Short Track and NASCAR modeling

Quote from: Volzfan59 on December 16, 2024, 10:10:29 AMGreat job Mark. At this point, I'm kinda expecting this highly detailed piece to fire up and idle.

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Thanks, Steve. I thought by now I would have had all the parts primered and painted but I forgot about the brake calipers till I found out how to install the front tires to the suspension and saw the glaring omission. Hopefully nothing else will raise its glaring head.

Started on the second of 4 of theses calipers. Just need to try to make 4 that look basically the same.

Had to start completely over on the calipers and not try to make them too much like what was on the real car. Just need something on the brake disc that can pass as a caliper.

did 1 of the 4 calipers. needs major clean up and one more thing added to the side of it.

Finally finished the calipers. they are so small it's hard to make all 4 look exactly the same, but the front are so hard to see when installed it doesn't really matter. I will put the best two on the rear wheels. I have some good weather today so I'm hoping to prime the chassis and all the little pieces that need to be installed on it. Then I will paint each piece and install them. Only thing after that is repainting the body.

Painted everything that goes on the chassis and some parts on the chassis. I just need to install all of them and do a major touch up job once everything is in place. The only thing left to do is paint the body and add the windshield and back glass. the body won't be installed permanently on the chassis. I made it so I could remove it to display them side by side if I wanted to. I made it so they can snap together.

Got the engine completed. Not too happy with the air cleaner. the Revell chrome spray does not like to be touched at all. You don't really have to touch it much to cause it to dull out. the next time I use it I will coat it with future to see if that will protect it. Not too happy with my air cleaner element either. After painting it and weathering it with some soot it looks terrible. The engine looks much better without the air cleaner. Still need to do some touch ups to the belts and pulleys and fan.

If you go back to page number 8 of the wip, entry number 114, you can see how much better the air cleaner looked right after it was shot with the Revell chrome spray. Like I said, maybe some future will protect it from dulling out from handling it. I guess I should have used plastic gloves but it's not really easy to work with them on if you've ever tried that.

Quote from: MarkJ on January 09, 2025, 08:16:45 AMI guess I should have used plastic gloves but it's not really easy to work with them on if you've ever tried that.

Mark, I use the nitrile gloves from Harbor Freight.  They are not too restrictive or cumbersome and are reasonably priced. They also work pretty well when messing with paint strippers.  One caveat, they will get glued to pieces if you get careless with the glue. This piece of art you are building is really looking good.

The work is looking pretty nice. Perhaps a gold Moroso type cleaner if you like to have some contrast. Maybe an orange or black element? The chassis, cage and all your add on parts are looking good as well.

Thanks Rick and Donato. I'm thinking if I can get a warm day next week I might sneak outside and repaint the air cleaner with Revell chrome and really try hard this time not to touch it with bare fingers. The future did not affect it at all so as soon as I can, I will future it before I can mess it up in the future. The gold would be nice but I'm really trying hard to duplicate the real car in my paint choices.

All that fab work really paid off!! Everything looks amazing!!

Thank you, Razorback. I really appreciate your take on the build.

got some parts installed and painted.

There is a light in the tunnel and I don't think it's a train. Making great progress. Keep those updates coming.