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Post by Joel_W on Mar 22, 2020 6:17:05 GMT -8
JC,
When I say I'm taking notes, I'm not kidding. The roll cage with the liquid goop (plastic) certainly is the perfect glue for those joints.
Between you and Ismael, I've come to the conclusion that what I need way more then more models is a wide selection of Evergreen tubing, & rods in both styrene and brass. With the mounting cups you made rather then working with the little pins and holes certainly is a major improvement. I need to start to think more like that, then trying to always get the pins/holes to work.
Those adjustment nuts on the shock towers is certainly more icing on the cake.
Joel
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Post by afx on Mar 22, 2020 6:23:42 GMT -8
Having raw materiel and shapes Joel makes scratch building a lot more easy and opens up many possibilities to add detail.
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Post by Joel_W on Mar 22, 2020 6:43:50 GMT -8
JC,
I've finally come to that conclusion. The problem I'm now facing is exactly what to order. For these supplies I'd be ordering from Sprue Brother.
Joel
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Post by tatocorvette on Mar 22, 2020 7:11:33 GMT -8
Roll cage looks great JC! Joel, you are right. I just started a 1/100 Alouette II (in the "others" section here) model and it SCREAMS to be 90% scratchbuilt. I'm barely resisting the strong urge. There are no hobby shops left here. Whenever I travel to the mainland (mostly Texas and Florida) I always try to hit hobby shops, Hobby Lobby, Michael's etc. not for the models but for scratchbuilding supplies. I even once made my sister (who lives in Texas) go to a Hobby Lobby and overnight stuff to me but that's abuse  Usually eBay comes to the rescue. Start with tubing and rods. Tubing is lighter and easier to handle, rod is easier to bend without kinking. I've seen ebay offers of mixed sized samples. My thought is (arguably) plastic is never perfectly round. Metal (brass and aluminum) is. Thanks, |
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Post by 4wheels on Mar 22, 2020 11:17:47 GMT -8
.062 and .080 solid rod from Evergreen for roll cages are my most used items. I probably have 50 packages of different Evergreen items, round and square tubes, strips in all widths and thicknesses, from .010 up to 1/8", maybe bigger. "I" beam, "H" beam, "C" channel and square angle strips, I've used them all at one time or another. Don't forget sheet stock, too! Nothing worse than going great guns on a project, running into a problem, seeing the solution, and then NOT having the exact thing you need to keep going. No hobby outlets in my area anymore so I just on-line shop for the best deals.
Brian
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Post by afx on Mar 22, 2020 15:25:01 GMT -8
I had to devise a way to connect the body and chassis. At the front I went with a hook and cleat. The cleat is attached the body and the hook is the piece of angle attached to the front of the chassis.  At the rear I went old school a la AMT with a dowel and socket. The dowel is permanently attached to the body and the socket permanently attached to the chassis.  |
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Post by Joel_W on Mar 23, 2020 13:10:48 GMT -8
JC,
Now that's thinking out of the box for sure. I understand the how the front cleat holds the chassis in place, but the dowel and socket would seem to only work if you glued it in place.
Joel
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Post by afx on Mar 23, 2020 15:47:00 GMT -8
Yes that's the plan Joel to glue the dowel in the socket during final assembly, no risk of getting glue on any exposed area and the chassis and body will be securely attached to one another.
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Post by afx on Mar 23, 2020 15:49:49 GMT -8
- Fabricated the tow hooks
- Cut slots in the front and rear fascia
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Post by afx on Mar 24, 2020 17:03:30 GMT -8
- Got the rear diff and half shafts fitted
- Added a guard to the leading edge of the baffle
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Post by afx on Mar 25, 2020 2:42:08 GMT -8
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Post by Joel_W on Mar 25, 2020 12:53:08 GMT -8
JC,
Just amazing fabrication. You make all of this look to easy, and I personally know that it's the exact opposite.
Joel
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Post by afx on Mar 26, 2020 15:33:59 GMT -8
Thanks Joel. There is some skill involved but the stuff I do more than anything takes time studying the subject to understand what is missing. Then just some raw material to add in the missing detail. Case in point added some bolt detail to the chassis mount and a protection plate to the rear differential.  |
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Post by jchrisf on Mar 27, 2020 3:05:11 GMT -8
Looking good JC! Thanks for introducing me to this forum. Everything here is my style (though builders like you are way above my level) and I've found another cool forum (the Indy car forum) and FB page reading through other threads.
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Post by afx on Mar 27, 2020 6:19:36 GMT -8
Looking good JC! Thanks for introducing me to this forum. Everything here is my style (though builders like you are way above my level) and I've found another cool forum (the Indy car forum) and FB page reading through other threads. Thanks Chris and glad you decided to join the forum. |
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