GZM2023 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Sorry if i missed it but where did you get the wheels or did you make them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanMuscleFan Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 I'm happy and excited to see you back in the saddle Tim, I was starting to miss your prowess and I'm certainly not the only one! 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codi Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 Morning Chris & Francis, thanks a bunch........worked on the scoop a bit more should have some "final" pics of it and then cutting open and modifying more of the body. cheers! Zack, I wanted to respond, I machined the wheels. Cheers as well. tim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Am looking forward to following this impressive model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian McLaren Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Good morning Tim, I'm so glad to see that you are returning to the bench, you were missed my friend and welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codi Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 Good morning Bob & Ian.....thank you for stopping by....I'm trying to maintain some steady progress on her instead of all the stop and go so I can actually finish her. I actually put in more than 20 hours of bench time this week which has been quite a while. I'll post some comments along with the pics I'm posting. Cheers to everyone! More bodywork this week......Francis knocks out a a dozen cool details in the time it takes me to get 3.....I wish I could match his productivity. From the look of my work area, it would appear that bodywork requires a LOT of tools/stuff. The car is a "winter" build for the Pro Stock 74' for the 75' season. My inspiration for the bodywork details is the Gapp & Roush "Taxi". A lot of subtle details in the clean-up of the body. Aero was gaining more focus at this point for speed. You'll note side marker lights are gone, the grille is quite different and cleaned up. They went with the simpler early Maverick grille v. the later one with the turn signals in the grille & 2/3 of the grille opening is blocked off. The bumpers were "shrunk" and reshaped. No Maverick script on the body anywhere besides the front grille and the gas cap. Anyways, some pics of the Taxi to give an idea. It also made me go back and reconsider the stance and I dropped the front and rear another 1.0mm in total. Got the "swoop" I was looking for finally. The paint scheme will mirror the color of the Taxi as well. The grille took me 2 days to thin out from the backside to expose the grille openings. It is THIN now. The gap you see between the bumper top (where it meets the grille) and the gap below the bumper (cooling slot below the radiator) will be filled in as well. The orange grille came from one of my Johan "promo" cars. This stuff is thick and it's not made of typical styrene. I had to thin the hood quite a bit and the inner fenders on the actual kit will get the same treatment. The following pic shows the chopped up car and the glue that I had to use. I tried typical CA and the "melting" stuff but neither worked. In closing, 2 pics of a quick mock-up again showing the new stance. This coming week I'm going to finish the bumper & the hood scoop and get to cleaning up details on the body that shouldn't be there. The trunk will be opened and the plan is to open at least the drivers side door if not both. Francis, if you'd care to do the door removal I'd be more than happy to share in that "joy". Your efforts on your car are top notch. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codi Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 Oops, forgot the 2 pics. Here there are. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie libby Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 When i worked for jack roush in nascar i was lucky enough to get to his museum in lavonia. Very cool place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanMuscleFan Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 6 hours ago, Codi said: Francis, if you'd care to do the door removal I'd be more than happy to share in that "joy". Your efforts on your car are top notch. Looking at your work on the grille, I think you don't need anyone's help my friend (I love this kind of improvement by the way). These old Johan bodies are so beautifully molded and the sharpness of the body lines and details are unmatched today it seems like a lost art. You have a busy workspace but I love your board with important information about your project, my workspace is pitiful in comparison! Glad to see you back, I hope I can finish a project in less than 3 years one of these days. 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris chabre Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Im late to the game, but its good to see you back at the bench! One of my favorite builders building one of my favorite era drag cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 As always, beautiful work, Tim! The grille is killer! Nice work area, as well. I see you have one of the racks for pliers and nippers. How do you like it? I have been considering one. Glad you were able to get in some bench time. I doubt I am alone in saying that we've missed your work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZM2023 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 On 3/4/2024 at 4:44 AM, Codi said: Zack, I wanted to respond, I machined the wheels. Cheers as well. tim Would you consider machining me a set of wheels for a fee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy D Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Grill looks great my friend!! So that is where all the "Codi" magic happens👍👍👍 Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Coomer Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 You are the Master of Sherline. Unbelievably Awesome work… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codi Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Charlie, man what I wouldn't do to see his pro stocks up close.......didn't know you worked for him no less. Very cool! Francis, it would be great to finally meet you one day just to chat at large. btw, you should see the other side of the room.....lol! Chris, a most sincere thank you for the comment. I hope not to disappoint as things progress....cheers Daniel, thank you as well. Regarding the rack, it's pretty hand and