bryan_m Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 nicely added detail! those gauges look great bryan
Chas SCR Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 Nice detail added to this kit! Never had one but looks like your adding a lot of good stuff to a kit that didn't have a lot to offer to start with.
shucky Posted October 23, 2012 Author Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) Here I started work on a shift light. Aluminum tube for the body, styrene rod for the end cap, and MV Lenses. The mounting bracket came from a PE hood hinge set from Aber. In order to drop in the lens I drilled out the aluminum tube body with a drill bit larger than the inner diameter of the tubing. This created a ledge on the inner section of the tube so the lens will have somewhere to rest when dropped in. The end cap is just a section of styrene rod which was drilled to accept the aluminum tube body and the other end was shaped and smoothed with sand paper. More to come. Thanks guys for the kind words. Here it is mocked up on the PE mounting bracket. Edited October 23, 2012 by shucky
shucky Posted October 23, 2012 Author Posted October 23, 2012 Forgot to add this picture of the Aber hood hinge fret. It's where I got the bracket for the shift light. Picked up a couple of these a while back from hlj.com.
aksarben Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 Those guages look great Mike! The pedals are nice too, where did you source those? Steve
shucky Posted October 23, 2012 Author Posted October 23, 2012 Hi Steve! Thanks for the kind words. The pedals are from Model Car Garage. They released some 'tuner' type pedals a while back if I recall. Under a magnifying glass you can actually make out that they are Sparco brand pedals lol.
Modlbldr Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) Mike Your detail work on this is phenomenal. I am in awe of how each piece is just simplicity in scratch building techniques but they turn out to be so highly detailed looking. I love the work on the steering wheel especially. Great job. Later- Edited October 23, 2012 by Modlbldr
Ghostmech Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 Very cool! I'll be following this one with interest. BTW, Hope I can find a Revell Z06 kit so I can do one of my own Z....
Ghostmech Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) Just FYI....where you have the battery is suppose to be a dry sump oil tank....the battery is in the back behind the rt rear Edited October 23, 2012 by Ghostmech
shucky Posted October 24, 2012 Author Posted October 24, 2012 Keith, your right. The base Vette has the battery located where I placed mine. The ZO6 has it in the cargo area. I didn't realize this at the time I did my research that there was a difference in battery placement between the two. This is a model though, and I would have placed it right where I have it regardless of whether I had known or not to detail this otherwise boring area of the engine bay. Nice catch though! Thanks all for the kind words. More pics coming tomorrow.
shucky Posted October 25, 2012 Author Posted October 25, 2012 Here is the shift light finished up. The body is magnesium metalizer, thinned flat yellow by Tamiya, and red MV lens. The mount was done in titanium metalizer and has scalehardware 8mm rivet and RB motion nut for adjustment detail. Next up is working on the wheels and tires. Thanks guys for the support and comments. Mount in place on dash. Light in place.
surfjunke Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 Beautiful work. Love what you have done, so far. Very clean work & fine details. Those punch & die sets are great as, could not work without them. There is also a hex head set as well. These kits from Jada are great. I wish they would make more. I did buy one of each when they were available.
shucky Posted October 26, 2012 Author Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) Well, tonight I got a start on the wheels and tires. The Tamiya Enzo rear tires are wider than the resin sleeves I made so I decided to use two sleeves per tire trimmed to fit. Used a Micro Mark mini miter saw and mini 5 inch disc sander along with their variable speed foot control to get it done. These are great little machines and well worth the purchase for hobby use when you get them on sale. Here are some pictures from earlier this evening. Here are the uncut sleeves. Trimmed front section. Edited October 26, 2012 by shucky
shucky Posted October 26, 2012 Author Posted October 26, 2012 Rear section ... not quite right yet LOL .. One done, one to go. Both rears done. Thanks for watching and the kind comments.
bryan_m Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 wow! that shift light is sweet! very nice work............ultra clean.. cheers bryan
relaxednoma Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 I did not know either that Jada did a run of plastic! totally cool! and really like this build!
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