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Great job there Daniel. I'd love to see the pics with better lighting as I don't think the pics do the car the justice it deserves. It IS nice! cheers, tim

Gorgeous build and paint as always Donn. You've still got it man! cheers, tim

That is a stunning paint job. Sorry, did I say "stunning", I meant to say stupidly stunning it's so nice. Congrats on a great job on the car so. cheers, tim

I remember these cars when they actually raced as a kid and they left quite the impression upon me. With your skills, this should be one VERY impressive build Mark. cheers, tim

That paint polished out beautifully. LIke the color a whole lot! cheers

Thank you guys for your posted comments above......it's been 2 weeks and I've been painting etc. So I got the candy red on and the pic doesn't do it justice. At all. Just a slight bit of orange peel and the body has yet to be polished & cleared. I'm very pleased with the color trust me BUT you can see from the pic that I ran into a problem at the bottom edge of the body when I pulled the tape. UGH! So, I paint so infrequently, but didn't panic and knew who to reach out to.........yup, that master painter John Teresi. He shared some ideas on how I can save the paint job and repair/blend the paint on the edge. I'm just waiting on some more gold paint to arrive Monday and I'll get after it. We're having some great paint days this year and next week we'll have a couple more. Also started the detailing of the magneto and plug wires. I've seen John T. & Clay Kemp detail their plug wires with stencils and thought I'd give it a try too. I used Woodland HO train dry transfers to put the stenciling on the plug wires. I took a piece of renshape and used a ball mill to cut a shallow groove to keep the wire straight while applying the decals. About 90 minutes to do all 8. Pic 1 shows a plug wire about to be detailed and the second shows a bunch of the completed lines. Plug boots & looms to be added upon install to the mag and engine. Hopefully have some good pics of the body next week if I can fix it right. Cheers, Tim

Now that put a big ol' smile on MY face. You're off to a crackin' start Chris on the mill. Congrats and I'm sure we're in for a real treat as your skills improve over the coming weeks/months. You're on your way to having a COMPLETE tool box that only a few modellers possess. I see you getting a CNC some day and marrying it with your crazy CAD skills. Glad to see you back sir! cheers, tim

Many thanks to each of you for your comments and interest. It's amazing how things move or "grow" during assembly. I put the rear body tree on to support the body and finished the rear brake lines. So I thought I'd do a last minute check on the clearances for the inner fenders to the body and the magneto. Mag is great.......inner fenders, not so much. I massaged them to the point of proper fitment but for the life of me I don't know why it was necessary. It was completely fine when I fabricated them in the first place. Oh well. I took a second while I had the body on to check the clearances and took a quick mock up for an idea of where it's headed. Happy Memorial Day to everyone and all my respect to those that are either serving or have served. Cheers, Tim

I applaud your vision on this project and better yet, your execution of the idea. The body looks great and like the others, hope you continue with it. cheers, tim

Jim, absolutely gorgeous paint and the body mods are pure perfection. cheers, tim

Thanks Dave, here goes. The 1st pic I'm sharing is the surprise gift John Teresi sent from the GSL. An official GSL t-shirt with some great sentiments and signatures from people I'm sure you'll recognize. Thanks again fellas. The other pics are of some pieces I fabbed for display purposes. The body "skeleton", adjustable height jack stands and a rack for the slicks/rear wheels to show the hubs & brakes. The jack stands were heavily modified dirtmodeller pieces btw, only the pyramidal base was used. Paint weather has arrived so I'll finally get onto that so I can finish the car. Cheers to all and thanks again Dave for the efforts you're making to have the Forum perform better for all. (fingers crossed as he prepares to down load pics this time) YES!!!!!!!! It DOES work now. btw Dave, the pics did download faster than I've experienced in the past which I'm sure reflects some of the changes you made while doing the site maintenance. Good job.

After several attempts to post pics, I gave up. Each time I get the "uploading" image box at the bottom that says "image qued" and nothing happens. It will not upload the pics I've copied and dropped from Fotki like I always have. Just an fyi for the administrators.

I have to echo Pete's comments. I've used the American Beauty 250 watt model for 5+ years now. It allows me to do a lot of different work and has a finesse that I couldn't (others can) master with a standard soldering iron. As you gain experience with it you'll wonder how you ever did it any other way. Not a cheap unit as you described though. I've learned to file tips down and shape them for a given job. Even bent the electrode ends in varying degrees to get at hard to reach places. I use Tix solder and flux whether resistance or flame soldering and the absolute BEST BOOK on the subject of soldering (IMO) is "Model Building with Brass" by Kenneth Foran even though they don't discuss resistance soldering per se. Have fun experimenting!!

Claude, don't know about "good for the soul" but it DOES put a smile on my face to be near the end of this one! Thanks Dave, you're a good mentor and better friend. QuikTimz, I get it, I have had and continue to have many inspirational builders on the forum that I look up to.......not to offend or omit anyone by accident, but I think it safe to say that Comp1839(Dave), ClayKemp, Chris Sobak, John Teresi, RandyD and Lowlife among others were those that influenced and inspired me. If I'm on YOUR list I can only sincerely say thank you. Hope to see your work in the future. Mike, thanks man, I mean that. The photos you had provided were VERY helpful along the way on this one. I'm glad you're still following along and I should have some pics to post soon. Cheers everyone!

