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Thanks Doc for posting Donn's work. It deserves more attention. The man can simply lay down the paint let alone build such clean cars. His reputation is well deserved. Cheers to you both Doc and Donn! Tim

i LOVE em. don't tell my wife. Cheers.

Trying to figure out how to make the driveshaft, trans and pinion yokes. Got the driveshaft yokes made out of brass today. Started by machining some 5/32" rod. These particular parts should be great candidates for nickel plating once I get the other yokes made. I'm leaning towards a carbon fibre driveshaft at this point. I dropped these little buggars on the floor half a dozen times and thankfully didn't lose one. Cheers

I'm in AWE Randy. Just fantastic YOUR builds AND abilities. Now get something done so I can ogle some more. Cheers

To everyone who commented on the tank, thankyou and I'll try to address a few questions. (and Randy, thanks for the comment on my progress on learning how to machine...only been 6 months at it but I DO have a great mentor, which is priceless) Micheal, the P-Etch piece on top is the filler. It's not affixed yet and the plumbing (which is quite simple to be honest) will be done after I make the ti-strap I want to do for it. Wed. I'm hoping to start & finish a 4 link brace in aluminum that I've drawn up and want to machine. Then the wing struts and drive shaft and it's yokes. Cheers to each of you and again, thanks for following along. Tim

Fuel tank done other than a titanium strap I'm going to make to secure it to the chassis. The alum. block was what it started out as. A little more polishing to get some swirl marks out and I'm calling it done. The back and two side angles were cut at 15 degrees and the bigger angle at the front was 40. Used a rotary table on a sherline tilting table with a self-centering 4 jaw chuck.....took me all day but all of the angles & lines met perfectly so I was happy. Cheers, Tim pic from the back of it

Bruce...? How's the build progressing ? Hope to see more soon. Cheers

Any updates Ray?? Don't stop now okay.....was really enjoying this thread. Cheers

WOW, what a cool original design Brian. From every angle it just looks right to my eye and made me look at it several times to truly appreciate what you made. Bet you were pleased with how this one turned out. Congrats. Tim

Michael, not sure I'll plate the entire chassis...but I'll certainly look at doing other parts along the way. Bruce, thank you sir for the compliment. Joe and Brad....you two simply make me laugh. I always look forward to your funny comments and laugh out loud more often than not. Joe, the guys showed up with my coat but said they'd have to come back......the sleeves weren't long enough. Brad, with two kids, i've seen those movies countless times and still haven't tired of them. The minions RULE! Cheers

Nicely done Bill. Great eye for detail. Whats on the bench that you're working on now? Cheers, Tim

Wanted to attempt something new. On the X brace I just made I did a electro-plated nickel finish using the real deal from Caswell of New York State. For my first pass at it, I was VERY pleased and have no doubt with some experience I can do much better. They have a multitude of plating finishes available. Not exactly like using Alclad but for each it's own purpose. In natural light it looks great. Comments welcome.

Michael, it connects the frame 4 link brackets to the axle 4 link brackets. It permits up and down travel but not side to side to keep the axle where it's supposed to be. The bar in the center that connects is welded on one side on a real car and allowed to slide in the other. Hope this helps and thanks for the compliment. Stan & Dave, thank you too for your continued interest and positive comments. Randy,it would be great to meet up and compare brass fabbing notes. Theres ALOT of good questions that come to mind that I'd like to ask you on yours. Just a fantastic build you're doing on the GT-40. It looked great under the bright lights as the DSC show. Mike, thanks sir. Are you SURE you don't want to part with it?

