1/16th 55 Thunderbird BB/FC Funnycar "GIRL TROUBLE"

[Ian McLaren]

On 5/25/2025 at 9:18 AM, AmericanMuscleFan said:

Nice job Ian, the aluminum skirts are superb, in addition, the thickness of the material is a plus! 👍

Thank you Francis, I, like you try to use the correct material where ever possible as nothing looks like metal except metal when it's not painted

 

[Ian McLaren]

On 5/25/2025 at 10:21 AM, Dave Van said:

Great project

Thank you Dave!

 

[Codi]

Showing off with 2  brass frames in one pic........sheesh.   Cheers, Ian

[Ian McLaren]

On 5/29/2025 at 3:58 AM, Codi said:

Showing off with 2  brass frames in one pic........sheesh.   Cheers, Ian

LOL  Sorry Tim, not really showing off, once the jig was made getting the second chassis to this point only took about 1 3/4 hours.  There is still a lot to do on both!

[Ian McLaren]

Back from a short holiday, did   make some progress yesterday, on to the chassis and front and rear suspensions.

[meechum68]

Beautiful! 

Following this!! 

[Ian McLaren]

Finally on it's wheels

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[Ian McLaren]

First time the body and chassis are connected by the correct mounts, and the wheelie bar has been fabricated

 

[Ian McLaren]

The chassis is progressing as are the related details, puke tank and lines, steering gear and instrument panel

[Ian McLaren]

Worked on the chassis for a couple of days on clean up and adjustments, finally I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, primer is on

 

[Ian McLaren]

The chassis is now Tamiya Dark Metal with two clear coats and is now ready to start assembly. A long time coming.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Most excellent, sir.   

[Dragline]

Really top flight stuff here. Nice stable of large scale nitro too.

[Ian McLaren]

Progress continues but the sheer number of scratch build pieces slows things down, for example there are  7 pieces in each air/CO2 tank plus two mounting brackets each, three pieces in each plug wire and seventeen pieces in the magneto and offset drive assembly. the electronics box is also parts and labor intensive.  All of that aside assembly of the chassis has begun. Final paint and details are now being donewith wire and cable runs to be added next

[Straightliner59]

The results make all the effort worth it, my friend! You have a fine collection of tiny models. Excellent work, Ian.

[Ian McLaren]

On 7/21/2025 at 4:23 PM, Straightliner59 said:

The results make all the effort worth it, my friend! You have a fine collection of tiny models. Excellent work, Ian.

Now to group them into a usable whole.

[Ian McLaren]

 

 

🔧 July 26 – GIRL TROUBLE update Things are starting to look like a car! All those hand-built bits—plug wires, electronics, air/CO₂ tanks, magneto pieces—are finding their places on the chassis. The chassis color was tweaked to better reflect the original, and final placement is mostly dialed in. All that’s left now is plumbing. Seems deceptively simple, but you and I both know how that goes.

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 12:10 AM by Ian McLaren

[Ian McLaren]

Taking a bit of a break from the small pieces and details on the chassis to spend some time on the body. Primarily the grill decal (draft printing on paper) and the bumper bullets, actual metal throught out. Also once again making sure there are no interference points between the chassi detail and the inner body supports