Caterham Super Seven BDR (Ford)

[Jurva]

It looks like real car. period

[JTRACING]

WOW!!!!!!, thats amazing!!!, I have a question, how did you put the tiny writing on the spark plug wires?

[willimo]

Scale Master indeed!

[StephenDeli]

Damn!

[primera man]

OMG....Is it a model, or you just found a 1:1 and took pics!!
Amazing stuff dude

[Scale-Master]

Thanks all. Here's a few answers:
The hoses and wires were labeled with custom decals I created.
Maybe some of you have heard of "Scale-Master Decals"?
No coincidence...
The air cleaner screens are actually some of the parts I kept from the kit.
The coil and resistor, (I planned on making the stereo and didn't want any static), are scratchbuilt/machined aluminum.
(That is a blade type screw holding the resistor to the clamp.)

The master cylinder reservoir is cast resin with machined aluminum fittings and cap. The cylinder body is a modified kit part.
The seats are painted plastic and the houndstooth is again custom made decal.
The seat belts are made of tape and consist of 111 pieces of tape for each side plus hardware and custom decals.

Any other questions?

Some other detail info, even the carb idle screw has a spring to keep it from backing out. The gauges are scratchbuilt copies of Auto Meters. The tach redline needle is adjustable by the center knob. Notice the needle sweep, all are mechanical except the volt meter and fuel gauge which are electrical.

The fuel pressure gauge is liquid filled. The mirrors are adjustable. The reflective license plate has raised letters and correct tags. The machined aluminum speaker box holds Momo Polk Audio speakers with graphite woofers.

[SpoonMan Dos]

Wow, it's really hard to believe this is a model. Master Modeler indeed!

[Hiroboy]

Bloody Hell.............................
That is one awesome build, I have just spent the last 25 mins looking at the detail.
Can I ask where you got the bolts from and did the detail like the oil filler cap come in the kit or was it scratch built if so how ?
Thanks

[Porsche Carrera]

Whoa! Thas nice!!!

[Tikiman]

That is just completely downright ass kickingly crazy!

[weaponCIVIC]

astonishing

[Scale-Master]

I machined the oil cap and all the bolts (and everything else that looks like it was machined) out of aluminum, my favorite metal medium.
I also made the decal in the oil cap.
If you have more questions, ask away... - Mark

[PlumbedandWired]

Originally Posted by swollen

I saw the pics in Scale Auto Mag, they do it no justice.

That's why I mentioned it in the welcome post - to get some more detailed photos

Thanks Mark, you've got my salivary glands working overtime!!

[PlumbedandWired]

How did you do the raised lettering on the licence plate? I'm building a model as a gift for someone and have been trying to work out how to do this so I can make custom plates.

Mike.

[StephenDeli]

Plug in the state and plate you want and voila!

http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/