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

Got up before church today and finished up the gussets on the trailer and installed the tail lights on the mud flaps. Going to work on the other ladder.

I was able to slip out to the shop for a couple of hours today.

I primed the right side of the 51 to see if it's flat. It is close, but it needs a little more sanding. I block sanded the other side that cracked and then added the putty. I also got started on the interior. The color is the same on the interior, just photo had the flash go off hehehe.

I also primed and painted the engine for the 66 Impala.

The paint is stripped off the 37 Ford, so I also got it cleaned up and ready to start working on again.

I have to go to Nashville tomorrow, but hopefully can get some more bench time also. :)

L8TR,

Eric

Tail lights and gussets look great Dan! Keep 'em coming bud!

Eric: Man that 51 looks great so far. I have a weakness in body work but am slowly getting better at it.  Hope you get some more bench time. It's the one thing I always want and never can seem to get enough of! lol

Managed to get the brake lines formed this morning. These will terminate into the frame rail as there is NO detail on the bottom of this car , i.e. brake rotors/ calipers or anything of the like to route the lines to. I'll do the best with what I have (model and wallet that is! lol).

Thanks Mustang. Those Brake lines are nifty. I think it would be neat to do one with complete brake lines and fuel lines from the tank. Maybe some day lol.

L8TR,

Eric

Hi, my name is Seabe and I have a problem... I allegedly build model cars, but my buddies on the GB are putting me to shame.

Sorry, had to bring a bit of humour into a dire situation, it's the only way I survive! Great going guys! Some awesome progress here.

My covers are basically done. After many alternative attempts, I was forced to go back to what I hated - drybrushing. I never get good results with it, but the funky new tricks I thought may help me out, all backfired. Which, in the end led to drybrushing on even lowered (due to another effort which involved sanding...) edges... Oh well, will see shortly (hopefully tomorrow)  if they even fit onto the engine block.

Keep going! This is an awesome active auto GB - love it.

Hey Mustang, what gauge (or source) are the wires you are using?  I think I need to tear a telephone apart for some thin harder wires.  I have 2 sizes of wire, one too big, one seems too small -just curious what you were using.  

The 66 master is a single bowl? I dunno what they are called but it doesn't look quite like yours.  It must have only been front or rear power brakes.  I'll do my best with it anyway.

Looking good Eric.  What colour is that interior?  I like that leather look.  Don't spread yourself too thin with too many projects.  I learned I can't be doing multiple projects, you seem to be doing alright with it but I'm way too disorganized to try that again. lol  I'd end up binding a 350 to a zero or worse.  Actually, hmmm. lol

Nice progress Mopar, that mustang in your other thread is nice too.  You should share all your trucks, I saw them on the shelf in your pics :)

I didn't upload any pics so nothing to share again from me.  I'll get caught up soon.

Gordy

Thanks Gordy,

The interior is Model Master Acrylic Leather. I think it will go good with the Tangerine. The dash will also be tangerine.

The 66 did have a single chamber master cylinder since they had 4 wheel drum brakes.

I like to have at least 2 going at a time so when I get bored or have wait for something to dry I can work on something else. :)

L8TR,

Eric

Eric your build is moving along nice. Like your interor color.

Thanks Joe your brake lines came out good.

Gordy thanks I'll get some group pictures of my trucks soon.  I would like to take credit for the Mustang but Freakshow12 build that one.

Gordy. You asked here are the trucks you saw in the back ground. dodge Big Horn and Frightliner with a tri axel gravel hauler. 

Heres my other car transporters

The flames on the LoneStar are painted with a template and was my first time to do flames. 

And a the rest of my trucks

WOOWW!!! Awesome stuff!!! You must have years wrapped up in all those fantastic builds! 

Eric, Gordy and Dan:Thanks alot for the encouragement! Gordy I don't know what size wire it is but I can measure it and find out. I do, however, know this- I have to give my eyes constant breaks. One thing is for sure! I aint in my dang 20's or 30's anymore!!!! 

Mopar,

Those trucks are awesome!

Here's a little progress on mine for today.

I sanded the other side of the 51 Chevy and then re-shot the body with primer. I still have a few pesky spots to sand but I should have it all evened out this week.

I cleaned up the 37 Ford and primed it this morning and then shot the hot pink pearl and gloss black tonight after I got back from Nashville. I also painted the frame. I like this color combo hehehehe.

I'm still waiting on the hood for the Impala so I can get them primed and painted.

L8TR,

Eric

Eric: Looks like your coming right along nicely. That 51 is looking pretty smooth. I'm looking forward to how the Ford shapes up.

Fred: Man those look real!! What's the technique you use on the rubber?

Excellent job on those wheels!

