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So this is where I am with this as of now. I got a bunch of aftermarket stuff including an 815 cubic inch Mounain Motor for my kit build. It's resin and 31 pieces. I had a pic but managed to lose it.

I found a better shifter to work from and rebuilt my quarter stick with a reverse lock-out lever on it. I really need to stop wasting my time obsessing on these things. Sometimes I just do things for the sake of proving I can do them..
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These are wheels and tires from Competition resins. I'm very pleased with the quality of the stuff from them. Having these rear tires and wheels gave me the opportunity to fit the rear end for the first time and it didn't fit the frame so I had to preform surgery on it again.
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The frame used to be bow legged and now it's knock kneed. I used some thick CA to strengthen the four cuts I had to make, but I decided to scratch build some companion braces to shore it up back there. They are primed and in my drier now. I'll hand paint them and finish them off with the airbrush. I blended plenty of paint when I first did the frame. I call the color Black Lagoon green.
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My big accomplishment was getting my front end finished. I got everything trimmed and glued with modeling cement and the axel promptly fell off, so I went with a drop of CA on each of the joints for the steering cross members. With all the tie rods and things this is delicate and handling it scares me. I have a shoebox that I keep it in when I'm not working on it.

That's all for now.

Dale
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<blockquote data-quote="scaledale" data-source="post: 138924" data-attributes="member: 12609">So this is where I am with this as of now. I got a bunch of aftermarket stuff including an 815 cubic inch Mounain Motor for my kit build. It&#039;s resin and 31 pieces. I had a pic but managed to lose it.I found a better shifter to work from and rebuilt my quarter stick with a reverse lock-out lever on it. I really need to stop wasting my time obsessing on these things. Sometimes I just do things for the sake of proving I can do them..[ATTACH=full]43296[/ATTACH]These are wheels and tires from Competition resins. I&#039;m very pleased with the quality of the stuff from them. Having these rear tires and wheels gave me the opportunity to fit the rear end for the first time and it didn&#039;t fit the frame so I had to preform surgery on it again.[ATTACH=full]43297[/ATTACH]The frame used to be bow legged and now it&#039;s knock kneed. I used some thick CA to strengthen the four cuts I had to make, but I decided to scratch build some companion braces to shore it up back there. They are primed and in my drier now. I&#039;ll hand paint them and finish them off with the airbrush. I blended plenty of paint when I first did the frame. I call the color Black Lagoon green.[ATTACH=full]43298[/ATTACH]My big accomplishment was getting my front end finished. I got everything trimmed and glued with modeling cement and the axel promptly fell off, so I went with a drop of CA on each of the joints for the steering cross members. With all the tie rods and things this is delicate and handling it scares me. I have a shoebox that I keep it in when I&#039;m not working on it.That&#039;s all for now.Dale[ATTACH=full]43299[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="scaledale, post: 138924, member: 12609"] So this is where I am with this as of now. I got a bunch of aftermarket stuff including an 815 cubic inch Mounain Motor for my kit build. It's resin and 31 pieces. I had a pic but managed to lose it. I found a better shifter to work from and rebuilt my quarter stick with a reverse lock-out lever on it. I really need to stop wasting my time obsessing on these things. Sometimes I just do things for the sake of proving I can do them.. [ATTACH=full]43296[/ATTACH] These are wheels and tires from Competition resins. I'm very pleased with the quality of the stuff from them. Having these rear tires and wheels gave me the opportunity to fit the rear end for the first time and it didn't fit the frame so I had to preform surgery on it again. [ATTACH=full]43297[/ATTACH] The frame used to be bow legged and now it's knock kneed. I used some thick CA to strengthen the four cuts I had to make, but I decided to scratch build some companion braces to shore it up back there. They are primed and in my drier now. I'll hand paint them and finish them off with the airbrush. I blended plenty of paint when I first did the frame. I call the color Black Lagoon green. [ATTACH=full]43298[/ATTACH] My big accomplishment was getting my front end finished. I got everything trimmed and glued with modeling cement and the axel promptly fell off, so I went with a drop of CA on each of the joints for the steering cross members. With all the tie rods and things this is delicate and handling it scares me. I have a shoebox that I keep it in when I'm not working on it. That's all for now. Dale [ATTACH=full]43299[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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