Horrorshow Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 My newest build. Hope I actually finish this one before I start another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshow Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 (edited) Problem #1…PPP roll cage is too wide Edited September 19, 2023 by Horrorshow Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodg Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 51 minutes ago, Horrorshow said: My newest build. Hope I actually finish this one before I start another I know the feeling quite well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshow Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 Scratch built a narrower roll cage…other assemblies went together quite well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwc43 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 17 minutes ago, Horrorshow said: Scratch built a narrower roll cage…other assemblies went together quite well For your next cage, go to Harbor Freights website and get this diamond file set, Needle File Set, 10 Piece (harborfreight.com) The diamond files are 0nly 2 bucks more than the steel and it cuts the plastic faster. One of the files is flat on one side and curved on the other side. Use the curved side and cut your tubes long and make notched in there like I do to my roll cages in my real race cars. You can't but a round tube to a round tube. The fish mouth notch mounts to the round tube. And allows for a tight fit for welding, and in your case less glue and it makes it a tight fit when finished. It's a little extra work, but it makes the cage look like the real thing if you do it that way and like I said it makes it stronger and tighter fitting too. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobss396 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 I find the later PPP cages to be MUCH cleaner than the older ones. The old ones had lines in the plastic, a chore to clean up. I narrow them if I have to. Files, a good subject. Most of my files are Nicholsons from my machine shop days. I have a nice tapered round one I use to fish-mouth the bars. I use almost exclusively 3/32" Evergreen tubing, stock #223. I'll have to check the HF ones mentioned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwc43 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 42 minutes ago, bobss396 said: Files, a good subject. Most of my files are Nicholsons from my machine shop days. I have a nice tapered round one I use to fish-mouth the bars. I use almost exclusively 3/32" Evergreen tubing, stock #223. I'll have to check the HF ones mentioned. I use the same tubing for mine too. I have used old NASCAR cages in some cases too. I know I have a Chevelle I built, and I got lazy and did not want to build all the door bars, so I used NASCAR side cage pieces and built the rest myself. Worked out good in that case. Just depends on the body and interior design of the car as to what you can do with it cage wise. That file set has a round file that has some taper on the front end of it, but not the full length. I also find that file good for opening up and truing a tube after you cut it and it's no so round on the end anymore. They have lots of uses and if you get glue in it, just toss it and buy another set at just 6 bucks a set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshow Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 Styrene tail light covers glued in Grey primer, then matt black for the rims and metallic aluminum for the body 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobss396 Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 23 hours ago, dwc43 said: I use the same tubing for mine too. I have used old NASCAR cages in some cases too. I know I have a Chevelle I built, and I got lazy and did not want to build all the door bars, so I used NASCAR side cage pieces and built the rest myself. Worked out good in that case. Just depends on the body and interior design of the car as to what you can do with it cage wise. That file set has a round file that has some taper on the front end of it, but not the full length. I also find that file good for opening up and truing a tube after you cut it and it's no so round on the end anymore. They have lots of uses and if you get glue in it, just toss it and buy another set at just 6 bucks a set. I have a box of leftover cage parts. I pick up any I see at model shows too. I made a jig for the modified cages, I need to get a CAD program going to I can cut pieces that will fit together. I got the files and so far I like them. I would like some really small files, fairly hard to come across so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshow Posted September 21, 2023 Author Share Posted September 21, 2023 Had to drill into the dashboard to get the roll cage to fit properly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobss396 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 13 hours ago, Horrorshow said: Had to drill into the dashboard to get the roll cage to fit properly. I have drilled holes in dashboards before and gave it the illusion that the tubing passed through it. I just let a scant amount of tubing go into the dash, sort of fiddly to fit together. I never bothered to add the legs down to the floor, but some dummy pieces could be made up. I did this on a '64 Fairlane late model I'm slowly working on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshow Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 New shipment arrived! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshow Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 Tamiya white topcoat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshow Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 Second color applied. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobss396 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Nice paint work. What tape did you use? I tend to avoid 2-tone paint jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshow Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 The yellow is washi tape. Stuff is awesome, never had a bleed though. The blue is regular painters tape 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gks1964 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Very nicely done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshow Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 Decals completed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshow Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share Posted October 6, 2023 Complete!!! See Under Glass section for more pictures. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 On 9/19/2023 at 1:25 PM, Horrorshow said: My newest build. Hope I actually finish this one before I start another I say that all the time!!!! Good luck with that! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBilly Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 That is one of the best-looking Petty cars I have ever seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUSIONBOY Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Very Sweet looking build!!!!! I just watched the Petty Brothers youtube on the Black Roof car they took to Daytona. The Old Nascar guys were great with the slight of hand. Beautiful Build!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodg Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Very nice build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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