charlie libby

wow its looks better everytime i go thru your pictures. its going to be a stunning model for sure . you should be very proud of your. ill keep coming back.

hi tim, glad your surgery went well,anytime they operate on your eyes can be a very scary thing. now i think your parts will be even better and thats scary for all of us. glad your ok,charlie

got a good start on the clutch hope to finish it tomorrow. ordered all the stuff to attempt anodizing. should be an interesting science experiment. here is also a picture of the bending fixture for the front motor mount to get the width correct.. still have the actual plate and the attachment arms left for the clutch. the fingers in the center will rivet on like a real one through the 9 holes on top.

aluminum they shall be. thank you francis. hi tim thank you and nice to hear from you. hi jim thank you for looking. hi andrew ,i wasnt going to paint them ,black anodize, but i will go with yours and Francis opinion. i am working on the clutch and the bell housing is next.

thank you all for your comments and for taking time to look.i am glad you all liked it.on to new projects

hi andrew, using plating solution that i made with vinegar and salt. . i learned on you tube , it seems to work great. yeah i anealed at the bend points and made a bending fixture for the final shape. daniel ,thanks for looking and your kind comments. francis,i made the plating solution as per 2 or 3 you tube videos that were very informative. it works great. it only took about 5 minutes at 15 volts and 1.5 amps to cover it. you have to move it around in the solution to aim it at the anode to cover all sides evenly. am purchasing the dyes and acid this week for anodizing. hope it comes out as nice as yours. the flywheel and ring gear came out really well. the clutch is next. i got a little carried away and did cams and lifters, but i have the time. hope you all enjoy. i painted the lower crancase covers to see if i liked them in black before i anodize them . i like them in black so i will strip them and anodize them . do you think the upper finned panels in black would be to much?

hi you guys, thanks to all of you. i have just made my nickel plating solution and plated a piece of brass tubing as a test. it took about 3 minutes to plate this small piece. tomorrow i am going to plate the motor mount that i just finished that is bolted on the front of the offy. thats the water pump on the bottom of the front cover under the mount. i got to get a small window air conditioner francis , i have got to purchase a few more things to try anodizing. got to wait for clearance from my wife. i didnt like my first magneto so i made a new one, in case you noticed its not brass anymore.

hi andrew, i had a large basement in kentucky, its great. the shrunken heads are people that died from the heat in my shop. i am contemplating a window unit. here are a few pictures of me checking that so far things fit and line up. temp screws just to check.

just found this thread from francis ,american muscle fan. your project looks great. you have done some awesome work. very time consuming.i will be keeping an eye on your progress.charlie

hi tim wheels and tires look perfect. i have not been on looking at much but i love to check on your progress whenever i can

sorry guys its 1/8 scale . but thank you all for your nice comments and thank you for looking.

it was 87 here and i wish i had a garage. i work in a 12 by 12 shed atached to my house with no air conditioner. i dont have a thermometer in my shed ,it would make it feel even hotter to know.by 2 or 3 in the afternoon thats about it for the day its pretty hot by then. i really don't mind the heat but cant survive without fans. got the upper water line done toay.it bolts on to the top of the head. nice to hear from you andrew if you are up this way please contact me and stop by to visit. i am thinking about a wall mount ac unit. as you can see the shop is well insulated.thank you for looking

havent ben on much lately. i have done some work on my projects the mustang gasser is done and i am continuing on my offy project. it seems to be coming along fine. trying to do the front of the engine , the gear tower and mag drive and the exhaust and intake flanges. i have started on the magneto the cap is done but the mag is not . the fuel injection is electronic , the car will be more modern than the an original. the clear plastic parts are the connectors for the wiring on the injectors. they will be painted black with the injectors. the breather flanges and horns came out nice. the foam breathers under the screen were a little difficult to form,a few got lost because my fan blew them around.it is warm down here right now. all for now thank you for looking

thats awesome. i love salt flats cars and yours is beautiful. nice work.

here is my finished mustang gasser. long project and i like the way it came out. like all projects you do ,you always think of ways it could be better. i learned alot from this as always and from the projects that you all have built. please keep up with my new project and any help or suggestions are always welcome . thank you all. please let me know what you think of it .

i think its done .i will put pictures in the finished forum. thank you everybody for looking at my project.i really enjoyed all of your comments. look at my new project in the road race forum.

thank you bob i had a geat time creating it and i am happy people like it

that is amazing as all ways

continuing with the engine. i am going about this a little different than the last to models i amm going to totlly finish on section before i start another . before i jumped aeound alot. i will finish the engine totally bfore i go on to other parts. i know it should be done that way but some times i am impatient. here are a few more pictures . i decided to do a few parts in brass for contrast. the small rectangles with the holes will be the cam bearing caps they will bolt to the cam boxes you can see in the pictures on the vice.

i m getting really close to the finnish line. most of it is going well.fuel lines are on.i still have to polish the hood after repainting .its sanded and ready to polish. i can put the hood pin plates on and its done. i took some new pictures after being back in the shop for a couple of days. there are inner and outer door handles and the mirror left also.i am pretty happy with it. i learned alot again and some i wont do on the next ones. i think we all learn what not to do. hoping the next project will come out batter

hi francis your truck is out of this world .the chassis is so real . your talent and imagination are endless. havent been in my shop for almost 2 weeks . had company and had a great time but could not wait to get back at it. the mustang is so close to being done. keep up the awesome work.

engines coming along. it is looking pretty good. i have been working on the head for 2 days,got one more day to go.i took some pictures of the chassis i will be modifying for this build.its all brass including the wheels. new front and rear suspension and new wheels and ties. thanks andrew and daniel.

i am trying to finish. i seem to have alot of problems with glue. i use it like it says and on you tube videos, but i still have pieces just fall off the next day.got to try and figure out why. anyway , its happening slowly because i glue a few pieces and let them sit over night and glue a few more. i have glued the body several times and it does not hold. i have tried a different glue and it seems to be working better.

thanks for the awesome pictures i luv those old cars. when i worked in nascar we went to indy testing and went over to the museum and they took us to the basement to see the stuff not on display and it was insane. hi francis ,almost done on the mustang. i think the little offy is coming out nice. i just started on the hemi head and i am going to put pistons in the cylinders as well.i have been having nightmares about cutting fins in aluminum. i am amazed at how tall this engine is.it will be over 3 inches tall with the cams and covers on. allways has been one of my favorite engines. i will put a few pictures of the chassis on soon.its one i built a few years ago and the body as it looks now. the chassis will be modified alot from its current state. thank y ou alan for your kind words. always nice to hear from people from around the world.

hi andrew i use a grizzly mill and a bolton lathe. maybe a little large for modeling but i am happy with both. hi tim always nice to hear from you. andrew the corvette is also in this forum. made the cylinder liners and press them in the block.i have the side covers done for the cylinder block and am working on the covers with the vents for the crankcase. i am trying to do this project with more patience and making drawings of things before i machine them .i mostly just put a piece of material in my machine just start cutting and draw and figure along the way. it seems to be working beter .fortunately the blueprints for this engine are readily available online.