Another Super 7

[freakray]

How did I miss this build? Fantastic stuff, I will be following from here on!

[da_ashman]

Stunning work so! those wheels are super impressive!!!!

[Scale-Master]

The oval shaped raised sections on the taillight panel are brass. I acid etched them with a pair of raised rings on the back that aligned with the holes in the taillight panel. I got caught up in assembling them and neglected to take pictures before I permanently installed them…
The light bezels were machined from 6061 aluminum to fit into the brass parts.

[Tompidom]

Still cant get my head on the disign your making, Verry curios! Waiting for the next updates

[Scale-Master]

The lenses were machined from acrylic. Amber for the turn signal/parking lights and clear for the brake lights. The clear parts will be painted transparent red. The trim ring between the lenses is machined from soft aluminum tubing.

[Scale-Master]

Once I dry assembled the lights into the taillight panel, I decided I wanted the raised oval accent to be more prominent, so I added sheet styrene to those areas and made a fillet of polyester filler.

[Scale-Master]

Here is the dry assembled taillight set in the panel.

[Modelstate]

It just keeps on getting better and better
Stunning work

[Scale-Master]

It's time to start on the engine. Since I already made the cam cover I figured I'd work my way down from there. The head is made from sheet styrene. First I built a box for the top portion that fits to the already made aluminum cam cover, and then I started adding the external details.

[gionc]

Originally Posted by freakray

How did I miss this build? Fantastic stuff, I will be following from here on!

Ciao Ray, nice to see you kicking around again!

Marc, fantastic job, I guess it is the dream -despite the subject- anyone hope to start now or then.

May I ask how (and by wich cutting tools) you do so neat cutting jobs on the flat brass plates before fold them? I meant the bonnets panels, not the etched spokes.

[Scale-Master]

I just use a used X-Acto knife #11 blade and a straight edge. Score/cut my way through. A PE saw was used to cut the little notches on the corners. Thanks!

[Scale-Master]

I built another box for the lower section of the head. This part was a little more work since I also had to accommodate the header (I made the flange for it at the same time).

As well as the coolant filler…

and on the other side, the face for the intake manifold.

Still more work to do, but I also added locating tabs to the upper section to make it fit positively to the lower part.

[Scale-Master]

Here are the beginnings of the basic block, more sheet styrene… This will be the front.

Here is the bottom.

[ianc911]

Outrageously tasty work!

ianc

[Scale-Master]

Thanks, here's another serving:

Some details and shapes added…


And fitted up with the head assembly.