best of all keeps things OFF the bench.....I'm glad I bought it. Zack, I'm flattered that you asked but unfortunately there's just some things I can't make and sadly, more time isn't one of them. I'll have to pass as I can "see" another 18 months of time trying to get the Mav finally done. cheers, tim Randy, always a pleasure.......and thanks for the 3 thumbs up. I'm anxious to see YOUR next update as well sir. cheers, tim Sadly, no pics today.....just had oral surgery yesterday (first and hopefully last time) but I will get bench time today at some point. Like the nice lady at the Rite-Aid pharmacy told me..... "getting old isn't for sissy's"...... cheers to all! tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 I’m very excited to see you back on this one. Amazing work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Smith Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Great progress Tim. I do like the grill, looks sharp! I bet that 20 hours of bench time seemed like a few minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Thibodeau Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Hi Tim! Great work. The Johan grille is very well detailed. To your point about the difficulty gluing this plastic... I had the same problem with a Johan 68 Javelin, a promo, not a kit. The molding material is, I'm told, Cycolac. I made a crack in the cowl while cutting the hood open, and NOTHING would stick. Had to hide the crack under a scratchbuilt shift light. Oh well... CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codi Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Roger & Chris, thanks fellas for taking a moment to check it out, yes, I was away far too long....... Claude, That glue, PolyZap in the pic that I posted was a dud I'm afraid. I was messing with something on the body and the part on the hood popped right off. What I've discovered is that my best results is either Super Thin Glue by Ammo/MIG or Tamiya's Super Thin glue, either one that sets in 10 or 30 seconds. Just for good measure, after joining certain parts I add Zap-A-Gap either thin or medium. So far now, so good.........but man these bodies are SOOO fragile. All the recent body work I've been undertaking has been quite delicate to say the least. Glad I bought the additional promo bodies as I can experiment on certain techniques before trying them on the build body itself. Thanks for your note too! cheers, tim Today I'm posting some bodywork updates & progress "report". First you can see the under-hood support I came up with to replicate the fiberglass hood. I don't know why the aluminum plate looks crooked in the pic as it's not. I was going to use hood pins to secure the hood but by 75' dzus fasteners were the more common method used. In anticipation of opening up the doors, trunk and removing the front clip from the car I fabbed a pair of brass rocker panels (the chassis will be all brass) and messed around with a technique of forming windshield frames using sq. brass rod. The test worked well and if I decide to take the doors out, that's what I'll do. This tool by Tamiya is the bomb for scribing btw........this one is the .2mm blade. This next tool I stumbled across and I experimented on the practice body with it to remove the drip rails.......it works great and I highly recommend it. In this pic the red arrow clearly shows the remaining drip rail and the blue arrow shows where I removed it and scribed out the window frame using the Tamiya scriber. These next pics show the new door handles ( I removed the molded in handles and used modified parts box handles that I modified to get the right shape) I also added the door lock and re-located it as the stock location on the kit is wrong. The side marker lights front and rear were removed. The front lower valance was filled & smoothed in. The windshield wipers were removed & the cowl vents eliminated (that was a mess) which necessitated that I add the windshield/cowl trim back that had to be removed. The mock-up shows a possible 4" spoiler that I'm considering on the final build. The 75' rules stipulated that one could be added even if the actual car didn't have one but it couldn't be an aerofoil & could not exceed 4" in height. Still debating it and comments are welcome on adding it. Next step is to thin out the body where needed before starting to cut out / off the doors etc. that I mentioned before. I'll add the brass rockers for strength and to help keep everything aligned and I have to remove the drip rails. Another good pass of body work refinement and I think I'll almost be done with this initial part of the bodywork. To everyone, cheers !! Tim 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codi Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 For the life of me I don't know how to delete the last 2 pics which were downloaded by mistake of the tool mentioned earlier in the thread......sorry bout' that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Smith Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 6 hours ago, Codi said: For the life of me I don't know how to delete the last 2 pics which were downloaded by mistake of the tool mentioned earlier in the thread......sorry bout' that. Are they sponsoring you Tim 🤣 Nice update my friend, glad to see took some time to get some work in on this project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Impressive work as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanMuscleFan Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Nice work Tim, the idea of the brass rocker panels is brilliant. Opening the doors, rear trunk lid is a good challenge but worth it even if it adds a lot of hours to the build. No matter your choice, this is an exceptional project and all the components you have completed so far and in the future will make it an example of what talent and determination can create! 👌 Thank you for sharing your findings about the engraving tool, it seems to be of high quality, you can't go wrong with Tamiya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy D Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 The body work looks just fantastic my friend!!! But I can't wait to see the chassis that you come up with to hold that magnificent motor. Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 While, as always, your work is fantastic, that grille is super-impressive! It's utterly gorgeous, opened up, like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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