), then it will be ready for clear and assembly!
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Hahha.. no way!! One LED project at a time is good for me.. haha I did spend a few hours with the Manx chassis and some Scale Motorsport Carbon decals.. all i had left were some 1/12th scale twill and 1/25th bronze square weave, i was worried the 1/12th scale ones would be too big.. but it actually turned out pretty good! A couple little buggars, but meh its a chassis.. it will be fine. ?
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Carpet in Sheet Form - Beige - 1/24-1/25th scale
Impalow replied to Impalow's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Yes for sure!! Best site around!! I was perusing amazon at lunch and came across this...https://www.amazon.com/Velvet-Fabric-Sticky-Adhesive-Jewelry/dp/B08KVVGH8R/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3O7OP20PZ0XC0&dchild=1&keywords=velvet+sheet+adhesive&qid=1611163421&sprefix=velvet+sheet+%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-6 Good interior colors and probably a "lifetime supply" for 9.99... I went ahead and ordered it up... and will report back when it comes friday! -
Carpet in Sheet Form - Beige - 1/24-1/25th scale
Impalow replied to Impalow's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Thats Perfect! Thanks @CabDriver and @Tom Geiger !!! Im gonna hit up Hobby Lobby with a color swatch and see how close I can get! Thanks again guys! -
Carpet in Sheet Form - Beige - 1/24-1/25th scale
Impalow replied to Impalow's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
oooo! Thats awesome! Please let me know on both! I need to make a Hobby lobby trip anyway! Thank you! -
I feel like I have seen this before, but I cant remember where... My current project has some carpeted areas that are perfectly flat I would like to add some custom cut beige carpet mats. Im looking for a soft flocked/embossing powder/fuzzy type carpet... but in a flat sheet, possibly self adhesive, but not a requirement... my Pocher Ferrari had something like this in grey, but i cant find the material bulk. I know model factory Hiro had some stuff, but its gone into the insanely expensive zone at >30.00 a sheet. Anyone have anything they have used in the past? or thought may work?
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Absolutely beautiful work as always Randy! That engine is truly a piece of jewelry. Hope you are doing well!
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Once I knew that I could print the inter-cooler grille I went back into the 3d model and made some adjustments for better fit, scale and cleanliness... got a new one printed last night and it actually fits!
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And finally after about 15 pairs of seats and adjusting the model umteen times.. we have the final seat prints! I cant wait to get these in primer!
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Thanks guys! The tires are dirt track items that come with the gold line decals, they are extremely delicate and hard to keep round when applying.. but look so good when done... https://www.modelroundup.com/product-p/ppp-grfm.htm (note: they come with one small pony tire, so for a true set of bigs and littles you would need to buy 2 sets, and you will have a couple extra bigs) The color piping on the seat is just detail wire, carefully put on with some CA glue and then dull coated.
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Okay guys this is starting to feel like cheating... this was an intentional stress test on the printer... i cant believe these turned out.. ? and this nice.
