brityank Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) It's been a while so I thought I would drop this on the forum. Needless to say. it's a Cox Chaparral 2D that I'm working on among many other projects which I'll put up when done real soon. The first thing I wanted to do with this car was to lower the car to a better stance. In order to that you have to cut the interior down (check photos) along with the posts. The good news about dropping the interior is that the wires from the motor fit better under the interior. I'm not using the original headlights so I have filled in the holes. I'll use a more realistic set of lights. I also fitted the black wrap for the windows. These will be fitted with rivets later. The body is not done yet but half way there. More details will be added. The chassis will be sand blasted along with the wheels. This car should look pretty good when it's done. Edited October 12, 2011 by brityank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawkk Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 smooth body, love the detail! you sure have the skills Quote Love, Kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munter Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Nice to see it in the undercoat...great photography too. I'm sure we will see more...I want to see more. Quote John Warren Slotcars are my preferred reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brityank Posted October 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Thanks lads Update... Building the rear spoiler. All I did here was use a piece of styrene and cut it down to size. Sanded the edges down cut 4 slits even across. I found some old round small etched hood hinges with holes in the middle and placed rivets in the middle of them. I then lined them up and glued them into place and then cleaned up the back of the spoiler. I've added scratched built door handles which I'll remove and add to the finished body later. You can see I've already started to clean up the body some more and I will do more clean up later before painting. Please keep in mind that this is not meant to be accurate and there will be some exaggeration More detailing to come Onward... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Great job as always Brity Have you seen the link in the Men, Machines and Myths thread http://www.auslot.co...9993-chaparral/ Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inveterate retiree Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) The photo of the chassis took me back to when I was in primary school... Thanks. [edit:] The magnesium Cox chassis that I had back then was just the ducks guts to me, I would so love to still have it. Edited October 15, 2011 by inveterate retiree Quote I used to be surprised that I was still surprised by my own stupidity, finding it strangely refreshing. Well I don't now. I'm over it! Photos of my track in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawkk Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Should this be finished yet? Would love to see it finished! Quote Love, Kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brityank Posted December 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Got the dash in and final touches. The interior is done now. Onward... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brityank Posted December 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 well the end is here - it took a long time to pull this off but I think it was worth it in the end.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Another excellent job ....... keep em comin Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimmal Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 That's brilliant. One question, is it too good to use? The belt buckles and the googles are just mental, amazing. Quote My mum says I'm an excellent driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawkk Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Fantastic!! Love your work Quote Love, Kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigmaman Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Thats wicked! Quote www.sigmamansmodels.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 definately know how to brush, the drivers face alone is just captivating. The rest is awsome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inveterate retiree Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 That's truly a work of art brityank! If that were mine I wouldn't dare race it, I couldn't bare to put a scratch on it. The quality of your photo's is also superb. Quote I used to be surprised that I was still surprised by my own stupidity, finding it strangely refreshing. Well I don't now. I'm over it! Photos of my track in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormentor Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 wow, to me a single lap around my favourite track (slowly and without anyone else withing 10 metres of a controller) just to show it works and straight into the display case... unfortunately I'm new to this forum and all of your older projects are no longer visible so I can only guess what the quality of those is like, any chance of getting those images back on line (not linked but as a catalogue)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ford Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Stunning , simply stunning . Anyone who has ever done figure modelling will know getting the eyes right and not having them look like fried eggs is almost impossible . Quote The older I get the faster I was . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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