Blue Seven (Parts)

[Honoturtle]

Top notch stuff! How did I miss this one!

[badboy00z]

Dang...that's crazy. With your skills, you should build a fully functional 1/4 scale engine and transmission. Or even a whole car. Haha. Have you ever considered machining detail parts for 1/10 RC cars?? I'd really want a set of big cross drilled rotors and calipers for my rc. Don't have to be functional. It's be just for show.

[Scale-Master]

Thanks all. Now for the answers...

Drill presses are more akin to a mill than a lathe, but the head stock is not strong enough to withstand the sideways forces generated by a moving table like Mike said, so the answer would be no. But you can do some simple lathe like work with any drill motor. Although my equipment is rather small, I have made several parts for my real Camaro, some over 6 inches in diameter.
Get the machine equipment, you'll be glad you did. Like they say, the pain of payment goes away long before the joy of excitement wears off...

I chemically etched the lettering on the wire cover in brass. I'm not crazy enough to machine that (yet).

This won't be done in time for OrangeCon '05, probably won't be done for '06 either. Been working on it for well over a year, and I've posted all I've made for it. Still a ton of work ahead.
I'm loving this build as I did the red one, and that one took quite a while. When it's done, it's done. I'm building it just for me to see what I can do...
Like Mike noted, I am going for every piece as if it is a model by it's self.

I have built real cars too, but my brother is building a running small block Chevy copy in 1/4 or 1/5 scale. I'm sure I'll finish this one before he fires his puppy up. But when he does get it done, you can bet I'll be braggin' about him and the motor! Insert "I'm not that crazy" here...

And ImolaEK, a special thanks for that comment, that is so much what I want to do, inspire others to build more. - Mark

[Vric]

Originally Posted by Scale-Master

I chemically etched the lettering on the wire cover in brass. I'm not crazy enough to machine that (yet).

Ok... and how do you do that ? IT sound crazy enough for me

[WasteGas]

:22yikes:

yer skillz are to hard to comprehend.

[Scale-Master]

What's normally one, (or two parts, if you count the fitting that comes in the kit), is now made up of a couple dozen parts, mostly aluminum.
I also textured it to simulate a cast finish... - Mark

[g00eY]

very nice.

[mike@af]

Extremely well done. I hope one day I can do something of that caliber. Top notch, you are definately raising the bar sky high.

[rsxse240]

holy crap.......


holy....crap........


that's just beautiful, all of it!! I applaud you, and your dedication to your love of this car and hobby.

should you enter this into the tamiya contest...you'd better be going to Japan, this is a masterpiece!!

[Scale-Master]

should you enter this into the tamiya contest...you'd better be going to Japan, this is a masterpiece!!

I have already won the TamiyaCon, and went to Japan twice.
But I have heard rumors they are planning on having a past winners contest next year.
So I can enter something in a separate Past Winners Only category.

Has nothing to do with the regular contest.

No one will win another trip from what I heard, and it has to be something we made since winning.
I doubt this model will be done in time for it next year though.
But I will bring the parts I have made to show in person... - Mark

[mike@af]

Mark...come over to the east coast. I'd love to see this stuff in person. NNL South is November 12 and its a very large show.

[Scale-Master]

Thanks for the invite Mike, but I'm kinda "Showed Out" right now.
I'd really rather just build right now.
I still have a bunch of work ahead of me to put on my contest at the end of September too.
Hey, why don't you come out and visit my show?
I'll be glad to show you my collection, and no, I don't enter in my contest if that matters... - Mark

[Horrse]

holy crap you really are a scale-master... wish I could run a lathe I bet making your own parts saves you quite a bit of money, plus they look better

[alphalanos]

In the voice of Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force ..."you have got to be frikin' kidding me.

Awesome. I cant wait to set up a little shop of my own. I have a good list of parts that I'd like to try to make for my real car...

[sportracer02]

Hi,

great stuff, looks like the real thing