RL,

wAY cOol MaN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy Hannah!

Great looking Camaro! Looks swoopy fast! :thumbsup:

that ain't modeling, it's artistry!

I wish you would hire bill hall video productions and post a thread showing that brass work going together. You can bleep out the expletives. I want to see the skill that goes into making those nerf bars and frames look so fine, and not turn into a miniature pile of hot slag!

I personally didn't know it was humanly possible to work with a puddle of molten metal goop smaller than a marble......

Beautiful work!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

that ain't modeling, it's artistry!

I wish you would hire bill hall video productions and post a thread showing that brass work going together. You can bleep out the expletives. I want to see the skill that goes into making those nerf bars and frames look so fine, and not turn into a miniature pile of hot slag!

I personally didn't know it was humanly possible to work with a puddle of molten metal goop smaller than a marble......

I second SP's motion to make a video of a solder up of a frame! The roll cage, chassis frame and bumper assembies you add to you cars really elevate them to a higher level! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Russ the Hutt

Thanks guys, for all the positive comments!!!

Russ & Sltpster, I would need the bill hall production company to do a video!!! Some quick soldering tips, learned from brass train modeller: use a chassis for set up, make a balsa jig to solder on, use small metal aligator clips to isolate the heat around the joint, use computer solder, put flux right at the joint, use a fine pointed tip, plan less joints more bends & finally use small metal files to finish.
With the variety of plastic stock & good strong melting glues, you can create similar parts to glue to the body & save weight.

RM, Just another LM Camaro!!

A work in progress at the shop between yard duty! Grafted cycle fenders over the rear wheels, small chin spoiler below the front grille, scoop in hood & narrowed the front end. Filled & flattened the rear grille and rolled it under the body. The front air louvers will be removed next! All body work is plastic.

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Thanks again. ...RL

Looks great already! :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

Unreal bodywork!! This goes beyond slick to way cool!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Looks great already! :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

Yes it does!

RL,

I just went throught this whole thread from page #1 to now page #18 and Man you come up with some WILD STUFF!!!

USA has the Dukes Charger, the A-Team van, Herbie the Love Bug, Kit the black Firebird, Fall Guy truck, the Monsters mobiles, Car 54 etc, etc, etc. just to mention a few movie cars. Does Canada have any ICONIC cars or trucks that we wouldn't know about here in America? Just wondering. :confused:

Bob...Why does Joez say eh more than you eh?...zilla

Yes it does!

RL,

I just went throught this whole thread from page #1 to now page #18 and Man you come up with some WILD STUFF!!!

USA has the Dukes Charger, the A-Team van, Herbie the Love Bug, Kit the black Firebird, Fall Guy truck, the Monsters mobiles, Car 54 etc, etc, etc. just to mention a few movie cars. Does Canada have any ICONIC cars or trucks that we wouldn't know about here in America? Just wondering. :confused:

Bob...Why does Joez say eh more than you eh?...zilla

Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas drove a red GMC van in Strange Brew, eh. Take off!

Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas drove a red GMC van in Strange Brew, eh. Take off!

Oooooooooooh yeah the one with the cut brake lines................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaah!

Right you are Hut.

Bob...taking off...zilla

NICE ! ! !.......Curious????.....what chassis is under the body?...Don't see any pickup shoes. Do they fit under the body work?

From the looks of the cluster gear, I would say an AFX. If you go back to the pics of the yellow one, you'll see the shoes are right up infront of the front wheels, and at this angle wouldn't be visable if they are installed..

Hutt, Thanks for reminding me, EH, Hoser!! Where's the Brew Van!

Bob, yes, we have an iconic car -- RCMP, they always get their man!!

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This car, rare & very collectible, is correct from the Emblem to the colour because Aurora was located in Rexdale Ontario Canada in it's final years of operation!!
An exact 1:1 car would pull into the MacDonald's near the Toronto International Airport and two uniformed Mounties would go in for lunch! RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) are our federal law enforcement thus they were on duty at the International Airport. Every RCMP officer has to complete a number of weeks of horsemanship training due to our countries large wilderness areas which they patrol. If you every get a chance to see the Mounties Musical Ride - go it is very impressive.

The only other cars that were very significant was a 1967 Black Corvette Coupe with dark tinted windows which was in a TV show can Stingray. It stared Nick Mancuso as a private individual who made things right outside the law - very good show, not picked up by Hollywood.

