First Drag Car build

[Lucas van H]

I'm starting with my first build here on the forums. I've chosen tghe AMT Chevy Nova Pro Street for this one.

I will try to make a brass chassis for this one, which I'm drawing up now. Not sure on the interiour since I want to put a lot more effort in this one than I did in my previous models.

Body is painted, so it's all about trying to figuring out how to do the chassis. I'm using 2mm brass tube and some sheet for the wheel wells, is there a bending tool that can bend 2mm tubes? If not, is there another way?

Pictures of the body:

Not sure about polishing since I have never done that before.

Thanks for looking.

Lucas.

[ScaleDale]

http://www.micromark.com/5-piece-spring-type-tube-bender-set,7048.html

Spring tube bender kit from Micro-Mark

Dale

[Lucas van H]

Thanks ScaleDale! I'm gonna look for some of those here in the Netherlands!

[Lucas van H]

Tried to solder a bit, didn't turn out too bad IMHO (Note: First time soldering)

This is the stance I'm looking for, let's see if I can make it happen:

As you can see, Everything lines up pretty good, it's far from perfect, but I'm really pleased with it:

Lucas.

[10thumbs]

Hi Lucas, the car is looking right!

How did you solder the joints, electric or flame?

Michael

[Lucas van H]

I soldered with a flame, my soldering iron isn't strong enough.

I'll upload some more pictures tonight.

Lucas.

[1 bad55 stan]

Great start Lucas,you are definitely on the right track,keep us posted,,,,

[10thumbs]

OK. I was in my hobby shop today looking at I-Beam material for a hot rod I'm going to build. I want to make a dropped axle for the front. I'm interested inips for soldering. I have a flame unit as well.

Michael

[Lucas van H]

I've done some more work on this, chassis is soldered and I have removed the wheeliebar due to it's instability and it being a bit crude.

Test fit:

Since I wasn't able to achieve the stance I was going for, I opted for this:

More to come...

Lucas.

Excuse me for the blurry pictures, the camera on my phone is acting up.

[slusher]

Excellent paint and work so far...

[Speedfreak]

Looks pretty cool Lucas, keep it going! That soldering looks good.

[Lucas van H]

Thanks a bunch guys! The soldering looks good from a distance and not everything is straight, but I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Lucas.

[futurattraction]

Keep up the steady progress Lucas! It's looking good...

[Lucas van H]

Got this done today:

Installed the interior, used a donor AMT Oldsmobile 442 from which I also took the engine, Rear wheel wells are from the Nova kit but cut out from the original chassis and trimmed to fit:

As you can see, I already painted the chassis in the color of the body.

Mockup shot how the engine fits:

Also, I didn't have to cut a hole in the middle of the hood for the blower, and it still closes :

That's it,

Lucas.

[1 bad55 stan]

i like the stance,its lookin great,that blue is real nice,what is that paint you used?

[Lucas van H]

I used Humbrol Baltic Blue, layed down 2 wetcoats followed by 7 layers of clear. Thanks for the compliment!

[Truck parts]

Great job.

[Jade043]

Nice work on the frame came out sweet

[Lucas van H]

Thanks, now that I look at the photo's again, there are a couple things that I need to fix like the firewall and the floor behind the drivers seat. Next time I'm going to buy a bit of that BMF stuff I see on the cars you guys build. Gives it just that more "bling".

Lucas.-