Tonioseven Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 This is one of the most entertaining and interesting builds going on in the hobby right now!! I LOVE it!!!
Psychographic Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 Some more plumbing, got the radiator done, just need to fit and trim radiator line to the left engine. I also need to tie the braided front & rear brake lines to the hard plumbing and the chassis is done. I painted the floor pan black with gold flake, it's a nice compliment to the chassis color.
Psychographic Posted October 13, 2011 Author Posted October 13, 2011 The first engine is mounted and in the process of being plumbed. This is more tedious than I expected, but it is getting there.
Psychographic Posted October 14, 2011 Author Posted October 14, 2011 Both engines are in, plumbed and wired, well except for the coils. I don't know where the glitch was, design is blaming it on fabrication, fabrication is blaming it on engineering, and they're out to lunch. So it looks like I need to make and mount some coils.
customsrus Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 This thing is bad to the bone. Its all in the details.
Psychographic Posted October 14, 2011 Author Posted October 14, 2011 It's in the upholstery shop now. The Corvette seats and steering wheel are being wraped in some 60's style metalflake boat vinyl. The seat inserts are left the factory plastic, I think it's a nice contrast in shine. The floor is flocked in a chrome yellow, the back wall will be flocked in black.
Psychographic Posted October 15, 2011 Author Posted October 15, 2011 All the loose ends are getting finished at a decent pace. A couple engine pics. I think the only thing left to do to the engines, is paint the front mounts and mount the outer headers. A couple of interior shots. I made a small skull shift knob out of of a chunk of bondo.
W-409 Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 WOW, great job on the detailing of those engines, and that interior looks very good too. That skull is perfect idea, and it looks very good too. I'm waiting to see this one finished.
customsrus Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 This is coming along nice. Keep up the great work
Psychographic Posted October 15, 2011 Author Posted October 15, 2011 (edited) WOW, great job on the detailing of those engines, and that interior looks very good too. That skull is perfect idea, and it looks very good too. I'm waiting to see this one finished. Thanks, I'm looking forward to finishing this myself as this would be the first model I've completed in about 35 years. Edited October 15, 2011 by Psychographic
Psychographic Posted October 15, 2011 Author Posted October 15, 2011 Some interior shots with the body in place.
Tom Setzer Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 Awesume Scratch Building, That Chassis is out of sight, and the work you have done on the twin engines is also Great. I like this build more with every Build Post you make on the projectI CHEERS! Tom
Psychographic Posted October 15, 2011 Author Posted October 15, 2011 After the body was cut to take the kink out of it, a bulge along the body line became quite obvious and needs to be addressed. If you look over the rear tire, you can see the bulge in the body along the body line. Here is the first pass with sanding and filling, it's pretty straight and even now.
walt francis Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 This just keeps getting better with every bit of progress
CorvairJim Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 I've been away from my computer for a week now on a long-deserved vacation, so I haven't had the chance to follow this build. You've made a ton of progress! You commented a day or two back about this being the first model you've completed in 35 years, but you've clearly kept your skills current! I wish I had your scratchbuilding skills (and the patience to impliment them... ) The mix of "Old School" (twin, canted engines and color scheme) and modern touches (drilled brake rotors) really works well, and the Corvair body is just icing on the cake for me. You've got me thinking about maybe trying my hand at something similar. Not a direct copy, of course, since I'm not into blatantly copy-catting other guy's ideas, but maybe using Corvair motivation and a late-model Corvair body, suitably modified...
Psychographic Posted October 15, 2011 Author Posted October 15, 2011 Thanks for the compliments everyone. Corvair Jim, How about a Pro Street or Pro Touring Corvair wagon?The place I got this body from makes a wagon body, you would probably only use the roof and even that would need some modding to get it somewhat stock appearing,
Psychographic Posted October 16, 2011 Author Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) With the back of the car sitting so high, and the back of the 'Vair being somewhat bland, the rear of the car looked too bare. To remedy that, I found a set of 65 Vette bumpers fit very close to perfect and breaks up the back nicely. Now about that void under the rear pan,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, how about some wheelie bars? That fills it in nicely. Edited October 16, 2011 by Psychographic
Psychographic Posted October 16, 2011 Author Posted October 16, 2011 A pic with the Vette bumpers somewhat in place. I'll reccess a plate in the center and maybe some sunken bullet tailights.
FASTBACK340 Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 There is some awesome workmanship here David. The scratch building of the frame & suspension is well thought out and accurately done. Your cuts & seams are laser straight. Are you a surgeon for your day job? And how the heck did you open up the vents in the engine lid?!?!? If I tried to do that on a resin body it would look like a shot gun exit wound....... This is a great build.
Psychographic Posted October 16, 2011 Author Posted October 16, 2011 There is some awesome workmanship here David. The scratch building of the frame & suspension is well thought out and accurately done. Your cuts & seams are laser straight. Are you a surgeon for your day job? And how the heck did you open up the vents in the engine lid?!?!? If I tried to do that on a resin body it would look like a shot gun exit wound....... This is a great build. The vents were molded very deep, all I had to do was sand the underside until the vents were open. I'm not a surgeon, just a pinstriper, sign & custom painter. I also topple foreign governments on the weekends.
High octane Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 What EXCELLENT workmanship and engineering!
FASTBACK340 Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 I'm not a surgeon, just a pinstriper, sign & custom painter. I also topple foreign governments on the weekends. Ah yes, a Renaissance man! Great workmanship.... looking forward to seeing more done. You mentioned this is your first model in 35 yrs.? Wow.... can't wait to see what you come up with once your back in the groove....
CorvairJim Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Thanks for the compliments everyone. Corvair Jim, How about a Pro Street or Pro Touring Corvair wagon?The place I got this body from makes a wagon body, you would probably only use the roof and even that would need some modding to get it somewhat stock appearing, I have the '61 Corvair Lakewood body and frankly, I'm less than impressed with it. It's going to take a ton of work to make a reasonably realistic looking model out of it: The proportions really are that bad! I have both a Pro Street (Front-engined, V-8 powered) and a Pro Touring (Mid-engined, V-8 powered) "Late Model" Corvair coupes in the works at the moment, as well as a Corvair-powered, rear-engined Corvair Gasser. I've been working on converting a couple of AMT coupe bodies to what I imagine Chevy would have built if they had built second-generation Corvair wagons - a 2-door and a 4-door. Then there's the little El Camino-style Corvair pickup. Nothing I've concieved in my tiny little brain has been even close to as over-the-top as this beast of yours! keep up the great work, my friend!
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