The Possum Van (Dodge like the AFX four gear) of the Red Green TV show & Movie Duck Tape (title could be wrong).

Hope I answered your question and now another look at the LM Camaro, a work-in-progress!

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Thanks for looking and now to catch up on my viewing of other members well build creations!!! ...RL

Thanks Sltman, for answering eastside johnny's question for me! It is an AFX chassis with pickup shoes under the body work. Magnatraction chassis could fit as well. The chassis body mountings have been removed to allow the bodies to fit close to the chassis.

A few HT members inquired about the Blue Deuce coupe body. It is an AFX #1928 yellow 1930 Ford Coupe A (four gear body) which was narrow and body sides shorten to fit a standard AFX chassis! Vinyl roof sanded off, rear cycle fenders are fabricated out of styrene. Side windows were enlarged and the hood was shortened!

Hope this answers all the questions but do take a look at the above picture of the white Camaro you can just make out the pickup shoes! ...RL

I LIKE WHAT I SEE This Camaro is shaping up. Love the front end. EH. RL :thumbsup::thumbsup::wave: GK

The garage was never a fan of the Posche 959 especially on the Racemasters SRT Tomy chassis, it was mounted to high off the chassis. It's high ride height, large extended rear bodywork & large spoiler made the car very rear heavy & prone to rear spin outs. So when one came into the shop as part of a group purchase missing headlights, very rough exterior plus been puttied to an old TycoPro metal pan chassis, no one was excited about the restoration. There was more interest in saving the complete brass chassis for one of the shop's older Tyco bodies.

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Once the body was removed and the putty scrapped off, it was noticed that the body mounting clips were gone! Thanks to RM's mounting tip, it was decided to mounted it on Magnatraction chassis with a very low ride high like a proper Posche!

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The body was sanded , buffed, yellow headlights installed, detail painting redone and lowered. The rearend steps out coming out of the corner but with the lower centre of gravity & the magnets holding just enough, you power onto the straight. The more power you give it the faster it goes! It's a Fun drive! ...RL

Major, major improvement!!!! 959 is looking sweet with her redone rear end!!!! Nice job RL!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Much improvement RL!!! I gottas try that lowering technique more often. That bad boy looks good with the silver spokes :thumbsup::thumbsup: P.S. I likes them magnatraction setups...RM

Way Cool Stuff!!!!!

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The more power you give it the faster it goes! It's a Fun drive! ...RL


Now that is what it is all about...nice one RL :thumbsup:

NOB...Shifter...zilla

Tres bien! The lowered 959 looks fantastique, eh! Please finsish up #3. You've teased us for long enough!

NO Teasing number #3 was done as pictured, the body was off the chassis for the detailed Roll Bar pic! Body just got caught in the background. ....RL

Got it - the Ray and Linda car from page 15. Hutt's don't have the best memories...

That 959 is a pretty thang. Looks fast too

Great looking rear wing! :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

SWEET!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: Looks fast standing still :)

Due to yard work, summertime activities and outside interests; the shop was a little slow recently until a late night call from a friend needing some attention to a new acquistion, one cool Chrysler Crown Imperial crime fighter!

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The body needed minor work plus a lot of buffing & polishing to bring the luster back to this Black Beauty! All the guys in the shop really like this original beauty and assisted in the restoration. -- Kept hearing Buzzin' Hornets around the shop but Kato told me that's F1 as he drove out of the shop! ...RL

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz in Hornet talk =

that is one nice classic, clean, shinney black, & very neat-O machine-O!!

Bob-O...zilla-O

:wave:Nice job RL. Turn the lites down. To much glare. :thumbsup::thumbsup: GK

She looks pretty buff RL.

Great job!

Happy Canada Day From The Crew of the One Guy Garage

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We are celebrating 142 years !!!! And Happy 4th of July to All our American friends!! ...RL

Happy Canada Day From The Crew of the One Guy Garage

We are celebrating 142 years !!!! And Happy 4th of July to All our American friends!! ...RL

This must be a confusing time for the Canadian/Texan Coach eh? LOL :lol:

Bob...Eat well, laugh & be happy...zilla

ITS a mopar

This must be a confusing time for the Canadian/Texan Coach eh? LOL :lol:

Bob...Eat well, laugh & be happy...zilla

Naaa drink beer and fire off fireworks for 4 days.. you should be so lucky yankie..lol:hat::hat::hat:

Thanks brownie374 for the correction, my memory let me down, will adjust the Black Beauty post. Glad it is a Mopar!

