Fuel Coupe Posted May 27, 2009 Author Posted May 27, 2009 (edited) did you close the ends of the tube with brass sheet? it would be a cool detail if you did and soldered them in a little metal polish to shine it all up and it would be a cool feature. with all that Nailhead power and that cool quickchange are those skinny Goodyears going to be up to task? Dave HAHA yes Dave the ends are soldered shut. No those little skinnys probably aren't up for the task... Edited May 30, 2009 by TxRat
Fuel Coupe Posted June 5, 2009 Author Posted June 5, 2009 Alright guys heres another small update. Let me know good bad or otherwise... Built a 6 deuce log manifold out of misc size tubing. I had plans to make them out of alumium and I may still before its over. I have since squared up the runners once I saw they were crooked. Some of you may recognize these headers from a certain Model A that's been in a few mags.( Dave, dont let me down) I have one side done, thats the easy part. replicating both sides is where the fun starts... Any questions comments please let me know... Thanks guys...
Fuel Coupe Posted June 6, 2009 Author Posted June 6, 2009 I built a set of manifolds from brass but didnt like the outcome. I may try a different approach on them and see what happens. I am looking for some clear red fuel or something that will work. Man, I'm starting to think you're the only person that's liking this heap I'm building...
noname Posted June 6, 2009 Posted June 6, 2009 No dude, I think this is a cool rig and am having fun watching you do your thing. Although you do realize if you put slicks on the back it will be good for the track.
Fuel Coupe Posted June 20, 2009 Author Posted June 20, 2009 Here's another small update. I scratchuilt a log manifold set up with 6 97's complete with linkage and some killer red fuel line from fellow partner in crime Davezinn. The carbs are drilled through the top and venturas were added. I found a neat way of applying a wash on the carbs to tone them down a bit and will try it tomorrow. thanks again for looking. dont be shy, ask anything you want.
MikeMc Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 Just been sittin here enjoying this one...but now it hit me...imho simplify the fuel lines...just too much red..makes the lines look too large and out of scale. If you make a pair of tubes out of brass and use them as fuel rails you can run the carbs to rails in red and put a block on the firewall??
Fuel Coupe Posted June 21, 2009 Author Posted June 21, 2009 glad you could make use of that stuff i sent! if you really want to get anal about detail you could wrap some small silver wire around each and give it a twist or two and clip off the excess to make the spring type clamps i havent done it yet, but will on a future project. i'm not sure why it appears out of scale? if you were to do the other style mentioned i wouldn't go with red lines at all with that set-up, but black wire to represent rubber lines instead. Dave They appear a bit gangly now but they will be routed down on the left side of each manifold. this should clean things up a bit. with the chrome valve covers and aluminum velocity stacks this should tone down the red fuel lines abit (I hope)I have done the wire clamps before Dave and they will look right at home here...
envious8420 Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 What dia. is the red fuel line?? Ive got some .014 transparent red i could send. Very cool build btw.
Fuel Coupe Posted June 21, 2009 Author Posted June 21, 2009 (edited) dont know what size it is. I got it from Davezinn. If its that out of proportion I'll head to the sporting goods store tomorrow and see if I can find something smaller Edited June 21, 2009 by TxRat
Fuel Coupe Posted June 21, 2009 Author Posted June 21, 2009 cajun red fishing line @ wally world. thanks
Fuel Coupe Posted June 21, 2009 Author Posted June 21, 2009 OK I got the the fishing line envious recommended and heres the outcome. Personally I think this is the way to go. I plan to put two 3 port logs on the firewall to accommodate the 6 lines. also here is a pic of the metallic green Im using. Its called limetime pearl HoK flavor... Personally I think it will be a nice contrast against the pagen gold on the engine. A common twist on 60's east coast cars...
nascarfan Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 OK I got the the fishing line envious recommended and heres the outcome. Personally I think this is the way to go. I plan to put two 3 port logs on the firewall to accommodate the 6 lines. also here is a pic of the metallic green Im using. Its called limetime pearl HoK flavor... Personally I think it will be a nice contrast against the pagen gold on the engine. A common twist on 60's east coast cars... That green is going to POP!! Are you gonna lay that green over a silver base?
envious8420 Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 (edited) glad to see it worked for you. looks much better IMHO. maybe the stuff dave sent could be used to feed the 2 logs? jim Edited June 21, 2009 by envious8420
Whitman80 Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 heres a really small update on the 32. Ive been stuck working graveyards and I dont spend a whole lot of time at the bench when I work like this so excuse the lack of updates. Made some aluminum bomber seats Thanks for looking... Man, I love those Bomber seats!! Nice Touch!
MikeMc Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 OK I got the the fishing line envious recommended and heres the outcome. Personally I think this is the way to go. I plan to put two 3 port logs on the firewall to accommodate the 6 lines. also here is a pic of the metallic green Im using. Its called limetime pearl HoK flavor... Personally I think it will be a nice contrast against the pagen gold on the engine. A common twist on 60's east coast cars... YEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
Greg D Posted June 27, 2009 Posted June 27, 2009 Dave, Where did you find those wheels on the red coupe? Those look exactly like what's on my 62 Uni. I had to use slots on my model which are "sorta close". Thank You
crazyjim Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 We went out to dinner last night and then over to K-Mart. I bought a spool of 30# test clear red fishing line. It cost $7.41 for a 400 yard spool. That's 1200 feet! There's enough to last me several lifetimes. I anyone needs/wanst some of this line, let me know and we can try to work something out.
Fuel Coupe Posted June 30, 2009 Author Posted June 30, 2009 Heres another update. I bought a set of replica and miniatures of Maryland buick drum brakes years ago and finally found a use for them I had to hog out the wheel backs to get them to fit I then added some length to the spindles here they are before paint heres the rears I got these trick little coilovers from Davzinn and I think they have forund a home.
MADmodelDOCTOR Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Man, this is just looking great, Tx. Keep it going! later,
crazyjim Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Unreal details, Shane. Excellent! I'm keeping an eye on this one.
Fuel Coupe Posted July 1, 2009 Author Posted July 1, 2009 very nice work Shane! is the top bracket for the panhard bar? i like the axle stub sticking out from the rear wheel centers too. are you going to add bolt and nut detail to the end of that too? Dave Thanks everyone Dave, Im actually looking for some spider caps. Do you know where I can round some up. RMoM maybe??
olarge1 Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 Wow.. that rear end is Killer .. where did you get the hiem joints?
Fuel Coupe Posted July 1, 2009 Author Posted July 1, 2009 Wow.. that rear end is Killer .. where did you get the hiem joints? They are HO scale rail road stantions. Thanks Dave, I'll look at Modelhaus or just make them...
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