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Interesting .. that's a nasty looking bit .. never seen one like that before.

Yep it will tear stuff UP!

IIRC it came in an offshore set from Canadian tire

along with the ball reamer, and the spiral cylinder bit,..

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Built up a couple of Turbos

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This pic shows where Todd hiccuped while welding :huh:

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Making up a Nascar quick fill....

Cheers

Wow! Great progres! I like your turbos...

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This pic shows where Todd hiccuped while welding :huh:

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hahaah .. that's nothing compared to the owner-welded tank I did for my Ferrari GTO! ... if it doesn't leak. it's installed! :)

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Wow! Great progres! I like your turbos...

Thanks Jose

They were one of those things you think you can make , and halfway thru you look down at the tiny pieces in your hands and say ...

"WTH am I doing"!.....Those are 6 pieces of plastic and solder, scraped, thinned, warmed, rolled, reamed, glued,drilled,sanded,....

:blink:

Now for the fun bit of running all the lines

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They were one of those things you think you can make , and halfway thru you look down at the tiny pieces in your hands and say ...

"WTH am I doing"!.....Those are 6 pieces of plastic and solder, scraped, thinned, warmed, rolled, reamed, glued,drilled,sanded,....

:blink:

Yea, like $50 worth of labor there! :) I think the same thing when I spend an evening making some tiny little part.

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Ferrari 250 GTO

The plastic hinges have been replaced with "standard" brass ones. I really like how well the hood fits on this.

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I decided to try some ferrules to replace the thick kit intake pipes after some suggestions on a thread here. I was able to order some in the exact size of the largest and smallest diameters of the kit ones but they will have to be shortened. I'm debating how I will do this as they are very thin, but they look more realistic than the kit ones. I think I'll have to flatten the bell which seems to have been done on the 1:1 according to photos online.

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Sign me up with a 1969 camaro, dont worry, it`ll be beat up alright

Also can we alter interior apperance? Like fuel cells and cages?

Of course. The trick is, to make it unnoticeable.

First update-

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The doors are cut open an the engine is a Ferrari Enzo V-10

Per the rules on Page 1, we need to see a pic of the unstarted kit or whatever pile-o-parts you're using.

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Well my trip got postponed for two weeks so I got my build back out. I finished the scratch building for the Pacer rear suspension.

Panhard bar.

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Traction bars

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And the shock absorber mounts

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It does, but what can you do. I'll just have to start over. So as of this point I'm going to remove myself from the community build till I can get things figured out. Heck I have a model car show coming up, maybe I'll pick something up

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My project is in stall mode at the moment. I scored a '69 Jeepster buildup and couldn't wait to start on it. Everything's ready for primer. It'll just be painting and detailing when I get back to it.

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Came home from work tonight to find that my apartment complex has caught fire, I had just gotten my modeling room set up. Fudge!!!

I'm sorry to hear that. Was it a total loss?

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This is one of those times, Michael, when modeling is a very small matter. I'm sure you lost things more precious. My GF lost everything but family and animals in a house fire so I understand your loss. However, if modeling helps bring some normalcy back, then all the better.

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