Scratch building a classic muscle car.

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The transmission its self was measured today and narrowed quite extensively. The floor sides have been shortened as well.

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Here are all the pieces sitting inside the floor. The flat pieces at the front where the seat attaches sit up higher than the panel at the rear so they will be less cramped than they look in this image when raised. The crosses show the flat panel front and back. The flat panels at the back are at the lowest point in the floor. The main reason i have marked all the pieces is so that i don't get them all mixed up which is easy enough to do with all the different pieces going into the floor. The next task will be to start assembling all the pieces so that this floor starts to resemble the 1:1 floor.

[1 bad55 stan]

Your getting there mate,keep at it..

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Hey Guys.

I finally got the assembly of the floor pan underway.

Edited August 18, 2014 by fractalign

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The flat section was a little thick so it was sanded down to the same thickness as the sloping panels.

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The underside was prepared for a couple of lengths of 1mm half round tubing.

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On the top side this will appear as recessed or inlayed bend pressings. So these will need to be scribed or cut in.

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All this area was marked out for removal so that the panel below would sit flush inside.

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Before that was done the panel needed to be cut in half, on for each side of the transmission tunnel. The reason I had kept it together so long was to make sure the contours were exactly the same and the half round tubing lined up properly.

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The first trial fit showed that a lot more material would need to be moved from the floorpan sides.

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More material would also need to be removed from the transmission tunnel as well.

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Here is how it looks now with the transmission tunnel reshaped and the sides cut back. You can see the amount of material removed from this side when you compare it with the other side. Next task will be to get the other side up top speed and continue adding the other panels.

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[Bennyg]

Nice progress. Inspiring work.

Ben

[DynoMight]

You do great work! Keep it up.

[fractalign]

Hey Guys.

Thanks for all the positive comments, but I am just letting everyone know that the build will be on hold for the next week or so. I am off for a week but while away I will be getting some new supplies for the build, there is a very good model shop near where I am staying so that I can can straight back in to the build when I get home.

Cheers.

[microwheel]

Nice work on the floor so far. Looking forward to you getting back and sharing some more.

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Hey Guys.

I am back into the build once again after a one week break. While away I picked up some supplies. Some evergreen 0.40 X 0.40 solid square tubing and white putty. I was supposed to continue working on the floor pan but I decided that the body needed refining. I wasn't really happy with the seam line or belt line so they had to go.

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The square tubing is for the belt line that runs along the length of the body and the putty is for the the side body contour. The original belt line I was going to use was half round but because the actual belt line on the 1:1 car has a flat surface, I decided to use the square tubing instead. The tubing measures 1mm by 1mm. The white putty is the best putty money can buy in my opinion. Nothing else comes close in terms of finish, while other putties are sticky and often melt into the plastic this particular putty sets more like cement. The whole side was covered so that I could finally finish off the crease line.

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With the putty layed on, the square tubing was placed in position.

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Here is how it all looks. The crease line is more pronounced thanks to the better properties of the putty, its bit more expensive but worth every cent.

The square tubing is attached and the white putty had been layed along the sides.

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After sanding this is how it looks.

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I will be continuing on with the bodysides until they are complete before moving back into doing the floor pan. The next task will be to add the lips to the wheel arches and get the belt line and seam line finished on the other side.

[microwheel]

This is really coming along great. Starting to look like a car for sure.

[1 bad55 stan]

Keep at it,This is a cool project and your progress is good...

[W-409]

Are you going to be casting this body in resin once it's done? I used that putty in the past with larger body mods, too, and it shrinks after some time... If you're going to cast this body, it might not be a problem, but otherwise I'd suggest using another putty.

Just in case you didn't know. You're doing a great job with this one, I can't wait to see more progress.