SPA Modeler

Thanks Lyle! I do like mostly late 60's and early 70's sports cars but also like these vintage rides. I don't do the car show thing much anymore but if there's one near I'll most likely go check it out.

Stik: Funny about the music. I was listening to Space Truckin' this morning while building. Thanks for the reminder.

Jim: Thanks buddy!

I'll be moving off to engine detail now folks. Will try to limit pics to major progress.......

Even more awesome than the last time I said awesome...

I finally got back from the Nationals and got caught up here. What amazing, detailed and realistic work you're doing. I bow in the presence of greatness!

Thanks Stuart and Mark. I've gotta say that the last couple of days have been trying on my patience and my eyes. I painted the carburetors a mix of chrome silver and gold and then toned them down with a light wash of Tamiya Smoke which brought out the detail a little better as well. After that I fabricated the fuel lines out of pins and solder. At first I had installed the fuel lines facing the wrong way so I had to start over and install the fuel lines with the inlets facing the passengers side instead of the drivers side where all my throttle linkage is supposed to be. Lastly I started to work on the throttle linkage. Jeez what a night mare! I paid for that one with a small headache from working under visor for too long without a break. I cut out all the PE for it and set it all aside last night and started to work on it pretty heavy this morning.
Anyways here's where I'm at so far just for a little progress report............



I inserted the stretched sprue for the common linkage pivot rod so I've still got some work to do here like install the arms off of the rod and the linkage from the arms to each carburetor but you get the picture....

This entire thread/post is so enjoyable to follow!

The quality of the pictures and especially the sequence is so smooth and logical

Take your time building the Ford, this is a joy to watch and should not end too early! :-)

- Kari

Well may have cuased you a headache but great work! It's really interesting followng someone adding all this detail when they really know their subject - great stuff!

Spectacular! Did you add a drop of fuel and fire it up to see if it works yet? LOL!

Looking forward to seeing more...

Holy Crap! Nice!

Damn that looks good! Is it wired in the proper sequence?