MarkJ

Thats good. I still see some in Hobby Lobby. That's what I used.

Maxx, be sure to post a wip so we can follow along on your journey. Thanks for the kind word.

All excellent builds. Never seen the Robbins green version before.

Almost finished. Just have to finish the rear axle oil pump. Install the taillight lenses. Install the left front headlight pod. Install the grille. Install the front bumper and air dam. Install the rear bumper. install the back glass straps. Decal the model and then future the model.

Excellent build. I've always wanted to do an alternate history putting Rex White in a 64 Chevy that happened when Chevy decided not to drop out of nascar in 1963. Can't get enough inspiration to get it done.

Wow, That's beautiful. Super clean build.

I'm finally at the put the model together stage, so no more wip pictures. the next picture you will see, will be a finished photo and a link to the rest of them.

Thanks, Pierre. I know the cage looks funny but that's the way the real car was built. Go figure

Thank you, Carl. Much appreciated.

Thanks guys.

Thanks Carl. Just need to find the right size tube or rod and put a top on it and some sort of bracket.

Thanks, Carl. I can't seem to find the coil in the Corvette kit so I might have to make one, But I think the engine might be complete except for painting it and adding spark plug wires. That's all the plumbing I do. I need to put the blades back on the fan too.

Thats it, folks. There is no top for the air cleaner. The hood with a duct built into it was the top for the air cleaner. Whenever they opened the hood, they would throw a rag on top of the carb. I'm not going to model the duct in the hood because I have no ref pictures about how it looked.

You just bend it with your fingers and keep checking it on the pattern and the 1/16 rod is so skinny that it holds it shape. you make it a little longer than you need it for the section you are doing and then trim it on the pattern to get the right length. Then you put it in place on the sticky side of the tape that holds it in place on the rectangular piece of styrene that goes on the head where the header mounts, and then put the liquid adhesive that dries in about 20 seconds on it. I'm using the micro mark "same stuff". I would recommend using a respirator because the fumes are very strong and give me a sore throat and a cough if I don't. Learned that the hard way. I found that they do warn you on the label about the fumes. To me it's an easier process then using solder or wire. It's hard to glue those materials. Thanks for your interest in the build.

Mike, the tubes are Evergreen 1/16-inch rod, and the collectors are Evergreen 1/8-inch tube.

Thanks, I will have to check it out.

I put some putty on the headers to smooth out where they are welded together. I just placed the header next to the engine. it is not installed yet. Don't worry about the fan. i have the blades and will put them back on when I'm through with the engine.

Here is the image I used before making it into a 1/25 scale image.

Got the right header almost finished. Just need to fix where the tubes are put together and add a flange where the collector will meet the exhaust pipe. The left header appears to be larger then the right because it actually is for some unknown reason. I might have to do some adjusting if the left one drags the ground.

Mike and Pierre, the header tubes are evergreen rod and the collectors are tubes. I will have to get back to you on the size. The rods actually are so small that you can put a 90-degree bend on them, and they won't break. I was surprised how small the tubes of the headers turned out to be, but they fit the 1/25 scale picture of the headers perfectly. Thanks for your interest in the build.

Sounds great John. Do you have a link to your you tube channel?