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ScaleDale builds a ScottShock.

I was stuck on a rear shock treatment for my build until I went through Scott's Big Rig Rat build thread and saw his screw and wire treatment. I messed with the idea and ditched the screw and lowered the wire gauge to keep the scale correct for my thing. I got a micro pin vise kit in the mail today and had the last part of the puzzle, so here we go...
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All the materials and tools I used. The drill bit isn't the smallest one in the kit by a long shot. The styrene rod is 1/16 in. or something like that.
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I filed one end of the rod down to make an end cap thing and drilled a hole to take the little nib on the shock mount on the axel brace. The rings were trimmed off of a styrene tube by spinning it in a drill bit and pressing a hobby knife against it. Only lost one in the process. They were a bit too tight after painting the rod, so I used a poor man's heat gun (wives hair dryer) to open them up a bit.
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I drilled through the rod to anchor the wire for the first turn. The drill is so small that it looks huge in this photo. worked like a charm.
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The finished shock. I was going to Super Glue it, but I think it will hold fine as is. Not as evenly spaced as Scotts being done free-hand, but it's in better scale for my application and I can squish it up if I need the spring to be more compact. I'm not concerned with the overall length at this time, I'll trim it down when I have the frame assembled and know where the rear axel will stand. I got aftermarket drag slicks in the mail today and they are seriously huge. Either I need new wheels or tires. The joys of building outside of the box...
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With FrankenFrame.
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With my back axel. I tried to balance it in place but it kept falling off the brace. My nerves are a little shot from building at this level of detail. I'll do the other one tomorrow.

In case you're wondering, I took these photos with one of those lenses that they use to photograph bug eyes with. It's called a macro.

Dale

<blockquote data-quote="scaledale" data-source="post: 138189" data-attributes="member: 12609">ScaleDale builds a ScottShock.I was stuck on a rear shock treatment for my build until I went through Scott&#039;s Big Rig Rat build thread and saw his screw and wire treatment. I messed with the idea and ditched the screw and lowered the wire gauge to keep the scale correct for my thing. I got a micro pin vise kit in the mail today and had the last part of the puzzle, so here we go...[ATTACH=full]43000[/ATTACH]All the materials and tools I used. The drill bit isn&#039;t the smallest one in the kit by a long shot. The styrene rod is 1/16 in. or something like that.[ATTACH=full]43001[/ATTACH]I filed one end of the rod down to make an end cap thing and drilled a hole to take the little nib on the shock mount on the axel brace. The rings were trimmed off of a styrene tube by spinning it in a drill bit and pressing a hobby knife against it. Only lost one in the process. They were a bit too tight after painting the rod, so I used a poor man&#039;s heat gun (wives hair dryer) to open them up a bit.[ATTACH=full]43002[/ATTACH]I drilled through the rod to anchor the wire for the first turn. The drill is so small that it looks huge in this photo. worked like a charm.[ATTACH=full]43003[/ATTACH]The finished shock. I was going to Super Glue it, but I think it will hold fine as is. Not as evenly spaced as Scotts being done free-hand, but it&#039;s in better scale for my application and I can squish it up if I need the spring to be more compact. I&#039;m not concerned with the overall length at this time, I&#039;ll trim it down when I have the frame assembled and know where the rear axel will stand. I got aftermarket drag slicks in the mail today and they are seriously huge. Either I need new wheels or tires. The joys of building outside of the box...[ATTACH=full]43004[/ATTACH]With FrankenFrame.[ATTACH=full]43005[/ATTACH]With my back axel. I tried to balance it in place but it kept falling off the brace. My nerves are a little shot from building at this level of detail. I&#039;ll do the other one tomorrow. In case you&#039;re wondering, I took these photos with one of those lenses that they use to photograph bug eyes with. It&#039;s called a macro.Dale</blockquote>

[QUOTE="scaledale, post: 138189, member: 12609"] ScaleDale builds a ScottShock. I was stuck on a rear shock treatment for my build until I went through Scott's Big Rig Rat build thread and saw his screw and wire treatment. I messed with the idea and ditched the screw and lowered the wire gauge to keep the scale correct for my thing. I got a micro pin vise kit in the mail today and had the last part of the puzzle, so here we go... [ATTACH=full]43000[/ATTACH] All the materials and tools I used. The drill bit isn't the smallest one in the kit by a long shot. The styrene rod is 1/16 in. or something like that. [ATTACH=full]43001[/ATTACH] I filed one end of the rod down to make an end cap thing and drilled a hole to take the little nib on the shock mount on the axel brace. The rings were trimmed off of a styrene tube by spinning it in a drill bit and pressing a hobby knife against it. Only lost one in the process. They were a bit too tight after painting the rod, so I used a poor man's heat gun (wives hair dryer) to open them up a bit. [ATTACH=full]43002[/ATTACH] I drilled through the rod to anchor the wire for the first turn. The drill is so small that it looks huge in this photo. worked like a charm. [ATTACH=full]43003[/ATTACH] The finished shock. I was going to Super Glue it, but I think it will hold fine as is. Not as evenly spaced as Scotts being done free-hand, but it's in better scale for my application and I can squish it up if I need the spring to be more compact. I'm not concerned with the overall length at this time, I'll trim it down when I have the frame assembled and know where the rear axel will stand. I got aftermarket drag slicks in the mail today and they are seriously huge. Either I need new wheels or tires. The joys of building outside of the box... [ATTACH=full]43004[/ATTACH] With FrankenFrame. [ATTACH=full]43005[/ATTACH] With my back axel. I tried to balance it in place but it kept falling off the brace. My nerves are a little shot from building at this level of detail. I'll do the other one tomorrow. In case you're wondering, I took these photos with one of those lenses that they use to photograph bug eyes with. It's called a macro. Dale [/QUOTE]

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