and now, something completely different....

[Toughbeard]

crazy

[Orion37170]

wow...........an unique projct, for sure

[labandabonnot]

Back to the seventies way of building car! I love that!
Take the Lambo power unit!
That seems to be a very small car for such a big engine!
Again, and even more: I'm captivated!

[bill_kustomz]

if you build it they will come

[willimo]

There's a lot of scratchbuilding going on here. Ain't nuthin' wrong with that.... Looks like you've got quite a project on your hands but it will no doubt be worth it. Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland makes a couple different engines for a 250GT, if that is of any help at all to you. www.scaledreams.com has them, and you can check out a pic of each there.

[Howielong]

looks good.

[drunken monkey]

still keep changing my mind.
i think i'll stick to a ferrari V8 as i found a revell 360 one that i can butcher.
gonna turn the engine back around so that the gearbox is to the front again, lp400 style.
gonna have to build a little extra on the transmission for the rear axle.
also, needed to make my own exhausts parts....

latest pic.


y'know, i think i have bruises on my fingertips from all of the cutting and bending....

[bigfrit]

very cool. May I guess ??? I d say renault Clio sport V12?

Looks very, very promising, I ll keep both eyes open

Olivier

[drunken monkey]

hehe, nope.
not a clio V8/V12, though that was/is a major inspiration...
i've been playing with the engine all night.
it doesn't look like the 360 V8 anymore except for the inlet/cam covers....
waiting for putty to cure before i can get on with the transmission/suspension (which i think i'll just lift from somewhere...).
guess that means i'll have to start on the body.
been trying to put that off...

in anycase, last photo of the night.
engine practically all done with regards to building (or should that be "taking apart"?).
just need to sort out the rest of the guts then i can see about attaching it to the frame.
tempted to do a multi-purpose, multi-engine fitting frame just in case i have another change of mind!



the long grey lump is where the suspension parts is going to go/join.
and err... ignore the bits of wood.
they're just there to hold the exhausts together until i can fix them onto the engine.

[mike@af]

I never would have guessed you had these skills from other places I have seen you. Great job man!

[IImportSupra]

Nice job on the whole thing so far, Good to see you with constant updates. I WILL keep my eyes peeled on this project.

[drunken monkey]

other places?
i think i've only post my Gt3 and some pics of the other un-finished red cars.....

anyway.
i am really new at this.
i've only been buying and build these since about two months ago.
before that i used to paint the little warhammer 40k figures.
but um, well, i'm an architect (in training).
model making (not cars) is more or less my life!

maybe i'll post some of the other things i do somewhere here....

edit. might as well post them here

these were done maybe five-ten years ago.
anyway.
my fingers really are hurting.
got to give that scalpel a rest.

laters.

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

other places?
i think i've only post my Gt3 and some pics of the other un-finished red cars.....

Username looks very familiar to a guy on a 1/43 scale die cast forum. I could be mistaken.

[Sk8er6811]

Originally Posted by GTmike400

Username looks very familiar to a guy on a 1/43 scale die cast forum. I could be mistaken.

Yes i agree he might be the same person if he is hes much better with model hehe. nice frame so far. I really like theway it is looking. Good luck with the rest of it

[drunken monkey]

um, nope.
never touched a die-cast before in my life....
well apart from when i was a wee bairn.

there's another drunken monkey?

anyway.
woke up this morning and my fingers are really sore.
the tips are kinda numb and pressing on them actually hurts so only gentle work today.
guess that means i can finally get down to figuring out how to squeeze all of this into my little car!
that means more drawing.

or perhaps i should get back to my autocad and real work....

edit.
just found some left-over bits from an old 308 kit i have.
i've just cannabilised the cam covers and end part so now my engine looks much better.
should be all done and painted tonight.
pics later.