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I found myself looking for a solution to make the exhaust pipe :rolleyes: and one time it hit me. I went to a local hard ware stire and got me these conectors electricians use to conect tubes. These puppies are dead cheap and have the right size OOB (Out Of Bag ;) )

 

heres what I'm talking about

 

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you can also see styreen strips that I already cut into the right size. I need two lenghts as I need some space to install the compressor assembly.

 

next on the list drill a lot of tiny holes in them like this

 

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then all thats left to do is to bend them as I saw in some pictures that the shape of those things isn't flat

then I started attaching them to the tube

 

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when that is done on both sides this is what is looks like

 

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Now here are some pictures showing the difference between OOB exhaust pipe and my attempt at it

 

OOB

 

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My attempt at it, I know about the ring its not supposed to be there but I still think it LOOKS right to me.

 

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Ok guys last one for now, the next one I will have two of these puppies :rolleyes:

 

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This is how they look installed in to the smoker.

 

OOB is on the right side

 

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Voila thats all for now I hope to bring you guys some more soon

 

Greetz STB

Frederick Jacobs

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thanx Ill talk to you about that later no problem

 

but for now one word DONE

 

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last one

 

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well thats all for today

 

I hope to have some more soon

 

Greetz STB

Frederick Jacobs

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Frederick,

 

Excellent (and surprisingly simple) technique!!! I've never heard of something similar before, but your results are very very realistic.

Saved for future reference... if you don't mind.

 

Rato

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STUPENDOUS detailing and brilliant solution for those cans. Lots of hard work there, I imagine, but so much more satisfying than commercially-made PE parts. Looking forward to seeing more.

 

Jean

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Looks awesome...how are you goung to paint them?

 

Wonderful stuff

 

Brad

Well as I still havent glued it all yet together I can easely dismantel the whol ething and paint it piece by piece. Just the exhasut pipe is a one piece affair but its not a biggi to paint

 

Thanx everyone for their comments much appreciated :)

 

Greetz STB

Frederick Jacobs

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looking good frederick. I have been watching tis one since you started it and plan on trying to "replicate" some of your stuff.

Do you plan on doing the engine fronts the same, or are you going to put FOD covers on em?

 

jim

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Lovely detail work Frederick. Just one small thing, might be well out of line here since I am not a jet man but do you think you need to thin down the walls of the edge of the can a bit. It looks so good but I think it is a bit too thick. The fact that you can take all the suff apart for painting is the way to go. It is very difficult to get a good pait job done with all the detail in place. This is a fantastic build man!

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