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Hey Darren there is a website called straightline modelers that has the pattern and little tutorial i believe is where i saw it. I wanna try that myself as well. Cause they look great.

Charlie... I have to agree with John here on being the best Tommy Ivo. You really hit this one out of the park. The detail is very clean and it shows alot about your craftmanship. Again Nice job buddy!

My gut was telling me it is a model and had to go with it.

Thank you Brad.... Feels great to have this fixed and now I can go forward on some other stuff for this built and the fact that this isn't eating at me anymore since I got it fixed. Sometimes the stance makes or brakes my builds in my opinion. The Body height is where I needed it to be and as you said it's just about perfect if not dead on. I will make some adjustments when I get to fabricating all of the support rods structure under the body so the fender wells are at the same height. right now since i am just sitting the body on the top of the rollcage it wants to lean a smidge one way or the other just cause of the balance point on it. Stay tuned and hope I can get a few things done tonight after I so some house chores when I get home. Debating at tackling the seat, maybe the side panels around the chassis.... the engine.... guess what ever calls me... I am a little undecisive at the moment

Charlie this Rail is just Beautiful. Great job on it. I would be proud to have it sitting on my shelf. Awesome Job on it But! Can't wait to see what your next project is going to be.

This is going to be another awesome Tyrone Build!!! I love the hood scoop and front air dam you have added. Can't wait to see what else you have instore for this.

Hey Brad.. Thanks man. I worked on it yesterday for about 3 hours which was pretty much gettting everything cut off and reworking the factory rear end mount and getting that glued in and let it dry over night. Then today I started with making the rear end support pieces that I glued behind the rear end brackets and then reworked and glued all of the support tube. I just finished the rest about 30 mins ago and have a few pics to add but I clocked 6-1/2 hours on it today. So a grand total of 9-1/2 hours. This was also while I was watching DVR'd episodes of some drag racing that I didn't get to see the past couple weekends along with watching some football today too. Feels good to have it done and just letting it dry over night again and now I will be able to send those rims back to Jim and drawings to the other parts I want to have him make. Then I will be able to make the adjustment on the width of the rearend since I still need to shorten it to get the wheels tucked in the body and the wheels closer to the chassis. So a very productive weekend getting this fixed. I don't have any regrets with the time I put in to fix it. Here is the Top tube supports bolted the piece into the rear end and then made tube to fit and glued it in: And here I fabricated new pieces from the top to the rear end: This is just a view from the other side to show the support tubes:

Here is an engine that was started 15 years ago for my 1/16th scale Front Engine Dragster: Here it is mocked up in the dragster after I painted it earlier this year, don't mind that the body panels aren't lined up, they were taped tot he frame for the mock up of it to take pics: Here is a shot of the engine in my '62 Bel Air Pro street I did 15 years ago or so: Here is one from my Super Comp Altered which the engine was started 15 years ago but just finished it earlier this year. Only thing is I wish I would of gone with some other line for the fuel lines:

I have gotten the bottom tube supports fixed and glued into place. Here is an updated pic Bottom Tube Support:

Thank you Wayne. I feel like I went with the right decission by fixing this and am happy knowing the ride height won't be an eye sore to me so to speak. I know I would of had regrets down the road if I didn't do this. It was a lesson learned the hard way but I wouldn't of changed it from what I learned and took away from it.

