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  1. Ian McLaren
    Thank you Randy, yes the paint really helped solidify the design and made me comfortable enough to continue down this path. I have since the photos pulled the sides of the new valance in some to narrow the profile ( less road race style) and now is a little sleeker.
  2. Ian McLaren
    Daniel you are making great progress. I admire that you have gone back to some of the sub assemblies which most people would have called finished, and have redone/replaced them to improve the look. No where is this better shown than on the parachutes and lines, your final version is one of the most convincing I have seen. The rest of the sub assemblies follow suit, and I love your version of the battery/ electronics box and mounts. Well done!
  3. Ian McLaren
    I can see photos of in progress and close to finished. Looks pretty good from here
  4. Ian McLaren
    Progress on the interior, the floor panels have been redone and a 16 volt battery has been fabricated and the hold down bar and retaining rods are ready to be installed
  5. Ian McLaren
    All weekend taken up with the new restaurant opening, not much time for modeling, but the front valance is aligned and attached and the process of molding it in is started, Also started is the rear spoiler. As I am depicting an earlier Top Sportsman entry I am not using the current picnic table style rear wing assembly and instead opting for an oversized stock type unit, trying to keep the earlier look intact.
  6. Ian McLaren
    Great job so far on this Francis, as usual your attention to detail is off the charts. I also have to agree with your assessment of the brass verses styrene situation, especially in the case of the Mopar unibody construction (there's a term I haven't used in decades) where unlike other manufacturers everything was body color from the factory.
  7. Ian McLaren
    Darn, that is very unfortunate. His products were great, especially for railroad and armor modelers. I've used his details on several racing themed models, they were a unique solution to adding surface details to any model, especially his weld beads. I'm not aware of anyone else making a similar product. The hobby has lost a valuable resource.
  8. Ian McLaren
    WOW Daniel you are really in the zone on this one, great progress, all of the details look very convincing, love your blower belt solution. Very well done!
  9. Ian McLaren
    More changes to the body shell, new front lower valance. Had to add color to check the surface contours. The original lower valance is still intact as I'm deciding if I want to go down this route. As it sits the body is as low and it can go because of tire to fender clearance issues and it still gives me the required 3 inchs of ground clearance at the lower edge of the valance. Also pretty sure the car is going to remain Orange but that might change yet
  10. Ian McLaren
    Yes it is and quite brittle, I've used Nicks parts before and it takes very sharp, high quality drill bit and a gentle touch to drill it, but it does sand surprisingly easy.
  11. Ian McLaren
    Deck lid cut out and mounting flange added, fuel system parts have arrived from Nick Bradshaw and they are awesome. Rae body mount points are starting to be added (lower edge of rear body in photos)
  12. Ian McLaren
    Even with hobbies, if you spend too much time in one area it can become a chore to move ahead. So this is kind of the modeling equivalent of a staycation. Even with lots left to do on the chassis and power train I've decided to do some of the body work for a change of pace. Beside some of the plans for the body will have an impact on areas of the chassis. Hinges, inner door panels and rear valance to wheelie bar clearances are some examples of items that can cause issues. Also a consideration is the amount of details required as panels are opened up. So here is the start of the next phase of this project.
  13. Ian McLaren
    Daniel, I have tried and discarded many options, among them wood glue out of a syringe, glue on the tip of a needle, several materials pounded flat and cut into strips. But the two I keep coming back to are Archer surface decals ( available in welds of many styles , tig , mig and something that looks like I did it LOL, rivets, embossed lettering and a myriad of other surface details) Originally for railroad, aircraft and armor modelers I have found several of them useful (see photo). The other method I have tried was to scribe the weld line and then rough it up with a very small (but fairly coarse) carbide bit in my mini die grinder. Even though it gives a depressed detail rather than a raised one, once painted over with very thin paint the effect is actually quite good. The Archer decals, although a pain to install on fabricated headers give a fantastic result.
  14. Ian McLaren
    Looking great Marcos!
  15. Ian McLaren
    Great update, you have really improved the engine. Both the block and heads make a big difference. Well done! I can however see a possible issue with boring the block to fit the 4 D shaped pistons. It must have been an early "D"onovan deal.
  16. Ian McLaren
    The tunnel is now ready for C/F decals and has been split so it now will fit into the completed cage thus easing construction issues MVI_0318.MOV
  17. Ian McLaren
    Marcos, I know exactly what you are talking about regarding mistakes, my 1/12 Camaro has had several corrected (brass construction is easier to change/ adjust than plastic in a lot of cases) That being said there are things I know about that unless actually measured would not be detectable and have no real bearing on the model as a whole so they remain. I finally learned that there is no such thing as the perfect car (full size or model). I have seen people literally spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on world class show cars to get to the perfect car and fall short. The best you can hope for is each successive model is better than the last and that you have fun doing it. Your work is fantastic, don't sweat the small stuff my friend.
  18. Ian McLaren
    Thank you Francis, waiting for rod ends from RB Motion to be able to move forward and I hope I can do justice to both the front and rear assemblies
  19. Ian McLaren
    Yes those look great but, they don't appear to be polished, but the black is cool. Also I have not seen the wheel Jeff did modeled to this point ( I may be wrong on that). I finally got a good photo of the wheels, the center is the axle end, there is no centering ring just like the full size wheels. Also these wheels have separate individual RB Motion bead lock bolts ( not installed yet on both front and rear faces..
  20. Ian McLaren
    Started on the rear suspension.
  21. Ian McLaren
    Dwayne, Thank you, the wheels and tires were custom made for this car by a gentleman by the name of Jeff Faris. and are not commercially available. He and I have done a few projects together, I think he indulges me as I usually have something a little different in mind and he enjoys the challenge. He is a very talented machinist.
  22. Ian McLaren
    Thank you Daniel, the drivers area steel panel was a one piece unit but I masked each section and sanded them in different directions to create the illusion of three separate panels. I still have to add the weld beads.
  23. Ian McLaren
    Building a chassis jig to allow the design and fabrication of the remaining suspension pieces, ride height is set and the wheelbase is locked in at 111" This will also assist in the fabrication of the headers further along.
  24. Ian McLaren
    Thank you Tim, life is slowing progress right now but I am moving forward in the back ground and will post another update shortly.
  25. Ian McLaren
    A big step forward in this update, well done my friend.
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