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Ambitious project indeed. The A-pilars will be a workout and then come the hinges Robert mentioned. And please get rid of these wheels. They have absolutely no place on a Lamborghini. Look online. There are plenty of cool aftermarket wheels that will look way better on the Diablo. Ohhh and one more thing. If the Diablo is your favorite car, then please don't drive one. Meeting your heroes and all.......

Thank you Richard. Bryan, I have many pictures of the car, but of the frame this one is the only other picture I have It is a very simple and plain chassis. That is the beauty of it. Also it allows for a very, very low ride without any fancy work on the rails.

Looking good Bryan. The build is awesome, I just think it needs a friendlier name

No problem Bryan. Here is what is going to be at the rear for sure.

Very nice. I like the metal bits.

Thank you. The engine is decided. The rear suspension and frame set up are decided too. I just opened up the trunk too and made the new windshield frame. Just changed the transmission too and started making a new oil pan. Pictures coming soon. I am still on the fence about the front end and interior. I really want a solid axle look, but with a modern twist. There are two different set ups on real cars that I really like, but I don't know if I can pull it off with the space I have in the front. One involves torsion bars and the other air bags. The idea of both is to eliminate any visible shocks and to make like the front axle is just like there by itself. Here is the first one, which is on the Allumatub. No visible shocks at all, just a solid axle and radius rods. The one from Rob Lowe's Deuce I can't find good pictures of, but basically it has a Z-d frame in the front and air bags under the grille shell instead of spring and two pairs of radius rods - one on the outside and one on the inside of the frame rails.

This is really cool. I have a very similar east coast Deuce 5 window in the works too.

Now that's one good looking Deuce body. What color is it going to be?

I was looking at my content, because I took almost a year off the plastic kits and realized that there was already a topic started about this project. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=52079&hl= Is there a way a moderator could merge the two please? Thanks in advance.

Thank you Bill. I knew quite a bit about the Cizeta (I saw it shown in Geneva in '91), but I had never heard of that Colloway before. Sbarro is a nutcase. He created that Design Academy in Switzerland I believe, that makes some insane cars. Most of them are pretty crappy tho. He was at the top of his game back in the late '80s - early '90s IMHO. His Super 12 is way cool tho.

I don't think Testors lacquers are "true" lacquer. They tend to dry a lot slower than real automotive lacquer. There is also a big difference between drying (to the touch) and curing. I have not polished a Testors product in over a decade, so I am sure there are people on here who can give you a lot better advice, but I would leave it for at least a week, before I touch it.

Pretty sweet. Love the engine set up

It is a great piece of work either way. Like I have said before, I can not even believe, that I actually like something that started as a Monkeymobile. What's the latest on the engine?

I found the info Ace-Garageguy provided very interesting, so I decided to do some reading about it. Me being me, I wanted to see could an engine like the one I build be made and has anything like that been done before. Two engines popped up right away. The Ciseta 16V, which is best described as weird. Basically it is two Ferrari V8 engines put together. But it has one solid 90 degree block with one enormous crank, four separate heads and four distributors, but timing and firing order as one single 16 cylinder engine. I am not even going into the (amazing) transmission part as it is irrelevant. Their website is still up and running and claims that for about $600K they can still build you a brand new one. Then comes the Callaway Cyclone V16 4.0-liter 16 cylinder 90° V angle, 5 valve / cylinder DOHC Apparently, engines like this not only could be build, but have been made in the past and in more than one piece. Now that I have my doubts about the authenticity of such a concept engine, I can get back to the chassis of this thing. There are quite few things I need to figure out, which is the hard part for me. In order to fit better in the chassis and under the floor, I may have to change the transmission too. For the rear suspension I want to make a set up like the one used in Boyd Coddington's Alumatub. It will be fun.

Thanks Bill. I honestly did not know these things. But this is exactly what I love about building scale models. Our imagination is the only limit. I am sure that if I was to build the thing in 1:1 it would have taken considerable amount of money, but it would be achievable to build an engine like this. It reminds me of the Cizeta Moroder with its V16 engine it was engineered from the ground up as two flat plane V8s sharing a single block, mounted transversely, with gearing between the two providing a single output from the center of the engine assembly to the longitudinal transmission. Things like this are definitely possible if one has the financial backing needed. And having seen what sort of things are coming out in the street rod world lately, I would definitely not rule out the possibility of creation of such a rod.

