Mister Twister Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Its almost mind blowing that so much detail can be packed into one build. Excellent as usual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Clay.... Every update you keep out doing yourself. I sure know the feeling of adding tabs to the build. I was there with my funny car. I am super impressed with your work and I just love your craftmanship. Keep up the killer work and glad to see you back on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyn Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 stopping at every step to snap some pics, loading them into your computer, sorting through them all to find some decent ones, clean up in the photo editor and you're still not done.Then you have to upload them to the web, write up a post, and paste in the pics. All that added on top of a highly detailed build. It's a lot of work just to share. Add me to the list that appreciate the opportunity to see what you do and how you do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msracing012 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Are you kidding me,your not from this planet,detail is just crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagedragfan Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 this is just incredible detail clay, hopefully we will be able to see it Sat. in Louisville! I hate to tell you, but you forgot the tabs for the air freshener and cup holder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Phenomenal work as usual Clay, always a pleasure to watch and learn from. I do have a question though. What glue are you using to attach the brass tabs to the plastic? I havent had much luck using regular super glue for similar purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Laski Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Looks great, Clay!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostreet Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Sick work Clay, after looking at your chassis i realized i have a bunch of tabs to add before i paint lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedsModeling Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I have the same question as Brett. I haven't mixed brass and plastic together. How do you drill the slots in the plastic to accept the tabs? I can understand the holes for round brass stock, but not a rectangular slot without bringing out the big Dremel disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayK Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Thanks for the replies guys. I finished off the final bits of the chassis last night and got it in primer. I'm ready to paint and clear it now finally. To answer your questions about glue, I use green bottle zap-a-gap for almost everything. On this chassis I used Plastruct glue for all of the plastic to plastic joints. But for the brass I used green zap. Sometimes with some kicker to make sure it held quick, and strong. For some reason, the DirtModeler brass PE really held strong to the styrene with the zap. I don't think I've broken off a single piece of brass etch since I've been working on this. Should have some more progress soon! Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Thanks Clay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Woodruff Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Looking forward to more updates Clay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurattraction Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Fantastic build, so far, Clay. Can't wait for more updates... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayK Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share Posted August 4, 2012 Thank you very much guys! Finally got a little time this week to get the chassis painted and cleared. I mixed a bunch of different dark gray metallics, and silvers together to make sure I had enough to cover the whole chassis. I went for a color a little lighter than I would normally use to try and get close to the color R2B2 powder coats their chassis with. Once the paint was dry, I gave it a good even coat of PPG 2 part clear. I need to go back and touch up the left door pad, then I can get to assembling some stuff on it. You can see the 3D decals still showed up under the paint and clear. I think they worked pretty good! Thanks for looking! CK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostreet Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 looks great Clay, Can't wait to see it with some parts on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp1839 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 incredible work, clay. hard to tell it from a real one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagedragfan Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 looks awesome Clay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 The frame looks fantastic, Clay! Looks like everything is on their place, and very well finished. I can't see that some tubing wouldn't fit nicely to other tubing, which is the problem in my Tube frames, and now when painted the frame looks even better than it did in plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Clay... You are sure coming along great on this build my friend. Chassis looks great in paint. Very Nice work. Wonder what's in store for us next. Killer job so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbshredder Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 wheres some updated pics on this sweet build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedsModeling Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 His last post here was in August and his last post of this same build on another forum was April. I hope he and his family are well and he's just too busy to continue with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroNitro Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) Clay is fine I talked to him last week and I am making some parts for him for this and other builds. Edited December 6, 2012 by MicroNitro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I am looking forward to more updates on this build. Jim i cant wait to see what you machine up for Clay all i know is it's gonna be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Nice work Clay, see your stuff at the NNL in Waukesha every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3men2s Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 absulutelly sick !!!!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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