Kingslug Posted October 21 Posted October 21 After moving to Utah finaly unpacked and started up on this again. Getting closer. Have to finish building the 2 chains I bought...about 500 pieces to put those together. Craziest thing I ever built. 11
Stanward VonDiederichs Posted October 21 Posted October 21 5 minutes ago, Kanada Kustoms said: Wow that engine looks great... Nice build! I agree that engine looks insane👍👍👍 Out of curiosity what scale is this it looks like a pretty big kit 1/12 scale?
Kingslug Posted October 22 Author Posted October 22 1/12.. The motor has about 300 pieces. Jay leno owns the only other one like this.
Kit Karson Posted October 22 Posted October 22 You ought to contact Jay and let him know about your build! -KK
Speedpro Posted October 22 Posted October 22 Wow, that's really nice! Great detail work. Looking forward to seeing more of this build.
Kingslug Posted October 22 Author Posted October 22 (edited) Finaly finished 1 side chain...really difficult to work with..its a tamiya 1/6 motorcycle chain...hundreds of parts..metal rollers...had to buy 2 of them for about 70 bucks....takes a few days to get them together..like building a friggin watch...just getting it sized took an hour...painted and weathered.. Edited October 22 by Kingslug 3
Bugatti Fan Posted October 24 Posted October 24 Most impressive builds Ira, the individually linked chains look really effective on the models. I have seen examples built up at shows over here in the UK and the Mephistophele never fails to impress !
Kingslug Posted October 24 Author Posted October 24 And to think jay leno owns several cars like this..and drives them around!
Kingslug Posted October 24 Author Posted October 24 Chains on..wheels on..added a bolt and nut to the drive sprockets..They just have you screw it on... 5
Kingslug Posted October 28 Author Posted October 28 Working on the side frame rails..They give you 2 plain plastic pieces. The real ones are wood with iron fittings and an iron angle running the length of them. Made them out of Sappele wood , brass and plastic stock. The real ones are first 2 pics. Also working on the leather straps..they give you some fake material..I'm thinning out some leather..also bought some..see which is better. 3
Kingslug Posted October 30 Author Posted October 30 (edited) Only thing left to do are the straps and the seat...waiting on leather. Might try to make a seat as the one they give you isn't very good. 20251030_100220.mp4 Edited October 30 by Kingslug 3
Kingslug Posted October 31 Author Posted October 31 Finished the bonnets..made the brackets that go over the exhaust with some metal from a wine bottle. Weathered with soot.. and oil stains.. 3
Big Messer Posted Friday at 11:48 PM Posted Friday at 11:48 PM Never mind the model. What did you do with the contents of the bottle?. This is what REALLY matters!.
lucky 130 Posted Monday at 06:51 PM Posted Monday at 06:51 PM My word, another Master. It has been said, envy is a bad thing, I'm having a lot of very bad things.
Kingslug Posted Tuesday at 01:46 AM Author Posted Tuesday at 01:46 AM Now trying to make the leather bonnet straps...the stuff they give you is BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH. Bought some leather..too thick..found some old thin leather gloves and unstiched them. These are about .56mm thick which scales down from 5 to 6mm. Trick to cutting this stuff is covering it with masking tape. Now just waiting on a product that will kill the fuzziness from the backside of it. Then going to try to cover the seat in leather..the back is button tufted so that will be fun figuring that out. 2
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