rv1963

Nice start on your pro mod chassis, soldered brass tubing always looks good and is very strong, I will be watching this build.

Nice work on the dry sump tank Tim, I like the parts I machine until I post them here they never look great after you blow them up in the pictures you see all the flaws that you can't spot at normal size.

Great work on those very tiny fuel pumps, they should look even better with some color on them.

Oh this will be interesting, I will be following along.

Well done the paint and decals came out real good, nice finish.

Awesome update Francis, the detail on that engine block is amazing, the best one you have done so far. Wow 100 hours into this engine and well worth it in my opinion. The work you have done should inspire others to give this a try, it did with me.

You have a very cool build going, never would have thought of using a Studebaker as a gasser.

Thanks for your comment of encouragement Francis I am glad you checked in.

I really like the look of what you are doing, nice engine mods.

Nice work on that engine, nice details.

I agree with Tom nice work on those very old decals.

Time for a small update, first pic is the valley pan which will go under the intake manifold and the second pic is it installed on the engine block, got a nice slip fit with zero play. All comments welcome.

Nice work on those fuel pump parts, always a pleasure to see an update from you. I am glad you got a decent report from your doctor, I hope all goes well with you.

I am waiting for the next update, engine details my favorite part.

The paint looks really good.

Looking really good.

Don't see a cutlass gasser to often, looking really good so far.

Thanks for your comments Andrew, no offence taken, ask all the question you want, I read all comments I get and try to answer to the best of my ability.

Bill that's some really good info on the magneto, nice pics to.

Thanks a lot for you comment and encouragement Francis, I may very well have set my goals to high with this piece but that's ok, I am having a good time trying to figure out the process to get a positive outcome. No matter if I fail or not I will have learned a lot and had a good time doing it, isn't that what modeling is all about? My best hope for this project is getting a finished part that looks decent even if it's not perfect. I still have much to learn but I will keep at it. The way people are treated on this forum is the reason I keep coming back it always has a very positive vibe.

I did start using the kit engine as a guide, I have no real proof but it looks like the kit dimensions are pretty close at least to my eye by looking at other 392 hemi engines off the internet. Yes I understand that using pics of the internet will be far from perfect but at 1/24 scale it's really hard to tell at that small size, also remember these pics are blown up at least 4 times bigger than real life so the parts looks so much better at their true size.

Time for an update, 3 pics of the engine block very much not finished yet the round area at the back of the block is just for holding in the setup it will be removed later. In the interest of transparency I had several mistakes on this block and I didn't find out till after I tried to fit the valley cover, I noticed something was way off so I checked the area from the oil pan to the valley cover and the passenger side was 50th bigger than the other that will just not fly so back in the setup and now that is fixed. I also checked other areas and found out that the cylinder head area on one was about 100th bigger than the other that is also fixed as best I could manage. All comments welcome.

Nice finish and details on your build, well done.

The body is looking really good.

Nice work on that engine compartment and the foil work on the body is so neat and clean well done.