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  1. Ian McLaren
    You a slacker? Not a chance, I am amazed by your productivity on all of your projects especially when your quality is never affected. I have been in a bit of a groove lately but that stops tomorrow. I am involved in a new restaurant project that we hope to open Jan 1/23 so tomorrow I'm off to work on the interior trim (stainless and polished aluminum) and the main cashier kiosk. Apparently being an assistant manager involves more than just standing around. LOL So this photo is about as far as it's going to go at least for the next little while. Unless I can steal a little me time here and there.
  2. Ian McLaren
    Front upper bars are in, allowing the supports for the front motor plate and upper strut mounts to be added
  3. Ian McLaren
    The deck lid looks great.
  4. Ian McLaren
    This weekends progress, the body is now pinned in place on the chassis (still removable) rear suspension has been trial fitted, and ride height, stance and driveline alignment has been checked with representation of the 33 inch slicks. Rear motor plate is mounted.
  5. Ian McLaren
    Daniel sorry for the late reply regarding the Power Grid setup on the altered. The wiring I used ran three wires to the dash, and 8 cables forward to the engine (4 on each side of the can). Two larger cables one red one black ran forward to the battery box in front of the engine. The forward cables terminated at the lower corners of the motor plate except for the battery cables. The wiring on the engine is simplified, consisting of the eight thermocouples on the headers, fuel flow ( just above the fuel shutoff valve) , oil pressure and two wires to the MSD coil.
  6. Ian McLaren
    It just keeps getting better and better, well done!
  7. Ian McLaren
    Starting to look like a chassis, and a bit of reference as to how large this thing is getting.
  8. Ian McLaren
    WOW Just amazing dedication to scale and function, well done!
  9. Ian McLaren
    More bars installed and I had to build the four link front brackets as I could not find any in 1/12th that were being produced.
  10. Ian McLaren
    Slow but sure, funny car inner bars installed, unlike a full-size car you can't just get inside the cage to install a bar, therefore the order of fabrication is from the center out. Lesson learned LOL
  11. Ian McLaren
    I wish I had the capability to machine aluminum, I am envious of all of you that can.
  12. Ian McLaren
    Thanks Paul I'm going through your Chevelle thread and learning a lot.
  13. Ian McLaren
    More chassis progress, it's amazing how much more tubing is used in this larger scale.
  14. Ian McLaren
    Very cool information thank you.
  15. Ian McLaren
    Finally got the part in I ordered over a month ago which finally allowed we the calculate the positions of several major items. Starting with a basic plan but will make changes as I go along to incorporate Tim McAmis's building style where I can. As of today the chassis is under construction. Front section of the chassis is built, square and level as the is the foundation. Main hoop is attached, four link / rear section support bar is in, as are the front four link bracket support bars and the primary drive shaft loop (first McAmis feature). Upper halo bar is bent to shape and attachment points to the main hoop are installed (these are pinned connections to ease construction as well as to add additional structural strength. All comments are welcome.
  16. Ian McLaren
    Paul I have been terribly remiss in not commenting here on your increadable modeling skills. This is an awesome project and the parts you are producing are virtually indistinguishable from the real thing. I am in awe.
  17. Ian McLaren
    Great progress on the body Francis, a detail you would not notice on the finished model, that would be glaringly obvious if it was not there. This is the stuff of great modeling.
  18. Ian McLaren
    Thank you Marcos, I was going to do it in brass but with all of the edges and straight lines, plastic was much easier, faster and more precise. I the end it will get an allodized finish so the base material was less important.
  19. Ian McLaren
    WOW Daniel you have been very busy as of late. I am so glad you have pushed through on this project with your usual level of detail and craftsmanship. The work you have put into the third member is wonderful and congratulations on getting it up on its wheels. I always consider that a milestone in any of my projects, that is the point it becomes a vehicle in my mind.
  20. Ian McLaren
    Some progress, Still waiting on parts. Testing paint colors for the carbs, the kit carbs will not be part of this model, I'll be using 4500 series Dominators instead, also got started on the dry sump oil pan
  21. Ian McLaren
    While I'm waiting for chassis pieces, I was doing some research and discovered some reference material that has changed the direction and difficulty of this project. Externally not much change but mechanically and detail wise quite a lot. The title is changing from Competition Eliminator to Top Sportsman The focus will be much more on the construction and details of the real car and less on the finished model itself. I fully expect this to be my most challenging model to date and I am really excited about it. The original plans were for a single carb, naturally aspirated drive line, the Top Sportsman drive train is a much different beast and that will create changes to almost every area of the vehicle. Case in point my scratch build version of a Wilsom fabricated intake manifold
  22. Ian McLaren
    I can't let you have all of the fun Francis.
  23. Ian McLaren
    I know what you mean about replicas, to do one properly you need good documentation, but it's a double-edged sword. One would think more information is always a better thing but there comes a point where you are just chasing details. My Royal Canadian build was a perfect example, the owner of the car supplied me with a thumb drive with about 400 photos of the car in period, restoration process photos of virtually every component, and pictures of the car in its current state. I also had unlimited access to the car itself during the build. The model turned out well but to say it was a fun project might be a stretch, information overload was the order of the day and truth be told I could still be working on it. Satisfying, most definitely, would I do it again, probably, but not in the immediate future. Even then it would have to be a very special subject.
  24. Ian McLaren
    Waiting for the mailman, still can't start the chassis. Completely scratch built rear coil overs while I'm waiting
  25. Ian McLaren
    working on bits and pieces while waiting for driveline pieces and chassis materials. Building a Kirkey seat for the car
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