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Post by mickgee on Apr 18, 2020 5:51:44 GMT -8
Oh my....Joel, the shifter looks sensational...but I can imagine it was a pita.
It's going to be great up against the dash though.
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Post by Joel_W on Apr 18, 2020 6:50:52 GMT -8
That shifter is beyond anything in scale I've ever seen.
Joel
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Post by tatocorvette on Apr 18, 2020 7:03:15 GMT -8
That's the most gorgeous shifter I've ever seen! Can you make me a dozen in 2 days?
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Post by afx on Apr 18, 2020 8:01:05 GMT -8
Very impressive work on the shifter Joe.
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Post by arcticwolf on Apr 18, 2020 9:42:01 GMT -8
And I know all about inventing curse words.. I probably sound like I have turrets when I'm getting frustrated with my model
It helps to have a multicultural background. I'm not fluent in any foreign languages, but I know how to swear in them. Which I do, occasionally.
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Post by jchrisf on Apr 18, 2020 10:40:19 GMT -8
And I know all about inventing curse words.. I probably sound like I have turrets when I'm getting frustrated with my model
It helps to have a multicultural background. I'm not fluent in any foreign languages, but I know how to swear in them. Which I do, occasionally. I hear people on YT all the time that don't know any english, swear in english.. blows my mind. I used to work on a cruise ship and a co worker was from Spain and spoke very broken english but most words he used were swear words.. I don't think he even realized how bad they were.
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Post by tatocorvette on Apr 18, 2020 10:45:01 GMT -8
Not that I'm proud of it, but spanish (my first language) is the most cursing-rich language according to experts. And I agree....
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Post by 2whl on Apr 18, 2020 11:14:11 GMT -8
That linkage has me gobsmacked!!
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Post by arcticwolf on Apr 18, 2020 15:07:00 GMT -8
Not that I'm proud of it, but spanish (my first language) is the most cursing-rich language according to experts. And I agree.... Try English, French, Italian, Finnish and Ojibwa.
And of course my native language, Irish (also referred to as "Early Anglo-Saxon).
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 21, 2020 7:32:28 GMT -8
Thanks you guys! I really appreciate the comments. Well after all of that I was able to proceed to the interior progress some. I didn't like the OOB door panels ………………..at ALL. First off , the OOB armrest and inside door latch handle were barely visible. No "Maverick" trim bezel was present at the top of the trim panel either. Being a car than only sees the track....it's not SUPPOSED to have a window crank handle either....BUT...it was molded in and I decided to install a PE handle and knob from the spares bin. The armrest was made out of spare resin parts block retainers that I had, the door latch handles were made out of square bits of PE that I bent and glued into place and the trim bezel was from extra window crank knobs that I had in stock. Interior in the foreground is OOB with the one I'm using in the back ground.....
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Post by tatocorvette on Apr 21, 2020 7:48:38 GMT -8
Nice touch!
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Post by Joel_W on Apr 21, 2020 8:42:58 GMT -8
I'd say you made some really effective looking improvements.
Joel
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 21, 2020 13:32:42 GMT -8
Thanks fellas. Progress seems to be moving a little quicker with that shifter out of the way. I'm not sure I like the plain look of that window crank handle though. May have to touch that one up a bit.
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Apr 21, 2020 18:17:47 GMT -8
What's the one in the middle for? The center lever is a Line Lock, its pulled up when the car is at the starting tree, it hydraulically locks the front brakes allowing the rear wheels to spin freely , they then do the Burn out ( heat the rear tires ) and once on the line awaiting the Green light they will use it to keep the car from rolling into the beam causing a Red light . A expert can drop it right when the the light goes from yellow to green and nail the gas at the same instant allowing a perfect green light time and launch the car perfectly giving an advantage.. Make sense? It is an awesome development of the 70's drag racing..
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Post by tatocorvette on Apr 21, 2020 20:03:18 GMT -8
Ehhhhh Thanks Chris, but I meant the middle pedal between accelerator and clutch... and it was supposed to be a joke
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