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You're making great progress on this and I can't wait to see more. Glad to see that you're trying and learning new things on this build. Keep at it Niko. This will be a killer build when done.

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Thanks, everyone! It has been a little break with this, but maybe I'll continue this build soon. I also have new Ranchero kit, I'm building. But I must give some attention to Falcon too. Maybe I should try gluing that rear frame on the chassis...

  • 1 month later...
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Finally update, but very small one... I painted the engine block, just because now I can see better, if it needs still some more bondo. And yes, it needs a bit bondo, but not much anymore. Next I need to cast timing chain cover, water pump, cylinder heads and stuff like that. Hopefully I can get more updates soon.

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  • 2 months later...
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Sorry Fellas, progress has been very slow on this build. Today I finally managed to get it back on the bench, and I decided to modify those rear wheels a bit. Pro Sportsman tires with those narrow Centerlines didn't look good, so I took one American Racing Torq Thrust wheel what was really wide, and after a bit of sawing and sanding and superglue, I ended up as this.

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I'm gonna make resin copies of that. Not sure, who will cast those wheels though, but lets see that later. :D

Posted

Great work here Niko. B) :)

LOVE how you made the rear suspension clip, looks like it's straight from a catalog. ;)Nice work.

The rear wheels look better with bigger dish too mate, much better. :)

Looking forward to seeing this come together for you mate.

Posted

Thanks Kane, and Greg!

The rear frame is glued to the chassis. Needs to cover those holes with styrene though, they are bit oversized since I didn't know, what position is correct one for the rear frame. Well it's not that hard to cover them, so that made gluing job much easier.

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Next some more chassis building, I need to find great Rear axle somewhere...

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Thanks, Chris, Joe, Jim, Floyd and John!

I guess, this car wont have that chassis problem, as Jim's Falcon. :lol: I hope you manage to clear those issues, and get your Falcon stance set right.

I casted some engine parts, and they came out OK. I'm going to test fit those tomorrow, and then I can see what have to be modified, but I'm pretty happy about how they turned out.

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Not much done since the latest update, but I managed to do little work yesterday (on Friday). I glued the interior floor to the chassis, and door panels are installed too. Those door panels can be removed, if necessary but they are glued so I can mock up the chassis to the body. Also painted those resin engine parts, intake manifold, and cylinder heads. I installed them too, but I must do some little smoothing still. And other valve cover is still missing, but needs to find one. The Gear Box is still under construction.

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