Prostreet Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 Looking good Tyrone, Would look sweet with a cowl hood and some turbos.
ScrappyJ Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 Looking good, T! Can't wait to see more. I may have missed it, but what type of powerplant are you going with on this one?
vintagedragfan Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 you make it look easy man! we all know its not! sweet
CHEVY2MUCH Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 how close is wheel base to matching on the original pro sportsman chassis with this body?
tyrone Posted January 11, 2013 Author Posted January 11, 2013 Thanks fellas.. I appreciate it... Bob .. the wheel base on them is close but the pro sportsman chassis is a little short...Dirk I had a Ross Gibson engine lined up for this one but I may have to use a kit engine as a starting point the gibson engine is too tall, wont clear the hood.. well I have a small update... I got the rear coil springs made up and mocked up on the car.. I used the coil spring kits from Scott.. I used the rear end from the pro stock cutlass kit with 4 link brackets from Dirt Modeler... I also added a little styrene to the bottom of the front bumper to give it a lower look... thanks for looking and comments welcome....
futurattraction Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 I really like what you're doing with your 5-5 Tyrone. Looks super so far...
Red rocket 10 Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 Ty the ride is coming along very nice, everytime you step it up a notch........... I like it Leonard
pharr7226 Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 All the goodies look great on the rear end assembly. Nice work Tyrone. I'm looking for forward to seeing the engine come together.
Prostreet Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 Looking good Tyrone, I think i may try a 1/25th here soon. Every time i see you post one i wanna do it lol. I have a comp resins prostock dakota body sitting here.
Mister Twister Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 Another killer build on the way....Nice work Tyrone.
tyrone Posted January 13, 2013 Author Posted January 13, 2013 Thanks fellas for all the kind words... I really appreciate it... well I've got the drviers floor area done, and I added some dzus tabs to the floor area also... I used Clay's Mustang for reference, and R2B2 race cars pics also.. thaks for looking and comments welcome...
gasser59 Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 Outstanding work Ty. That chassis fits like a glove.
tyrone Posted January 22, 2013 Author Posted January 22, 2013 Thanks fellas.. I really appreciate it... well I got a little time at the bench tonight... been glued to the t.v. with the playoffs on... I got the inner door skins done.. and for the engine I decided to go with the pro sportsman engine block and heads, intake is from the pro stock cutlass kit.. and I took the front engine plate from that kit and modified it by removing and filling in the water jackets.. and modified the water pump to look a little more current... I really wanted to use the ross gibson 762 but there is not enough clearance... I'll do the best I can with what I got.... Thanks for looking and comments welcome.... I really wanted to use this front engine plate from Dirt Modeler... but it wont fit without some modification... Ross Gibson engine is a lot bigger... I drill out the exhaust ports... I've found this makes it alot easier when it's time to make the headers...
RAT-T Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 LOOKING GOOD TYRONE I DIDN'T WATCH THE GAME, BUT I COULD HERE MY WIFE YELLING AT THE TV
Red rocket 10 Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Simply awsome Tyrone , great execution and detail ................................ Leonard
johnbuzzed Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Looking real good. Should be really nice when it's done. I like your idea of drilling the heads to ease header fabrication- I was thinking of that earlier toady as I was head-building a '71 Charger.
futurattraction Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Those are some nice updates, Tyrone! Are RG engines typically 1/24th scale? I don't know - just wondering?? Your side-by-side pic of the two engines certainly makes it appear that it's a different scale from the kit engine.
hOLMS Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Ty, the engine you have mounted looks great. I hear ya....parked myself on the couch for playoffs the past several weekends!
Mooneyzs Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Tyrone... this is some killer work and looking good. It is sure coming along
tyrone Posted January 23, 2013 Author Posted January 23, 2013 Thanks alot fellas... Scott I dont know exactly what scale this engine is supposed to be... I'll check the package when I get home... I've decided I'm gonna use the kit engine, and just try and get it to look as close as I can to the current engines... Thanks again fellas...
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