The TV series displayed the Hornet's car, Black Beauty, a 1966 Chrysler Crown Imperial sedan customized by Dean Jeffries. Thanks, ....RL

HaPpY CaNaDa DaY, Eh?!?!?! Beauty!!!! :thumbsup:

After a friend came over to test run his 37 Roadster that the shop had put together from a kit and we spent more time track cleaning than running, the time had come for the project below.

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Then finding & viewing Claus Heupel's track cleaner post, the project started and the shop guys decided it should be a Hummer too! A Hot Wheels Hummer body was used with the rear cut off and another diecast contributed it's plastic pickup bed. The Hummer PU body was mounted on an HP-7 chassis. The sled was created from Tread Plate plastic sheet. A paperclip was bent to create the hook & connector. Swiffer material was taped to the bottom for cleaning and a small metal washer placed inside for weight. The front bar was installed to support old 440 pickup shoes which were glued to a cut piece of railway track eraser. The shoes bend to allow adjustment for track tension. It works well and many thanks to Claus for his invention & info! ...RL

That teaser pic of the Eff Wun Fiddy jogs my memory of things I wanted to do...

check my list of bag logged cool projects and stolen ideas...move Ford truck up the list...get started.

Cant wait to see your finished product!

Everyone needs a track cleaner!!! I like this set up RL!!! I just may have to try something similar, but with my screwed up track, I think I'll need something a bit slower, and a little more forgiving in the pick up shoe dept. I'm going to attempt one using a US1 dump truck..when I can snag one.. :thumbsup:

The F150 is looking sharp!! Can't wait to see whee it ends up!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

RL,

Your track cleaner Hummer is a piece of art. Love the way it looks and discription of what you did to the body to get it to look all pickup-ish!

Bob...a clean track is a :) track...zilla

Glad there was an explanation with that pic. I thought it was a full pull :rolleyes::jest:

By the way cool track cleaner.

That white one in the back looks sweet just as it is. Finish the details and let her run. Gonna have to get me one of those and do her in pristine white. :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

Great track cleaner RL!!! Pull it with that good looking Ford PU. :thumbsup::thumbsup: I came so close to building a white 56, wish I had of now!!! I guess I could strip the one I have started. Thanks a lot RL (just kidding)!!! RM

Looks waaay more fun than a rag and a bottle of windex. Nice trucks :thumbsup::thumbsup:. nd

Appreciate all the positive comments, guys. The sled was built of Tread Plate (hard to notice in previous pic), so later on a pull box could be constructed & installed for truck pulls, thus a double duty build - got the idea from another thread.

The Ford PU started as a red chrome AW four gear. This body is wider & longer than the Aurora version. The new width allowed the guys at the shop to lower the '56 Ford without rebuilding the inner part of the box & rear fenders! The AFX mounting allowed it to be replaced & remounted lower. Some of the cab & bed divider was removed and a rear chassis spacer installed on the body to maintain the lowered stance! The back of the rear rims were narrowed for a more tubbed look!

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The project was also an experiment in striping with Easy Off using petroleum jelly (vaseline) applied to the parts you wanted to keep in current condition in this case the rear bed cover. The red & then the chrome layers were striped and the the black bed cover was untouched. It worked !!

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Should have been more careful with the application of the vaseline but originally planned on repainting the truck. Got used to the colour so the shop will only reinstall the exhaust pipes & touch up the black bed cover & detail the body! Then it will be Going Down the Highway with the music of BTO !! ..RL

The Ford PU started as a red chrome AW four gear. This body is wider & longer than the Aurora version. The new width allowed the guys at the shop to lower the '56 Ford without rebuilding the inner part of the box & rear fenders! The AFX mounting allowed it to be replaced & remounted lower. Some of the cab & bed divider was removed and a rear chassis spacer installed on the body to maintain the lowered stance! The back of the rear rims were narrowed for a more tubbed look!

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This is some valuable information!!! Thanks for sharing RL!!! I'll quit cutting up the good stuff. That is one good looking truck, love the lowered stance. :thumbsup::thumbsup: I never cared much for the chrome cars, white looks much much better. Put it on I/65 and let it head south...RM

Nice job! That came out looking incredible. I like Ford Trucks! Thanks for the info RL.:thumbsup:

Great looking truck.

Great looking truck.

What Jerry said :cool:

Bob...your shop is cleaner than Hilltops...zilla