So one day, many years ago, I started a Tamiya Porsche GT2 Club Sport.

And got nowhere at all with it. :disappoin Can't really say why, but it just didn't work. I painted it, built the sub assemblies, had it 90% there, and knew that I was just never going to finish it. :dunno:

I just didn't like the color- I painted it in Gunze bright blue. Which is a really sweet color, and it should have been stunning on the GT2 body. But it wasn't. So I stripped it, and repainted it in the same color just to be sure. Still wrong. And really with bright blue not working, I couldn't think of any color at all that would look good on this body. Nothing I could think of seemed like it would work better. Any and every metallic seemed wrong- just doesn't work with the body shape. Red seemed cliche, black was boring, and yellow not quite it. So it sat....

I didn't even take any pics of the body. But I did get some of the chassis.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8417/gt200021rp.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/527/gt200039lt.jpg

A couple evenings in the freezer finally freed the usable parts from the chassis. And so they wait....

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-004.jpg

Waiting, waiting...

The body at one point spent four months in the alcohol bath stripping- waiting until I could bother to take it out.

But it's out now. Stripped bare of it's former color.

It even has a fresh coat of primer, and new paint now. After months/years of occasional contemplation, I finally concluded that it could look good in white. After all, it looks quite decent that way on the box top! So white it is.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-001.jpg


And it's feeling much better now.

Strange that I should have so much trouble with this one- because I really dig the car. Sure it was kind of a cheap marketing trick for Tamiya to put out the GT2 Club Sport, which has only a dozen new parts from their racing GT2 kits. But to me, this is what a car should be. No bling, no flash, just simple speed and performance.

So that's what I'm going to do with this one- a simple trackday toy. Mostly out of the box, as I really want to finish this one. But not strictly out of the box.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-002.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-003.jpg

Paint is PPG acrylic lacquer white, from the remnants of my stash of CobraColors. It's been clearcoated, and is ready for polish. My wife has decided that the GT2 in white looks alot like a Beluga whale. Can't say I disagree. :rolleyes: So I gave it a blowhole.

Like most 911s, the 993 GT2 has its fuel tank up front. On racing/track cars, a dry brake fuel filler could be mounted in the center of the bonnet. The Tamiya kit has the outline of a hinged flap covering the refueling receptacle. I decided that cutting it open would give alot of visual interest to the body.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/carslegend/RwzYdRS953I/AAAAAAAACD4/PT2Y9MwClv0/92824_96993GT2SYellow5_123_340lo.jpg?imgmax=512

This is the look I'm going for. But of course with the flap cut open, something has to be put into the hole.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/carslegend/RwzYkRS958I/AAAAAAAACEg/iI6dnPYxPVY/25943_05_123_359lo.jpg?imgmax=512

Something like that thingie there. So off to the machine shop...!

I started with a small block of aluminum, and drilled a bunch of holes in it.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-005.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-006.jpg

Then, something had to be done with those square corners. So I step cut them off- same way I make oval air cleaners.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-007.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-008.jpg

Lots of math so far, but it serves a purpose. If all goes well I simply file down the steps and come out with the oval shape I want for the part.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-009.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-010.jpg

Filed and polished. So far so good.

Next I wanted to add the sill and flange around it. I decided to go with plastic strip, shaped around the part.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-011.jpg

This is Evergreen styrene strip, wrapped and clamped to shape. Of course styrene has the useful property that it can be heat shaped. Dip the strip in boiling water, and it will hold the shape it's formed in.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-012.jpg

I made two, one for the sill and one for the flange.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-013.jpg

The part was painted with clear smoke, to give it an anodized look.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-014.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-015.jpg

And fifteen small brass pins and two aluminum plugs fit into the drilled holes.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-016.jpg

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Ready for mounting. Time to polish the body and see how it will look in place!

Cool! I loved the pictorial! I almost want to find my GT2 kit and work on it (we all know that won't happen anytime soon :headshake )

Nice to see another WIP. This looks superb as usual!

The chassis pieces are excellent, the making of the machined part was really interesting. I think white suits this car well, glad you went with it. Really great project so far.

*Bookmarked*

Your methods are very good. As an amateur I can't thank you enough for posting your tips and tricks.

The 933 is my favorite 911. I am glad that they went back to that style with the 997.

Oh question: What mm. styrene did you use?

