Dyno Davo

Thanks guys, glad you liked it. Appreciate you dropping by.

Whoops, only meant that in the sense that I'd rather spend the time building models as opposed to spending time on Facebook, apologies if anyone took offence

Thanks Terry, yes I've heard about this group but I consider myself one of those lucky people who don't do Facebook. I'm a member of a 1/16scale drag racing forum on Yahoo that works together really well. Appreciate your suggestion though, and thanks for checking out my build. Thanks to you to Joe.

Rom, some dudes cant see the forest for the trees, don't waste time on them, this is turning out ace mate, looking forward to following your build. PS: where did you buy the scale model of parrot, it looks so real man (LOL) Cool pet companion. I'd be teaching it to hold parts together while the glue dried, always need a third hand. My dog just won't cooperate.

Nice workmanship Nic, and on a Stang too, Go Ford!!!!!!. Enjoying this WIP

Now your getting to the really fun stuff Chris, bolting bits together is cool. RB stuff is the best IMO.

Thanks Terry, appreciate you taking a look

Heart felt thanks to all for your compliments and watching the build. Any one interested in the pie crust slicks (there M&H type) the master was done by me and can be purchased from www.thepartsbox.com Cheers again guys, thanks.

Hi guys, model is now completed and in the Under Glass section. Thanks again for following this build.

Hi everyone, for the benefit of those who missed the progress build thread in the Drag section this is my just completed early 1960's Gas Dragster, she has a small block Chev with early Hilborn injection running through a quick change rear end. Other than a handful of parts this model is scratch built with using hand made parts, my own resin casting parts and some aftermarket detail items. The engine block, supercharger housing, steering wheel, front tires and quick change were the kit items used. I up scaled the measurements from a 1/25 Mooneyes frame and other reference material to scratch build the 1/16 DragMaster IV chassis. All the chrome is Alclad. The weedburners were made from copper tube. A full set of build pics can be viewed at; http://s675.photobucket.com/albums/vv112/dynodavo/1-16%20Dragmaster/ Thanks for taking a look and happy to answer any questions on the build.

Hi Ted, thanks for the kind words. Yep the T handle does go to the fuel cutoff valve I used some brass nuts and bolts purely because I had them and they looked ok for the application, once painted with some ModelMaster chrome silver they blended in with the rest of the front end. The finned valve covers and heads were resin cast from some out of the Lindberg Bullhorn T Hotrod kit. The block came from the 55 Chev kit. Thanks for the compliments Rick and Greg. Appreciate you looking in.

Thanks guys, should have completed photos up by this coming weekend.

Hi guys, its been a bit of a slog but finally got the chassis and drive train complete, only the body panels to go.

How did I miss this one. Way cool build and old school, just the way they should be. Awesome work.

Great effort and the color scheme works. Nice build

Very cool in stock form. 32s look awesome no matter how they are dressed.

Nice build, thought they were photos of the real car.

Man, that car is super cool and an extra super neat build in 1/43, amazing.

Latest update, scratch built the early Hilborn two port injector system, added a scratch built oil pressure gauge with face glass, fuel shutoff cable and handle, ignition cutout switch and cabling and the Vertex magneto, spark plug leads and spark plugs. Started building the headers using copper tubing. Thanks for following guys.

Hi Bob, apologies for the slow reply, the tutorial was put together in Word and then converted to PDF. Thanks for using the tutorial, hope you turn out some great wheels. With a little patience you can use this technique for 1/25 as well. I use 10 thou rod for those.

Awesome work Clay, will be following this build.

Lovin' those wheels Chris. Jim does amazing work.

An absolute masterpiece Rom and its been exciting to follow this amazing build.

Rom, amazing paintwork. Really appreciate you taking the time to show us how you do your stuff.

Thanks guys, if those who would like my instructional guide on making wire wheels please just email a quick request to dynodavo@yahoo.com.au and I can send you the PDF. I'll try to attach them to this post as well.Making your own wire wheels 101.pdf