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Builder Last Online: Jun 2018
Model Scale: 1/8
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Started: 06-19-07
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Hey guys,
I hope everyone is fine.
First off, I'd like to apologize for not being a more steady contributor to the forum over the last year or so. I have had a few distractions but it was always my intent to return when the time was right.
I am excited to be back in the shop building again so I just wanted to bring you guys up to date on my projects. I am witholding any photos until the individual projects are complete and then I will post them. That shouldn't be long as the first deuce is nearly complete.
This first project is a continuation (salvage actually) of the Emerald Deuce. As some of you may recall, this car will feature z'd rear frame rails and notched front and rear rails. I am making a few more modifications to the suspension but it will be basically the Emerald setup (4-bar front and rear). I am making new shocks and coil-overs for the rear.
Body is ready for primer
. Grill shell is dropped to compensate for the notched front. I am using the sectioned radiator I built before.
I am still toying with electronics. I think that working lights have a dramatic effect on photographs - especially when the pictures are taken at dusk or dawn with a picturesque backdrop. I have a prototype gauge set made up with individual "grain of rice" bulbs for each gauge. I'm still working on the gauges themselves - trying to better replicate the 1/2" (scale) space between the glass lens and the gauge face.
I also took a another shot at carving a wood rim steering wheel out of a single piece of dark walnut (thanks again Senor McGurk). The work is tedious but the result is dramatic. It involves epoxying a piece of walnut the diameter of a steering wheel to a piece of sheet aluminum and the using your nibbler to cut out the shape. Trim and shape, stain and decopauge. Make two and epoxy
together for a complete wheel. Sounds easy, eh?
Well, I must get back to work. More to come later.
Steve
I hope everyone is fine.
First off, I'd like to apologize for not being a more steady contributor to the forum over the last year or so. I have had a few distractions but it was always my intent to return when the time was right.
I am excited to be back in the shop building again so I just wanted to bring you guys up to date on my projects. I am witholding any photos until the individual projects are complete and then I will post them. That shouldn't be long as the first deuce is nearly complete.
This first project is a continuation (salvage actually) of the Emerald Deuce. As some of you may recall, this car will feature z'd rear frame rails and notched front and rear rails. I am making a few more modifications to the suspension but it will be basically the Emerald setup (4-bar front and rear). I am making new shocks and coil-overs for the rear.
Body is ready for primer
. Grill shell is dropped to compensate for the notched front. I am using the sectioned radiator I built before.I am still toying with electronics. I think that working lights have a dramatic effect on photographs - especially when the pictures are taken at dusk or dawn with a picturesque backdrop. I have a prototype gauge set made up with individual "grain of rice" bulbs for each gauge. I'm still working on the gauges themselves - trying to better replicate the 1/2" (scale) space between the glass lens and the gauge face.
I also took a another shot at carving a wood rim steering wheel out of a single piece of dark walnut (thanks again Senor McGurk). The work is tedious but the result is dramatic. It involves epoxying a piece of walnut the diameter of a steering wheel to a piece of sheet aluminum and the using your nibbler to cut out the shape. Trim and shape, stain and decopauge. Make two and epoxy
together for a complete wheel. Sounds easy, eh?Well, I must get back to work. More to come later.
Steve
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