MarkJ

Thanks, Andrew. Every now and then I can come up with an idea or two. I appreciate you stopping by and giving some input. Gets lonely in here sometimes.

As always with these scratch-built parts you find that what you thought were the dimensions of a part don't turn out that way after you fit the part to the chassis. I had to make the tank smaller front to rear and also in its depth. I will need to add a wall to the back of the rear axle compartment and also add 3 reinforcement square bars to the tank. I also realized from some new ref photos I found that the truck arms are not straight. They have a bend in them that I'm not sure how many degrees it is but its right after where the spring is mounted on the truck arm. the two ref photos are posted below. I will have to redo those truck arms. I'm thinking they also need to be a little thicker than the square bars I was using, but not by much.

Started making the fuel tank and realized I don't need to make a top for it. It's impossible to see. Also installed the truck arms to the axle. The long one won't be as long when I figure out how much to shorten it for the frack bar installation.

Andrew, really liking the dash and steering wheel very much. Hope the driver was wearing gloves. I won't tell anybody that the steering column is bent if you don't tell anybody that on my latest build a lot of things are bent that aren't supposed to be and some are not hidden from view. I'll just use the same old defense many do and just say it's a shelfer so it doesn't matter. Actually every model I own is a shelfer because they all sit on a shelf. Not the same one of course.

Here is a better ref picture that I enhanced with the markup tool.

Started on the truck arms. I will need to add the fuel tank so I can locate and install the mounting point for the track bar. They actually had them on both sides of the car, and they are located very close to the front corners of the fuel tank. I will have to add a bar to the floor to hook the shocks to. My ref pictures show both 2 and 4 shock setups for the rear axle. I'm choosing the two-shock setup because I'm doing a car that ran at Michigan. And I'm lazy. If you look at that horrible ref picture hard enough, you will see the track bar mounts. They are square rods with holes in them on each side, close to the front corners of the fuel tank.

Beautiful build as always, Pierre. The whole look of the model says that it came from an advanced kit instead of a snap kit. Love the brick wall and signs backdrop and your paint finish as always is magnificent. the wheels and tires were definitely worth waiting for. Another great build from the master.

Looks Awesome, Pierre. Let us know when it's in the showroom or whatever they call it here. I always enjoy your presentation with the backup photos.

I had to remove the floor that I had added because it was too close to the axle and there wasn't enough room for the shocks to be mounted and be too short. The springs will be mounted on a pedestal on a landing on the front wall. There will just be enough room to squeeze them in. The real car has them mounted that way.

Looking fabulous, Andrew. Love that shade of red and its applied and polished perfectly. On to the decals. Will you be clearing them?

Spectacular and have you done any polishing? Because if you haven't, I don't think you need to. You got it on so smooth there is really no need to.

Pierre, Awesome body work again. So clean, so perfect. Can't wait to see some color on this baby.

I had to make some saddles, so to speak, to be able to locate the tires in the middle of the wheel openings. They can easily be removed after I get the axle located to attach the truck arms to it. they also allow the tire to be at the right stance. I had to add a new floor above the axle where the springs will be located. I will have to add a new rear wall for the opening where the new fuel tank will be located. There will just be enough room to install a track bar. It's actually coming together better than I thought it would. I was afraid I was going to get to a moment where, uh oh, this is not going to work at all, and just have to end the build after over a year of working on it.

Got some gloves to put the wheels together with just to make sure I didn't put fingerprints on them. Had to remove the stock fuel tank so the axle would fit plus it would have been ridiculous to leave it there anyway. I will have to scratch a fuel tank once I get the axle properly located and some truck arms installed. It's going to be dicey to get the right stance and still get the truck arms looking like they are in the right position. That's the trouble when you try to make a stock chassis into a Banjo chassis. But a Nascar kit chassis would have not worked either.

Wow, that blue is so deep and luxurious. LP looks like a winner to me and no fear of a disaster.

MM, looks perfectly good to me. Worst thing about BMF is getting the tiny wrinkles in it. I do not see any in your work. That engine looks amazing. Can't wait to see some color on it.

I was needing a ref picture for the rear axle, and I found a you tube video with Ray Evernham talking about getting ready for an event at Lime Rock where former drivers were going to drive their IROC cars from the past. Turns out Evernham worked on the 3rd gen IROC Camaro's back in the day as a young mechanic. He went over one of the cars that he helped build and I found the ref picture I needed that also confirmed that those cars had the Stock Car Products quick change rear axle.

Thanks, Pierre. I will do that.

Finally, finished the "Stock Car Products" quick change rear end. I added some ports so I can plumb it if I can come up with some braided hose. I'm hoping to use some bracelet cord and the chrome spray to make some if it doesn't look too hairy and the paint doesn't flake off of it when I bend it to install it. I need to buy some necklace jewelry chain today. This car had chains attached to the truck arms to limit travel. Hopefully I can find the right size, so it looks like 1/25 scale chain.

It's exhausting just thinking about the work necessary to build one of these kits. You are doing a fabulous job though and I am watching with great anticipation for each new post. I love the way you mix the scale photos with the 1:1 and make scale appear to be 1:1. Well I think you're doing that. Is that you leaning on a real car or the model? I really can't tell. Maybe it's not even you. Again, Awesome work going on here.

Mark, its looking crisp and clean. beautiful paint separation for such a small scale. Looking forward to completion.

Wow, Pierre . That looks like a kit part. Looks just like the ref photo and it fits perfectly too. Your usual excellent creation of just what you needed. I don't know why it's called scratch building. Looks more like beautiful building to me.

Wow. Daytona Cobra. One of the most beautiful race cars ever made. I can already tell this one is going to be magnificent. I'm tuned in till the end.

May you have safe travels and enjoy yourself. Take care.

Thank you, guys, for stopping by and giving the positive input. Any comments are very much appreciated.