Chris B

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

Agreed, hopefully life is a bit more on track now and I can spend some more time on this build. unfortunately I have discovered that I have misplaced some vital parts from the front suspension, I have reached out to the local modelling community in the hope that someone may have them in their parts stash otherwise I will have to attempt to scratch build the missing parts

Thanks Andy. It took me a while to figure out what to do with this kit but I'm pretty happy with the way its turning out

Well it's been a while since I made a post on here and a lot of things have happened since. I've struggled a bit to get the motivation to get back into the swing of things. Since my last post my foot has healed as well as it can and I am awaiting the next step of the surgery. This has been postponed a year as since the surgery and me going back to work there was a large restructure and myself and several other staff were asked to take voluntary redundancy or apply for different positions within the company. I lost my job of 8 1/2 years and was moved to another role within our company network but at a different site. Right at the time that this happened my Wife had a cancer scare. The specialists believed that she had melanoma in her big toe nail and she had surgery to remove it. Much to the surprise of everyone specialists included it came back clear and now she is waiting for that to heal and to top things off she started a new job on the day before she had the surgery so it's been fun and games. Anyway on to the build. I have struggled a little on how to assemble the components of the rear end in a sturdy enough way that it would support the finished model. First of I drilled some holes in the rear chassis rails and inserted styrene rods to support the axle while assembling the rest of the axle/spring etc. these pins will be chopped back and filled once the assembly is complete and sturdy. I also shaved back the front of the rear cross member to allow for clearance and drilled a hole in the center of the cross member to take a locating pin that i glued to the spring Sorry for the blurry photo something is up with the camera on my phone that I have used to take the photos. Next up I had to lengthen the drive shaft and as the original axle would have had a sliding ball arrangement that attached to the back of the gearbox I cut a piece of styrene tube that slides over the drive shaft tube and cast a small ball by pressing a ball bearing into modeling clay and poring some resin into it then drilling a hole in the center once cured. I drilled a hole in the chassis at the rear of the gearbox mount cross member for this to pass through again to offer more support and once everything fits nicely I can cut that back to length. I still have a bit of fettling to do and a couple of small detail items to get the desired affect with this slip joint setup. I also drilled out some styrene tube and added to the ends of the axles to support the wheel backing plates/drums etc I drilled some holes through the spring and into the rear of the axle to take some metal pins to help hold the spring to the axle solidly and next I will replicate the shackle mounts on the diff. When finished I hope the pins will not be visible. The backing plates had a hole with a flat on one side. I removed the flat and glued a piece of styrene tube inside the hole and then drilled the styrene larger to take the tube that slips over the end of the axles to make the wheel fitment snug. As far as the rear end goes now all I need to do is make the mounts for the spring shackles and some mounts for shocks but I am going to leave the rear as it is for now and start mounting the front wheels as i think I may need to sink the rear spring further into the chross member to get the stance right. Unfortunately I have misplaced the parts that mount the spindles to the front axle. Hopefully I can find them somewhere.

Wow this is really starting to come together here Great job

Loving this look Bil I can't wait to see how this one turns out

That's some really nice work with those hood sides Paul You are doing a great job

Yes I have very good circulation They checked it on Thursday

I feel your pain with the numb toes, Over the last year or 2 I have slowly been loosing the feeling in the toes on this foot also and since the surgery it is worse. It drives me made, I'm always taking my sock of trying to untangle my toes fro my sock but it's not tangled. I find it very frustrating. I also have pain in my lower back I have early onset of Osteoarthritis in my right hip and this foot issue is aggravating the hell out of that. It's a bugger getting old. I have worked all my life as an automotive tech which is pretty hard on the body and now at 60 I'm starting to pay for it.

hey Zippy I have only just realized that I have been subscribed to and following you on your YouTube channel for several years I didn't realize that you were posting your builds here on this site. I have now started to follow and look back over your builds here also You do good work

Thank you guys

Yes I am really not happy with the way he has dealt with this whole thing. Speaking with some of his colleagues they all say it is out of character for him They all said that he is a very good surgeon that take great pride in his work but unfortunately for me I'm not seeing it

Yes I have another followup appointment in 4 weeks so dependent on how things go that is my next step. Its just so annoying that the whole reason for choosing to have the surgery was so that I can comfortably get shoes back on without the risk of further infections and it really hasn't happened.

