SPA Modeler

The Spindle is looking much better - good fix, And the Disc is looking great!

we should have a "block parth"! Tomorrow, my house, 6pm. Bring steaks.

Some fine brake work there.

Thank you portman. I've done yet some more work on those rotors and calipers. Will post pics tomorrow morning hopefully.

Lyle: Um I think we're gonna miss that block party bud. Next week possibly?? lol . Double or nuthin'!

Dang! Truck is looking ready to roll. Another award winner coming.

Hopefully I get it done before the show in Austin coming up in October.

Well folks it looks like this is starting to look doable.

The basic set up here with the master cylinder/ brake booster set up:





I primed the front brake rotors (washers) with black gloss yesterday and shot 'em with a coat of Alclad today. You'll notice that I flattened one side of the washers. This allows my calipers to sit perfectly on the rotors instead of looking like they are resting on the outside edge of them. I also cut some brass rod to .180" length to mount the rotors onto. The short length allowed for the "step down" to mount up the wheels later. Today I'll be drilling out the brake calipers for brake lines and painting the calipers red. I removed the chrome from both of the calipers yesterday with Easy Off oven cleaner in order to prep for all of the painting.

Nice and tidy scratch work under there, Joe. Can't wait to see what you do with the interior.

Thanks Nathan!

Well I've got the brake pedal and throttle return springs figured out now. Got these from inside a wristwatch band retaining pin:



Today I had to work on something that would yield tangible results...............so I switched over to the rear tires. I painted the white lettering, lightly sanded the letter tops after the paint dried to level the paint out a bit, applied a coat of dull coat onto the tires and dry brushed some ground up black pastel across the sidewalls to give 'em that added "used" look.

Looking at the quality of the work going on (those tyres came up really nicely) I foresee another award in future...

Thanks for the vote of confidence portman! I'm just looking forward to an opportunity to go back to another show!

Ok I managed to get the brake rotors installed and the brake calipers mounted up on that. I guess I could have made mounts for them but where does one stop? LOL. I did drill holes for brake lines to be installed and will be working on that coming up. I also applied some alclad to the inner rim edges and painted the backs of the wheels.

Here's the front suspension / brake setup so far:


And another mock up just to make sure I'm still tracking straight here. Never enough test fitting I'll tell you that............