1/12 57 Chevy

[corvettekid_7684]

Just for fun, thought you might like to see my last flame job

[5spdstang]

Originally Posted by corvettekid_7684

Just for fun, thought you might like to see my last flame job

LOLZ...Thats Awesome!!!!

I work for a Ford dealer too

[wolla]

just read this, love the flames, doing a good job,
keep us posted

[5spdstang]

Been slow going lately, I'm finding...the more I get into making one part 'work', the more fabbing I keep needing to do!! Monogram messed up in a few aspects of the engine....Im going to run the strip blower(their wording) but the distributor is molded into the back of the blower intake, the stock intake and street intake use a separate one, which is drilled for wiring...the strip motor isnt. So...I hacked of the molded one and cut down the separate one to fit But, its too tall for the blower to clear at the back, so I've made a riser plate to lift the blower enough to clear and run wires.
Also...there are no headers, only stock iron manifolds.....there is no way a blown motor would run worth a shat with that set up..so I'm going to try and make my own headers to get this thing looking more realistic.

Will post some pics tomorrow night hopefully

[wolla]

this may be usefull on the distributor problem, i did a chevelle kit that had the same problem, so i made a DIS pack like on modern cars


saves having to lift the blower, and looks ok when in place,

but this is on a 1/24 and on a 1/12 you could do a better job than mine hope this helps, and good luck on the headers, be interesting to see the finished result
sorry for the crap pics

[5spdstang]

Good stuff!!

The chrome on the blower(and several other pieces)is not good, so Im priming it and will probably give it a coat of dull silver....like an un polished unit.

[5spdstang]

Chrome on the blower(and other parts)is crap, so I gave it a coat of DupliColor Metalcast basecoat...Did the stock valve covers too, just in case I decide to use them.
The rear axle is all detailed up and ready to go in. I have a bunch of scale fuel line and assorted tubing to add also. I still need to come up with rear shocks, so i may use the springs from the formula 1 kit to make some coil overs.

[corvettekid_7684]

...or crank trigger, or msd also makes a low profile dizzy for blower applications too I think...

[5spdstang]

Good point....I still have a long way to go, so.......Ya never know what may end up under there

[5spdstang]

Last update til next week.

Got a bit more done....picked out the valve cover lettering with the body color, drilled out the plug wire holes in heads and distributor, and drilled the exhaust ports, next step is to fab up some header flanges.
I'm going to have to do something about the intake, I dont like the massive gap on either side at the front and rear.

[MidMazar]

Looking good, it is a tough crowd sometimes. Not many people visit the muscle section let alone AF. Good luck with the rest of the build.

[5spdstang]

Made a set of header flanges out of plastic sheet, got the blower and valve covers mounted, next up will be the bugger.....making headers from scratch. I will be using a roll of solder as its about the right scale and easy to bend to shape.

[5spdstang]

Got a bit more done....fabbed up a fuel cell out of plastic sheet and made some front shocks out of aluminium tube, the springs are from a McLaren formula 1 kit

The exhaust part in the pic is from the kit...its such a well molded piece that I figured I may as well use it.
Probably wont get any more done til next week.

[corvettekid_7684]

Looking good!

[racer1]

nice work,but where do you order the tires?