Blue Seven (Parts 2

My photo hosting account is getting a lot of traffic, so I thought I'd start another thread to continue showing the progress and save some bandwidth.

I will continue hosting the earlier pictures so the "Blue Seven (Parts)" thread stays alive for those who wish to see it, but I will post the new parts in this thread... - Mark

Here is a link to "The Part 1 Thread" of this project:
Original Blue Seven (Parts) thread. (Part 1) (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=312338)

Again, I have mix feeling about this project.

It great to see awesome model being built, it's sad to look at my own model after that :D

Can't wait to see the update!!! :)

Over a dozen machined parts, I lost count...
The gauge has a needle, and a lens.
The blow off valve is bronze and aluminum, the safety cable was wound from some very fine wire.
Note the 7 faceted knob, (it is my Seventh Super Seven), and locking hardware too.
Made the decals, of course... - Mark
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/DSC09446.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/DSC09448.jpg

Again, I have mix feeling about this project.

It great to see awesome model being built, it's sad to look at my own model after that :D


yea, i can relate. Scale-Master, your work is on such a higher plane of existance then what i could ever hope to do. i have been working on my carbs all nite and after seeing your beautiful outstanding work i may as well put 2 grapes on top of my blower. i still have yet to see your original thread and just waiting for the pics and also i have dial up so sometimes i avoid long threads but from what i seen so far, i should quit models and do something im good at, like shovelling snow! lol. beautiful work. you are an artist.

Mark.
You really make me what to quit this hobby :)

What do you use for gluing the aluminium part together ? CA, 2 part Epoxy etc ?

I would love to see a photo of your workshop area, any chance ?

You really make me what to quit this hobby
I hope you all are just kidding, as I've said before, I certainly don't want other builders to be discouraged by my work, rather I hope it just goes to show that it can be done.

What do you use for gluing the aluminium part together ? CA, 2 part Epoxy etc ?
Usually CA, occasionally 5 minute epoxy.

I would love to see a photo of your workshop area, any chance ?
Not likely, no offense. It's nothing special, probably like most builders caves. But it is my refuge... - Mark

Are you sure we're not looking at a "scaled up" ruler? LOL!!!!

Does this help?
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/DSC09451.jpg

I love reading these threads, any threads where the builder is better than me, whether it's by just a bit or by lightyears (like this). It might make what I put together right now look like silly lumps of plastic, but the idea is one day I might be half as good as this, and that really sticks me to it. If I didn't start with an orange-peeled, not cleared, no window rubber painted hunk of plastic, I wouldn't be building what I build now; and without what I'm building now, there's no way I'd get up to Scale-Master's or Robrex's or Skylinefan's skill level either.

Mark, your work is continually inspiring. Everytime you post your progress, raising the bar, it makes me push myself to make my stuff better than before. Each post makes me strive to make myself a better modeler. Yes, it is a little sorrow to blow us out of the water, but hopefully I will reach 1/2 of your talent someday far down the road.

Truelly and unexplainably amazing. I've read up on your past Super Sevens, and it is stunning how you continue to top yourself each time.

Does this help?

Are you sure we aren't looking at a scaled up hand???? hahaha just kidding :biggrin:

that is absolutely amazing!

Incredible!

awesome work. I hope that no one is serious in their comments of discouragement. It requires lots of skill, experience and the right tools to turn out the parts that you are making here. It should merely make us all strive to build better models! I know that it has inspired me.

It' so freakin' real!!!!
What did you use to make the can portion shine like a mirror?
How did you make the decal?

for a moment there, I thought it was real!

I sell aftermarket parts like that, including that brand so I see the real thing and pictures of the fullsize version every day! I couldn't see a difference. WOW! :bigthumb: That really inspires me to get building again, it's been a long time since I've done anything. Thanks.

wow! it looks so real! :eek:

I love reading these threads, any threads where the builder is better than me, whether it's by just a bit or by lightyears (like this). It might make what I put together right now look like silly lumps of plastic, but the idea is one day I might be half as good as this, and that really sticks me to it.

Very well put. I couldn't agree more (although I'll settle for 1/10th of their skill level :) )

Amazing work Scale-Master. I swear your work falls into the category "If I hadn't seen it for myself ....." :) Thanks for sharing your experience :bigthumb:

Does this help?
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/DoctorJones/DSC09451.jpg


PHOTOSHOP!!! ;-)

People don't get discouraged by this guy. He just show that there is always room for improvement. I will never reach his craftmanship, but I'll never stop trying... Scale master, thanks for inspiring me (and i think i speak for the most people here)

And he seems to find enough time besides his marriage. That is a ring indicating that lifetime realtionship to a woman. That´s by far the most impressive thing of this thread.... :evillol:

:iagree: :smile: so impressive

Hey Thanks everyone, that means a lot to me.


People don't get discouraged by this guy. He just show that there is always room for improvement. I will never reach his craftmanship, but I'll never stop trying... Scale master, thanks for inspiring me (and i think i speak for the most people here)

You nailed it on the head wouter, I really hope no one really means it when they say I have discouraged them from building. Even as a joke it is wearing thin.