Thank you guys. Andrew, I have not thought about these things yet. I have a really spontaneous style of building models. I start with an idea and then make it. Then the next step is done around it etc., etc.. This way the model evolves as it goes and it is not planned ahead. The engine is the perfect example. The other thing is that the details you mentioned are all Ferrari clues and this model at this point has no Ferrari connection at all. See, this model did not start with the idea of making a Ferrari rod. It just started as a "what-if" mixing the 32 with a 34. The only thing I know so far is that it will have a quick change solid axle with an unconventional suspension set up. I have not decided on the front yet. Figuring out the mounting of the engine has a lot to do with that, as it would determine if I can achieve the stance and look with a solid axle or I would need an independent set up. I may have to reradius the rear wheel wells too, in order to make its butt sit lower and still have the rears tucked a little. Now this is a mod I am definitely NOT looking forward to.

Very cool. The chassis will be nice.

So, I played with different exhaust ideas. I was thinking that I should go the regular solder route, but then decided, that instead of making my life complicated, I could adapt two sets of the stock exhaust. So I did and I am very happy with the result. Besides I like how the whole thing will make people take a second look because of how easy it is to miss how much bigger the engine is once installed. It still needs a lot of work on the manifolds to "blend" them together, but nothing I expect to give me trouble. I also did a little bit of body work on the body. I cut out the sides, so now the hood sides follow the the door jamb lines. Then I filled with sheet styrene the holes on each side and puttied everything. This is how it looks when it is mocked up with a frame/body/engine. Note that the intake is now not positioned correctly, because the filter hits the firewall. If I had left the stock filter, I would not have this problem. But on the bright side, now I have a good reason to modify the firewall, so it curves around the filter on top. It will be quite a bit of work, but all worth it at the end I hope.

I like the build, just not sure about the colors. I mean the body/frame combo is great, but the blue decals kind of don't match.

Depends on the materials used. What clear did you spray it with? Some polyurethane two part clears can be polished in as little as few hours. If it is an enamel clear (Testors) I would not touch it for at least a week.

I'll be following this one for sure.

Really cool looking. Also, as an avid Ferrari fan, I can not help it but love the colors chosen. I would have just reversed the colors on the doors. I think if the panels were tan with black inserts, it would showcase the sculpted interior better. Outstanding work regardless.

Thank you. It may be a while before you see this puppy with the engine installed. There is a lot of work that needs to be done to it. Meanwhile, I did some more on the engine (which by the way I absolutely love now). first I wanted to make a different air filter. So using the original one from the Ferrari engine as a base I built upon it. It is just from styrene plastic, but I made little lips on the inside, so photoetched mesh could be fitted around it later. I also did not like how plain it looks, so I started scratching my head for ideas how to make it look better. I wanted something custom and not found on any other car, just like the engine. I was born on Friday the 13th and it is my lucky number. Long time ago I made a design to be tattooed on my arm. So I thought it would be cool to put it on the air filter somehow. So I took the above picture, loaded it on my computer and then printed it in a size where just the 13 was the size I needed. Then I changed the blade on my knife and cut out the 13 and with a piece of scotch tape I put it on top of a very thin sheet styrene. Then I traced again the design with my knife. Needless to say this took a bit of time and a few deep breaths . But then I had a perfect copy from thin plastic. Next I glued the design and some really thin strips on top of the filter to create my personalized engine piece. The added strips still need to have their edges sanded lightly. And I have not decided yet if the filter and the valve covers will be chromed or color coded to the rest of the model. Now back to the drawing board to figure out the headers. Thank you for looking.

Thank you Brian, but I can not take any credit for the idea. This was one of this cases, where someone gives you a solution that you think "How come I did not think of this first?". Torinobradley gets the kudos for proposing it.

Love the barrel of rum.