Chris B

Looking forward to see how this one turns out

I too will be watching this one I have this kit and have collected the drag city chopped top and Texas 3d blown Ardun and some early Monogram early iron wires for mine

I Like these wheels in thr right application I think they would have to be shiny polished alloy to match with the color scheme you have gone with

Thanks Craig I will be back once I have caught up on life

The drag link would then be on the wrong side them. I have almost completed new knuckles. Just lacking time due to other commitments at the moment but will be back into it soon

I stumbled upon the A4 Garage channel on YouTube a few weeks ago and have literally been watching all of the videos in my spare time. Must say I have picked up many tips from his builds and have investigated the availability of some of the supplies he uses as well as tools. I was pleased to see in one of his builds the lap belts he uses as I had been waiting for the only lap belt that I knew of to come into stock in my usual model store and I was presently surprised to see that they have the ones he uses in stock. I plan on using them in this build. I am currently working on a model of a different sort for my wife at the moment and its turned out to be a bigger mission that I expected

Thanks

Looks very nice. Love the color combo

Gosh this all looks very familiar. Very similar to what I am doing on my 32 Phaeton

I have to say that I am really enjoying the challenge Dennis. Time has not been on my side lately but I can say that I have started to re-model the steering knuckle and have also put some thought into creating the tie rod and drag link from the speedway style steering box. I intend to solder some brass tube to make these and have collected up the appropriate size tubes and have also made a start on making some rear telescopic shock absorbers. I have had family here over the Christmas period and am joining more family for New Years and then hopefully will be back into the build. A late Merry Christmas and I hope you all have a fantastic New Year

I have to say that i am loving the look of this one. Keep up the great work

I'm watching with intent. Looks good so far

That is very nice

Well after a bit of hunting around looking for the missing steering knuckles that go with this front axle and finally finding them it was obvious that they were not going to work meaning I had to either find something else or attempt to make something. I looked in my parts stash but couldn't find anything suitable so here is my attempt at making something I bent some wire to the correct shape and glued styrene to the wire to resemble the tie rod bosses and mount to the stub axle initially I thought it looked a little out of scale but when comparing them to the original kit parts it looked close. I did however discover a problem, when I sat the engine in the chassis the blower pulley is in the way of the tie rod that runs from one side to the other. Back to the drawing board. There is no way that I can make the tie rod work behind the front axle so I'm going to have to re-make the steering knuckle in reverse with the attachment for the tie rod going forward and the tie rod will have to be in front of the axle. I have also found some better wire that is thinner and more pliable so I can scale down the size of the knuckle a little.

I must say that i have really enjoyed following along with everyone's progress and i hope that some time I can join in in a future build off