1/8 Scale Scratchbuilt 427 AC Cobra

[stump]

Man, this is shaping up just awesome Garey...
Such clean, smooth joins....will be a shame to throw paint on there...
Keep at it mate, you're on a winning strategy here..

cheers
Greg

[bmwmech1]

Originally Posted by stump

Man, this is shaping up just awesome Garey...
Such clean, smooth joins....will be a shame to throw paint on there...
Keep at it mate, you're on a winning strategy here..

cheers
Greg

Thanks Greg, yes, it's starting to look like something now! Believe me, it looks cleaner in the pictures than it does in real life... I'll be putting some primer and a little filler in there before I paint it, for sure! It should be pretty close to 100% accurate when I'm done... down to 1/64th of an inch, anyway. Thanks for watching...

Garey

[bmwmech1]

Weekend update... well, I almost hit my target for the weekend, which was to complete the chassis... I'm about 8 brackets and 8-10 tabs shy, but those I should be able to knock out tomorrow night. Whew!!! Some of the things I had to make and solder in the rear areas were a real treat! Check out the tension bar mounts... they're the ones at a funky angle, right in front of the "box" at the rear. Those were really fun... I may be cross-eyed now, Lol! It's looking pretty good, though, so I'm happy with the progress... enjoy!








And just to give everyone a sense of scale, the main tubes are 12" long, 2" apart and made from 1/2" diameter solid brass rod and the suspension tubes are 7/32" brass rod. The thing will be massively heavy when done, but it will settle down on the suspension quite nicely, which will make all the more realistic looking!
Thanks for watching!!!

Garey

[willimo]

Devastating! Model building at a whole new level! Thank you for sharing!

[tuned.by.twenty]

Originally Posted by willimo

Devastating! Model building at a whole new level! Thank you for sharing!

I think the rest of us have to start calling ourselves 'model assemblers', because this is model building.

[tony126c2]

Amazing Job Garey ! Have you seen these guys?

http://www.scalemotorcars.com/index....id=tdr_catalog

maybe they can be of some help

Ton

[Shovel]

Wooooooooow. Phantastic work your showing Garey. I followed your F40 build with lots of intrest , but man this is really another piece of work.
I can only sit in awe and drool all over my keyboard in view of all this fine work.
Think I will start searching for a new hobby, like knitting or so
Keep it up.

Mark

[white97ex]

Originally Posted by tony126c2

Amazing Job Garey ! Have you seen these guys?

http://www.scalemotorcars.com/index....id=tdr_catalog

maybe they can be of some help

Ton

That scale motorcars stuff is pretty slick. I just wish that they did 1/12th scale. I could so use some aftermarket parts for my camaro without scratch building everything.

[bmwmech1]

So I got all the brackets done except for the emergency brake bracket and 2 little tabs, similar to the ones on the front shock towers, that go in the rear, so I proclaim the chassis done! Whew!!! Now time for clean up and planning for the next stage in the build... I couldn't resist bending up a rollbar hoop and bolting it to the chassis, since I had gotten the one rollbar mounting bracket done. For all you Cobra buffs out there, the rollbar is sitting at the required 15 degrees rearward lean angle, just in case you were wondering, Lol! Enjoy...









Thanks for following,

Garey

[tony126c2]

Originally Posted by white97ex

That scale motorcars stuff is pretty slick. I just wish that they did 1/12th scale. I could so use some aftermarket parts for my camaro without scratch building everything.

Ask them They are nice guys who are still busy expanding their product range.

Ton

[bmwmech1]

Originally Posted by willimo

Devastating! Model building at a whole new level! Thank you for sharing!

Thanks man, if I can maintain this level of accuracy through the build, I'll be happy. Thanks for watching...

Garey

[bmwmech1]

Originally Posted by tuned.by.twenty

I think the rest of us have to start calling ourselves 'model assemblers', because this is model building.

Nah... we're all builders, the guys that build the kits for the manufacturers are assemblers, Lol! We all tinker with the stuff we build and have no boundaries to work within. Thanks for the kind words,

Garey

[bmwmech1]

Originally Posted by Shovel

Wooooooooow. Phantastic work your showing Garey. I followed your F40 build with lots of intrest , but man this is really another piece of work.
I can only sit in awe and drool all over my keyboard in view of all this fine work.
Think I will start searching for a new hobby, like knitting or so
Keep it up.

Mark

Thanks Mark, this one has been a project vision I've had for some years now, I just never could get it out of the planning stages. There's a lot more cool stuff coming on this one... just wait for the suspension and engine/tranny!

Garey

[tuned.by.twenty]

Beautiful work.

[bmwmech1]

It's been a while since I posted, had a touch of a cold this week. Worked alot today, though and got a good bit done. I was able to get all of the square tubing framework done in the rear, got the main hoop done and the floor supports and lower side tubes done also. Still a ways to go, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel for the frame, though. Sorry the solder joints are not dressed...Enjoy the pics!!!















Thanks for watching,

Garey