Monogram S'cool bus

Great fix for crappy kit exhaust Colin. I'll have to try your bicarbonate tire trick one day, sounds good.

Brilliant job on the headers Colin, I must remember that trick.

Hi Colin,

Top notch job of the exhaust's Sir...

Andy...

Thanks chaps

They turned out ok ... gave the end cans a bit of a brass drybrush and then sootied up the ends a bit.




The top part of the chassis was just painted matt black and has had a gunmetal dry brush to highlight the bolts and rivets and give a slightly worn effect

Good call on the dry brush bolts Colin, exhaust tips look good too.

l like how this is turning out Colin, nice bit of detailing with the dry brushing.

That's smart! I think you're saving yourself time and the result is far better!

Ta muchly.....

Back on this after a day with the grandkids daaan saaarf (and a day to recover lol).

The front wheels are 4 part jobbies, went together well with no trauma.




The front suspension is simple but reasonably effective, might do something more with it when a few more things are in situ.




The motors have been assembled fully now the two halves of the chassis floor are together .. wired the plugs up and will be adding fuel lines etc when i have the tank in place.




Got the wheels on and leveled up ... rolling chassis now (sort of .. i've glued them in place lol)

You really want to start building some Hot Rods with ridiculous engines Colin.

Man this is looking bangers, great stuff Colin.

Ta chaps !!

dublin boy wrote:You really want to start building some Hot Rods with ridiculous engines Colin.

The idea for the "pick up truck" group build is a VW beetle, V8 front engine / rear wheel drive and a pick up bed .... see what a mess i make of that first Shay heh heh

Union made a kit of a 60's Beetle, standard or Drag with a Hemi in front, 2 different chassis.

I have an old buillt up one, they cost a fortune if you can find one. Another one is on my list.

Those engines look real sharp now they are finished and in place Colin. Well done mate.

Cheers chaps

Decided to give the chrome water tank a miss and repaint it in a more natural way .. i've gone for the high impact plastic look.

Did a little research and some dragsters just have a recirculating cooling method so thats what i went for ... water tank piped through both engines and back, just enough to cool for a tear down the strip.

Added a water pump made from a brake servo (VW?) and some water pipe made from thin clear garden strimmer line

You're doing a great job on this Colin. Love the engines and front suspension!

I missed this one, sorry buddy!!

Looks ace mate, glad you found your mojo again, would be a shame to loose it indefinitely as you do a grand job with these whatsits

A kit I had no respect for. Thanks to your effort and skills, it's a worthy competitor. Good show!

harron68 wrote:A kit I had no respect for.  Thanks to your effort and skills, it's a worthy competitor. Good show!

I was thinking the same.

You are doing a bang up job on this Colin.

Thanks chaps


The air intake is a biggie ... links both motors, thought i'd do a little pin work using the yellow plastic itself as the base colour.



Gave it a handbrush of red, flicked it with a few drops of water off a stiff brush to give a bobbled effect which would happen if it were painted and got hot ... makes sense to me lol



tape off and will get a matt laquer (hairspray) when it's fully dry




Got the cockpit area a bit more built up




Petrol tank and scratched electric pump in place




Ran the fuel pipes and an electric cable to the pump




Master cylinder in place and brake pipe running into the floor ..

Nice detailing and plumbing work, air intake looks sharp.

Ta Denis

The seat was a little detailed but not enough, so i added some ribbon belts and some plastic clips etc, got the seat in position and added the cage, used a couple of slices of solder for the bolts at the rear










fitted the finished intake