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Post by ira on Dec 2, 2011 1:55:27 GMT -6
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Post by ira on Dec 2, 2011 9:31:16 GMT -6
Got some Primer on Willys Deal!!!  |
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Post by ira on Dec 2, 2011 9:43:01 GMT -6
WOW! The Willys is progressing very well, awesome! The wheels & tires look cool. Some great imagination, Iran & very fine saw work. Thanks for sharing the "in surgery" pics. Thanks for the kind words Surfjunkie! Glad you like it so far... |
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Post by ira on Dec 2, 2011 10:13:58 GMT -6
Wowsers Ira! That body looks great! If I may, try a mock up with some skinnies and a straight axle, Willys always look cool with a straight axle! Thanks Michael! Looking forward to seeing your mock-up! |
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Post by ira on Dec 3, 2011 15:13:20 GMT -6
I found some Great parts for Willys Deal!  The carbs with stacks are from the AMT 25 "T". I found a new set to replace the carbs from the parts box... they were a little rough. Frenched Headlights from Mark G at the Model Museum. Frenched Bullit Tail Lights from Mark G at the Model Museum. This should be fun! |
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Post by ira on Dec 3, 2011 15:27:55 GMT -6
These are real nice parts... Installing the Frenched Headlights went very smooth. I removed the peaks from the front end and fenders to blend the Headlight Housings into the fenders.  I also cut out a space in the hood for the Six Pack Carbs... |
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Post by ira on Dec 3, 2011 15:37:20 GMT -6
I used a circle template and marked two circles for the new tail lights. Then I opened them up with an X-acto Knife and rounded them out with a file.  I set the housings up horizontal with the bottom of the body rather than following the body contour, so the lights will also set horizontally instead of pointing upward. |
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Post by robriley on Dec 3, 2011 16:32:47 GMT -6
very cool so far Ira, but i think a blower would look better than the carbs personally.
I also think it would look cool with a wild straight axle and skinnier front tires for a deals gasser willys.
Just my opinion.
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Post by ira on Dec 3, 2011 17:30:09 GMT -6
very cool so far Ira, but i think a blower would look better than the carbs personally. I also think it would look cool with a wild straight axle and skinnier front tires for a deals gasser willys. Just my opinion. Thanks for your kind comments Rob! I agree if if I were making a Gasser I would use a supercharger, skinny front wheels and a straight axle too...maybe next time! What kind of models are you working on these days? |
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Post by Mysterion on Dec 4, 2011 17:15:05 GMT -6
Another cool "never was".
I think we need a version of "Will it blend?", we can call it "Can Ira DW it?", the object will be to give you a subject too hard to make a DW out of.
Come to think of it,,,,,,,,,,,,I doubt there's anything you can't DW.
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Post by Mysterion on Dec 4, 2011 17:19:12 GMT -6
Sonny Munn called, he want's his wheels and motor back!
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Post by ira on Dec 4, 2011 20:57:03 GMT -6
I glued a piece of sheet plastic inside the hood, just big enough, to cover the cut-out.  Here is a test fit with the rat rod carbs....Great Fit!!!  I'm a happy guy! |
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Post by robriley on Dec 4, 2011 22:58:20 GMT -6
very cool so far Ira, but i think a blower would look better than the carbs personally. I also think it would look cool with a wild straight axle and skinnier front tires for a deals gasser willys. Just my opinion. Thanks for your kind comments Rob! I agree if if I were making a Gasser I would use a supercharger, skinny front wheels and a straight axle too...maybe next time! What kind of models are you working on these days? I haven't built a model since probably October of 2010. I did start on a munsters koach for the cobweb classic, but i only got it about 10% finished. I have no interest or motivation to build a model. |
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Post by ira on Dec 5, 2011 9:50:52 GMT -6
Another cool "never was". I think we need a version of "Will it blend?", we can call it "Can Ira DW it?", the object will be to give you a subject too hard to make a DW out of. Come to think of it,,,,,,,,,,,,I doubt there's anything you can't DW. Thanks, Glad you like it! I have a few cars & truck models that would be very difficult to convert. Thats why I picked the Willys... I thought it would be easy! |
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Post by ira on Dec 5, 2011 9:53:01 GMT -6
Thanks for your kind comments Rob! I agree if if I were making a Gasser I would use a supercharger, skinny front wheels and a straight axle too...maybe next time! What kind of models are you working on these days? I haven't built a model since probably October of 2010. I did start on a munsters koach for the cobweb classic, but i only got it about 10% finished. I have no interest or motivation to build a model. When you feel like models again you might try a Cartoon Car... they are lots of fun to build! |
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Post by ira on Dec 5, 2011 9:58:21 GMT -6
Willys Deal will have 4 Big Exhaust Pipes coming out the rear!  I use headers fron the Groovy Grader kit for the pipes.  I cut out a slot for the pipes with an X-acto Knife, files & sandpaper.  Here is a quick Mock-up! |
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Post by ira on Dec 5, 2011 15:06:31 GMT -6
I made an interior is in 3 pieces.  I cut the Interior Base Piece from sheet plastic and trimmed it to fit. The Wilys Dashboard was narrowed 1/2" to fit. The rear package tray was cut down to fit the new Base Piece.  The Base Piece fits along the line below the rear widows and fills most of the hood area. I fit a piece of plastic across the inside of the hood to support the Base Piece. |
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Post by ira on Dec 5, 2011 16:47:34 GMT -6
I made a Chassis Plate from sheet plastic. I sandwiched 2 pieces together to make it strong.  I cut and bent a piece of plastic for the rear Chassis Plate support. Then I glued it in.  I also fit a strip of plastic below the grill opening to support the Chassis Plate in the front.  This plate will give me a place to mount the axles and exhaust pipes... |
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Post by Paul B. Canney on Dec 5, 2011 18:19:37 GMT -6
Here is a test fit with the rat rod carbs....Great Fit!!! I'm a happy guy! |
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Post by ira on Dec 6, 2011 10:01:53 GMT -6
