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  • Member since
    December 2008
  • From: UK
Lumina Nascar
Posted by PatW on Saturday, August 17, 2024 2:02 PM

The chassis was used last year to build a Nascar Tradesman Truck, so scratch-built a chassis, painted the wheels and body. Fitted a painfull rear window and later a front that both seemed far too big!

As no decals for no. 46 found in UK, so bought a 'sticker set' from a UK screen printer,

Remember , common sense is not common.

  • Member since
    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Saturday, August 17, 2024 2:55 PM

Pat;

     You gotta stop this, all these bright colors is blinding these old eyes. LOL! Gonna be another nice one, Stickers or Not!

  • Member since
    December 2008
  • From: UK
Posted by PatW on Saturday, August 17, 2024 4:50 PM

Cheers Tanker-Builder. The bright colours wake people up! OR I need to put a warning on my builds!

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  • Member since
    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Sunday, August 18, 2024 7:17 AM
Hey Pat! I can see it now,"Warning,: " Warning" Pat W, Color overwhelmness" LOL.LOL. They just look so good. I thought when I did the "Ole number 3" that it was kinda Blah!
  • Member since
    December 2008
  • From: UK
Posted by PatW on Sunday, August 18, 2024 12:57 PM

Bit more done. A bit ropy around the windscreen, after continued tries to reduce it's size to get it to fit.

Remember , common sense is not common.

  • Member since
    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Sunday, August 18, 2024 3:27 PM

Hi PatW!

       What are you doing to downsize the windscreen, or Were you doing? I had the problem with the Lumina that I did some years back for a client, Don't remember the car, But I think it had cowboy boots on it somewhere! I used the edge of an Exacto-Blade sideways and a gentle but firm scraping motion. It finally worked too.

  • Member since
    December 2008
  • From: UK
Posted by PatW on Monday, August 19, 2024 2:03 AM

Well even after scraping all of the paint off in the windscreen recess it was too big to fit. I'd already broken the rear screen trying to bend it to fit! But it's OK now. So today is to sit in front of the PC to put on the 'Stickers' as I've no other access to a printed version of decal/sticker placing! Then finish the chassis area by building a roll-cage.

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  • Member since
    December 2008
  • From: UK
Posted by PatW on Monday, August 19, 2024 4:50 PM

Firstly the body with the very small 'stickers'. The the body test fit prior to finishing the chassis.

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  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Nashville, TN area
Posted by bobbaily on Monday, August 19, 2024 7:32 PM

Looks good Pat.  Any pics of what you did for the chassis-you mentioned that you used the kit parts earlier and fabricated a new one for this build.

Love the creativity and thinking outside the box.

Bob

 

  • Member since
    December 2008
  • From: UK
Posted by PatW on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 2:12 AM

The chassis is just a sheet of thick evergreen plastic, cut out to allow the wheels, square rod axles with the wheels attached, wheel tubs of thin plastic. To fit inside the body correctly two square section rods along the inside of the body to support the 'chassis floorpan'. Very basic!

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  • Member since
    December 2008
  • From: UK
Posted by PatW on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 4:17 PM

Nearly there!

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  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Nashville, TN area
Posted by bobbaily on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 6:26 PM

PatW

The chassis is just a sheet of thick evergreen plastic, cut out to allow the wheels, square rod axles with the wheels attached, wheel tubs of thin plastic. To fit inside the body correctly two square section rods along the inside of the body to support the 'chassis floorpan'. Very basic!

 

"Very basic" but very effective-will file this one away for use with left over parts.  

Thanks for the post.

Bob

 

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