And he seems to find enough time besides his marriage. That is a ring indicating that lifetime realtionship to a woman.

You got that right godfather. My wife is very important to me in so many ways. We've been together one week shy of fifteen awesome years today. She is the sweetest and most supportive wife, (hey, I am biased here).
She even "demanded" I put up showcases in our living room for my models a couple years ago.
She knew nothing of models when we met, now she builds occasionally, (her forte is painting bodies, an airbrush natural), and has quite the critical eye, (much to my dismay since she critiques my work before it's done). Not that she fully understands why I build what I do, but no matter what, she is positive and supportive of modeling... And she's cute too! - Mark

.. And she's cute too! - Mark

:useless: NOI only joking it's 1am here so i'm a bit out of it.
My GF is real easy going about my model making as well, great ain't it.:)

I was joking about your work making want to quit, actually it pushes my to make better stuff myself andf improve my skills.
You really make me want to make another 1:12 skyline and get it better than the last one.

Keep posting your work, :worshippy
Thanks

You are both lucky, Scale-Master and Hiroboy. My wife is not as easy going as I would've hoped about my modeling. In fact, last month she destroyed two of my 1:24 Porsches, and now I have to fix them.
The skills and quality of work both of you display here really make me try to build better models, It's inspiration, very positive.
Scale-Master, your model is going to be beyond mindblowing when it's finished, as the build you show here is.

This is one of the builds that has got me wanting to build very badly but finding the time nowadays is the hard part:(. Aftrt some recent events, my wife is now very supportive of my building because she knows how much I enjoy it.:) I will probably never get close to building at the level demonstrated by Steve and Mark and a whole lot of others here and elsewhere in the model-world but I still enjoy it as much now as I ever have and I will always try to come up with something at least presentable to the rest of the world!:sunglasse (even though I "build for myself because nobody else matters" :lol:) Keep up the awesomeness Mark!:sunglasse

amazing details...

i went through the other thread and a few pics didn't work.

i was wondering if you posted a pic, of the real car your going off of for the scal version?

If not i hope its not too much of a hassle to throw one up. Or maybe i missed something.

Thanks, your one serious builder

Sweet mother of Jesus.....

You are a absolute god at this stuff man.....

If only I could build like that....

Be followin' the thread

I just checked the original thread, it seems to be working. It is a model, but it's real enough to me... Hope to get back to it soon now that the holiday rush is over... - Mark

Just incredible!
Mark - I also am absolutely inspired by your skill levels it certainly pushes me to try harder! Thanks

Oh, while we are talking about our partners.. My wife is awesome too and totally supportive of my HLJ addiction!

Here's some of the parts I made for the alternator over the weekend.
Rear of the Housing, Windings, Mounting Bracket/Plate, Clamp Plate, and Fan. Still much work ahead just for this sub-assembly, but it is nice to be working on it again... - Mark
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e272/Superb7/DSC09758.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e272/Superb7/DSC09759.jpg

Stop It :crying:

You might as well machine a whole block and make it run. Simply amazing.

What the...???????????

Are you a watchmaker, or just INSANE?

:grinno: Continually overwhelmed by your posts!

Well, since you started this thread I've stopped modelling :bloated:

Amazing, every part of this model looks so realistic.
I would love to see this (and your other's) model in person! But I live in NZ.
I'm glad you have an understanding wife, my fiance is great aswell. Although she does'nt understand how I get so excieted about little plastic cars, she does understand the skill and patience that goes into them. She's even having a go at building one herself. (I'm helping of course)
So It's great to have someone who gives an outside opinion on my work.
keep up the amazing work, I still can't believe that alternator is not a real one!

Made some more progress on the alternator the last couple days... There's over a dozen individual scratchbuilt pieces to make up the parts in this picture... - Mark
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e272/Superb7/DSC09761.jpg
And the ruler is back...

Oh No! not the scaled down ruler again LOL!

Oh No! not the scaled down ruler again LOL!

I think it should be scaled-up ruler instead.

Great work there Scale-Master. I'm amazed at your modelling and machining skill. Flawless as usual. Your builds always makes me wanted to build better or at least as good as you.... then again... if I can build half as good as you, I'm already a happy man. :icon16:

I think it should be scaled-up ruler instead.

Great work there Scale-Master. I'm amazed at your modelling and machining skill. Flawless as usual. Your builds always makes me wanted to build better or at least as good as you.... then again... if I can build half as good as you, I'm already a happy man. :icon16:
Half? I think you mean 1/24th.

Once again, you amaze me with you skill.

:eek2: :cya: :angryfire :22yikes:
mods ban him and close this thread!

Jokes a part you and some other fellow here are very inspiring for we all humans :) simply amazing

i find this so impiring, i keep telling myself that one day i'll be able to do this (hopefully) i can design stuff but that's nothing compared to making it.

scale-master, you've ever inspired me to go and buy a lathe and milling machine, i dont know how i'll afford it after i buy it, where i'll put it or how to use it. but im sure i'll learn.

when it comes to the time when i embark on my next project im sure i'll think back to myself and remember seeing this and knowing it's the sole inspiration for machining everything myself. so thank you. and keep up the good work.

