The 2015 /16 Red Hot and Rollin Automotive Group Build--Ended

Hello everyone! 

I've been very busy the last few months, but have slowly done a couple of builds over the last few months.  The latest is a '56 Chrysler 300b.  Here are a couple of pics, but I had to order a new front windshield since I snapped it in half.  Just waiting on that to button it up.

Thanks djjeavons!!! Great seeing you!

Looks fantastic. Very shiny.

Hey everybody. It's been a little bit since I've last posted but am back and hope to get this Group Build back up off of the ground.

Seabe: This sounds great man! Hope to see pictures soon.

Well here we are with the interior about 70-80% completed. The aluminum steering column helped ALOT as well as the steering wheel from the Barris T Buggy kit. All brake and accelerator pedals are PE as well as the Hot Rod Magazine in the front seat. Instrument panel and radio trim are Chrome BMF. The steering wheel spokes and center are AB'd with Alclad. I still have a set of keys and some Oakley sunglasses to paint up and adhere to the seat beside the magazine. I've got some clean up to do here and there but it's getting closer folks.....

Okay, no pics from my side - my memory card went up the creek during my daughter's last netball game of the season.

Progress report - at least there was some progress! On the Williams the rear end is starting to take shape and the initial stages of rear suspension has begun - so yeah, admittedly not much! One of the complete wishbone sections (the top one) was supposed to snap in place, but had to resort to CA due to the lip that was supposed to have been there to keep it in place, simply wasn't there on my kit. Very unlike Tamiya... 

On hte Ferrari, I am happy to report that the cockpit is complete, the area behind the driver is complete and both of these sections have been attached to the floor. In the process I simply HAD to (no build is complete without it!) snap off the one mirror, just as I pressed down for a final time. It required a search and rescue party, but I managed to eventually conquer the lost mirror from the grasps of the mat monster. Of course, it now feels as if it's not as straight as it was before.

Whilst this is a big step, the upcoming engine build is the really intimidating section of the build. But hey, I'm here to learn and improve - there's a first time for everything...

Good to see this thing still going! Kepp up the nice work guys!

Thanks guys. Yeah, I've been told just this afternoon to take it easy this weekend ito exercise when I suggested a run for some partners of mine.

When he spelt it out for me, it struck me how you just keep going without realising what you're doing to your body. (They call it denial!) A 21k trail run is not easy. I did one last weekend, I'm doing one next weekend. Next weekend has gotten over 1100m of elevation! I expect to be lost in scenery, but it will still hurt like hell... The weekend preceeding that, we did an off-road duathlon. That IS hard (esp since we raced each other!) And two weeks before that - and extreme endurance MTB race of 230k's. I think the weekend inbetween we did a 30k trail run in the mountain and another 50k MTB ride. Yeah, and I was casually thinking about a 20k run in the mountain and a 50k MTB ride this weekend, just before the trailrun next weekend. It took a good friend to point out to me that... sheet dude, just recover for one weekend, esp with the added stresses. And add to that all the training preceeding the "big race"...

As for (the added stresses I so casually referred to) my mother-in-law, I really appreciate the concern! She's better and in recovery now. "Just" some fluid on the lung, which had to be drained - heck of an exercise for anybody, let alone if you're 82! (My wife was a "late surprise"!) Fortunately no TB or any other negative type results. But she's tough - and at least we get along very well! Unlike most people who refer to their mother-in-laws and "parking the broom" in one sentence! ;) 

I will follow and hope to be back soon with some progress! 

First off it's good to hear from you there Seabe! Sounds like you're pretty busy these days! I've been all over the map myself and wonder sometimes how I get anything done. I do hope that everything gets ironed out with your mother-in-law. We've got the light on for you waiting for your return. I look forward to seeing you back , Joe

That looks great Mustang, love the colour.

Seabe, sorry to hear that your mother-in-law was ill, hope she is better soon. Sounds like you have been very busy.

I've finished the BMW. Not totally happy with it as there are some issues with fit but I have learnt a lot more with this build so will take that into the next one.

Thanks

Dave

Looking good, Mustang!

My silence has been simply because there was no progress. As in NONE! Well, except I dismanteled my 43rd steering column, because it seemed skew. So now to re-do that...

But after my MTB race, I've now been doing one offroad duathlon, a halfmarathon trail run, with another next weekend in Table Mountain - slopes of Lions Head and Signal Hill, can't wait! Our evenings were chaotic due to my mother-in-law being in hospital for a couple of weeks.

So, hoping to get going on something shortly. I think it's a case of once I get going, I'll be back on a roll.

