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Steve - I'll try and diagram how I did this and I really hope I'm able to reproduce it again for the other side. I drilled a .016 hole through the side of a piece of insulation and through that I put a piece of wire and added the other smaller pieces of insulation. After the crosspiece was in place in the U-joint, the other pieces of wire were added through the yoke and glued. In other words, the glue joints on the insulation have the solid piece of wire and the single piece of insulation gets the pieces of wire. Hope this makes sense.

Thanks Danno. The engine got painted last night as well as the chassis getting a coat of primer.

Thanks Steve. The crosspiece is made of wire and wire insulation. Its actually quite strong. I'd take a pic but my camera won't focus that close.

Chris ~ I don't know when the next one is. I'll let you know once I find out.

Oh yeah, love this one. Like Tom said above, anything that goes straight is alright by me.

Truly top notch building Joe. Love following along with this one. Proceed.

Outstanding stuff as usual Chris. Love following this incredible build.

Working on adding wire insulation to take out the slack and wobble. I'm not sure how this will hold up to paint though.

That's the plan and I hope to have some more done on the chassis and engine by then. We'll see how it goes.

OK, this so far has gone fairly smoothly. I need to figure out the final mechanics of the crosspiece so there isn't any side-to-side movement but everything else is complete. I have a plan and am hoping it works out as well as everything else has so far. Here's a few pics. Both yokes are made of square aluminum tubing. One size is larger than the other. Here they're in place with piano wire holding them together. This is quite sloppy with side-to-side movement. In place in the axle yoke for the poseable steering. And showing the yoke for the wheel side of the axle. Its tight in there. Progress will continue this afternoon so stay tuned.

With this front end, I'm going to attempt to do working steering along with functioning U-joints. I've wanted to try this for some time. We'll see how it goes. I'll post progress pics later today or tonight. Fingers crossed.

Thanks Tomo. Worked like a charm.

OK, been awhile since I used PhotoBucket and they've changed it again. Now the links show up on the above post but not the actual pix. Some investigative work is involved here

Happy new years fellow builders. I've been on this for a week or so. Started with the AMT Daisy Duke Jeep and a couple of AMT '57 Chevy Stepside kits. I'm using tires from a kid's diecast BigFoot type truck and the plan is to get some turned rims from Jim at MicroNitro. The top of the engine is still being decided but I have a few ideas in mind. Here's a few progress pictures. Comments welcome. Stay tuned and thanks for following along.

This is one top notch build Steve. You do some incredible work.

My all time favorite body style. Some great builds here. Thanks for posting.

I concur. Center hook works for me. Nicely done and its great to have options.

That stuff rocks Jim. You need a couple of old fishing poles too.

Hey Jim, that turned out awesome. It will look really fitting once its painted white. What's next?

this looks like some serious fun. I'll be following along.

Looks sweet Chuck. More please.

I know those beauties took a bunch of time and patience. They look incredible Bill and you sure can be proud of them.

Niko ~ your skills are showing!! WOW, that engine is a thing of beauty. She's real fine, that 409. From what I see of the interior, its progressing nicely too. You've sure upped your game.

The Black Widow is a great start to jumping back into the hobby full force and so far, you're doing it justice. I've been watching Niko's builds for some time now and his skills and execution have really skyrocketed. As others have said, its great to have a father and son building team, whether 1:1 or 1;24, on the forum. Welcome aboard.

Now that is progressing nicely. Love your execution Steve. Where are you sourcing your wheels?