Pascal Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 Thx guys More cutting. Before :After : Still some work to do to have it look like this : Girlscanplay2, Joe66, Shaka HI and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Fantastic work on the springs and shocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Pascal, I've got a few state of the art F-1 cars waiting for my return to the vintage auto racing modeling. But the level of detailing you're doing equals or even exceeds those kits. Your work is just amazing. Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Super work! Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 Some reference pics of the gearbox :First thing I made were the brackets that hold the shocks : Dryfit on the gearbox :Will add 2 tiny triangles on both sides of the brackets later.The cooling duct for the rear brakes, is a donut shape piece :This I made from (left to right) a brass tube, an alu tube and a part of a ballpoint pen : Glued and sanded : Joe66, Girlscanplay2 and LSP_Paul 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 Dryfit :The copper plate I made earier was shaped to clear the brake caliper : Now the donut shape cooling duct fits inside the wheel : Started working on the drive shaft. Lousy picture :Better :Made the wheelnut by drilling the center of a brass hexagonal nut :Dryfit :Brackets that will hold the suspension arms are made from alu sheet : SincerelyPascal mustang1989, Shaka HI, Girlscanplay2 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Pascal, Your detailing just continues to get better and better. The details are just beyond words. Joel CANicoll and Joe66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe66 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Very glad to see this update Pascal ! As Joel said.....it gets better and better !! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 There's a couple of guys over at Model Cars Magazine Forum who do things like this and it just blows my mind every time I watch one of their builds come together. Top notch stuff here Pascal Joel_W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Pascal You're killing me! Absolutely incredible detail work. Looking forward to each new update. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlscanplay2 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Im not so much into the cars, but this is beautiful!!! incredible detail work. Teresa More please Joel_W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Are you sure this isn't going to run once you are done? The machine work is amazing and is way beyond plastic modeling. You must have just an amazing machine shop there (and REALLY good eyes). Keep 'em coming. Chris Girlscanplay2 and Joel_W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) Thank you so much for all those kind replies. @ CANicoll : my machine shop has a couple of Dremels and a lathe. Everything was made with a Dremel, but I'm sure that the lathe will get used later in this build. Got a couple more updates of the work that I did last year. I'm still working on this model, but I'll show the older updates so that this WIP will be up-to-date. Here we go : After all the modifications the gearbox looked like this :The tiny brass tube is also on the real car, it holds a bolt that attaches the gearbox to the engine :My little helper took a break :I've filled in the holes that held the brass suspension bars (that was from a previous modification) and glued the alu brackets in place :But then I ran into a serious problem. With all the mods I did, the arm for the rear wing no longer fits properly :The plastic is also very thick :Time for a powertool :Afer a few minutes the hard Hotwheels plastic got a lot thinner :But I needs some plasticard to make it fit nicely onto the gearbox :The inside of the airscoops was hollowed out, these need to be filled in at the front but that's for later :Added some more pieces to the gearbox, two tubes that will hold the springs of the suspension and two very small rectangles (2,3 x 8 mm) :SincerelyPascal Edited May 9, 2017 by Pascal mustang1989, Girlscanplay2 and 109 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 After the plastic of the support for the rear wing was sanded, it was time to make it a little wider. I cut the support in half, added a piece of plasticard in the middle and one on both ends to give it a bit more rigidity. I also removed the plastic tube from the support. This tube was used to screw the rear wing onto the support. The tube is not on the real car, so it had to go :At the front end of the support I added some tiny pieces of plasticard to get the right shape :I made the support arms for the suspension. Brass was used for the bottom arms (these need to be strong), plastic for the upper ones :Dryfit :Made an airjack from pieces of alu tube and 2 rivets, thread was cut in the alu tube. The plastic one is from Hotwheels :Took me a few hours to glue the brass arms to the copper plates. The angles have to be exactly right to give the wheels the correct stance. One of the arms was a bit long, I cut it in half and reconnected it by soldering :Used a burner for the soldering :Now the arms are the same length :A bit more sanding and polishing and the spot where the arm was soldered is no longer visible :Dryfit with the gearbox :I very happy with the result.SincerelyPascal Shawn M, Piprm, 109 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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