ULTIMATE SCRATCHBUILD: 1:12 Hot Rod-Updated 03/12/06

[Mr.1/16th]

Hello Mike! my name is Santiago and i'm from San Diego, I am a fan of your work and i am always looking for more pics every five minutes of the hot rod! got to hand it to you mike, you are a true craftsman!!!! i am also a large scale builder (1/16th-1/6th) and i can trully respect the quality of work you have been posting here in this forum!! i had to join so i can keep in touch with you and your work!! i found this link in a forum at the Mad-Model were i am a member of and the only large scale builder so-far!! but i'm always looking for other large-scale builders on the web!! i'm currently working on my own website "SoCal-Innovations" A New Era of Model Car Building. i will post some pics of my work in a few but i will be here waiting for more work on your project's!!

Originally Posted by GTmike400

Not a whole lot. Just squared everything up and made sure everything was level and true. Then started building crossmembers which are reinforced with 1/16" brass rod. I also took some new pics of the motor.















I would really love to hear everyone's comments and suggestions. I got kind of bummed out on this thing today. Dont know why, but I could use the motivation anyway.

[GvEman]

looks sweet man!! nice to see you working on it agian!!

[juki86]

Very good job so far. The engine looks very nice!

[daniel-carman]

wow its graet!!!

[willimo]

Holy crap, dude. Your motor looks great! Your frame looks great! Send metal to... wherever metal goes. Your plastic work is far better than you claimed you could do.

[mike@af]

Heres an quick update. I finished the engine block pretty much today. I built the oil pan. Now I have started the engine mounts, and the design for the mounting arms. The design is the biggest part of the whole project, I still need to double check everything before building the arms.







These are the engine mounts that are attached to the frame. The tube in the middle is part of the arm that goes onto the engine. The entire assembly is bolted together with the brass bolts pictured below.





Here is the beginning design of the engine mount arms.



Please enjoy! I'll have engine pictures tomorrow since my camera died earlier.

[white97ex]

Wow

[mike@af]

I appreciate everyone's comments so far. They really inspire me to work on this thing as hard as I can. Here are some pictures of the "finished" block. I left out some details from the real motor because it cluttered it up. This is a show like street rod, and I would have done the same thing if this were full scale.
It still needs some more sanding, I've only hit it with 220 right now. Once I figure out how I want to build my Gilmer belt drive I will build the timing gears, chain, and cover on the fave of the block. I need to order some small bolts to bolt everything together. Any where you see a deep hole has to be tapped and threaded for a 00-90 bolt. For now, here are the pictures and I hope you enjoy.









Yes, that is a bullet holding the engine up. A 22caliber shell proved to be the correct size to hold up engine while taking pictures.

[Eric Cole]

looks awesome Mike. It'll really come to life once the bolts are added.

[white97ex]

amazing. i can't wait to see how you do the heads. are you going to have real ports and a working valve train?

[injecting]

Looks amazing the detail is just outstanding can't wait too see more of it. Why do you have live ammunation if you don't mind me asking??

[builder]

oh man nice engine man you should seriously consider starting resin casting of thise things becoulse id love to have you stuff in my models it would be a honer. come to a show with a big plack saying custom engine from ultimate mike

[g00eY]

looking good! can't wait to see more.

[Amazon]

Of course those timing-gears will have alignment marks? And the correct play ( divided by 12 of course..)between the 2 gears?
Otherwise i will be higly dissappointed

You go Mike !

[Whumbachumba]

Originally Posted by injecting

Looks amazing the detail is just outstanding can't wait too see more of it. Why do you have live ammunation if you don't mind me asking??

So he can shoot himself after he fucks up for 197297645159763 time.

JK

Looking great, looking forward to the heads and everything else as a matter of fact.