Well this morning I spent tinkering around with the voltage regulator a little more and working on the brake line fit with the master cylinder mounted up. Anytime I do alot of mods / additions to my builds I always make sure to have a spare kit close by for stuff like this (in this case I have two spare kits! lol). 

 With the master cylinder mounted up in the body, the lines needed a whole lot more tweaking to wind up in the right place on , or in this case, in the frame. I found out that I had to bend the lines more towards the center of the car at the point where they exit the master cylinder. I had to make some other pretty big adjustments to them and still have a little ways to go but here's the mock up:

Some incredible automotive genius work happenings in here guys...just epic!!

Thanks Rob!!! Feel free to join back in here any time after that Hind buddy!

MOPAR - D

Gordy thanks I'll get some group pictures of my trucks soon.  I would like to take credit for the Mustang but Freakshow12 build that one.

Doh!  I have too many threads open, yours was the last post before mine and you know, the mind-she goes first. lol  Sorry to Freakshow for sliding your credit over to Mopar but still, well done.

Mopar -thanks for the pics.  Those trucks are great.  The green utility truck is really cool and I love the Mopar delivery rig.  Great stuff.  Are all the car hauler trailers custom scratch builds?  That is so much cooler than a diorama I was thinking of using to display with.  You can display so many more kits too.  Awesome.

Good updates everyone.

Gord

Thanks Gord the gray transporter is the AMT 5 car hauler and the blue one is the Revell 6 car transporter. Both of the trailers are on eBay but usally go for over $100. It looks like Revell may be reissuing there car transporter this year. I hope they do and maybe Hobby Lobby will sell them.

Joe I stared back building trucks in 2008. I built a bunch of them back in the 70's but they are all long gone now.  Your brake lines look good I've used a soft wire for brake lines to make them bend easer in the tight area. I don't remember where I bought the wire.

MOPAR - D

It looks like Revell may be reissuing there car transporter this year. I hope they do and maybe Hobby Lobby will sell them.

 On a brighter note if HL does in fact end up selling them and you get your hands ahold of one Dan, it'll be a knock out build!! 

Hi all,

About all I did today was clean parts, but the 37 was dry enough for  a test fit. This will give an I dea of how it's gonna look. I thinks I like it hehehehe. Still haven't decided on an interior color yet.

L8TR,

Eric

Looks good so far Eric. Colors that come to mind are a lighter shade of purple with black and white trim, Cherry red or black. Good luck on the choice though.

The black speaks for itself.

Eric that's going to be one hot looking pink.

Folks I'm going to try something totally new to me today as it's been weighing on my mind about how to replicate a mummified (a.k.a. tapped/wrapped) wiring harness. It's all in the experimental stages now and I may have to switch to a slightly smaller gauge wire to accommodate the scale thickness to my build here but here goes.

 First I start with two strands of wire clamped at one end by my table vise and two strands of much thinner wire. Then I gather my tools and materials:

 I didn't get pics of the initial process but I think you'll get the jist here. I used the lockwire pliers to put neat wraps in the wire and took the two much smaller pieces of wire and inserted into the wraps at about the midpoint and continued the wraps until it was fairly tightly wound. I then applied a bead of super glue along the length of the wrapped wire set. At that point I cut a strip of the teflon tape and started wrapping the twisted wire set like I would with electrical tape. To get this:

 I continued on until I ran out of tape and, unfortunately, time this morning but this is where I'm at right now. Will continue onwards tomorrow morning and have the four wires as breakout circuits for the ballast resistor and the wiper motor. Again I'm probably going to have to go with smaller gauge wire but I've got the thought process down to application now anyways

a little closer...............

I do see myself adding more super glue to the wraps to keep it from looking so much like wrapped twisted wire but we're getting there.

Joe this is a great method to create the wire harness I would of never thought of using Teflon tape to wrap the wires  A little black paint and they will look perfect  

just a little update on the truck I've added a spare tire to the inside headache bar and a couple more gussets  

mustang1989

Thanks Rob!!! Feel free to join back in here any time after that Hind buddy!

Mustang,

I agree with Mopar, the Teflon tape is brilliant! One suggestion I might add though is to run the wires parallel to each other as they are in a harness instead of twisted. I think it would make it easier to wrap and also wouldn't have the curves showing from the twists.

L8TR,

Eric

Dan: I forgot!! Nothing sticks to teflon tape. Crap! Scratch the teflon tape idea........but I think I have another idea. We'll see. Spare tire looks great in there!

Rob: Man do I ever understand that! There are times (far and few between) where I feel like I've overcommitted myself with GBs but then I remember that I'm handling it ok and only building in one GB at a time. Our paths may yet  cross again down the road. I will say that your input is welcome here anytime pal.

Joe no updates today? I'm getting ready to put a couple hours in on the bench now.