Its been busy around here with all the distractions (enjoyable ones with the grand kid s), but I am finally making some progress. While waiting for the epoxy to dry on the body I finished up the chassis.
I was also waiting on some 15x11 wheels from SCC to put inside the fat rear tires but in my opinion it was worth the wait.
And after a couple quick laps I noticed it will need some front end weight but I thought I had better wait until I get the body work done before adding weight. I just got through laying down the first coat of epoxy on the body so in a few hours I may be able to get the body ready for another coat. I'm trying my luck at the flares and hopefully it will turn out ok thanks to some excellent guidance here.
I didn't have any empty pill bottles laying around that were small enough but I did have two small Parma wheel tubes that were close. Doing the flares brought back some memories of when I was in the USAF. I used to crawl into the aircraft fuel tanks and patch up the leaks in the integral tanks with 8802 sealant. It was very similar to the epoxy which we would also use on the outside for a temporary patch. Anyway I would use an acid brush to apply the epoxy or sealant to get a smooth flow so I may try this on the second coat. Until later and thanks for reading my exploits in modeling.
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 3:00 pm
had to convert it to the STL file and close up the holes. It seems to be pretty close to scale from the measurements for 1/32.