Agreed plus I needed a bit of a reminder what I had been stashing away as most of them are packed in boxes out of the Wife's prying eyes lol. Unfortunately I found out on Tuesday that the surgery on my foot did not go to plan. I have rheumatoid arthritis and for many years I have had a large lump on the inside of my left foot, like a bunion. Back in April it got an infection in it, It was a bit of a painful nightmare as no one really knew what to do about it. The infection eventually cleared up but I have not been able to wear shoes since April which is a bit of a problem as i am a service advisor/workshop controller at a local car dealership and I have been going to work since April in slippers which is not great Heath and Safety wise. I decided to have the lump removed so that it would not become infected in the future, I consulted with a couple of specialists about it and on the 26th of July I went into hospital to have the procedure carried out. All appeared to go well and 9 days later I had a follow up appointment with the surgeon, at this stage the dressings had not been removed and I believed all was OK as I hadn't been told any different. When the nurse removed the dressing I noted that the lump appeared to still be there maybe a little smaller, she commented that it was probably due to swelling. When the surgeon examined it and asked if I was happy with it and I commented that I thought I was having the lump removed and it looks like it's still there, he basically told me that on the day that I had the procedure, he run out of time to do the job properly and that when it heals I will need to have it done all over again and properly the next time. I found this a little off as I was his second patient for the day and the first one chickened out and went home, so I thought that this would mean he would have twice the time available to do a proper job on my foot. Needless to say I'm not exactly happy, the whole thing was a complete waste of time and my holiday/sick pay that I have had to use up for nothing, I am still going to have to go back to wearing slippers in fact I have had to go out and buy a bigger pair as the foot is very tender and I cant get the old ones back on. I'm heading back to work on Monday and I hope that the foot doesn't get too agitated with the lump rubbing.

It never ceases to amaze me the skill and work that all of you are putting into these builds. I definitely see some things that i am going to use in future builds. I can't wait to see them all completed

I started doing a bit more on the model 2 days ago Not much to show yet but have started to mount the rear end but unfortunately I had a bad day with the foot and spent most of the day back in the hospital for a bunch of test trying to find out why pain was so bad and why I can no longer move my toes. Back out now today and I decided to pull out all of the latest additions to the stash for a photo. I find that good for reference when buying new kits

Everyone is doing such a great job. Kit the jigsaw is finally starting to come together and is looking realty great. Doesn't look like its been an easy job making everything work in harmony but it really is starting to look the part. Keep up the great work everyone

Thanks Guys. I had the dressing changed today and all is looking good it appears to be healing and no sign of any infection so that all good, it will take a while to heal and I don't have to keep my foot elevated now so I have been spending a little time on the PC when the pain allows which is a little dangerous as I have placed a few orders for parts for up coming builds, it's hard to get parts in this part of the world and the price unfortunately doubles and the freight for even the smallest part is not cheap but it is still worth it to get good parts needed. I have a vintage Monogram 32 Ford roadster kit that is waiting for her turn and I have ordered a blown Ardun from Texas3d and the chopped top from Drag City Castings as well as a few other bits and bobs from 3Dscale parts I'm looking for a good set of wide wires for wheels but so far haven't found exactly what I like I have also ordered some wheels, smoothies with chrome hub caps a Cadillac style air cleaner and some diamond patterned seats for a 39 Chev Sedan delivery kit also waiting its turn. Foot surgery can get quite expensive. Oh well never mind. Its my intention to get back on to the phaeton after the weekend

Laid up a little at the moment unfortunately off work for a few weeks. Hopefully when the pain subsides and I can figure out how I can keep my foot elevated at the beach it may give me a little extra time for building

We have fender laws here in New Zealand We have to apply for a fender exemption I never felt much for the silly fenders either but we are starting to see the fenders of the same style as on the flamed sedan creap into the show scene here in NZ now also and I have to say that my opinion on them has changed a little now. When done Wright I think they can add to the appeal I even saw a Pop with a tilt front with the little over fenders they kept the engine bay clean and free from dirt. I've even started looking around for them in 1/24 scale so that I can add them to one of my future builds

Ah thank you for that info That kit was recently up for sale here on Trademe