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This is simply an amazing build! What were the materials you used to make the rear coil overs?

I am very impressed with your skillful work, man. I've built both the Z/28 and the Corvette from this series, but niether have this much detail or scratchbuilding. Two more questions... Where do you get the tiny machined hardware (please don't tell me you make it yourself!), and what sizes do you use? Thanks

J.B.

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What an amazing build!! Thanks for shareing it with us.

Question.......how did you bend the rectangle tube used for the chassis?

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No i don't nave a CNC or a MILL my work is by hand. The nuts & bolts are from www. scale hardware.com Good people ship in 1 day (FAST). And the sizes ( have a look )

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Arick : to ben the tube , i do like the carpenter ben wood. I make a template of the ben i like then i saw down the tube but not all the way,make a lot of cut next to 2 ,1 another when u have the ben u like glue , sand and i uae a sheet of .10 styrene on the sides for stregthen. hope this help. derrick

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This has been very fun to watch, great bit of work going on here. Are you not going with the dual turbo set up any longer? I thought you did a fantastic job with the plumbing.

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This has been very fun to watch, great bit of work going on here. Are you not going with the dual turbo set up any longer? I thought you did a fantastic job with the plumbing.

O yes the turbo is in the build working my way up, have a look. The last pic befor the TOLEDO show

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Derrick, I'm not too into larger scales,because of all the scratch building needed to be different, BUT I AM into beautifully built models in any scale! This thing is a TRUE work of ART and passion!!! It's probably one of the MOST exquisite modeling projects I've EVER seen! It's like hand building the REAL thing. I can't say enough! The workmanship, execution, EVERYTHING on it IS PERFECT!!! You should be VERY proud of your efforts, Your love of the craft is self evident!!!! ABSOLUTELY WONDERFULL JOB!!!! :D;)

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Thanks GEORGE

For the kind words, i have a lot of time on my hands. So i have to do some thing so i gave this a try.

Yeah, obviously waaaaay tooooo much time................... :lol: (typical, break the ice with humour.. ;) )

Seriously Derrick, this is some mind blowing work you got happening in here.... ;):o

Absolutely LOVE all what you've got covered so far, and you don't look like slowing any time soon.....GREAT !

Particularly like the Lenco and the way you showed how to bend that square stock...I've done that with large round tube, never thought of trying square..

I'll put that to good use for sure.. :o

Gotta thank my good buddy George for gettin me back here too...he shot me some mail tellin' of this awesome build, cheers George, I owe ya some mail... :o:blink:

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That's just... That's just...

I'm speechless!!!!

There are no words to describe how nice your build is. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to pick my jaw up off the floor and go to the doctor to get it re-attached!

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Well, this blows mine out of the water.

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You are an excellent scratch builder. I have seen many people attempt to build a car like this in the larger scales and they lose interest part way through because of all the work. I don't see you stopping any time soon.

I would love have this car sitting on my shelf.

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Guy's I got ta meet Derrick an see this bad boy up close an personal and if you think the pictures are good, you GOTTA see the REAL thing!!! The ENGINE is a work of ART!!! An Derrick is just a neet guy! REALLY friendly an GREAT ta talk with!

GREAT job Derrick, hope ta see ya next year too!!! :lol::lol:

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That is some big time work there, buddy! Incredible.

Goes to show you how much fun big scale can be... there is a level of detail that you can get to that's flat-out impossible in typical 1/24/25 scale.

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