Mad Max Gigahorse

[misterNNL]

Thanks for taking the extra time to post all of the great WIP photos.What a glorious mess you make,styrene flying everywhere,making 10 of this piece and  12 of that one,Scratch building heaven !!

Edited April 12, 2016 by misterNNL
dumb mistake(again)

[aurfalien]

This is such an insane build, totally awesome.

I just saw the movie, loved it.

 

[David G.]

Wow! A fantastic amount of work fabulously done! 

I can't wait to see more progress, not to mention the finished project.

David G.

[Slomoslam]

Thanks for taking the extra time to post all of the great WIP photos.What a glorious mess you make,styrene flying everywhere,making 10 of this piece and  12 of that one,Scratch building heaven !!

Exactly!!

[Ridge Rider]

Thanks everyone.  I've taken some PTO to rest my tired body and it is allowing me more bench time this week.So some more in progress photos. I drilled and pinned everything I could on the engines to make all the future fabrication and mockups easier.

I think I might have a little more room between the blocks than it should.  I will have to see how it all comes together. The air intakes are still in progress and I found some parts box carburetors that were a little bigger and had some better detail than the Camaros.

 

 

And just for fun-the modified caddy compared to the Camaro.  I'm so glad I put the extra work in the engines.  They were a challenge but also fun to do and should greatly benefit the final look of this beast.

 Thanks for the support.  Steve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 8, 2017 by Ridge Rider

[afx]

I think once you start adding turbos and exhaust a little extra room between the engines will be welcomed and will quickly fill up.

[MeatMan]

Very nice.  Looks like a lot of work, but I agree, well worth it.

[Rider]

From one rider to another, this is an epically spectacular build. 

[mustang1989]

Lookin' good as usual Steve! Way to go man.

Edited April 15, 2016 by mustang1989

[Force]

Your new engines looks a lot better than the Camaro ones...small block engines are quite a lot smaller that the big blocks and wouldn't have done this build justice.

[Ridge Rider]

Thanks everyone. I have some in progress updates.  I can't say this was one of the more enjoyable parts of this build.  The headers- They are a bit rough yet and need some cleanup but I will be happy to move past them.

So I have been thinking about the conical air filters and the best way to replicate them.  The only thing I could find online were the Shapeways 3D printed parts but the dimensions were wrong.  So I thought I would experiment with the spine of a book.  I took a simple paperback book and removed the cover and sanded the spine down to the glue.  I cut out a 3/8" section and gave it a wedge cut as close to the spine as possible and then superglued  it to some rod styrene.  I tried several, which are the top row but there just seemed to be too many pages.  So I searched through hundreds of books to find thicker pages.  This is the lighter single filter in the middle.  It was very hard to cut and when wrapped on the rod it had uneven filter element spacing. So I watered down some wood glue and brushed it in the spine of  every other page making the first attempt 200 page book now 100 pages.  This is the bottom filter.  I think there is some promise here.  I will keep messing with it but I think it now has the look and I hope I can make 4 that look alike.

 

Thanks for the support.  Steve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 8, 2017 by Ridge Rider

[mustang1989]

Excellent creativity Steve. Over the top man.......just over the top!

Edited April 22, 2016 by mustang1989

[Dogfish_7]

Awesome Imagineering!

[Jurva]

Air cleaners look very nice. Please post how-to making them.

[crazyrichard]

dang ... sooo nice !!!!!!!!

[Spex84]

Genius technique for the air cleaners. Wow.

[Rider]

This build just keeps getting better and better. Nice work on the filters. 

[bobthehobbyguy]

Those aif filters are great. Very creative solution.

[MeatMan]

Wow! Very creative. That's how modelers have to think.  I don't throw anything away without looking at it from a fabrication standpoint, but I don't think I would have ever thought of that!

[Belugawrx]

Ditto on the filters ,..man those are cool Steve

I gotta ton (metric) of paperbacks.... I supply / you make....?

 

Edited April 26, 2016 by Belugawrx

[Ridge Rider]

Thanks for the support everyone and I will do a how to on the filters after I have a finished example.  I have been working my way forward to get the front axle mounted but I needed the engine, gearbox, and trans established to dictate the placement of the shock towers. I ran out of tube for the lower radius rods but the axle is established and it is finally a rolling/static chassis.    I have the bump stops and stabilizers to build yet but a nice milestone has been reached.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking. Steve

 

 

 

Edited July 8, 2017 by Ridge Rider

[TomZ]

OMG I love this build!

[charlesdcamden]

[Ridge Rider]

Thanks guys, I like that meme.   I finished the stabilizers and bump stops and did a dry fit.  They should work. 

 

I found some parts box semi radiators and I'm in the process of building the intercoolers. The top right is the first one coming along.

Thanks for looking. Steve

Edited July 8, 2017 by Ridge Rider
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[crazyrichard]

ooowwww yeaahhh !!