Somebody should build this:
Or how about a Subaru WRX front wheel drive powered trike?
Somebody should build this:
Or how about a Subaru WRX front wheel drive powered trike?
Paint test on the spare hood, using a GM indigo blue metallic over a black primer. Hard to photograph but it looks pretty good. Hopefully sunlight will serve it better.
Primer. Once dry, a little putty to clean up the joint.
I might try the ruby red clear over pearl white.
In reply to VolvoHeretic :
Airbrushing nail polish colors has been done quite a bit by the serious custom car modelers. Some of the larger flake colors do not work though, Once the flakes are above about .0025" they want to pile up in the nozzle. Your results may vary.
Sanity has prevailed and I bought the cheapest Ford Craftsman Truck kit I could find on Ebay last night. Won't show up till late next week so I'm in limbo until then since I don't know what or how much to cut off the Expedition body till the kit arrives and, frankly, gets most of the way built. Didn't want to add another kit to the pile when there are so many others waiting but this should save me a bunch of work while being a more convincing result.
In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :
That's cool, but it would need like Hillborn injection... or tunnel ram and dual quads.
AClockworkGarage said:In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :
That's cool, but it would need like Hillborn injection... or tunnel ram and dual quads.
Then I'd just do a SBC. Think I'm going to try my hand at making a turbo exhaust manifold and a turbo or two to go on it. If y'all have any references please share. Thanks
vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) said:AClockworkGarage said:In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :
That's cool, but it would need like Hillborn injection... or tunnel ram and dual quads.
Then I'd just do a SBC. Think I'm going to try my hand at making a turbo exhaust manifold and a turbo or two to go on it. If y'all have any references please share. Thanks
I 3D printed a bunch of them when I turbo'd the 4-rotor you sent me. I can mail them to you.
In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :
Use Javelin's turbos and bend up the plumbing with solder of the proper diameter. It makes easy bends and can polish up too. I use it for headers frequently. Long lengths need frequent support if hanging.
Javelin said:vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) said:AClockworkGarage said:In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :
That's cool, but it would need like Hillborn injection... or tunnel ram and dual quads.
Then I'd just do a SBC. Think I'm going to try my hand at making a turbo exhaust manifold and a turbo or two to go on it. If y'all have any references please share. Thanks
I 3D printed a bunch of them when I turbo'd the 4-rotor you sent me. I can mail them to you.
If you have two I'll take em. Now to get me some solder as Turner X19 suggests. Gonna watch a few more of the YouTubes for inspiration.
Javelin said:I 3D printed a bunch of them when I turbo'd the 4-rotor you sent me. I can mail them to you.
Just how many rotors can you combine in reality? 6 sounds like a nice round number.
The wheelbase and track are almost a perfect match:
The Pony's dash and front door panels have been cut to fit the Vega tub:
The Pony hood has been cut open:
First coat of primer on. When dry a quick light sanding.
Not sure about chassis final color. Black? Aluminum or metal? Body color? Or just red? Regardless I'll detail out the frame rails and such.
Nice to see primer happening. Sliw going over here. A lot of filing casting flash and waiting for the rain to stop so I can start painting.
The frame is shortened and the tub is notched to clear, gonna have to mod the seats a little, then I can get started on the engine.
Still unsure on induction. Its in the air between the single carb or the blower. I like the blower, but I'd rather have the flat hood.
VolvoHeretic said:Somebody should build this:
I'm not completely convinced someone should have built the original.
Three cheers for whoever sold me the Ford Truck kit on Ebay for getting it to me three days ahead of when it was initially promised, so I can start making progress.
Since I sprang for the cheapest of the three #98 kits available, knowing that the box was pretty beat up, I was happy to see that nothing inside is damaged. Since it was still sealed, I didn't have to worry about missing parts either, so we are set. As an aside, I was surprised to see the decal kit didn't have any provision for the truck sides that fade from red to yellow to white. It just had the number and sponsor decals, with the instructions saying to paint the fade. I don't know if any of these kits were built absolutely factory correct since, speaking from experience, doing a fade out of a print gun or airbrush was far beyond my capabilities. But I'm not building a Raybestos truck, so that's not my problem.