This is truly awesome stuff Mark, I look forward to seeing it when I make it back to a meeting one friday night.

I also just noticed that the Alternator fan has seven blades!! This truly is a Super Seven!!

all those parts are so tiny, looks very tedious. How can you stand it. My brain woud start to hurt after 30 seconds.

Some more late nights and early mornings have yielded this much more progress on the alternator... 31 individual parts make up these sub assemblies, if I counted correctly, I think I got 'em all. Probably less than 10 more parts to make for this assembly, (not all are are shown)... Stay tuned... - Mark
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e272/Superb7/DSC09880.jpg

This is truly awesome stuff Mark, I look forward to seeing it when I make it back to a meeting one friday night.

I also just noticed that the Alternator fan has seven blades!! This truly is a Super Seven!!


There is a meeting at Tamiya tomorrow night, come on up. I'll have this and some other goodies with me. Starts about 7:00 PM.

Good eye, it is my Seventh Seven.... - Mark

Ok.. that enough.. I quit modeling...

This is just Insane :D

Some more late nights and early mornings have yielded this much more progress on the alternator... 31 individual parts make up these sub assemblies, if I counted correctly, I think I got 'em all. Probably less than 10 more parts to make for this assembly, (not all are are shown)... Stay tuned... - Mark

:eek: So many parts for just one piece. I sure hope you counted right, I would hate for that number to go higher.

I... i... i.. forget it :screwy:


:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

speechless, utterly speechless

I... i... i.. forget it :screwy:


:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

I know just what you mean!

I feel like someone just did this to me :nutkick:

Spectacular work as always. A terrific inspiration for what can be done in scale modeling!

So, do you have the rotary table positions for 360/7 memorized by now? :lol:

What's the smallest size end mill you're using to cut these parts? (Or do you have some other more clever cutting method I haven't figured out yet?) :sly:

And what may I ask are you using for reference material? Got one in your garage you're pouring over? I'm considering doing the 1/24 Tamiya, updated to series three, LHD and cycle fender, with as much unnecissary machined aluminum as I can squeeze into it. I've found enough on the web to inspire me, but not really enough to detail a build. Any suggestions of where to turn?

And what may I ask are you using for reference material? Got one in your garage you're pouring over? I'm considering doing the 1/24 Tamiya, updated to series three, LHD and cycle fender, with as much unnecissary machined aluminum as I can squeeze into it. I've found enough on the web to inspire me, but not really enough to detail a build. Any suggestions of where to turn?


I have a friend who built one at the same time I was building the red BDR, a wealth of information there, I still ask him for detail info when I can't find it elsewhere. Plus the internet has many Super 7 sites with helpful people that have sent me info. And most of my friends ply me with anything 7 they come across. There are many good books with lots of pictures, some are rather old, but the pictures stay true.

The stuff that is not usually on a Super 7, (like the nitrous system for example), comes from my mechanical background as to how it would logically be done (and I studied up beforehand with a friend who specializes in it at Edelbrock so I made sure I chose an appropriate system). I did pour over one a couple days ago at the L.A. Auto show too... Like any subject, if you dig enough you can find what you need. Also check out a manual for the 1300 engine it uses, look for pictures of Webers and other part manufacturers, that will help you with detailing the engine and bay immensely.


I recently did a LHD conversion to the 1/24 kit. (Rotus, I posted it in the Street and Show section here if you want to read the text, below are the pictures. For some reason they are not linked to the original thread anymore.) I swapped the footwells and just flipped the dash and made a new face for it. Not a difficult conversion, but again, this was a simple, relatively "quickie" build too...

Remember, the 1/12 is a Caterham, the 1/24 is a Lotus... - Mark

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/Scale-Master%20Models/DSC09806.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/Scale-Master%20Models/DSC09807.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/Scale-Master%20Models/DSC09808.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Scale-Master/Scale-Master%20Models/DSC09809.jpg

Finished! Still a couple parts need to be final detail painted, but I'll take care of that after I take it off and before the final assembly, it's just set up to check the alignment of the brackets so the belt will track correctly.
44 individual scratchbuilt parts by my count and 4 custom made decals.
Phew, that was fun, now on to other parts... - Mark
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e272/Superb7/DSC09889.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e272/Superb7/DSC09892.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e272/Superb7/DSC09890.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e272/Superb7/DSC09888.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e272/Superb7/DSC09893.jpg

Wowzers...terrific detail...is that the stock block color?

is that the stock block color

No, but it's not stock either... Should be red from the factory, but this one represents a non-factory built car. - Mark

Increible work Mark. I was browsing your photobucket and showed the pics to my Dad who was a mechanical engineer, and he was stunned. He thought for sure you were using an upscaled ruler.

I hope you're keeping tally of how many individual scratchbuilt parts there are so you can give us a count when you finish.

Are you Insane!!! Thats amazing! I cant belive you when you say thats a 1:12! Everything looks so perfect! Keep it up!

I can honestly not see how you can improve on this level.. it just seems real... I think when it's finished we'll see that you can press the starter button and the engine will start running.....