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With the main hoop formed I then trim it to fit inside the car: And finally the hoop is glued onto the chassis pan: Next time we'll start fabbing the rest of the cage. Thanks for looking!!

Now it is time to start fabbing the cage. I always start with the main hoop. I use a piece of solder to form a prototype hoop then match the styrene rod to it. Speaking of styrene rod this is what I use for cages:

We'll continue. Here it is with the brace removed from between the tubs: Now that the pan is prepared we can start on the cage. First step is to install these two kit parts along the transmission tunnel: Then we glue the kit chassis in place. I always add a tube as shown by the pointing blade:

I pulled this one back out and mocked it up. The chassis/cage was a mess I decided to start over. I've been asked several times about how I make my roll cages. So I'm going to build this one step by step. Here we go! On almost all my drag car builds I use the Revell '55 Chevy pro sportsman kit as a donor. Here is how the firewall looks out of the box. You can see the big mold seam: Five minutes with a sanding stick we have a smooth firewall: Next we move to the rear of the floor pan. Here it is out of the box. The brace in the back needs to go.

What a beautifully cleanly built model!!! You did a great job on this and should be very proud. I love it!!!

First off I want to say thank you for all the kind comments on my build. You guys make it easy to keep my projects going. This week I got the injector hat painted and installed, I also started detailing it with the butterflies and brackets, also notice the "RAM AIR" decals. I also got the fuel tank installed. I tried something new with the front springs but I'm not 100% sure I'm happy with how they turned out. I got it painted as well. I cannot take credit for the paint design. Sean Svendsen built a pro-touring Ventura a few years ago with this scheme. I liked it so much that I wanted my own version. Hence this build. It still needs clear cote. All the trim will be flat or semi-gloss black. I'm hoping to finish the plumbing this weekend. Thanks for looking!!!!

That came out really nice!!!!! Good Job!

Gorgeous!

That is GORGEOUS!!!!!!! Nice clean build of a beautiful car!

I don't know how I missed this! This is an awesome project!!!! Incredible work so far!

Here's one I did from a damaged mint car. Ended up selling it for a very good chuck of change to someone who wanted to display it with his pristine mint model.

Glad I checked back in on this! It's really coming along nicely!!! I love the poseable front steering!!!

Those both look AMAZING!!!! I am so glad I could help you out!!!

Gorgeous!!!!

VERY VERY cool!!

Looking forward to seeing more of this one!!!

Very cool concept!!! I bet "Big Daddy" would love it!!!

This looks great. I love the color/decals! One of these days I really need to build one of these.

This is an amazing build. That under hood tin work looks incredible. I'm really looking forward to seeing more!

Looks great!!!! I too am looking forward to seeing it with the body on!

This looks really good so far. I really like the red butterflies on the injector hat!

Love Rally Cars!!! Nice job so far!!!

Really nice build!!!

Got some more work done on this today. The blower belt is installed as is the front suspension. And here is how it looks sitting on the tires: Thanks for looking!!!

Been busy detailing the underside of this bad boy. Chassis pan is completely painted top and bottom. I am now working on bodywork and the running gear.