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Post by senn65 on Oct 21, 2013 20:10:33 GMT -5
I think you guys must of fell off your bikes too many times when you were little kids to try this stuff. You set higher and higher bars with stuff like this. Great job and looking forward to seeing this one completed. As a matter of fact I did on my Harley at 14 & hit a farmer's fence post. So you're right indy lol.
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Post by senn65 on Oct 21, 2013 20:15:03 GMT -5
Ha ha there's always a way. Throw Stu a high hard one & he'll knock it out of the park....love it.
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Post by INDY22IAM on Oct 23, 2013 7:25:53 GMT -5
I knew something had to happen to you Ralph. What ever it was in your brain that moved, moved in the right direction. You and Stu do some amazing things with these die-cast cars. I check this forum almost daily just to see if there is any progress or something new out there. Keep up the good work both of you. Love to see the progress.
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Post by senn65 on Oct 23, 2013 12:26:35 GMT -5
I knew something had to happen to you Ralph. What ever it was in your brain that moved, moved in the right direction. You and Stu do some amazing things with these die-cast cars. I check this forum almost daily just to see if there is any progress or something new out there. Keep up the good work both of you. Love to see the progress. I appreciate that & I'm sure Stu does as well. I'm like you & come here daily to see all the modelers work & glad to see where a new post is entered. Don't you hate it when you think you have everything painted, clean your brush then see a piece you missed? That happened this morning with me. Funny thing was it was a stripe on the other side of the car, HOW could you miss that? Maybe when I hit that fence post lol.
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Post by harveythedog2 on Nov 4, 2013 9:21:38 GMT -5
Short update. Things should start to go faster now.
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Post by Calvin on Nov 4, 2013 9:23:05 GMT -5
Awesomeness!
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Post by clm1545 on Nov 4, 2013 10:23:10 GMT -5
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Post by senn65 on Nov 4, 2013 12:31:08 GMT -5
Moving right along. Very nice so far.
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Post by pje on Nov 4, 2013 12:52:50 GMT -5
World Series is over so I expect this to move right along now. Looking good my friend! Paul Erlendson
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Post by indy on Nov 4, 2013 18:11:11 GMT -5
I think you could open a body shop, Stu. Fabulous work. If I hadn't seen the WIP, I'd never have known all you put into to it to get it this far.
Jordan
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Post by harveythedog2 on Nov 5, 2013 7:54:24 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I am learning as I go on this one. Like I said in the beginning, the donor car is a 77 Foyt Coyote. The Coyote had the FOYT dual overhead cam V8 engine so I have to retro fit an Offy engine in its place for the Johncock car. The main issue I had was that the stem that holds the engine to the chassis on the Offy is different than the Ford V8. I first had to separate the Offy engine and then cut the stem off. I then cut the stem off the Ford V8 and glued/JB Welded it into the Offy. Next step is to modify the conventional intake manifold. My donor engine had the manifold sticking straight out so I have to modify it so the manifold sits above the cam covers above the engine.
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Post by harveythedog2 on Nov 5, 2013 7:55:09 GMT -5
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Post by INDY22IAM on Nov 5, 2013 8:11:00 GMT -5
Very cool to watch this one come together. Very nice wip on the engine, very interesting. Great looking model.
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Post by INDY22IAM on Nov 5, 2013 8:11:33 GMT -5
Very cool to watch this one come together. Very nice wip on the engine, very interesting. Great looking model.
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Post by harveythedog2 on Nov 14, 2013 10:46:55 GMT -5
Modified the manifold on the engine and then test fitted the engine and figured out the trailing arms. The upper trailing arms actually attach to the top of the body on both sides of the cockpit. Now that I have this figured out I can scratch build some attachment points. Waiting on the decals but once they come I will apply them, touch up and then clear coat. Then it's assembly, detail, and off to the races!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 12:52:36 GMT -5
Looks great so far, Stu...
Russ
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Post by indy on Nov 14, 2013 13:05:17 GMT -5
Beautiful work, Stu! Quite amazing the transformation she's taken.
Jordan
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Post by senn65 on Nov 14, 2013 13:17:15 GMT -5
Nice fit with the engine. One more hurdle cleared.
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Post by IndyCarModels on Nov 14, 2013 16:16:32 GMT -5
OK, you got me thinking. How much different is the 1977 Wildcat from the 1978 Wildcat. I think I can do this in 1/64th scale. I think I'm going to do the 3 STP cars from 1977. Looking at these cars yesterday, 2 of them were actually 1976 but I couldn't see any difference in any of them.
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Post by senn65 on Nov 14, 2013 20:40:37 GMT -5
OK, you got me thinking. How much different is the 1977 Wildcat from the 1978 Wildcat. I think I can do this in 1/64th scale. I think I'm going to do the 3 STP cars from 1977. Looking at these cars yesterday, 2 of them were actually 1976 but I couldn't see any difference in any of them. terry where will you find a donor for that one?
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Post by IndyCarModels on Nov 14, 2013 22:17:44 GMT -5
I would start with AJ's 1977 winner and then use 3 offy engines from the 1974 McLaren winner or the 1975 Eagle winner.
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Post by senn65 on Nov 18, 2013 21:20:49 GMT -5
I would start with AJ's 1977 winner and then use 3 offy engines from the 1974 McLaren winner or the 1975 Eagle winner. Someone has made the 77 in 1/64 scale?
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Post by trevor83 on Nov 18, 2013 21:48:48 GMT -5
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Post by INDY22IAM on Nov 19, 2013 8:07:04 GMT -5
Not to rob this forum but why did Johnny Lightning not do the correct colors for the pace cars and I also see they did not do the correct colors for some of the race cars also? I guess it is ok to talk a little bit of other things while we wait for more updates. I will say this is one reason I keep checking everyday. I love to see the progress on these kind of builds.
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Post by SWT500 on Nov 19, 2013 8:43:00 GMT -5
JL did make the race winner/pace car sets in the correct colors but they borrowed a page from Hot Wheels and made them in all sorts of other color combinations. The correct ones sold out immediately and the others not so much.
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Post by IndyCarModels on Nov 19, 2013 10:01:04 GMT -5
Yes, I don't understand why they made them in different colors but I normally remove the paint anyway so it really doesn't matter.
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Post by harveythedog2 on Dec 23, 2013 13:36:29 GMT -5
Ok, back on it now that school is done! WOO HOO! Repainted the blue with Tamiya light blue as my original Tamiya Brillant Blue was too dark. Starting doing the decals and and will clear in a few days. Then, I can start mounting the engine and go from there. Front suspension is going to be tricky now that I moved the cockpit forward and lost some space to install stuff. No manual for this kind of stuff! Stu
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Post by Calvin on Dec 23, 2013 14:09:47 GMT -5
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Post by Michael Chriss on Dec 23, 2013 14:49:34 GMT -5
Man that is not good. The car is looking great, but the music, not so much. I'm glad you shared it Calvin, it's good to know it exists, and it is amusing. They rhyme "Johncock" with "on top".
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Post by harveythedog2 on Dec 23, 2013 16:20:18 GMT -5
Thanks a lot Calvin. Now I am going to be humming that tune for days....
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