It's been real quiet in here as of late so I'll start things off by posting an update:

The past few days have been spent on body prep for paint. Sanding, filing, filling and all that crap. Anyhow, moving right to the "meat and potatoes" of the post.......
I painted the cab this morning with Tamiya Acrylic Red X-7 and will be letting it dry out for the rest of the day. So far I'm ok with it but have one paint run on the R/H side that I'll have to wet sand out. It'll be a little tricky because it's right on a high point but I think if I'm careful enough I'll be ok.

Todays progress.....

Started work on the "carpet" yesterday and spot corrected this morning. I still have a little trimming left to do but I'm all good with it. While I'm at it the dash is pretty much finished. A little trimming here and there on the chrome BMF and we'll be set there.

There ya go!! Now I can see them! Man that's some great progress there Dave!!! Wow!

Thanks Mustang. They were showing fine for me but didn't realise they were not for others. Have reverted back to hosting them on my own site. Are they showing fine now?

Hey Dave,

 Are you able to see your photos from Drop Box here? I am having trouble seeing them.

A little more done today:

Thanks

Dave

That's looking great mustang. The attention to detail is amazing.

Done a bit more on the i8

Thanks Joe!

Well I've got the fuel line installed and routed. I used a pin for chrome fuel line and coated it with some Tamiya Smoke X-19 to give it that true metal look and made a 90 degree banjo fitting to go onto the fuel rail at the carbs. Check it out....



I started on the inner fender wells yesterday by removing all that nasty molded on detail and cleaned it up and painted it.
Before:


And after. (This still needs to cure out so I can polish it up and make it into a mirror finish but you can see the difference so far). I also neatly notched out where the brake line goes over the frame so as not to interfere with inner fender well to frame fit.

Very nice stance!!

I started work on the common fuel rail for the carburetors. I used .062" diameter solder as a basis for it and drilled two holes in the sides for the fuel inlet lines to the carbs and one in the end at the back of the fuel rail for the fuel inlet line from the fuel pump. I shot some gloss black over it and set it aside to dry. In a few days I'll shoot a coat of chrome alclad over it to give it a nice shine.

I put the air inlet horns on top of the carburetors today. Man does that engine stand tall in the frame! I feel pretty good about where I'm at with this build right now.



As I put this build back up in its holding cell I noticed that the "down low" view gave it an even more aggressive stance so I brought it back down and took a picture of it that way.....

Dave: That little Beetle turned out pretty good. I really enjoy a kit that pretty much just goes together on their own from time to time. I'll get the roster updated with your change to the BMW. Good to see you back around!

Seabe: Great progress out of you buddy!!!! Don't worry about the picture quality as I can see all the detail and work you're pulling off here. Great work!

Wow, that looks very good Seabe.

Okay, so after all my riding a bike, a bit of recovery - I'm back at it... some progress pics.

First off the FW11:
Engine section is coming along.

Front body section, the bugger-up with the masking and efforts to correct it is painfully obvious...

Last but not least the steering wheel, which I tried to get a bit more rough look to - think it came out okay.

Onto the F310B (keep in mind - 43rd scale...)

Rear wing done - rear decal a biiit too high, will correct. (One of those things you only see on this much enlarged photo!)

Seat also ready to roll, not the best picture, sorry...

Engine cover done, some minor touch-ups could be done here...

...and I also completed the name plate!

Hoping for some more action this coming weekend. But some more races coming up... interesting times! 

Hi Mustang

Any chance I can change the La Ferrari to my current build, a 1/24 BMW i8:

I have just started on the engine:

Thanks

Dave

Apologies for not being involved the last month, been on holiday and then busy with return to work.

So I have hit my first brick wall in my early modelling career with the La Ferrari and decided to move onto something else before tackling it again. So I built a VW Beetle:

It wasn't a great job but I love the colour. It's for my sister in law and that is the colour she wanted :)

Kickass, man!

 I've got to install a couple of pieces of hardware to top this all off but you're lookin' at about 95% complete right here. I've still gotta add the accelerator pedal linkage but that's it.

Remember that turn signal bulb that I broke and stole the filament out of? I used it as the throttle return spring......

Sorry for the late reply Dan! Dude this is lookin' A-OK from here! I like the BMF and the fuel tanks below the cab. Looks great man!!!!

Made it back to the bench to get some work done on this one. I BMF the tool boxes and sprayed Alcad on the bed frame and fuel tanks. 

This morning I worked on the throttle linkage at the intake manifold starting with the base bracket. I formed it and added the retaining bolt heads and then installed both levers and a retaining nut onto both levers at the "pivot point". I actually went over this morning on time so I'm running short on that this morning.

Here's my reference photo....



and here's the bracket and linkage that mounts up at the base of the intake manifold....(the camera kept trying to focus my hand instead of the part but I finally got it after a few shots).