Romell R Posted May 28, 2011 Author Posted May 28, 2011 Mate that's the understatement of the year!! Enjoying it??! I "enjoyed" your Chevelle brother, this build is leaving me... nearly speechless! Mate if I had a go at building that cage it would look like last night's spaghetti! Your cage however look's like an engineer's dream! Keep it up mate... I'm welded to this build like your cage is welded up Cheers Cliffo! Hmmmm...... Spaghetti! Thx Cliffo Ol Boy. now im speechless
Romell R Posted May 28, 2011 Author Posted May 28, 2011 Hey fellas Im back with another update I was able to get the steering setup in , and the seat support, I was also able to complete the driveshaft tunnel and safty hoops enjoy...... Here the steering setup is soldered in .... pictured here is the seat support...
Romell R Posted May 28, 2011 Author Posted May 28, 2011 Ok heres the 3rd part of todays update...... here I have the driveshaft safty hoops fabed up and i planned to use this aluminum tube as the tunnel but it didnt work out the way i planned.. Here the hoops are soldered in And here the tunnel has been soldered in Stay Tunned for more.
Cesar Bossolani Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 AWESOME Mopar Romell!!! I agree with my mate Cliffo!! Keep us posted, please! Cesar
Rob Z Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 That's coming along really well... The chassis is beautiful and the soldering looks flawless... Keep it up, can't wait for more...
John Pol Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 Hi Romell: Doing a great job so far been keeping a eye on this one for sure. John Pol
Romell R Posted May 30, 2011 Author Posted May 30, 2011 (edited) chassis looks pretty good so far i have a couple questions on some parts. where are the upper bars that would form the top and forward sections of the transmission tunnel? i see the lower angled bars supporting the rear of the cage, but what about the forward bars? why the angled window side support tube in the funnycar part of the cage? i thought they were supposed to be horizontal? and where is the matching support tube on the other side? i'm guessing here that you are leaving out the windshield header to make assembly easier as you go along? Hey Dave thx for the concern , But this chassis is in no way complete. Im bouncing between references as i go. Which means im building as i learn. This is my first ProMod so im learning as I go also. But believe me that it will have everything it is supposed to by the time of completion. And you are guessing correctly I have left out sections to make assembly easier. and as far as the angled support , I saw one one a chassis i was looking at and I liked the way it looked so i did mine that way. Take care my freind and good to hear from ya! Edited May 30, 2011 by Aftashox
mopar01lee Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 ROMELL..... might i add this thing is a work of art. And i will be watching this to the end.. very ,very, impressive my friend.. keep up the great work bro.. Later Days my friend .. Davin
Romell R Posted May 30, 2011 Author Posted May 30, 2011 (edited) hey thx Davin! Hey Fellas I decieded to cut my lenco tranny into pieces so i could detail it, but in do so It seemed to me that i could make a better tranny altogether. At first I planned to make it from styrene but a quick trip to my work shop and i found out I didnt have any left. So heres the new plan fab the entire transmission from brass! Can it be done? We'll soon see. Enjoy! heres the resin tranny pictured after i cut it up. these are the materials i'll use to build the new tranny... four differant sizes were cut from two differant sizes of brass tube. I cut round plates which will later be shaped as the connection or mounting plates for each section. (sorry its blurry) here im beginning to solder the end caps on, I think my soldering gun is poopin out on me............. I'll have more for you soon , gotta go buy a new soldering gun so i can continue.........cya soon. Edited May 30, 2011 by Aftashox
Guest Sickfish Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) Mate, you cut up the tranny you're crazy! Lol! Romell... You're off the hook! I gotta see you make the new brass tranny! Dude if I tried this all I'd have is meatballs to go with my spaghetti cage! Lol! Cheers mate, Cliffo! Keep up this insane build! Edited May 31, 2011 by Sickfish
Danno Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) Great looking build, Romell, but I'm curious ... why do you post the same things about the same car in two or more different threads? Not a criticism of you or the build, just don't get why all the repetition. Edited May 31, 2011 by Danno
Romell R Posted May 31, 2011 Author Posted May 31, 2011 Great looking build, Romell, but I'm curious ... why do you post the same things about the same car in two or more different threads? Not a criticism of you or the build, just don't get why all the repetition. Well at first I just wanted to put it on the workbench, then i said to myself, Self (and myself said "Yes") this build needs to be in Big Boys, So i made a second thread in Big Boys. Then some one in the chat room said to me "Hey Romell please post this in the Drag Racing forum cause all i ever check is the drag racing. So i said ok as long as Gregg or Harry doesnt put me infront of the firing squad for it. Well the three threads are still up and I have avoided the firing squad so far. So i'll leave it up untill im asked to delete it. Oh and thx for the compliments my friend. LOL!
Tony T Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Romell, looks like another epic build...I think I missed what scale you are building this in?? I'll be checking in on this one for sure!
Romell R Posted June 1, 2011 Author Posted June 1, 2011 Romell, looks like another epic build...I think I missed what scale you are building this in?? I'll be checking in on this one for sure! Hey tony good to hear from ya this is my first large scale build since I was a kid, it's 1/16th scale and please do stay tuned.
Tony T Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 Cool...Will be checking in regularly! Keep up the good work!!
Evil Appetite Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 (edited) As always, incredible. I cant wait until my skills rival yourself and a few others here. Also, I never though of using graph paper to trace an outline of the body. Using a miter box as a jig is also pretty clever. Those 2 ideas alone to me are priceless! Edited June 2, 2011 by Evil Appetite
Romell R Posted June 7, 2011 Author Posted June 7, 2011 (edited) As always, incredible. I cant wait until my skills rival yourself and a few others here. Also, I never though of using graph paper to trace an outline of the body. Using a miter box as a jig is also pretty clever. Those 2 ideas alone to me are priceless! Innovate , innovate ,innovate I think my mom used to say that to me LOL! anyway thx for the compliments and im glad you could pick something up from this build. Hey fellas had to buy a new soldering gun and camara , and I was waiting on some detail parts to come in, I also purchased a mini mill to make some parts( cant wait for that to get here. I'll be back on this end of the week so stay tuned.... Edited June 9, 2011 by Aftashox
Mr. Moparman Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Romell, I think Harry has put you in front of the firing squad now.........
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