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  1. Ian McLaren
    As far as I know the Mageaus purchased this body new and ran it as the Prospector with essentually the same livery from that date untill now. Jay did tell me he asked McEwan if he had any problems with the all Red scheme, and was told in as much as it was going to be a Division Six car and unlikely to tour too far from here, there was no problem.. The above car does appear to be out of the same mold that I believe was made by Steve Davis and Bill Loper. Base on a 7/8th scale Thundercarft body, it was cut and modified to a stock looking although somewhat lengthened profile.
  2. Ian McLaren
    One chassis two bodies, just like the real car ran.
  3. Ian McLaren
    Yup, it looks kind of like a stock 57, but that not Toms car. This was the second body out of the same mold. It's called the Prospector and was built and run out of Edmonton Alberta as an AA/FC, with Toms blessing as I understand it. There is also a 57 Black Widow street car in the fleet along with these three.
  4. Ian McLaren
    Yellow base coat on to allow laying out and masking the Yellow graphics on the body, also working on the chassis to add all of the major areas where clearance issues migh arise when mounting the two different bodies.
  5. Ian McLaren
    OK here comes the twist on this one. The real car runs two different bodies, one for nostalgia events and another for match races, the 57 Chev for nostalgia and this for match racing. So I'm doing both bodies and they will fit the chassis without having to make any changes to the chassis to fit either body just as in the real car.
  6. Ian McLaren
    Jim thank you so much!
  7. Ian McLaren
    Thank you John, stay tuned for a twist on this one.
  8. Ian McLaren
    Got the body halfs joined, and added the roof hatch and inner fender extensions
  9. Ian McLaren
    I'm really liking this project, as per usual your fabrication is spot on, love the front struts. I'm also enjoying your finishes clean, appropreate and scale looking, not too much bling. Well done!
  10. Ian McLaren
    Got this STL file from New Zealand, and the body printed very well with few issues as did the chassis from another source. Not absolutely sure which car I'm going to do.
  11. Ian McLaren
    The Vega has not been forgotten, parts have been printed and or built, Chassis has progressed and the new wheelsare inpaint right now. Another update shortly. Very , very rough draft of the graphics.
  12. Ian McLaren
    This is the last photo of this project intil the decals arrive. these are just paper proofs
  13. Ian McLaren
    NOT DONE, waiting for decals (no ETA) and clear coat, also front bunper guards, parachutes and mounts and bare-metal covers for front and rear bumpers. a
  14. Ian McLaren
    Very early stages of paint
  15. Ian McLaren
    Chassis is for all intents and purposes, completed' waiting for the body to be finished and for the decals to arrive
  16. Ian McLaren
    So here you are, quite a change of pace but still great results. Small changes that make a big impact, I like it. In a presious comment on this thread you mentioned a Nova?
  17. Ian McLaren
    Nick thank you so much for the kind words, another update will be out soon.
  18. Ian McLaren
    Thank you so much Daniel, coming from you it really means a lot. Am I not looking in the right place but I don't see a thread from you at the moment.
  19. Ian McLaren
    Working on the back section of the chassis. As well as the progression of the scratch built harness ( self printed hardware, plain bond paper cut to size and colored with a felt marker, chrome calligaphy pen for the buckles) resized photos of the Simpson patches and SFI date tags printed on plain bond paper all assembled with CA adhesive, instrument cluster also scratchbuilt
  20. Ian McLaren
    Interiour just about done and the chassis getting very close to completed
  21. Ian McLaren
    Starting assembly, mostly front end plumbing, engine systems and headers
  22. Ian McLaren
    Taking a bit of a break from the small pieces and details on the chassis to spend some time on the body. Primarily the grill decal (draft printing on paper) and the bumper bullets, actual metal throught out. Also once again making sure there are no interference points between the chassi detail and the inner body supports
  23. Ian McLaren
    🔧 July 26 – GIRL TROUBLE update Things are starting to look like a car! All those hand-built bits—plug wires, electronics, air/CO₂ tanks, magneto pieces—are finding their places on the chassis. The chassis color was tweaked to better reflect the original, and final placement is mostly dialed in. All that’s left now is plumbing. Seems deceptively simple, but you and I both know how that goes.
  24. Ian McLaren
    Now to group them into a usable whole.
  25. Ian McLaren
    Progress continues but the sheer number of scratch build pieces slows things down, for example there are 7 pieces in each air/CO2 tank plus two mounting brackets each, three pieces in each plug wire and seventeen pieces in the magneto and offset drive assembly. the electronics box is also parts and labor intensive. All of that aside assembly of the chassis has begun. Final paint and details are now being donewith wire and cable runs to be added next
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