Beautiful work on the machining - You are really making full use of that lathe. Can't way to see it all together.

Good job andy...
there's simply nothing in any models that you can't figure out what that can be machined! hehe...

i must say your application on metallic paints are awesome...i just can't figure out what metalizers are best used in what areas. so i'm looking forward to learn this art from you.

as for the machining parts, man...i just gotta be contented on this, with the effective use of alclads & metallic paints that i subsequently learn from here...

i can't be good in everything...

cheers!:evillol:

Good Lord! He's building something! :eek2:

:D

Lovely machine work and it DOES look good in white.
(BTW white is the new black :lol:)

I would kill for a lathe, your metal parts look so real. Thanks for sharing, very useful, even the freezer method. Im going to have to try it. As far as the color, i don't see anything wrong with the blue thats on the chasis.

Any Progress on the 850?

Yeah, pretty novel to see me building something, isn't it? :rolleyes:

I'm liking it more and more in white. Polishing has started, and I'll update soon as it's shiny.

Mojo- Right, I'll remember to include tips and tricks (if I use any :p ). The styrene strip is 0.010", or about 0.25mm. I would have used 0.020" if I had on hand, but the thin stuff will work, and it's easier to form.

rockinanko- Would you believe the engine, tranny, and rotors are painted in nothing more exotic than Tamiya acrylics? There's an oil wash applied to them which helps the detail. I used these pics in my wash How-to (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=441493), which is the only reason I have any old pics of this build at all. I like Alclad chrome specifically for chromed parts, but for everything else I haven't found a real difference between one metallic and another. I use whatever is easiest for me to put on, because I'm rather convinced they all look the same. Maybe if you're a military modeler and you're buiding shiny metal airplanes theres some subtle difference- but not on 1/24 automotive components. :dunno:

MidMazar- The 850 hasn't seen any real progress recently, but it's ready to. Honestly it's been stalled for at least the last 6 months because I haven't gotten to machining a set of brakes for it. But I think I know what I'm going to do for it now, and really its the research and decisions that are the slow part.

There was nothing at all wrong with the blue on the underside. Honestly I was very happy with how the chassis came out, and it hurt to strip it. :crying: But I couldn't convince myself that I liked it on the body. :disappoin Fortunately the chassis is looking good now in white, too.

tonioseven- Come on, break it out- you know you want to build something aircooled. :evillol: Besides, it's already lowered! But it's not quite the right 911 for the Wangan Blackbird. :smooch:

White is cool, but the 911 GT3 green (can't think of the name right now) might have worked.

I just bought a Revell 993 coupe on eBay (well, I paid for it, but haven't received any contact from the seller...errrrrrgh!) and plan to paint in the bright blue that was featured on the car when it was first introduced, if I wasn't scammed and it actually comes in the mail.

my only wish, is that the machining shop & you are just next door to me.

well i'm gonna go through all your 'how-to' to brush up my metalic skills.
can't believe the paint strip is so cleanly done, as compared to my brake fluid method...

keep going!

Polished and waxed!

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-019.jpg

Of course I still can't manage to take a decent pic of it, :banghead: :dunno: but I've convinced myself that the GT2 really will work in white. :sunglasse

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-020.jpg

I polished it up with my usual method. After giving the clearcoat a week or so to outgas, I rubbed the whole body with Tamiya Coarse compound. This takes of any texture from spraying the clearcoat. It's the most important step in polishing, and it usually takes me three or so sessions (washing and inspecting in between) just to make sure that no spots have been left unpolished. Next the whole body is rubbed out with McGuire's ScratchX (OK, I know it's not spelled McGuire's- it's something alot closer to Maqirye's, but I can never remember what, :headshake and 'McGuire' passes the spellcheck :licka:). Then comes Tamiya Finish, and finally wax. The paint and clearcoat have never been touched with Micromesh (personally, I hate the stuff). This gives two advantages- the nearly impossible to remove haze of fine sanding scratches never appears to begin with, and there's much less chance of sanding through the paint/clearcoat. But of course if the paint and clearcoat go on well, it doesn't take much work to shine the body.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-021.jpg

I've discovered my favorite thing about painting bodies white- getting polishing compound out of panel lines is no trouble at all! :p I scraped it out with my usual sharpened bamboo toothpick (holds a point much better than wood, but not so hard as to be a large risk for scratching the clearcoat). But it really doesn't seem to matter if the panel lines are spotlessly clean or not. :grinno:

I've always considered white to be a terminally boring color to paint a car- not as bad as gold or brown, but close. But as this one seems to be turning out, I might just reconsider....

