Cool Hand

Interesting build, some great imagineering. Makes me think of the cartoon Wacky Racers I use to watch as a kid.

Interior looks the part. Well done. Victory pipes, outrageous LOL!

Done some work on the engine to help keep motivation for the build going. Engine needed a better intake system, stock wont cut it. Used the poor mans milling machine to shave down the manifold. Had a bit of a mishap, the bit grabbed came loose and gouged a hole. But progressed along drilling some holes for the intake tubes. Smaller pilot hole first then to the required size. New intake tubes will be 3.2mm styrene tube. After the holes were drilled, manifold was shaped further down and blended towards the heads. Needed to cover the gouge, so a masking tape template was made and transferred to some .5mm styrene Not shown, but this piece was then attached the lower valley of the manifold Temporarily set the tubes in place. And created a layout on the edge of the work board, to help make some injectors. Injectors are made with 1.2mm styrene rod. Set them in place and glued, after that cut to length. Quick mock showing injectors in place. Also attached another piece of styrene over the .5mm. Fuel rails made from 1.6mm aluminium tube. Mock of rails temporarily in place. Will use these stacks to top of the tubes, but they will be cut down in size at a later stage. They are another The Parts Box item. Also added a few other details to the new intake set up. And pieced a few other parts together for a rough mock up. Wont be using the headers, just an idea of how they will look. Custom set will be made.

Chassis painted Tamiya TS-29 semi gloss black. Broke one of the top link mounts whilst washing. Did not notice until after it was painted, eyes arent as good as they use to be. Repaired. Repainted the diff, so had to wait for that to dry which held up the chassis work. So moved onto something else.

Thanks for commenting Tom, very much appreciated. Thank you Rodney, doing the best I can with the skills I have.

Nice work with all the body mods, looks way better all smoothed out.

Looks great Roger, I like the custom work and the blue and chrome.

Yeah another vote for the Advans, as they are like the wheels on the inspiration car.

Very impressive Guy, few layers of clear to bring out the shine and it will certainly bling in direct sunlight. Well done.

It a trans kit for Hasegawa Nissan Sunny made by C1 Models.

Of to a good start. That paint is going to come to life once the clear is applied.

LOL! Shock absorbers.

Applied another coat of 1000 primer instead of 1500 black, next up will apply TS-29 Semi black. And got the suspension components painted TS-29 and TS-49 Bright Red, have to get red in there some where.

Applied 1500 black to some parts of a build that stalled for a bit, hoping this will get things moving again. The parts. The build

Yeah need to consider some wider treads on the rear for sure, have to look whats in the stash. Thanks Thank you Jim appreciate you looking and leaving a comment.

Nothing serious, just messed around with this for my own amusement. Old kids toy from the past. Wheels from the spare's. After a few mods, sitting about right. Slambulance, that will be a paint test piece. Going to paint in the same style and colours as a South Australian ambulance

Re-stock of surfacer. And got some of this to try on small components A set of Infini matador's and zebra's. Styrene. And been wanting this kit for ages, but never been in stock, finally got lucky and managed to get one.

Tidy looking ute, well done.

Good idea following the suggestions of opening up the grille, will look heaps better with the mesh. Unfortunate the hobby shop was closed, at least it will give you time to suss out ideas and prepare for when you get the supplies needed to get the build progressing again. Lip kit will be the go for sure, as it will make it look as though it sitting lower.

After doing some prep work on the body, decided to get the over fenders attached. Now the track can be finalized. After that removed some of the stock wheel arches using a sanding drum, this gave clearance for the wheels. Before. After. Couldnt resist to apply some 1500 black to see how it looks and do a mock of course. Bit patchy as it was just very light quick coat. Going to need to thin the over fenders a small amount to get the wheels flush.

Could you possibly apply the decals first and seal them with the clear, then apply the Bmf after and work it up to the edge of the decal. Just thinking out aloud and probably wrong, but thought it might be worth suggesting.

Great job on the roof patterns Guy, going to look sweet under a layer of candy.

Thank you Anton. Not much of an update, just showing still working on it. Applied some primer to check for flaws and give it a light fill. Once thats sorted, black surfacer will be applied.

Looking forward to seeing the result after the tape work.

The amount detail work and how clean everything is assembled is showcase of some serious skills. Amazing build on so many levels that you should be very proud of the end result.