Loving this thread already Kurt. Especially like the entire initial thought process you're going through and how you want to realize it. Oh, and the car itself is going to be just wild. Like a better looking 918 on steroids. cheers, tim

Nicely done Tim. The black paint looks fantastic too!

Great idea Brad, next round of pics I have to share I'll include one. Daniel, thanks sir. Dave (Goatguy) just dropped by yesterday and I shared your Zip Tie method with him too. Dave, thanks my friend. You can see a lot of what you taught me along the way in that shot. I think I passed the Professors class.

Now that's stretching ones imagination Claude. GREAT concept and nicely executed. cheers,tim

Been working on a framework to support the body and assorted panels for display purposes. I'll have some pics to show pretty soon. I'd like to acknowledge some people today and a nice gesture by a friend. Dave Ambrose, I'm glad you've enjoyed this thread. It's been quite the journey right? I want to say thanks to you and all the other administrators / owners of the Forum. You're efforts & work are not given the credit for which they deserve. I would not want the responsibilities but I DO appreciate having such a venue to share our hobby with. Thanks........and to you especially Gregg! Bill (Ace) Honestly, it tests my patience at times but I'm enjoying this part of the build especially now. It's a bit much on this one but I've learned a bunch for the next build. Thanks !! Bruce, always good to read your posts and sentiments. Just know I enjoy your builds as well. I've said before how apparent it is that we like so many of the same cars. cheers, Kurt, I always love a good chuckle and the nitro incense pot visual made me LOL. thanks for that and for stopping by to check out the build. Randy, thanks sir. Always a fan of ANYTHING you're building. Hopefully you'll have something to share soon. It can be anything.....anything at all. wink-wink! Bob, that sir is high praise indeed. It's inspiring to keep pushing ahead with it even though it can be a mental slog at times. Then those moments pass and well..........here we are. Almost done! Yeah right?! Hope you like the rest of it. In closing, I want to say thanks for the nice gift I got in the mail today from John Teresi. It was a GSL contest T-Shirt but what makes it special are the signatures and sentiments shared by several people that most of you will certainly recognize. In no particular order; Gregg (our very own Forum Editor of MCM & the Forum, Mark Gustavson, Art Laski, Chris Sobak and of course John himself. The heartfelt invite to the 2022 GSL contest (the final one) will not be ignored and I promise to make every effort to attend and bring the Bantam as well. I always look forward to the GSL results as I find the level of builds to be simply extraordinary. Truly one of the best in the country. If you win, or for that matter, even place at that show, that's saying something. So to one and all, many thanks for thinking of me even though I couldn't make it. Cheers, Tim

Ray AND Bob, thank you guys for following the build as always. It is getting exciting as it gets closer to being finished. Already working on the Pro Mod that will take the place of my Henry J thread. Mike, ahhh, good timing. This week I'm making a jig to support the body and some panels for display purposes. The body will be removed to show off the detail of the car. Thanks for asking. John, thanks sir, I'll have plenty of pics with the body on but see above my reply to Mike. Mike Flynn - thank you for the comments and the source I use for scale hardware is modelmotorcars.com I used to buy hardware from a firm called T2M as well but they've gone out of business. Good luck! Tim

Thanks Scott & Dave.... Hoping for beautiful May paint weather..........come on 80 degrees and low humidity. Chris your comments are high praise indeed considering your Vega build. I learned a lot of great tips along the way from you. Thank you! Gary, thanks too for your post. I did get the Crower 8 port, valve covers & brakes installed over the last 2 days. The list is getting shorter. Everything in the pics below is permanently installed. cheers everyone!

Tony, that is such a cleanly executed build. Great colors and decals as well. congrats on it! cheers, tim

It's been 3+ years now since I started this thread. It's coming to an end soon and I wanted to say thanks to each and every visitor to the thread whether you commented or not. It's been fun & I've gotten a lot of experience out of this one. The forum is a great venue (the best IMO) to share and learn. For those builders that helped with their tips and knowledge along the way, I especially want to say thanks as it helped a lot to get to this point. The interior and controls are basically completed now. They include: Fuel cut-off, Mag kill switch, gas & clutch pedals, handbrake, chute release, twin fire-bottles including their hard-lines & nozzles (you'll have to look closely) oil pressure gauge (with John Teresi's retention strap idea on the back of it),the lenco shift & reverse levels. Please ignore the small paint chips in the pics as they're few and tiny. If not for the close-up pics I don't think anyone would be able to see them.....they'll be touched up at the end of course. Oh, and the left fire bottle safety pin has to be added...................Thanks so much fellas and cheers to all, Tim. In this pic you can see the kill switch flip cover.......that thing was a bugger to make.

That IS wild Chuck . Very imaginative. cheers, tim

Glad I stopped to check out this thread Jay. You've done this car and kit tremendous justice. cheers, tim