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-022.jpg

The chassis is just about done with clearcoating. It doesn't get polished, so I should get to detailing it soon.

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Fantastic, superb in white!

nothing wrong with the camera andy, i can see clearly the glossy paintwork here!

pardon me, you said this was in white...but i kept seeing a light greenish cream paint on the body. or is my eyes playing tricks on me!?

Why don't I have a mill???

Well done:loser:

is my eyes playing tricks on me!?
No, that's Andy's photos! :loser:

:yikes: Great stuff as usual.

On to body detailing.

I like to leave detailing until after the clearcoat is polished and waxed. That way the paint is protected from any dirt/painting errors and the like.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-023.jpg

The window surrounds get masked with lots and lots of tape. Tamiya tape (accept no substitutes!) and a new xacto blade are used around the surrounds.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-025.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-026.jpg

And then I like to use 3M house painting tape around the Tamiya tape. It's cheaper, almost as good, and covers large areas nicely.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-027.jpg

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At this point, the surrounds are gently sanded with fine sandpaper to give the paint some tooth. Otherwise it often comes up with the masking when sprayed on a gloss waxed surface.

I used flat dark grey, as straight black would be a bit stark for a white body. I'm trying out Vallejo airbrush colors, and like them so far.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-029.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-030.jpg

The taillight and turn signal reflectors get painted in much the same way. I masked them, painted with Tamiya gloss black acrylic, and then sprayed them with Alclad chrome.

The street version of the GT2 kit (which this is) includes fog lights to go next to the front turn signals. However it's common to see fog lights removed for air ducting, and Tamiya makes it all too easy to do this. As this is being built as a track car, the fog lights come out!

But something has to go in their place. I'm using K&S photoetch screen for that.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-031.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-032.jpg

The screens get dipped in Blacken-it and then painted. I could have skipped the chemically blackening step, but if any black paint gets scraped off it won't show the shiny brass beneath this way.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-033.jpg

Ready for installation.

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Here's what the fuel filler looks like ready to install.

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And in place.

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http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-040.jpg

And here it is with headlights, taillights, turn signals, fuel filler, and door handles in place. Still needs wing mirrors, windows, and an engine lid, but I'm really happy with how it's looking.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-041.jpg

Gio is attempting to help me develop my photography skillz. We may be getting somewhere.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-042.jpg

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Thanks for watching!

White definitely suits this car! It was a good choice finally :thumbsup:

Photographs are finally doing justice to your work :) There's nothing like a plain backdrop (plus whatever else you are doing differently)

Now with this new photography, it looks better than a real Porsche...man, excellent job so far!

I simply adore what you have achieved so far. Especially your paint work on the rear lights as well as the execution on the front lights is realwise..Will the rims be gold?? That would look to pimpy, would it?

Robert

I agree with guys, job is fantastic. Both front&rear lights are super.

I agree with the boys:
great paintjob, this GT2 looks fantastic!!! Black wheels would be great!
Nice work!!
René

It's great project. I love this car!
This is the ultimate (and real) Porsche GT air cooled!

Very impressive!!!
It REAL!!!

You're gonna make me build it!! Tour progress on this is terrific and quite inspirational! It may get pushed to the forefront because this is one of very few kits in existence that the stock wheels are perfect for it! :sunglasse

Outstanding execution; the milled seats of the taillights give them a great extra-realism. I love the pictures as well. A beauty, definitely...

Robi :)

Looking great. I love the fuel filler.

Thanks everyone!

For photography, Gio has convinced me to shoot on my camera's largest Mpixel setting and then shrink the image digitally. I've always shot images small so they would fit for posts. I'm very happy with this batch, so this will call for more experimenting!

As Robi J pointed out, I did grind out the reflectors for the taillights and turn signals. I did it with a Dremel type motor tool and small ball shaped grinders.

http://www.heimerdingercutlery.com/catalog/images/dremel191highspeed.jpg

Of course, this is best to do before priming and painting!! :grinyes: You can see the dished out reflectors for the rear turn signals and taillights here. Tamiya already did two reflectors for the brake lights (the small round reflectors closer to the center of the taillight strip)- why couldn't they have done the whole thing? :dunno:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-021.jpg

I think headlights/taillights if done well add a lot to the realism of a build, so it's a place I like to put some effort in. I also painted the edges of the taillight strip black, and I think it really improves the already good kit part.