Alright guys, I am sure some of you were waiting on pictures last night. After I got done working on it for a bit last night. I was too tired to download and edit the photos and post. Been doing some work on it this moring between watching my Minnesota Vikings crush the Arizona Cardinals. I started out last night cutting the rear end area up to fix the ride height. Happy with the progress so far and definitly going to be very happy with the stance once I am done updating this part of the build. Here are some pics to show you what I have done..... I started out first by cutting the 6 support tubes away from the frame to remove the rear end: I then cut the rear end brackets off the frame, in doing so I noticed one of them had a crack in it and had to put some weld on #3 to weld it back together: After I had cleaned up the areas that I cut away, it was time to glue the rear end brackets back to the frame. I ended up taking some stiff 1/4" wide brass flat bar taped it to the back of the area I was going to be gluing to so I could make sure when I put the bracket back into place that it was at the correct angle and flat: After gluing the rear end brackets back in, I decided that I wanted to put some support pieces behind it so I cut some piece out of .020" thick styrene got them to the shape I wanted: Then I glued them in with Weld-On #3: This is where I am at currently, Now time to start cutting and coping the tubing to get the other tube supports back in this build. I should have more pics up later for everyone to view. Thanks for following along.

I am having big withdrawals on this build. Rom... come out come out where ever you are...

I have no idea how I missed seeing this build. Very nice looking kit

Hey Wayne, really appreciate your comments and suggestion. I have to agree that you are right about cutting the triangle rearend mounting points and raising them. its really the only way to get the correct ride height. I have actually started cutting out some of the parts that I scratch built and then I am going to cut the Triangle mount that you mentioned and going to raise it. I have figured that since I have already done so much work to this that I need to go back and redo this the right way. Its one of those little details I wish I could of paid more attention to at the time I was adding all of the extra bracing to the rearend. I could just about kick myself in the butt for not double checking but Its ok I know once I get it fixed it will be worth the time to redo it. the high stance in the rear was just killing me the way it was sitting since it just doesn't look right. I don't get it why revell made it the way they did at the time. Its a lesson learned and now I know what to do from the get go. Thanks again.

Brad... Thanks for bringing this build out to the swap meet today. Man this thing is gorgeous and the detail is top notch. Very Beautiful build. I can't wait to see more done on this. you are doing an outstanding job on it.

Hey Brad.... It was so great to see you and talk to you about your build and mine. I love that Fiat you got going. the detail is just awesome. Thanks for the comments and ideas today as well as some of that printing plate. I will be tinkering with that for sure and gonna try that trick to bead roll it. It is confirmed after today that I will be chopping that rear end up and getting the ride height adjusted. Again always a pleasure chatting with you. I will be sending you an email shorty with a few of those pics we talked about. Danno.... Great to see you to buddy. Always nice to talk with you. thanks for the compliments on this build. Hold on to your hat and wait to see what else I have in store.... Well I am off to start hacking up the rear end and redoing it. Will have some pics up later.

Cool Looking car

The more I look at the lower position pic... the more I like it and it just looks right. I think I removed the rear end totally just to get it at the height I want. I think you are right that I have arrived at my decision the rear end needs to move up. I will need to double check the lower frame rail, I think part of it is paralles to the ground. I will bring some stuff with me tomorrow to show you mocked up in the lower position Oh very sweet on the printing plate thank you very much for bringing some with you.

I don't think you want to know how much I have spent on all of the hardware that I have... sad thing is i am going to be orering some more tonight or tomorrow. I ran out of a few sizes while getting the new engine all drilled up for them. Derrick...sorry to hijack your thread for a sec

Holy Smokes that is just plan Awesomeness right there!!! Brad that looks so good. Nice work on this. it makes that front end just pop. Look forward to more pics

As Brad said this is coming along well, your doing a great job on this.

Brad....Sorry I took more than a few... just realized it was like an hour and half... Bart... you are right that styrene is a little more work but after seeing the pics and the stance. I know its the way to go. I will also have to modify the interior tin but thats ok. And as far as the way the body was going to mount and sit on the chassis, it was all going to be scratch built with either tubing or rod and have all of the support braces.

Sorry guys I got busy for a few... here are the pics.... Current height: Height shooting for:

Also I have to add that Scale Hardware has added more sizes since I started buying nuts and bolts from them at the beginning of this year. Bob is a great guy to do business with.

Yes... Welcome aboard here. Very nice build you have there. I do have to ask what kit was this? Looks great