4 link X-Brace done. 6 hours. sheesh. It was satisfying finishing up this piece though. Fits beautifully when I did the mock-up too. Brass and S/Steel. Cheers

Chris, it's a show put on by the Central Pa. Modellers club. They have an enthusiastic club and gathering and from what I've read and the pics I've seen, would be a great one to make some time for. Cheers

Chris, I just went through the pics you posted on the previous page. WOW. Especially love the springs on the blower burst panel. Nice touch. The entire build looks just fantastic. No need to hurry it along now. One step at a time right? !! Thanks for sharing all the pics and updates. Tim

Hi guys, Joe - Page 27 has the pic (i had to download it again) and an explaination of the tools I use on clean-up of the joints. I only re-heat a joint if its absolutely necessary once I get a piece in place where I want it. I don't want to tempt fate and have it move on me by re-heating it. But I do that as well but I'll remove what I believe to be any excess solder first from the joint. Simply re-heating a joint with too much solder will just make it run somewhere else. Won't be making the NNL this year unfortunately. Taking the kids fishing. But I have every intention of going to the September Shootout in Gilbertsville, Pa. this year and will take the Henry no matter what state of construction it's in. I saw the DSC pics and I have to say that looked like one great show. Cool to see pics of you guys too. Just too far for me to travel. Brad - Don't worry, I've had no moments of burn-out on this one yet. Fingers are crossed. Thanks for the compliments. Clayton - Again, thank you! To do what you see that I posted yesterday was a 5 hour session. Crazy it takes so long to do what seems straightforward. Working in brass just naturally takes much longer than working in plastic, but I knew that going into it. But I'm pleased with the way it looks in the raw which you just can't achieve in plastic. (not knocking those that build in plastic btw) Granted, it will be painted someday (or will it?) Chris - Thanks man. Saw the pics of your car on the tables at the DSC. SWEET. And Randys GT-40, Art's sprint car and John Teresi's entries (that bike was nutes) among others from this forum. The idea of wearing Forum name badges is a great idea to be able to search out fellow builders and finally meet and compare notes. Glad you had a blast and makes me really want to get to a show sooner than later. Cheers, Tim

After a brief break, got some additional bars located and the pinion yoke hoop. Going to jump to the mill and work on a 4 link / rearend brace, wing struts, fuel tank, pinion yoke and then the x-brace (in brass). Thanks for looking. Tim

That is so sharp and clean already. Phenomenal Chris, You're getting so close now. Cheers, Tim

Andy, VERY cool build and your flares make the car. Regarding the splitter and the vertical vanes that support it, they look way too thick for the car and makes the front end look "heavy". Maybe only half or 1/3 as thick as you show them now? Constructive criticism I assure you as I really like the build you've started. And this from a Ford guy. Cheers, Tim

Now THATS funny Brad. glad you liked those pics....here's the ones driving me nuts now......."does not compute"......

Thank you Randy & Michael..... btw, you BOTH owe us pics of your WIPS.......... Here's 2 pics from the "archives" that I thought you'd enjoy as I grind away on the rear of the chassis. Cheers, Tim

Congrats Joe on a sharp looking paint job. Pulling the tape up is kind of like Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates..."you never know what you're gonna get". I can just imagine the smile on your face when you saw how it turned out. Again, great job. Tim

John dude, even IF I thought I had the abilities to make such a car, it would take ME 18 months to do it. And it still wouldn't be this nice. I can't get over how fast you do bodywork and paint. Astounding. Cheers, Tim

Mitch, thanks for the offer. As an FYI it's part number 1100 / Stylus by Dremel. If you see one plz. snap it up and I'll happily pay your for it and your trouble. Miichael, no worries and thanks for the info. I'll look it up on ebay today. I did buy something that looked like a stylus for a cheap price off ebay and of course it arrived and didn't work.....at all. I do have some proxxon tools and for the money their pretty decent. Here are a few pics of the climbing x-brace. Comp1839 used it on his camaro promod and I liked the design of it. It simply connects the upper and bottom rails in a triangulated fashion. This one had me a bit concerned because of all the other joints I had to connect it to and getting it to line up properly. This one made me smile how well it went together. Plz. ignore the joints....not cleaned up yet. Cheers