Scale-Master

Older 1/43rd resin kit.

Thanks! I sourced these brakes from the parts box, I know they are Tamiya units; maybe from a Skyline GTR…?

Thank you Anton! After it looked good in primer, I shot a base coat of gloss white and let it dry for a few days just to make sure there were no ghosting issues. It looked good so I shot more of the same white for the color coat.

Thanks Tim! The resin joints are about as strong as styrene. The brass is for strength and will not be visible in the end. Yes, the rear spoiler was a good amount of work, especially because I dropped it a couple days ago and broke one corner off and had to rebuild it.

I'm guessing the oval hole in the engine cover is a carry-over from the first issue for the power switch for the motor and lights. They provide a plug, but it needs to be faired in.

Made new lower control arms from steel and cast resin ends.

Mirror. Machined from Aluminum.

Thanks guys! It's just a fun side project. Mirror mount.

Thanks Ray! Still figuring out the paint scheme. I keep changing my mind... I machined a fuel cap from aluminum and made the hole for it in the headrest from brass.

Thanks Guys!! Built up the rear suspension rods and ends, and they work with the rest of the moving suspension parts. Steel rods, cast resin joints made from 3D printed masters I designed and grew and brass pivot points.

The interior is mostly blocked from view, so I only detailed what could be seen.

Thanks Chris!

I made a little dash and gauge cluster.

Thanks Carl! More work on the dash and console. I cut down an RX-7 seat to make a jump seat; the driver gets a racing seat.

Since all the interior parts (except the door panels and tub) were used elsewhere, I started to fabricate the front of the console and a receiver for the steering column and dash. I might take a little more off the back, or not… Gotta finish both sides. It's made up of five pieces.

Started on the rear spoiler. I made it too long so it could be shaped to fit the car; still more to do…

Reworked the interior/chassis parts to accept the new wheels & tires and to hide what's missing on the underside.

Thanks guys. The tonneau cover is made from 0.035 sheet plastic for the main part and where the curvature and contours are an added piece of 0.045 with a wedge under it was used. No heat, just sanding to shape. The windshield was cut with an X-Acto knife. I've seen plenty of "speedsterized" cars. Clear headlights are but one option. Lot's of room for customizing...

Thanks guys! I think I found the right wheel, tires and stance for it…

This was the donor car for a previous project and it gave up its LS engine, drivetrain and suspension. It is also the model I used to fit the decals for the '98 Pace Car decals for Revell kit to and I didn't put it back in the box properly back then so one of the A pillars was bent from being stored like that for 22 years. (Part of why it was a donor…) Repairable? Easily, but this should be more fun. The first step was to make a hard tonneau cover for the right side. Sheet plastic was cut and formed to fit. The sculpted part of the convertible cover on the Corvette body was smoothed out and a fairing was added on the driver's side. Some panel lines were filled and part of the trunk line was relocated. I wanted to keep the passenger side door lines. The A pillars were cut down to match the reshaped windshield and the wipers were removed from the cowl.

Thank you Nigel! I turned my attention back the carbs and added brass tubing to the intake for positive locating of the Webers. I used the one I test grew to double check alignment.

While I was able to engineer in the correct angles for the intake manifold to mate to the block and heads when I designed it; the printer left too much slag on the bottom surfaces and I had to fixture it up in my mill to cut those angles for a proper fit. This material is very brittle and I was relieved that it took the vise and milling as well as it did. I also added a couple more magnets to it. The block received two more magnets too. As well as brass tubing under the thermostat housing and the distributor to positively locate and align the manifold.

Thanks guys! Actually I've done several hundred Hot Wheels customs Gary, I even used to work for Hot Wheels/Mattel.

A reworked Hot Wheels. Fresh paint and custom decals.