Mooneyzs Posted March 31, 2014 Author Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) John.... Thanks buddy.... You are correct about both of those... Just like you not sure if Inam happy with the weather job on the parachute but I guess it will do...lol Edited March 31, 2014 by Mooneyzs
bobthehobbyguy Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 Chris it is coming out great. Keep up the good work.
Magic Photos Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 Chris looks great love the detail on the chute pack.
jasoncamaro Posted April 1, 2014 Posted April 1, 2014 Looking good the weathering looks spot on to me
Mooneyzs Posted April 2, 2014 Author Posted April 2, 2014 Bob.... Thank you very much Mike... Thank you Buddy... I wasn't sure if was a little too much weathering on it. Jason... Thank you very much. I wanted to dirty it up just a tad...lol
Mooneyzs Posted April 2, 2014 Author Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) I got some more bench time on this one tonight. Was able to get the two rear body panels polished out and installed as well as started on the brake work. I will let the pics do the talking..... Here are the two rear panels after color sanding and polishing it out. Very happy with the finish on them. Was trying to get a really good shot for you to see how smooth it turned out: Here are a couple of shots of the body panels being glued in to position. I used some Tamiya tape to hold them in place while the glue dried and you won't believe me but I used Micro Scales Micro krystal Klear to glue them in place...lol: Bottom View: Getting the brake calipers glued into place: The other side: Here are a couple of what I thought cool looking shots to share with you: Edited July 14, 2017 by Mooneyzs
Mooneyzs Posted April 2, 2014 Author Posted April 2, 2014 Paul... thabk you very much... i am chipping away at this little by litte
gasser59 Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 Man Chris that's looking great. Now that those body panels are on, you can really get some major progress done. I really love the colors on this build. Everything seems to pop. I might just be convinced, you know what I'm talking about.
Magic Photos Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 Very nice Chris, coming along great. Will be done soon.
Mooneyzs Posted April 2, 2014 Author Posted April 2, 2014 Danno.... thanks buddy Brad.... thank you. i have to agree the colors work pretty good together. I am hoping to be able to complete the brake lines tonight as well. Then I can get the engine and driveine glued into place. Install the gas pedal and linkages. As well as Get back to the headers and maybe even add the stud details to ther rear wheels. Mike.... thank you my friend. It is getting closer for sure but seems I keep thinking of little extras to work on lol
John Teresi Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 Chris…….nice up-date……looking really sharp…….the "Twins" are starting to get worried
Mooneyzs Posted April 2, 2014 Author Posted April 2, 2014 Dave... Thank you. John... Thank you ....why are the twins getting worries. They wanting to make sure their purple buddy is sitting next to them?
John Teresi Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 Dave... Thank you. John... Thank you ....why are the twins getting worries. They wanting to make sure their purple buddy is sitting next to them? Sitting next to them?????………they want Big Purple to be in the middle for a 3 way
gasser59 Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 Sitting next to them?????………they want Big Purple to be in the middle for a 3 way Hey...this is a family site.
Mooneyzs Posted April 3, 2014 Author Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Steve... thank you. Hey Fellas.... I wanted to give you all an update. I got some bench time in last night but wasnt able to get any pics up. I worked on the brakes and got all of the brake lines made and installed. Boy i gotta tell you they were a little bit of a pain in the butt... took a couple hours to get them right but while installing them i broke my brake lever so now I need to fix that as well as the bracket for the steering gear box. I busted too. Tonight when i get home from work I am gonna fix these few things as well as getting the motor installed and a few other goodies done. If I can get everything done tonight like i would like to, all that I would have left is polishing the body and getting the headers finished and glue the wheels in place... I think. I hope to have some good pics to show later this evening with an update. Stay tuned Edited April 3, 2014 by Mooneyzs
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 3, 2014 Posted April 3, 2014 Chris gotta be more careful when you imagine yourself in the seats making top fuel noises.
Mooneyzs Posted April 4, 2014 Author Posted April 4, 2014 Bob... I couldn't help myself. I was too excited....
Mooneyzs Posted April 4, 2014 Author Posted April 4, 2014 (edited) Ok Fellas... So I got more work done last night and was too tired to post pics last night. Here are the pics Here is the brake line set up: I got the Engine Glued in place: Installed the oil filters along with Pro Tech braided line. you can totally tell how much better the pro tech line is compared what I had installed 17 years ago. I really would love to change out the other lines with Charlies: Here I installed the Kit gas pedal and linkages along with the polished floor that I made from a cut up soda can many many years ago...lol: Edited July 14, 2017 by Mooneyzs
gasser59 Posted April 5, 2014 Posted April 5, 2014 Now that's the ticket. That looks great and I can't wait to see this one complete in about a week.
cobraman Posted April 5, 2014 Posted April 5, 2014 Looks fantastic ! I look forward to seeing it in person in about a week.
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