1/16th front engine dragster

[eviltwin]

I have been after one of these kits for ages as they are not easily available here in the UK.

i will be using Scale Repros Plus wheels and engine parts along with a few turned ally parts. the plate in the pic is from an old RC truck, this is being used as a jig as i put the chassis together. i stripped the chrome off the bell housing and most of the axle, these will be painted in metal colours and weathered.







thanks for looking.

steve

[Harley]

Looks good so far. Will this be any particular car?

[eviltwin]

it makes a change for me to work in a larger scale, what puts me off is the lack of space, hopefully that will change soon.

tried to do some general research on this and other cars, and get some engine pics. although i'm not doing this as the california charger, i do want to keep a sense of realism, hence the weathering on the motor. i relocated the magneto to its proper location and installed the scale repros blower pulleys. i did some lathe work on the driveshaft housing, brake discs/hubs and butterfies for the scale repros bug scoop. i will try and do as much scratchbuilding as i can on this to save cash, although i have seen a set of safty harnesses for this kit. hmmm...........











thanks for looking.

steve

[eviltwin]

some more progress. i turned out a part to add to the belt guard/starter and detailed with etched bolts. i also used threaded bolts in various places which meant using a tap, this saves having to glue the bolts in. scratchbuilt the linkage for the scoop butterflies.












steve

[Harley]

Looking good so far!

[Lee Croden]

that is some sick detailing!!!!!!

[eviltwin]

;D ;D

got the ignition wires in. i did use the kit wires at first, but after looking at the results, i decided to change them for smaller diameter wire. also these sit better as the kit wire, erm... doesn't have any wire in them.





steve

[eviltwin]

more updates.............drilled out the holes for the wheel nuts and valves, and engine and rear axle in place.






steve

[eviltwin]

well its on its wheels, temporarily anyway. i originaly wanted to turn out a pair of hubs with the discs, but i found it alot easier just to do the disc and modify the hub. a threaded rod together with tin plated nuts (1mm) which were cut to size make up the studs and a pair of centre caps were turned. the gas was put inplace and enhanced with a turned cap. the front axle will be stripped of the chrome and redone in alclad.








steve

[eviltwin]

i now have the headers done. i was going to scratchbuild them but i found that with a bit of cleaning up, and a small bit of scratch and photoetched bolt heads, they came out pretty good. the heat bloom was airbrushed on together with the alclad and exhaust stain. i also drilled out and leveled the tips. i noticed that the real thing (on the box lid) has a line coming from the headers but i havent been able to locate where it goes.






thanks for looking.

steve

[Lee Croden]

mental!!!!!

[eviltwin]

started painting the body panels and worked a scheme for it. the colours will be white, red, dark pearl blue and a colour shifting blue. there will also be red and blue metalflake added, but only a little. the scheme will be reminiscent of a certain Bonneville race car.









steve

[Dave Neave]

That's some incredible detailing there, keep at it.

[Harley]

The line going into the headers was a simple engine breather mechanism - I've seen it plumbed into the crankcase or the heads. Folks soon discovered that having excess oil fumes dumped into still burning exhaust gases wasn't necessarily a good idea and moved to the current "puke tank" arrangement. Current race engines will have individual heat sensors wired to each exhaust pipe.

Hope that helps.

[eviltwin]

thanks Harley, that does help and gives me a couple of options on where to run the lines. i knew that later TF's have a more sophisticated setup regarding the breather lines but had trouble getting pics of the vintage setups. cheers.

steve