WIP: 2003 Pirates of the Carribean Pontiac LONG 1st Post!!

[p9o1r1sche]

Awesome detail, Dave. I'm looking forward to seeing this in Atl.
BTW, do you own this Pro Tech company? Or just keeping them in business?

[SkylineFan]

Originally Posted by p9o1r1sche

Awesome detail, Dave. I'm looking forward to seeing this in Atl.
BTW, do you own this Pro Tech company? Or just keeping them in business?

I love the product Ken....

Thanks for all the words of encouragment guys...

I am nearing the end on this build finally!!!

Interior is complete. I thought I would take some pics of it since alot will be hidden by the body....

As you can see all hoses and electrical camera and radio lines have been installed. I also added a camera data and Radio boxes on the pass b pillar bar. The black thread tied to the hose ends are so I can fish them through the openings on the windows when I put the body in place permanantly.




Oil breather tank was added out back scratchbuilt from solid plastic rod and Pro Tech Breathers.... This line as you can see connects at the top of the oil tank behind the driver. The crush panels were made from thin metal from K&S metals. The rivets were created using a pounce wheel used to make designs for sewing templates.



Steering wheel was used from the kit and detailed out. I added a radio call button as well.



Exhaust is also complete. This exhaust was scratch built using Plumbers solder from home depot and scratch built Fan style exhaust dumps from .010 sheet styrene and blended to the pipes. The weathering technique was achieved using alclad pale burnt metal, Jet exhaust, and Clear orange. This is the exhaust you will find commonly on a Superspeedway Cup car. Tuned for Daytona or Talladega. More commonly referred to as Dr Gas Exhaust.



Rear suspension is complete at this time inclusing a brass rod and RB motion heim joints for the rear panard bar. The driveshaft is aluminum tubing with the kit u joints added. You can also see lower crush panels made from embossing metal.



And for some final pics on this update here is the car with the body installed for good on a stand I made from square tubing. It will be painted black and used to display the car.






Thanks for looking, this will be the final update prior to completion in a few days..

DaveT

[Shunter]

Great work Dave. I have followed this one from the beginning and have really enjoyed your work, great job mate.
Shayne

[MidMazar]

Everytime i look at it, it blows my mind.

[mrawl]

Congratulations, this is magnificent work. If I may dare to make a comment, I think the brass crimp rings are the only things that detract from the perfection of this model (imho), but that's being super picky, and really I'm just blown away by your work.

[924_CarreraGTS]

Utterly unbelievably stunning. I think this is the absolute best model I have ever seen in 1/24. It is SUPERBLY clean, something I struggle to achieve at even 50% this quality. Beautiful work; it's a shame the body has to go on permanently but your equally gorgeous photos show all the details. Kudos!

Alex

[flight1]

cooooolll! it seems real!

[white97ex]

Great work as always Dave. Can you share with us how you make the hoses?

[dlphnfn]

Eh, it's OK, I guess... If you're in to that sort of uber detailing, super clean building, flawless execution, AND top notch photo skills.
I am!
Erick --

[kanedge]

Awesome!

[SkylineFan]

Originally Posted by mrawl

Congratulations, this is magnificent work. If I may dare to make a comment, I think the brass crimp rings are the only things that detract from the perfection of this model (imho), but that's being super picky, and really I'm just blown away by your work.

The look of the crimp collars is accurate, they represent the modern lines on todays cup cars.....



Thanks for all the kind words guys!!

DaveT

[mrawl]

Originally Posted by SkylineFan

The look of the crimp collars is accurate, they represent the modern lines on todays cup cars.....
DaveT

Sweet! Full marks for improvisation! To explain my comment, they struck me to be sort of sitting there, the walls a bit thick, and with a slightly unreal looking gloss. I guess it's not practical or worth it, but if you could actually crimp them down to achieve some tightness and a similar surface detail they might look really amazing. Special tool? Lol, I'll shut up now, but I might make a trip to Michaels and try an experiment Again, congratulations on this mind-blowing build.

[SkylineFan]

Originally Posted by mrawl

Sweet! Full marks for improvisation! To explain my comment, they struck me to be sort of sitting there, the walls a bit thick, and with a slightly unreal looking gloss. I guess it's not practical or worth it, but if you could actually crimp them down to achieve some tightness and a similar surface detail they might look really amazing. Special tool? Lol, I'll shut up now, but I might make a trip to Michaels and try an experiment Again, congratulations on this mind-blowing build.

Yeah, go ahead and knock yourself out.... Please post it by all means....

Love to see your detail work as well....

DaveT

[RunFlat]

Dave I'd say that mrawl's comment about the "crimp" on the fittings is a compliment because you'd have to look pretty close to see something like that......and that's what this open forum is all about.

By the way where did you find that last picture of the engine?

[SkylineFan]

Originally Posted by RunFlat

Dave I'd say that mrawl's comment about the "crimp" on the fittings is a compliment because you'd have to look pretty close to see something like that......and that's what this open forum is all about.

By the way where did you find that last picture of the engine?

Looks to me like that is the way I took it??

But I want to see how these collars can be crimped without being scratched or mangled..... I think I will stick to the way I do them... I dont see anyone else doing them this way with exception to Clay Kemp who got me into doing them this way......

The photo came from this album...

http://public.fotki.com/JeremyR/refe...carolina-trip/



DaveT