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Post by zoobie on Dec 1, 2007 14:23:57 GMT 1
Hello again, I'd like to open my workbench-thread with a little hood conversion of the Promotex/Herpa Mack CH Series:    As you can see, I used some 0,3mm diameter copper and glued the bumper to the frame. Quite simple but gives some great effekt, doesn't it? This green Mack Hood was just a test for the proper positions. I will do this conversion again at some other Mack CH Trucks and perhaps I will repeat this at a Mack Vision. Maybe next year. Or in 2009, 2010... Who knows  |
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Post by cfesmire on Dec 1, 2007 15:34:35 GMT 1
A patient effort, nice work. I'd really like to see that done on the Vision or Granite front end.
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Post by carterb on Dec 1, 2007 18:16:58 GMT 1
I wrote this before I went online and saw Chester's message. I guess great minds travel in the same circles.
Your work shows what can be done with a “Toy Truck”. With patience and ingenuity the toy becomes a model. Nice job.
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Post by zoobie on Mar 8, 2008 23:59:05 GMT 1
Hello again, some more weeks without posting in this message board  So I think it's time to start something more complicated: I started do work on a dragster. Pro modified class to beat Thomas pretty fast Pickup on the strip. I decided to construct a 1978 AMC Pacer with heavily modified body and a real solid tube frame. But lets start at the beginning: A dragster needs a powerful engine: V8 big block combined with a supercharger. Thomas helped me out with some real nice engines which now had to be fitted in the pacer: First cuts:   Modifying the body (part 1 of uncounted ones...)    after some hours of sanding:   more to come! |
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Post by skunk on Mar 10, 2008 0:13:17 GMT 1
Zoobie, that looks like an awesomely fun project. I know that you guys have some kind of dragster competition coming up, could you perhaps tell us something more about it?
Do all of you use the same V8 casting, and are there more of them around?
What's that red goop you use? Looks like magic.
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Post by zoobie on Mar 10, 2008 16:52:19 GMT 1
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Post by skunk on Mar 11, 2008 6:58:17 GMT 1
Styrene manufacturers won't go out of business anytime soon... The Pacer looks awesome. If I had time I'd build a project for you guys. Would you sell one of those V8s? I think Andreas Kaluzny used one in his orange 'Vette too, didn't he?
From having built a few rollbars before in my days, I have learned that once they're finished and painted, they always appear to be about twice as thick as intended. Now I always pick a gauge much slimmer than what I think I might need.
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Post by Thomas on Mar 11, 2008 11:40:42 GMT 1
Yes Andreas Kaluzny used one in his orange 'Vette. If you interested in getting one send me a personal message or an e-mail.
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Post by zoobie on Mar 11, 2008 22:10:36 GMT 1
I just don't know if it will ever get painted *lol* so what about the next steps? Here they are: TubesTubesTubesTubesTubesTubesTubesTubesTubesTubes ... sometimes I felt like going nuts :rofl: ... Concentrate, Zoobie, concentrate! At least I went down from 5 inches (1,2mm) to 3 (0,8mm), to add some chassis parts all around everything. But - I think you know already - there are missing tubes. And yes, there will be no unemployment at the plastics industry *lol*   Some tubes later, the chassis looked like this:   You see: even more evergreen and yet not enough! The red material is again the magic one for some extra strength. Then I placed the body for another control: Everything on place and enough space for the missing parts. I felt satisfied...   ... until I rememberred physics. I needed more tubes! *trembling* So that's what I added: Evergreen. Just stopped counting the miles....   Rear axle suspension and wheeliebar will be next... |
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Post by nickvoges on Mar 12, 2008 17:28:52 GMT 1
Zoobie, your work is great and you made a very good explanation of your steps with fantastic pictures. I like this Dragster a lot, now I´m waiting for the next pictures.... The magic material is plexiglas, isn´t it? I use it for my models as well. But one doubt: This material is so hard, that you needs lot of time to figure it out and to polish them, but you made it with a perfect result. I now always go the other way, using wax, what is highly easy to modify and at the end I make a copy of the whole car and transfer it to the CPGM. A good side effect, you can make more copies of the model. Never understand why there is no use of wax?  Good luck with your dragster, nick |
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Post by zoobie on Mar 12, 2008 21:35:34 GMT 1
No, this is no plexiglas but something familiar calles pattern resine. Not as hard as plexi. Easy to sand/cut/drill ans holds its form. All those red edges took me about half an hour to put in place and sand down. I also use wax sometimes. Did some convertible tops before... BUT: how to copy a chassis like this one? No way without cutting it into at least 10 peaces. You'd better kill me Let's go back to the dragster workbench: Finally, the rear suspension got ready. I used some copper wire for the springs and some thin tubes which stick together as shocks. The whole suspension is 1,3mm diameter and about 4mm high:       As the wheelie bar sits nicely under the body I just had to test it:    Can you hear the sound of the (missing) engine? I can! ^^ |
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Post by perez on Mar 16, 2008 4:47:10 GMT 1
goodness! such awesome details! let the engine roar!!!
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Post by zoobie on Mar 19, 2008 7:17:19 GMT 1
Good morning folks, I'd like to present some new rims for the dragster: I found some Ferrari F40 rims. As front wheel, I used a former rear rim cutted down to a 4 inch wide. The old front rim was sanded down to the five spokes and glued into a LeMansMiniatures rim. It has (in 1:1) an one inch greater diameter and fits nicely. But I still have to sand down the wheel profile.    |
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Post by cfesmire on Mar 19, 2008 20:42:00 GMT 1
Amazing details! Will you be sanding the tread off of the tires for slicks?
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Post by zoobie on Mar 19, 2008 21:13:33 GMT 1
Yes I will. But the tires broke some weeks ago. The bigger rim caused too much streching to the rubber |
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and yet there are more than 90% of them missing...
