Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2018 18:15:50 GMT -8
Hello everyone! Well you may or may not know that I am NOT much of a picture taker when I am WORKING on a project, I would much rather do it after. That being said I STILL OWE some photos of the recent ARII 2-C I completed in curbside mode.
Anyhow what I am extremely excited about and I actually may take some photos of, is my newest project, a Chaparral 2-F resin beauty developed and cast by FISHER. I started to think about what I could do to add a little umph and flair to this fine body, then it hit me, I could pretty much do the same with the engine as I did on my 2-C, thing being it's going to be more difficult to actually SEE anything, BUT!! That is what I am trying to achieve not a whole lot of attention to any one thing on these kits. and the really amazing thing is this.....after scouring 2-F engine bay photos on Pinterest and there really aren't that many out there I had a brainstorm...what if I bought a basic stock 427 (VCG Resin's) engine block, an intake manifold with 4 Weber down draft carbs and venturi detail (HRM), a new set of tires to replace the kit supplied "silicone", again, (HRM). What if I had a donor, say a Modelers 2-D, also in 1/24th scale. Maybe I could do some interesting things......BOY HOWDY did I hit the jackpot here, where to begin okay; I dry fitted the webers and manifold on the block, I then dry fitted the cold air plenum from the 2-D and it's right on with a little modification. I have the clear stacks, which are true to the 1:1 car, I have a "window" on the back of the cold air plenum that lines up quite nicely with the frame that is from the kit supplied 1:1 car also. It was then I realized I probably could use the clear firewall supplied in the Modelers kit, the one with the roll bar molded in to be painted black. Sure enough, it fits in there like it was actually made for that. It looks like I am going to have to redo the spare tire "trunk" to get the workings all in there. I glued the so called "trans-axle" to the block just for alignment purposes. I forgot just HOW much fun it can be to model again. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Bill Brown
Anyhow what I am extremely excited about and I actually may take some photos of, is my newest project, a Chaparral 2-F resin beauty developed and cast by FISHER. I started to think about what I could do to add a little umph and flair to this fine body, then it hit me, I could pretty much do the same with the engine as I did on my 2-C, thing being it's going to be more difficult to actually SEE anything, BUT!! That is what I am trying to achieve not a whole lot of attention to any one thing on these kits. and the really amazing thing is this.....after scouring 2-F engine bay photos on Pinterest and there really aren't that many out there I had a brainstorm...what if I bought a basic stock 427 (VCG Resin's) engine block, an intake manifold with 4 Weber down draft carbs and venturi detail (HRM), a new set of tires to replace the kit supplied "silicone", again, (HRM). What if I had a donor, say a Modelers 2-D, also in 1/24th scale. Maybe I could do some interesting things......BOY HOWDY did I hit the jackpot here, where to begin okay; I dry fitted the webers and manifold on the block, I then dry fitted the cold air plenum from the 2-D and it's right on with a little modification. I have the clear stacks, which are true to the 1:1 car, I have a "window" on the back of the cold air plenum that lines up quite nicely with the frame that is from the kit supplied 1:1 car also. It was then I realized I probably could use the clear firewall supplied in the Modelers kit, the one with the roll bar molded in to be painted black. Sure enough, it fits in there like it was actually made for that. It looks like I am going to have to redo the spare tire "trunk" to get the workings all in there. I glued the so called "trans-axle" to the block just for alignment purposes. I forgot just HOW much fun it can be to model again. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Bill Brown
Thanks, Bill...Just looking at this pic from LeMans I have to say ,there is a sh*t load of engineering on this engine, engine bay, rear end and of course the hidden yet well cooled Auto trans!!!! Even just simple items from Chevrolet like the typical Corvette/Harrison coolant tank just amazes me. Having worked for GM Design I know about certain technological trade offs between Jim Hall and GM.. A lot of patented stuff that went both ways but GM filed the patents to keep others from using the items.?? Chris