johnyrotten

I want to thank everyone for their help, suggestions and recommendations. And your time. I've put in an order to burbank's house of hobbies, great spot. I'm still going to try a couple other ideas. Thanks again 👍👍

I'm going to call me vendor for work, check to see if they have a pound available. My shop is 3 minutes from noble gas, and could use the extra in the garage. Thanks

I haven't yet tried the mig wire, going off memory the grade I have on hand is pretty flimsy. I'm the type that looks out for problems before I create them, there's a degree of over- thinking sometimes. Scratch building at this scale is fairly new to me, and I have no experience using aluminum/brass ect on models. All new to me. I'm going try the wire tonight. Thanks

I've thought about that, in the tutorial they "crimped" the eye to the shock rod, I'm not 100% sure the brass will squeeze down. Inexperience speaking.

Ive been searching for options, i think the metal companies scaled back on certain products recently. The tutorial I've got calls for both rod and tube, the 1/32 (.08 mm) rod is the only one I haven't been able to source here in the states. I've seriously considered trying styrene, I have the sizes needed on hand. The tutorial I found doesn't require machining, just some file work. Those shocks you posted are beautiful, if I only owned a lathe. Thanks for the reply.

Indeed. Not just the fact of the trespass, the slick comments completely explain this person. Most likely, had you not seen seen your item, it would be gone. I hate thieves. There's a saying about fences and neighbors.

Very realistic weathering. Great work, even the plug wires look crispy.

Nice, simple trick with great results. 👍.

Cool looking buggy.

This style of your builds are always awesome. Great job, again.

I don't blame you, it's frustrating. I try and only ask questions AFTER exhausting ideas and resources, as well as doing some homework. After all, there is no better teacher than experience.

That's my occupation, I've got down to 1/16 on hand. For thin work I just use aluminum mig wire, way too soft.

The better you start with, the better the finished product. The difference between a two thousand dollar project starter and a five thousand dollar one is the five grand it took to get the two thousand dollar one complete/solid/or running. You're money ahead in the long run.

I'm trying to make a set of shocks, there's a tutorial posted here, it calls for aluminum rod, I believe because the assembly is drilled after. The antenna would definitely be harder for me to drill.

I've been looking for some 1/32 aluminum rod, it looks like it's no longer stocked or listed on the website, amazon shows nothing by part number, the only listing I found on fleabay was Australia. Anyone know if they discontinued this, and another source possibly? Part number 83040.

Dale was kinda dumbfounded at the fact that Stewart's running top fuel. He figured out why Stewart does it. Tony Stewart the guest on the Stevie Jackson's youtube show. Listening now.

Congratulations Steve. Absolutely awesome bringing home the gold. Truly a fitting tribute .

Very nice work. Great job👍

Looking good, kidney stones suck. been there done that.

I've done subtle weathering in the past, this is the first full on ratty look model I've done. I'm "new" to a lot of techniques used now, I took a thirty year break. The most difficult part, I find, is not going overboard and weathering/patina is rarely consistent or even. Thanks for the compliment, and good luck when you give it a try.

I watched the video the other day, he was amazed at the acceleration, check out his channel where he talks about it, and brings up Tony Stewart running top fuel.

Great looking wildcat. Very nice build 👌

Great looking road runner. Awesome color choice. 👍👍

I really like the 58-60 ford trucks this ones looking good. 👌. Being a motorcycle guy, that trike is awesome.