Bullybeef

Well with a channeled body and a z’ed cut in the rear there was no way the original floor pan was going to fit. And because of the x bracing just shortening it wasn’t gonna be the answer. Sooo a sectioning was gonna have to happen, I’m trying to use as much of the kit materiel as possible here. the first photo is a Lie. and after mocking it all up again, I realized two things: 1. I need to Bob the rear rails about 9mm to get the body to sit level again. 3. This thing is huuuuge!

Thanks Bill, I’m enjoying this one as well, even though the progress is painfully slow lol. Nothing better than old school CAD. If it works don’t fix it. I need to add some detail for the crank snout housing as the caster of the resin omitted that detail. I need to visit my hobby store to get some bigger styrene, my supply was based on only building in 1/25 scale lol. Cheers

That’s the colour I was hoping you were going with! Can’t wait to see it.

Finally after a long week at work I finally got some time to work on the big ole Deuce engine. Had to add some materiel to the block to accept the water pumps, a little masking tape template and here we are. installed the valley pan cover and the front distributer mount, as well as the exhaust block block offs, these resin parts have some great detail and very little prep work is required. Follow up with the heads and valve train covers and this engine is looking sweet.

I had not planned to section it, just to channel it over the frame. I still want functionality of the doors. That one that you have shown is pretty sweet has a very British roadster vibe to it.

From a Facebook group Big Jim’s 1/8 scale garage. Quality stuff. And now for the updates. got my flathead block in the mail today and started mocking up the heads. Also got some different tires decided to pair them up with the stock wheels and it looks pretty good. also got a parts jumble from another Facebook group.

@Dennis Lacy that engine came out excellent. I was floored on the neatness of the plug wires, then I zoomed in haha. Paint detail is top notch sir!

Boxing Day! You would think that working in such a large scale that progress would be faster than working with 1/25.

I have a better survivor version of the red chariot. The black one could be restored.

Went to visit a local friend he said he had some of those ugly cars that I like. there are a couple of neat survivors there, most of it is pure glue bomb junk, but I had fun digging through his bins for all this treasure. A vast majority I will possibly trade off.

Now it’s looking aggressive, I dig the headers as well.

Haven’t bought much lately, but with my current build this was a had to have purchase 1/8 scale ardun heads, late flathead side mount distributer, triple strombergs, finned frogmouth air scoops and a vertex magneto! Did I spend to much?….yes! Did I have to have them?… absofriggenloutly!

Fresh from the mail part 1!! supwr stoked on ardun heads and conversion parts in 1/8 scale!!

I’ve got one heading in that direction at some point.

And here is where work stops for the day, I need to wait for the intended engine to arrive in the mail before I can continue with the front portion of the x frame. Then once that is complete I can follow up with the boxing of the frame.

Getting it up on some wheels

A small update so far today, it’s hard to sit at the desk on a day off when the temps are getting closer to outdoor weather.

I look forward to all these extra details being put together in the finale. Well executed@Dennis Lacy

Thanks, I got lucky with this kit. Started working on the x frame bracing tonight, lots of CAD (cardboard assisted design) and measuring holy heck the measuring lol. I need to get this step perfect so that the boxing of the frame rails goes without a hitch. Trying to build this as if it was the real steel deal.

Not much of an update as I’m currently waiting on some parts in the mail. I'm going to attempt to recreate a Cad-Lasalle gearbox, and again it’s a waiting game for some measurements.

I’m enjoying watching this take shape

It’s an old issue Amt kit, I guess it may be the angle, the hood is on, but the trunk lid has fallen, and now looking at the picture versus sitting in front of it, I can see the profile change and yes it does look very sleek even with a stock height roofline!

Got another storage viewing case from work, it’s perfect as I can park them up in the multi storey and change them up and see how the look strikes me! It’s on my build table so I can see it. @BobbyGthat grille looks just like one from a 77 VW GTi

Between this and Bills build I have a pretty good idea of where I want to be for this yup

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