I used plastic tubing for the axle mounts on the Chassis plate. I checked clearence for the tires and found that the front axle position was located in the center of the chassis side and the rear was higher than the Chassis Plate. So I ground out a groove for the front tube and built up 2 pieces of plastic for the rear tube.  I needed to add something for a little detail...I used 16th scale parts here to add to the Deals Wheels Illusion! I found a 1/16" scale oil pan, driveshaft and rear end from the MPC Cobra. I cut grooves in the oil pan and rear end so that they could slip over the axle tubes. The driveshaft was shortened about 1/4".  |
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Post by Wardster on Dec 6, 2011 12:49:13 GMT -6
When you feel like models again you might try a Cartoon Car... they are lots of fun to build! I'd second that! (And then some!) Toon models can be a blast! Here's a few "get motivated" thoughts ... for what they're worth. One suggestion would be to treat your next build-up as a craft project, rather than a "model". I'm finding that seems more like fun, to me. I enjoy the moments, more. The mindset change pushes things along, quite nicely -- makes progress, a LOT faster -- and causes me less worry and headache, as I work on a model. Think of it as a change of pace: literally, altering the speed that you work on something. Give yourself 20% of the time you'd normally spend on something ... and I bet you get enough done to make a nice little finished project; while enjoying the process a lot more. For me personally, I'm finding that works wonders. Or there's the "make something for a friend" idea. Or making something for a kid. I'm finding they have standards way different than "serious modelers" end up having, after years of modeling. Another point of view: I'm finding out that the some of the people that paint those teeny, tiny, little figures (25 mm tall being one common standard size: so, about an inch tall) have several painting standards they work to. One is a "table top" standard: which is similar to what I meant when I said "craft project". It's good enough, when seen at a distance; but isn't a person's best work, by any means. More than enough to "pass the class" but not enough to "get an A grade". The next step up is sort of that same standard, but with a few nice touches added, beyond the imaginary cut-off point. Sort of like earning yourself a "B grade". The next step upwards, on that scale, would be doing the best a person can personally do... but a lot of us tend to forget that the transmission has other gears. We may tend to burn ourselves out, by focusing on high gear as if no other "speeds" worked. To put this more firmly into a car mindset: I had a cousin once that was into casual street racing, in California, using an Olds 455 engine as his motivation of choice. Ridiculous amounts of torque! After a year spent with no license, someone was trying to get my cousin Brent to race some high-winding small block Vega. My cousin kept turning the guy down, but he didn't want to hear it. He wanted to race. My cousin opened the hood; let the guy see what was under there; casually pulled off the front four plug wires, and let them just dangle ... opened the door, got half in (he still had his left leg hanging out the door; and he kept the door open); fired the engine up (seemed to run just fine, that way -- at least, "considering") ... rocked the three-on-the-tree shifter a particular way, to break the tires loose at a low rpm ... and just sat there, holding a normal conversation with this guy, with the back end of his family-looking car disappearing in a "just sitting there, casually" version of a Funny Car burnout. Hood wide open. Door open. One leg hanging outside the car. No huge RPMs going on. But the trunk wasn't visible; and the mid-section of the car was becoming engulfed in a thick, white tire smoke fog bank. It was the most normal scene a person could see -- two guys, talking near a car -- except that to a passerby not familiar with hot rods or drag racing, the back end of the car would look like it was on fire. The other guy kept trying to play off the rest of the conversation, as if it was perfectly normal to see half an engine doing that ... but he couldn't help staring at all those dangling plug wires; then gawking in disbelief at the foot-wide N-50 tires slowly churning and churning, as if they'd happily do that all day long. In the end the guy mumbled some more things, and went away. Despite all of his talk, earlier, we never saw him again. "Like that". I'm betting that a lot of guys (and gals) here know so much about the proper way to build models, that "even on four plugs," those guys could do something totally impressive to people who aren't totally immersed in this hobby. (And maybe even a lot who are!) |
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Post by ira on Dec 7, 2011 0:12:05 GMT -6
Here is a test fit with the rat rod carbs....Great Fit!!! I'm a happy guy! Thanks Paul! |
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Post by baddgass on Dec 7, 2011 8:59:27 GMT -6
lots of work in this one. nice
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Post by ira on Dec 7, 2011 15:23:45 GMT -6
lots of work in this one. nice Thanks! |
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Post by ira on Dec 8, 2011 10:44:21 GMT -6
Here is the Chassis Plate with some painting done on it.  |
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Post by ira on Dec 8, 2011 10:49:28 GMT -6
Here is how the interior plate fits into the body.  |
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Post by ira on Dec 10, 2011 17:32:24 GMT -6
I kept looking back at the fenders...and I finally noticed that the front and rear fenders were too close together! I decided to shorten the front fenders about 3/8", I marked the area to be cut off...  Then used a razor saw and an X-acto knife to cut the marked fender area out.  I filled the open space with scrap plastic and glued it together with Zap-A-Gap.  Here is the same area after a little bit of sanding... |
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dogfish7
Showrod Builder
So many models.... so little time
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Post by dogfish7 on Dec 11, 2011 9:25:10 GMT -6
This is totally amazing. Never knew how much work went into these!  |
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Post by ira on Dec 11, 2011 13:47:24 GMT -6
This is totally amazing. Never knew how much work went into these! Thats the Great part of modeling...you decide how much work you want to put in a model. A couple hours or a couple years, its up to you! |
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Post by baddgass on Dec 16, 2011 4:50:30 GMT -6
This is totally amazing. Never knew how much work went into these! 2X  |
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