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Jim,

Absolutely awesome, Brother!  I've been watching the advent of 3D Modeling over the last few years and have kept a little distance between 3D & me.  Acquired a few 1/25 scale parts: Drilled & Dropped Front Axle and a set of Wire Wheels, but as a secondhand buyer.  Grew up developing computer software and know how prone I am to spending way too much time on the keyboard infront of the blue screen to get involved in 3D designing and printing model parts... let alone complete models from scratch!  But here I am at almost three quarters of a century old and taking a very serious look at 3D Modeling!  Your work is an inspiration to many!! -KK

3D Triple Deuces by Martin Aveyard

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Look for an upcoming article on 3D Modeling... -KK

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On 3/20/2022 at 7:09 PM, misterNNL said:

Is your louvered panel your own creation or is it available commercially?

That’s my own creation!  It was pretty easy to draw that flat panel so this was a good opportunity to test whether the theory worked!  I’ll try something more complex next - some Deuce hood sides or an actual hood maybe…

 

@Kit Karson - thank you sir!  I had been following that build by Martin Aveyard on Instagram - he’s a really inspiring builder!  Very very good at what he does!

 

Havent posted an update on this in a few days - have been prepping and painting a bunch of stuff…but I’ll be starting some ‘real’ assembly soon!  Thanks for all the nice comments so far!

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On 3/21/2022 at 10:12 AM, Kit Karson said:

Jim,

Absolutely awesome, Brother!  I've been watching the advent of 3D Modeling over the last few years and have kept a little distance between 3D & me.  Acquired a few 1/25 scale parts: Drilled & Dropped Front Axle and a set of Wire Wheels, but as a secondhand buyer.  Grew up developing computer software and know how prone I am to spending way too much time on the keyboard infront of the blue screen to get involved in 3D designing and printing model parts... let alone complete models from scratch!  But here I am at almost three quarters of a century old and taking a very serious look at 3D Modeling!  Your work is an inspiration to many!! -KK

3D Triple Deuces by Martin Aveyard

1354097193_3DTripDeucesbyMartinAveyard.jpg.798f1b23ff616f00a1ae40e271c723b3.jpg

Look for an upcoming article on 3D Modeling... -KK

That there is an intake system to die for!

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On 3/21/2022 at 9:12 AM, Kit Karson said:

Jim,

Absolutely awesome, Brother!  I've been watching the advent of 3D Modeling over the last few years and have kept a little distance between 3D & me.  Acquired a few 1/25 scale parts: Drilled & Dropped Front Axle and a set of Wire Wheels, but as a secondhand buyer.  Grew up developing computer software and know how prone I am to spending way too much time on the keyboard infront of the blue screen to get involved in 3D designing and printing model parts... let alone complete models from scratch!  But here I am at almost three quarters of a century old and taking a very serious look at 3D Modeling!  Your work is an inspiration to many!! -KK

3D Triple Deuces by Martin Aveyard

1354097193_3DTripDeucesbyMartinAveyard.jpg.798f1b23ff616f00a1ae40e271c723b3.jpg

Look for an upcoming article on 3D Modeling... -KK

That looks killer.  Where could one acquire this setup?

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11 hours ago, Zippi said:

That looks killer.  Where could one acquire this setup?

Find Martin Aveyard on Instagram would be my best guess... here's the engine:

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On 3/22/2022 at 10:17 PM, Spex84 said:

Looking fantastic! Nice oxygen tank, btw.

Thank you!  Not my design, but I love how these look!

On 3/23/2022 at 7:54 AM, slusher said:

Impressive build, Jim, doing it your way and ideas!!

Thanks buddy!

 

I’ve been bad at posting updates on this one this past couple of weeks because I’m making SUCH slow progress…turns out if you don’t use a single part out of the box, unmodified, it’s a lot of work ?. Got the front end assembled though and started the engine…

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I needed a radiator so I printed one of those (this is a slightly shrunk-down 60s Mustang part, I believe):

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Printed some brake drums too…I think I’ll use the Revell 29/30 ones that are on there now for the front, but for some reason I wanted a regular drum on the back so that’ll be what goes there:

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And spent some time working on the tires today, improving my tire-painting skills.  Used Createx Black sealer, airbrushed some dark gray over that, dry brushed some lighter gray on some of the high spots and then sealed in clear and gave them a wash with thinned black India ink before shooting satin clear and drybrushing again.

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Slow progress, not helped by the fact I’ve redone every part at least once to get it where I want it (or closer, anyway), but it’s coming together slowly but surely…

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10 hours ago, CabDriver said:

 

I’ve been bad at posting updates on this one this past couple of weeks because I’m making SUCH slow progress…turns out if you don’t use a single part out of the box, unmodified, it’s a lot of work ?. Got the front end assembled though and started the engine…

No truer statement about modeling.

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Hey Bob - sorry, missed your first enquiry!  Got caught up in some builds for contests and shows that I wanted to attend this summer (got a couple more in September and October) and then this one will be back in rotation!  

I had an idea I wanted to try for the frame too - need some brass and solder!  More soon!

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On 3/27/2022 at 10:18 PM, CabDriver said:

Thank you!  Not my design, but I love how these look!

Thanks buddy!

 

I’ve been bad at posting updates on this one this past couple of weeks because I’m making SUCH slow progress…turns out if you don’t use a single part out of the box, unmodified, it’s a lot of work ?. Got the front end assembled though and started the engine…

C9ACFA05-3C99-429E-81FC-0410E00ECDB5.thumb.jpeg.ce49a202c8a80fd5a2059ed3f6032bce.jpeg

I needed a radiator so I printed one of those (this is a slightly shrunk-down 60s Mustang part, I believe):

AB9CF2CB-230B-4E22-8BE0-8413E7E2EE92.thumb.jpeg.403b28fabde5541d938a2dfbec07e3af.jpeg

Printed some brake drums too…I think I’ll use the Revell 29/30 ones that are on there now for the front, but for some reason I wanted a regular drum on the back so that’ll be what goes there:

28ACE5BD-F09F-4987-9F14-86DB2F401E58.thumb.jpeg.ce8d2fbe2e1aca46f90b735d9384af70.jpeg

And spent some time working on the tires today, improving my tire-painting skills.  Used Createx Black sealer, airbrushed some dark gray over that, dry brushed some lighter gray on some of the high spots and then sealed in clear and gave them a wash with thinned black India ink before shooting satin clear and drybrushing again.

55ECE16F-EF96-49AE-B447-95F173E78578.thumb.jpeg.d3a1ffe0667a740d7d55281574187fe5.jpeg

Slow progress, not helped by the fact I’ve redone every part at least once to get it where I want it (or closer, anyway), but it’s coming together slowly but surely…

 
Looking great Jim, looking forward too more when you get time…

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