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Post by Joel_W on Sept 26, 2020 6:03:41 GMT -8
Mike, I've tried soldering mostly doing electrical stuff, and I truly sucked at it. What you accomplished isn't easy by any stretch of the imagination.
Joel
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Post by mickgee on Sept 27, 2020 11:47:08 GMT -8
@chris K. Hale, yes I know the futureattractions fellow. So nice to be able to converse with great vendors. I was unable to meet his query about making cast metal parts. This was a couple of years ago. He has excellent parts!
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Post by mickgee on Sept 27, 2020 12:35:28 GMT -8
Mike, I've tried soldering mostly doing electrical stuff, and I truly sucked at it. What you accomplished isn't easy by any stretch of the imagination. Joel Joel, you've changed your avatar. Excellent.
I'd like to mention at this stage perhaps a slight vocational advantage on my part. I've been working with small, super small metal parts now for 48 years. Looking back, my days were spent hours long looking through magnification of one sort or the other. Micro stuff. Still, cleaning solder joints is an ongoing process, and is time-consuming. Formerly the small joints were accomplished with a flame, read high temp. Nowadays soldering with low temp and with a simple soldering iron is just fun.
Oh my, I've now outed myself as a once was pro small scale builder with metal....still, the soldering blisters hurt. Ouch!
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Post by Joel_W on Sept 27, 2020 15:17:11 GMT -8
I got the idea of changing my avatar from Ben so it reflects my current build. Not the exact car, but the model is the right one.
I always struggled with a soldering iron, and you use to use an open flame to solder. Now that's impressive for sure.
Joel
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Post by mickgee on Sept 29, 2020 10:46:42 GMT -8
Thanks Joel, appreciated.
UPDATE: A few tabs and straps needed for further assemblies.
Radius rod tabs mounted on top of the upper rail, support straps for the ballast weights just behind the torsion bar, tabs for the long steering linkage. Also out back, loops added for the seat belt harness.
Next up are cockpit support tabs and things for future assemblies.
Parts are on the way. Motor, rear end housing and 3rd member, slicks and wheels found. Comforting to know!
Mike..
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Post by Joel_W on Sept 30, 2020 15:20:09 GMT -8
Mike, every piece of brass added to the chassis with your soldering skills continues to just impress me even more. I'd say that you're making excellent progress for sure.
Joel
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Post by mickgee on Oct 3, 2020 13:06:50 GMT -8
Thanks Joel, happy to add a few small parts today.
The steering arm bracket to the chassis top rail, already bolted on.
A clutch pedal mounting bracket down below along with rear axle housing brackets. The brackets are still too wide, these will be reduced as soon as the parts arrive.
Up front a bell crank along with the chassis bracket.
Notice the last photo with the colored lines, these areas are still bulky and sloppy, they need to be slender and sleek. Good that close up photos show this, the results are often brutal to view.
Thanks for looking, things are moving forward now....all parts for this project are secured and ordered!
Mike..
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Post by Joel_W on Oct 4, 2020 16:00:33 GMT -8
Mike, That steering arm is simply amazing
Joel
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Oct 5, 2020 5:08:24 GMT -8
Nice Work Mike, You are really making progress on this...What Engine, wheels and Tires did you find? Resin or ? Chris
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Post by mickgee on Oct 5, 2020 9:26:45 GMT -8
@joel, I think it's just utterly kind that you appreciate and comment the updates. Such a kick forward for the momentum, truly golden!
@chris, thanks for your interest, things are going smoothly and on schedule. Meaning I love being at the project daily. Not a forced effort, just a pleasure! The way it should move forward.
I have various rear end housings, a complete motor with variables, slicks and 5 slot wheels coming my way. The parts are all styrene, Revell vintage. A fellow was kind enough to send me lots of spare parts photos and the choice was mine...wow! Modeling guys worldwide make for a great community. Truly a humbling experience.
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Post by mickgee on Oct 5, 2020 9:42:21 GMT -8
Again an update today. Things are moving along....
A steering box was made up this morning. I'm so enthused I had to show this one, smiling from ear to ear now!
Several attempts from the past 1:25 projects have proven to be difficult and unsatisfactory. This one though....
Here the real car, original photos from Roger Lee;
A few more of the project;
Here the revised steering unit;
Before the vital parts arrive I feel it's a good time to attend the front, dropped axle.
Mike..
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Post by arcticwolf on Oct 5, 2020 15:53:36 GMT -8
You know there's a museum in Spain that would like to talk to you...........?
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Post by Joel_W on Oct 6, 2020 6:39:21 GMT -8
Mike, I can certainly see all the advantages to working in a much larger scale. Just how did you make that steering box as it looks like it was cast as a single unit?
Joel
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Post by mickgee on Oct 6, 2020 22:49:10 GMT -8
@joel, I've been trying to get these silly things right for a long time. Finally, figured it out. Just a pile of brass tubes soldered together and shaped up. Main cylinder is 3mm brass with a flat flange soldered on right side and a smaller tube underneath that crosses in the middle. The joints were made with an overdose of solder, so they could be rounded off. 3 holes on the right with bolts stuck in, and the lowest tube right side gets a bigger bolt.
Sounds like a mess, it is. Next time it will go quicker. I can't see changing the system at this point, it works.
In the works now is a front axle.
Mike..
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Post by Joel_W on Oct 7, 2020 5:48:32 GMT -8
Mike, It's the end results that count, and your results really do have the look of the real deal just shrunk down to 1/16 scale.
Joel
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