I'm still considering about the wheels! :sly: Of course I'm going to use the stock BBS's, as they're perfect on this car. But I'm not sure that I'm sold on the gold center- especially on a white car. Maybe doing the center in gunmetal would look good...? We'll see!

Thanks for the pics, polinesiano- they're terrific!

Thanks for the pics, polinesiano- they're terrific!

I'm happy to help you!:)

The chassis is done! (Well, nearly)

Since I was able to successfully 'part out' the suspension and transmission from my previous attempt, it was actually pretty quick to get it to this point. The paint on the suspension and tranny is original- really only the engine needed to be done.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-053.jpg

I masked the engine during body painting, to avoid paint and especially primer. The detail on the engine block is pretty decent, and body paint/primer would only clog it up.

Then, the chassis was masked. Yes, the rest of the chassis is under there somewhere.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-054.jpg

Nothing special- just Tamiya acrylic metallic grey. Needs some detail painting and a wash.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-055.jpg

Everything reassembled, with wash applied. Kinda makes the aircooling fins jump out. I really like how the transmission looks.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-047.jpg

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The pads under the air jacks were done with small circles of matte BMF. I believe these parts actually are aluminum, so BMF is perfect! :licka:

Still needs some manifolds/turbos/tailpipes. But now I can move on to the interior. :p

Of course, Tamiya made this as a curbside kit. The only engine detail is the underside, and the large intercooler which sits above where an engine would go.

I really can't blame Tamiya for doing this. Like all 911s, the GT2's engine is virtually invisible when installed in the car- especially with the intercooler atop it all.

So I won't be bothering to do this.... :grinno:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-050.jpg

I thought long and hard about it- but finally decided that I would rather finish a build this year then scratchbuild a handful of components that would ultimately be invisible anyways.

But it's kinda fun to see it here.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-051.jpg

Those of you who have seen my other ongoing 993 build may recognize the engine here. Surprisingly, the chassis for the Revell 993 is a near perfect fit in Tamiya's GT2 body. Who knew?! :dunno:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-052.jpg

Now, just picture an intercooler that you could land a small helicopter on, sitting right on top of it all! :grinyes: That's what a GT2 engine bay looks like.

Thanks for watching! More to come soon, this one is moving right along. :wink:

whoa... does that also mean that the tamiya gt2 kit can be used for a more accurate suspension set-up for the italeri turbo AND have the added bonus of making the fitment of the carrera wheels easier?

there goes another £12 then...

Andy, it's coming along quite well!! I dug my kit out but I'm not sure what color to paint it so it's just waiting.

Nice color combo!

Looking beautiful, the white is super classy.

Very nice clean build. Good job.

:eek: This thread is the definition of a clean build!

Thanks everyone!

DM- Yeah, it actually does work. The Tamiya chassis will fit the Revell body, too.

Tonio- I know what you mean about color selection. I think it's decent in Speed Yellow. If I didn't already have that one reserved for my GT3, that's probably what I would have used.

But speaking of color, turns out I did actually have some pics of the body in blue. I was wading through the 450+ images on my camera card clearing out some space yesterday when I found these.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-056.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-057.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-058.jpg

I'm really not usually so picky that I would strip a perfectly usable paint job just because the color doesn't agree with me- but then this one sat this way for well over a year, and I knew that as it was I was just never going to finish it. Not bad really, but for me it just didn't work. :dunno: Fortunately I'm diggin' the white. :grinyes:

On to the interior.

I'm not a big fan of rollcages. Sure they look cool, but they're a real pain in the @ss to paint- especially if you're painting one white, and it had been essentially dyed blue from a previous life (the alcohol removed all of the paint, but the white plastic was still lightly stained blue). Took some real effort to get it right.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-061.jpg

I really wanted to put in an in-car camera for this build- the perfect learning tool for track driving, or a good way of 'legally' timing your laps around the Nördschleife! :rolleyes: The obvious thing to do would be to scratchbuild a 1/24 handheld camcorder- but I just didn't want to bother with that. So I went looking on the internet, and I found this (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-545628/Jeremy-Clarkson-expanding-paunch-enjoy-life-slow-lane.html)! :uhoh: (Seen the latest season of Top Gear (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGZkC-pd-2E&feature=related) yet?)