I hope to have the chassis built and done in a matter of a week or two. The Expedition body is still enjoying its purple bath, haven't looked at it in a few days, hopefully it hasn't dissolved into oblivion or I'm really up a creek.
Since I'm a couple weeks behind and need a chassis built so I can see what needs to be done as far as the body mods planned for this build, I dove right in and started getting stuff in paint this afternoon. The instructions weren't clear about what could be pre-assembled cage-wise so I decided to just shoot stuff on the tree and not worry about that.
Based on my experience with last month's Corvette, I figured that I could save some time by putting together some subassemblies before paint. The entire engine is basically one big wad of aluminum, so that got all thrown together tonight and mostly painted as a single unit. I'll be reading ahead in the instructions to see if I can get away with more of this, especially when it comes to suspension.
At some point I'll have to fish the Expedition body out of the bucket it's been soaking in since the weekend to see if there's been any progress made on loosening up the blurple paint on it. If it's not ready yet, no big whup, though I'd like to start to at least position the Expedition body alongside the F150 body to see if the SUV roof needs to be elongated or widened (heaven help me if it does; I have no idea what to do about the windows if that becomes necessary).
Slow progress on my end. Fitting the tub to the frame, did a bad job cutting. cut it twice and it's still too short. Gonna have to use a little filler to finish it up.
found a seat that can be modified to clear the step in the floor and started boxing the front frame sections, as they're visible from under the hood.
Also another paint test, the indigo over chrome makes for a beautiful anodized finish. Not sure where I'll use it, but i do love it.
The Barra is here! 3D printed and it looks very nice.
Space in the engine bay, is, uh...at a premium, let's say. Transmission tunnel hacking will likely commence as soon as I get the engine and transmission stuck together.
Speaking of transmission, the Barra doesn't come with one, so I dug around the parts stash. I was hoping for just a trans, but I found a decent one molded onto the back of some sort of V8. I can saw them apart easily enough. Here you can see the length of the Barra compared to said V8.
In reply to slowbird :
Ok... That's cool.
I have to give a big shout out to Wally.
Dude, thanks so much! I sent another email. Now talk about option paralysis. So many spare parts it'll take me longer to go through them than it did to think up my silly project. I even spotted a set of wheels that'll be perfect for the other kit on my shelf.
I'll post up a couple pics of stuff. If it can help someone else out I'll gladly send some along. Hopefully I can make the time tonight to sort through everything.
First thought for today: I've been reminded of the frustration of the gray paint used on the chassis from the NASCAR build of February 2021. It seemed to take FOREVER to set to the point where I could actually handle it then, and it's taking FOREVER to get to that point now. But, not being in a hurry, it's not too bad to just let it sit for another couple days so I'm not tempted to start in on it too early and coat the chassis in fingerprints. That would be a shame, because that paint came out really well. That stuff is hiding in the garage out of sight and out of mind.
On another subject, I fished the Expedition body out of the alleged paint-stripping drink, which had pretty much zero effect on the paint, and eyeballed it against the NASCAR truck body. Good news! It seems like it's only off a millimeter or two both in width and length (I even used my caliper to measure it more or less scientifically), so I should be able to make the Expedition roof work with the NASCAR body without major surgery. This comes as a relief.
Work continues, which is pretty important now since things are starting to fall into place schedule-wise for outdoor activities with the arrival of spring. I really don't want to find myself in a position where I have to rush stuff to finish, especially in the bodywork department.
The premise:
If we're playing Challenge, I figured I'd start exactly how I'd start in real life. With a free car that had no real purpose, and a pile of mismatched parts put together in an ill-advised manner. I am completely new to the world of custom modeling, so bear with me here. The plan is to take an engine (not sure which yet) and jam it where the back seat is supposed to be, then cobble together some suspension that should be better that stock pinto stuff. And we'll be running in the 200tw class.
I think I'll start with chassis and power train. Hopefully I can make it fit.
In reply to Claff :
I started using Tamiya primers. They go on great and dry fairly quickly. Like sanding the same evening quick. They have white and gray primer. I also have a bottle of the liquid primer for brushing. Makes filling holes and score lines easier. Let it dry thoroughly and you can put just about any paint over it.
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