Robyn Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 Tim, Outstanding build!!! It is so cool that my wife asked me to step aside so she could get a better look - and she usually does not have much interest. I hope to see it in person in either Bham or hopefully you will bring it to the Southern Nationals in November. Again beutiful and well executed build. Robyn
KDog Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 You Are The MAN ! You made Ricky Proud with that 1 bro ! SWEET WORK! Kenny
ismaelg Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 WOW! What an amazing build! It deserves been presented "standing". That chassis needs to be seen.....
charlie Posted March 1, 2007 Posted March 1, 2007 that is one nice looking corvair you have build there.I'm hating that I'm going to miss that show.since I had to buy a hot water tank.it took a bit out of my modeling money.
James Flowers Posted March 3, 2007 Posted March 3, 2007 Looks great. Would like to see the frame from the bottom at the rear also back of engine at the trans and how you hooked them together. I never really under stand how that is done on a rear engine like yours.
dragking Posted March 3, 2007 Posted March 3, 2007 Did a real nice job alot craftmanship went into that baby.What kind of printer do you use and what was the program you used to do the decals. Love the job you did on the chassic,motor and driver.You ever thought of doing a how too on painting drivers or wiring the motor.Well keep up the good work. John Pol
TimKustom Posted March 6, 2007 Author Posted March 6, 2007 dragking and others, the decals were drawn in Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop. Those are professional graphic arts programs (it's what I do for a living). They were printed (with hassle I might add) on a Xerox Docucolor 240 (specs are on Xerox's website). Expect to find a printer like this at a quick copy type shop. I plan to expore this method even more on my next model. As promised folks, one last update. It really wouldn't be complete if it didn't do what it was supposed to do. The theme stated "Wheels off the ground, driver required", so the rear of the frame is reinforced with brass to hold the car up. The base started out as a scrap piece of poplar that I got from a woodworking buddy. We cut it to size and drilled holes for the brass "pins" at a 30 degree angle. Next we cut a retaining wall to 8x25mm (3 cinderblocks tall in 25th), and drilled index holes so the wall could be removed. It was pained with several layers of Scale Motorsports faux fabric paint, gray primer, testors metalizers, flat & gloss black until it looked like a race track. Sorry can't be more clear than that, but that's how it went . The back picture came from the book " Diggers, Funnies, Gassers & Altereds: Drag Racing's Golden Era" (great book BTW). I had to photoshop it quite a bit to eliminate the car that was in the shot. Thanks to all that gave nice comments. I really built this as a challenge to myself, as each model I build I want to be better than the last one. Sometimes it works, most of the time it doesn't. Just remember, it's not about collecting trophies, or "hits" on a board, it's about challenging yourself to do the best ya can. Watching through the floorboard, Tim Kolankiewicz
Jairus Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Tim, you had better photoshop in some sparks there.... they look like this....
hogs29 Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 NICE!!!! That is one awesome wheelstander Tim! Reminds me of the old days at the drag strip my uncle used to own in NY state. Awesome build! 8)
Hillbilly Deluxe Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 Great Job Tim!!! Was that best in show!! Nicely done John
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