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More material would also need to be removed from the transmission tunnel as well.

The first trial fit showed that a lot more material would need to be moved from the floorpan sides.

Before that was done the panel needed to be cut in half, on for each side of the transmission tunnel. The reason I had kept it together so long was to make sure the contours were exactly the same and the half round tubing lined up properly.

All this area was marked out for removal so that the panel below would sit flush inside.

On the top side this will appear as recessed or inlayed bend pressings. So these will need to be scribed or cut in.

The underside was prepared for a couple of lengths of 1mm half round tubing.

The flat section was a little thick so it was sanded down to the same thickness as the sloping panels.

Hey Guys. I finally got the assembly of the floor pan underway.

Those tyres are on loan from a friend, so I am not sure but I think they may have come out of one of the Revell Pro Street Beretta.

The same Halibrand combination that was on the hi boy was tried out on the 40 coupe to give it a pro street look. Anyway keep the feedback coming guys it all helps !

The highboy once again with a different rear wheel, this one from an old funny car. This combination kind of reminds me of "Limefire" the Lime Green 32 Hiboy built by Pete Chapouris back in the eighties

I put the ET 111 on my old Monogram 3 Window coupe.

I got the hi boy out again and put these ones on. They are Halibrand style wheels.

Hey Guys. Your feedback about the wheels has been noted. I scaled up the ET 111's I have and they work out to around 20 inches which is way too big. The ones on the Alloway coupe are only 16 inch diameter so I will definitely be downsizing from these ones. I also tried out a few combinations today that are a bit more traditional. I know A guy over here who might be able to help me kick this project along especially in relation to the ET 111's so I might give him a call. In the meantime I put these combinations together.

You are talking about its configuration for the movie, when it was originally built it ran old school Halibrands, which were changed to steelies for the movie. I like they way it looked in all its configurations but I especially like the way it looks now.

The wheels I am using for the California Kid will be the same ones in the image above. These wheels are from the Revell 32, Hiboy roadster kit, but the front tyres are actually from the Revell, snaptite 34 kit that this one was mastered from. Most of the parts for the build will be sourced from the Revell 32 kits including the engine.

Thanks for the positive feedback guys. I have cast a few up and I will be looking at releasing them a little further down the track once I have ironed out a few bugs in the casting process. They will be done as semi complete kits, minus the engine and wheels for the full rendered versions and minus the engine and fenders for the race versions. As far as a stock height option goes that is little further down the track as well as I need to iron out a few flaws before I cast it. I added extra detail inside the body including detail in the door skins.

Hey Bernard. Although it looks like the Monogram 1:24 scale 34 3 Window, its actually a modified version of the Revell Snaptite 1:25 34 3 Window as I wanted to build an accurate version of the California Kid further down the track. The snaptite 34 3 window is the most accurate 1:25 scale 34 3 window body in my opinion. The centre section in the roof is from the AMT 5 window kit and the body is basically a replica of the California Kid right down to the stock hinges and laid back windscreen. The reason the body is two part is because I made up a stock height roof as well. The image below is the master body in a mockup of "Tha Kid" this is before I finished the body which is why it looks so rough.

That is awesome, definitely one of the nicest build I have seen !

Here are all the pieces sitting inside the floor. The flat pieces at the front where the seat attaches sit up higher than the panel at the rear so they will be less cramped than they look in this image when raised. The crosses show the flat panel front and back. The flat panels at the back are at the lowest point in the floor. The main reason i have marked all the pieces is so that i don't get them all mixed up which is easy enough to do with all the different pieces going into the floor. The next task will be to start assembling all the pieces so that this floor starts to resemble the 1:1 floor.

The transmission its self was measured today and narrowed quite extensively. The floor sides have been shortened as well.

I have most of the section cut now, these are the flat panels where the seat attaches the two wedge shaped panels join into the the transmission tunnel.

I was looking for some scrap paper today to make up another template, this time the template was for the floor surface, not a cut away but a top view. The idea was that I would place the paper over the floor and trace around the creases. This paper template was made up to save me time, by not having to go down to the garage every time I wanted to cross check something. I did not find any scrap paper but i hit the jackpot by finding a whole ream of unused printing paper. Since I no longer run the printer this paper will be put top use from now on. It looks ugly and its hard to tell whats what but its basically a tracing of the same floor area as above. The raise and inverted seams are all traced and the measurements are all there. Being traced means that i can measure the tracings rather than the actual floor if i need any more measurements.

Hey Guys. I spent the evening setting all the pieces of the floor in place after getting some more measurements today. In this image you can see all the different levels of the floor, of course this floor the panel was pressed as a single unit. All these levels I will need to recreate in mine can only be done individually because there would be too much cutting and bending for a single piece of plastic. The flat area where the seat rails attach has two raised creases and as the floor dips down towards the rear the creases become inverted. The raised creases will be created from half round while the inverted creases will need to be scribed in.

These are just some of the ones I want too produce but these are also the ones I want finished for when I launch the range. While I won't have any trouble creating the wheels, the tyres are a different story. To come up with the higher profile and complex tread patterns is not something that can easily be done by hand. I have tried scratch building the tyres but they are flawed which is why these are just concepts. What I am looking for is someone with a strong knowledge of CAD software who can create a tyre based of these images. These designs will need to be converted into STL files, because once I receive them I will be looking at getting them 3d printed at a high end store. The other thing working against me with this project is money. I will need to get an idea of how much it will cost for someone to create these tyres. If I can not afford it I will have to look at other means. What I can offer in return is various finished versions. I have extensive moulding and casting experience so once the prototypes are printed out and refined I can begin casting them straight away. I can send you through whatever versions you want in exchange for your expertise. I should ad that I have some very unique ideas with these designs that will stand them apart from anything else around. These ideas are so unique that I will not be sharing them with anyone on the forum, sorry guys ! that is unless you are able to assist me with the tyre designs. If anyone is unsure of what I can produce, these images should give you an idea. These are the wheels and tyres I did from last year. While the tyres will need to be similar to ones in the images, that is all they will be, I do not want direct copies, I want these wheel tyre combinations to be unique. I can send you through the dimensions along with some varying tread patterns. The tyres will have to fit the wheels I am working with. The wheel themselves are the ET 111's from the AMT 32 Victoria. Like the tyres these wheels will be extensively remodelled from the originals but the diameters will remain the same. These sets will be unlike anything else out there, my goal with this project is to create high combinations that will make each model stand out from its out of the box counterparts. Anyway anyone interested should let me know and if you do decide to help me with this project I will do my best to make it worth your while. Cheers !