Big John

In the spirit of the season...

Fox is a company who makes high performance suspension systems.

Very cool project and I love seeing you scale down the English wheel for shaping the body panels. If I am not mistaken (often the case) I saw a proposal for the 1:1 car to be built for some rich South American land baron. At the time there were many suggestions for motor and tranny such as a Corvette LS1 and transaxle, which, to my mind, was the wrong direction. I was going to suggest using two Offenhauser 255 blocks and fab a custom crank case. This would give the car a 510ci straight 8, with all the porting and cam profiles worked out, and piston & rods, valvetrain parts readily available. Kind of a throwback to the Miller 8s which is what inspired Ettore Bugatti to base his twin cam layouts. Just a suggestion. Looking forward to your final solution.

At the moment you can get some new /old Paasche VL double action airbrushes, full kits on the-bay for really good prices. I prefer the double action brush since it has more control and the action is closer to my full size guns. Be meticulous in your cleaning and it will last a lifetime. If you are going for larger models, 1/8 scale I would go with a small touch-up gun Binks or Devilbiss.

When Life gives you dead horses... Make glue!

and what does the GSL rules say?

Elon should be the first recipient of his brain implant.

Strangers can be unsettling.

Can you imagine 1/64 scale? Scaling digitally, at least in the CAD programs is pretty simple. I build my parts in 1:1 and scale them as (for example) 24=1 for 1/24th etc. We may take it for granted that the parts will print out the same size however we don't really know how that is translated in the printer. All the parts should be relative in scale to each other when printed on the same machine. To find out if the parts are to a specific size we would need to do some test parts and calibrate the printer by adjusting the scale factor of the artwork accordingly. 24.002=1 lets say. Remembering too that there are variables in resolution that may affect the final size. Vendor sourced parts will probably be hit or miss unless the vendor is meticulous in their scaling.

Still plugging away at it.

A slight tangent, something about "they'll be doing it 1:1 next. I was lucky to find this on line, a 3D printed GM Duramax block I think in 1/2 scale, bores are 1.625 di. 3D printed with all the oil & water passages, mounting bolt holes. Including the production data info. Way Cool.

Amazing work on the wiring and close up details, as always François! Those chrome pens certainly work well even up close. Looking forward to seeing parts from the new printer, does it have an even higher resolution? Thanks, J

This looks like pretty good reference http://www.cg-models.com/moteur50.en.html Would the Pocher kit be helpful?

The one that seems to be missing is the 1967 or 70 Thunderland Thunderbird with the Allison engine. Mine is lost in the parts box somewhere in the shop.

Quest for perfection is what many of us aspire to.

NOOOOOOO! Not the 59 Chevy!!!!!! I Can't Look!!!!

So, Pierre, what was your overall experience with this kit from FPP? I have several but have yet to build one, any hints? Thanks again for sharing with us.

World is the second word in Auto World, a great model car catalog back in my youth, predating on-line sales.

She's a beauty...Excellent detailing and weathering, thanks for taking us along on your build.

On my noon walk I came across this incredible Chevy Fleatline doe the the MAX! All the bells and whistles, so to speak. The last is the Trunk latch.

Thought at first it was the gas cap but couldn't visualize how the hatchback opened. Ah the days of compacts. Hard to see from your pics but, does the gas cap have the details too? Really needs a hemi.. Hemi Gremi!

The RC car market has had some very nice contemporary tires however they tend to be in 1/8 scale and nothing vintage. Great for large scale hot rods.

Nooooooooo! Nice touch the orange wheels matching the accent striping. You even a Gremlin on the front fender, should be able to mold that for the back round thingie... can't be the gas cap, key hole cover?

Two Dapper Dudes! And the 34 Chevy is a beaut too. What color?

What a sleeper with the V8. Your cousin should be able to do a mirror image in photoshop st give you a template for the decals.