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[Mad Mark]

Makes sense to me  
BTW the wheel arches look O.K. to me, a little big. but kinda scale. Will you add a flare or leave them?

the rear luckily isn’t opened up too much I don’t think. I’m just going to leave them since I don’t want to try and paint the whole body.

[Mad Mark]

got some ortman repro rear tires from electric dreams and luckily they fit perfect! wasnt really sure what to use. and my tamiya putty finally came so globbed some on.


And also please excuse the poor picture quality. My phone is super messed up.

[Mad Mark]

still havent ruined it yet! fairly happy with with the area between the fenders. was able to retain body curvature and got the holes blended as good as possible. not trying to make it super perfect. if theirs one thing I learned from doing projects is sometimes you have to sacrifice making it perfect to just get it done in a decent amount of time.

[Martin]

Looking good

[Mad Mark]

got some primer on, started detailing interior, and cleaned up chassis real quick.

[Martin]

Looking great. Got a nice stance. Was not sure it would look good with the big rear wheels, but I like it.

[Mad Mark]

Does anyone know the size on the nuts and bolts for the chassis and body mounts on this car? they are smaller than 5-40 axle threads.

[Gary Bluestone]

3-48 for chassis, 4-40 body mounts.

[Mad Mark]

3-48 for chassis, 4-40 body mounts.

Thanks! that’s what I was guessing they would be.

[Gary Bluestone]

Sorry , I just checked some instructions,  the chassis hardware is 2-56

[Mad Mark]

Not much to report, been busy at work. got some threaded inserts that I need to modify to fit the back of the body and got some paint brush ferule exhausts ready to make a mount for. Also got some wheel inserts ground down. made the front first and messed them up. Not sure if Ill use them. Happy Thanksgiving!

[Martin]

Looking so much better than how you got it. Good save

 

Do you still plan to paint below the waterline, it looks good now.

[Mad Mark]

been on a roll fixing slot cars haha. Finally glued some stuff together and got inserts for the rear of the body so its finally mounted. also got waxed. still not sure what color to paint the bottom might just leave its so I dont mess it up.

still have to glue the lower valance but leaving it till I decide if Im painting it or not.

[Isaac S.]

Mark, I would cut the rears down a little. The stance seems a little high.

[Mad Mark]

Mark, I would cut the rears down a little. The stance seems a little high.

It is pretty high but the big tires fill in the cut out wheel wells so I will sacrifice handling for looks.