crazyrichard Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 thnx , looks like great stuff , i use harder bondo and for stuff like that sometimes its so hard so get into shape and i find myself using metal files that stuff looks real sandable
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 Fitted the chassis w/ rear suspension mocked-up in final location... ...to flip it over and verify the stance is still right. Started filling the cockpit opening with styrene strip for a hard tonneau, and filling the rear wheel wells with clean styrene sheet inserts. Then, because the rear suspension is in the right place, was able to mark and cut the new wheel wells for correct axle and spring clearance.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 Check fitting the rear axle and spring cutouts... I want a windshield like on this old Monogram Kurtis... ...so here's the hard tonneau getting marked for it... Also cut down a unit from another Kurtis gluebomb to make a bomber seat... ...and here's where we are now.
aurfalien Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Wow, simply mad skillz, mad. Stoked you are on this forum.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 Thanks to all, again, for your interest. I'm having fun with this one and really want to finish it before I get going on something else.
cobraman Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Your going great guns Bill ! Keep it up ! You can finish it ! : )
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 7, 2015 Author Posted January 7, 2015 Hokay...the Ardun engine has nice headers, but they won't work for this one. Happy for me, the old AMT double-T-kit Lincoln engine headers have perfect port-spacing, and long megaphones too. The engine is located in the correct position by the rear crossmember under the gearbox. The headers are mocked up, and the frame is marked for position. Then the marks will be transferred to the hood sides for cutting clearance slots. The mockup also lets me make sure the 4-link bars and bracket will clear.
horsepower Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Would really look cool if you used the head rest from the old Kurtis kit too. (At least to me)
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 8, 2015 Author Posted January 8, 2015 Would really look cool if you used the head rest from the old Kurtis kit too. (At least to me) You must have either been looking through my window, or you've hacked my P-bucket account.
John Teresi Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Bill.......keep at it .......looking good ........some nice mods and scratch building going on here Edited January 8, 2015 by John Teresi
Duntov Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I like the motor and the driver figure!! OH shoot like all of it!!! Zora would approve of the Ardun heads!!!!
bobthehobbyguy Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 What was the source for the ardun parts? Really like what you are doing.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 Thank you ALL for the interest. What was the source for the ardun parts? This version of the very nice Revell '50 Ford F1 pickup includes the Ardun parts
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 I got Lefty to sit in the car while I started mocking up the wind-screen. I'm going to copy the way Monogram did it on their old Kurtis Indy car, so it snaps into place. Nice engineering there, so you can only put a dot of glue on each end to keep it from coming out, and you're done. Being an inanimate object, Lefty has infinite patience. He didn't mind sitting in the car while I started building up a helmet-fairing from sheet and strip styrene. (Lefty got his name after a near-tragic bench mishap, during which his right arm was lost. It reappeared as I was cleaning and packing to move, and was re-attached.) While I was in Bondo mode, it seemed like a good time to take the center bellypan, fixture it to a good '29 shell, and begin the final shaping so it will actually fit well. The helmet-fairing is progressing here too. For the rear bellypan, I'll be using sections from the unit under Revell's classic Orange Crate kit. I had a painted glooey one, so I'll cut that up instead of a new one. Here's the rear pan in progress, with the louvered center-rear section cut from another original Ala Kart gluebomb. I actually bought several of them specifically to salvage the louvered bits for this project.
Scott Colmer Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 I am really enjoying this build, Bill. You are nailing to look! I also like how you are drawing from a variety kits and blending the parts for a excellent cohesive look.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) So...this is pretty much what I had in mind at the beginning, a cross of an old asphalt car and a dry-lakes roadster, and about as slick as you could get without building a belly-tanker or streamliner. There's some tweeking to be done, but this is the look. The only real deviation from this mockup will be to a switch to skinnier front tires, for a little aero-drag reduction. This is where the "work" part of the build starts for me, and where I usually flame-out...doing all the less creative final fitting, sanding, detailing, etc. Gonna try to keep her going this time. We'll see. Edited January 11, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy
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