I also found this (http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x139/Walt4321/Camera%20Mount/CamerainCar2.jpg). Perfect- nothing more than a tube and a wire. This I can do!

To make the mount, I used some plastic strip, a sewing pin, and such odds. (I suspect Stevenski would have done the same with a coffee stirrer and a used contact lens. :biggrin: )

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-062.jpg

Some strips of BMF were used for the bands to hold it in place.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-063.jpg

And here it is done.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-064.jpg

Nothing even machined here- just bits of plastic tube and strip, brass rod, a sewing pin, and some PE rivets.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-065.jpg

The 'tape' holding the wire in place are just small strips of black decal film.

After finding this pic, I decided I really liked the extra front spoiler lip.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/carslegend/RwzYdRS953I/AAAAAAAACD4/PT2Y9MwClv0/92824_96993GT2SYellow5_123_340lo.jpg?imgmax=512

Fortunately, it's not terribly difficult to do.

I traced the front edge of the kit spoiler onto some thin board.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-059.jpg

I then cut a length of plasitic L strip, and taped it securely along the curved edge of the board. Then I immersed it in a small pan of hot water (same way I shaped plastic strip for the fuel filler). Once the new spoiler held the proper curve, it was cut to size, covered with BMF, and put in place.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-060.jpg

It's a small detail, but I think it adds a lot. In 1/1 at 100kph, it's sufficient to keep 1500 litres a second of lift producing air from flowing under the car. :naughty: But even more, it adds to the 'track' look of the car.

It should all start falling together soon now....

the Nördschleife! :rolleyes:

Hey, are we doing Umlaute again?? :grinno: :grinno:

Anyways, amazing touch to the interior. This camera is very nice looking. Sadly, it won´t be that visible afterwards hidden behind the rear window.

I´m glad you stayed with the white paint job. It´s always a pleasure to see how you add all these little ideas to your builds.

Robert

The blue version wasn't bad at all, however the white is better!:iceslolan

I love the camera!
In fact, it's given me an idea. :naughty:

I think the camera will be nicely visible under the rear window- it's directly under the window. (I hope it will be visible- it's not the only thing going back there! :grinno: )

Oh we haven't even started yet with the umlaute!! :evillol: :evillol:

More interior decorating!

Before painting, I decapitated the jack heads so I could replace them with aluminum parts.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-066.jpg

But what I wish I had done was to put the firewall/intercooler part in place before painting the chassis. When the firewall was put in place, gaps showed around the edges (as they obviously would). What was I thinking...? :dunno: So, I filled the gaps with Tamiya polishing compound. :p Really, it's white, fills cracks, and wouldn't attack the paint- why not? White cars kick ass, and I will be building more! :grinyes:

That having been done, on to plumbing the jacks. I drilled several holes here to hold the air line in place.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-067.jpg

I machined some tiny little bits of metal for the air line hardware. Brass and aluminum rod, drilled out for wire.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-068.jpg

To install, I used very fine monofilament thread looped around the air line and passed through the small holes I drilled. The brass parts were painted black, and the aluminum bits were painted transparent blue to simulate anodized A/N fittings.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-069.jpg

(Notice the umlaut in Gütermann :ylsuper: Who knew the Mexicans were into that?) The thread is 0.005" in dia, or about as thick as a piece of paper. It's transparent, so it virtually disappears. The holes were drilled with a #80 drill bit, 0.013" in dia. Perfect fit!

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-070.jpg

When the thread is pulled tight, it holds the lines in place perfectly.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-071.jpg

Same gets done for the feed line into the tee, and some hold downs were added with some small strips of black decal film.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/andrejmiller/GT2-072.jpg

Of course the third jack in the nose gets the same treatment- you just can't see it in these pics. :grinno:

Ready to pit!

Great build so far i love it. I my self i agreee with one of the comment before about the blue paint Looked good but the white makes it stand out more. thank you for the idea with the cam i been trying to make one. Ill stay posted on this build cant wait to see more.

I love this progress :grinno:

Very nice touches!:popcorn: