the Leviathan

thanks guys

gonna mess a bit with some engine parts today

well atleast the making of some engine parts lol

first i grab 4 dominators out of the parts box


you will see what happens to them in a few minutes. first i will need something to mount them to.
lets make the top plate for a tunnel ram
take some styrene and sand it to the shape of the plenum


the test block i am using for mock ups, will tweak it up and cast it in resin when done tweaking


ok now using scrap styrene i make the upper plenum plate base


damn i hate white styrene but i need to keep this bare plastic so the glue bonds well during the building process

out comes the chopper again, this time to trim some runners for the tunnel ram


i cut 4 pieces of square styrene


i mark out about where i want the runners on the mounting plate, i made 2 plates even though i am only using one, once i get it the way i want i will cast them in resin to get an exact pair


using some liquid cement i bond the runners to the mounting plate


i get the other 3 in place and angle them just a touch


now while that dries for a bit i am gonna make a fuel distribution block for both the fuel and nitrous system


bit of scrap square rod and some crimp beads
and some patience....must be gettin old, eyes are not so fond of the small stuff lol


2 larger feed line fittings on the backside of the block


back to the dominators


yup, chopper time


i know its not technically the same but for this scale it will work for me
upper plenum plate and 2 pair of split carbs, it took 2 carbs to make each pair as i cut just past the center line on each then sanded them to get the final shape.




now that i know they will fit i can detail the upper plate a bit
and get them all into mold rubber so i can play with em again in a day or so ( prolly thurs )


tis all for now, cya when i can

happy turkey day guys

bit more time in the hobby room this morning

looking at the big block i am using i went on a search for an oil pan to fit it


might be a bit of a problem since the biggest one i can find right now is a bit too small....


only one answer for it..gotta make one
out comes the styrene again

i cut a piece as big as the pan gasket lip


then its off to the chopper again


i find some rectangular stock i think i can make work


all i have to do is bond them together to make one larger rectangle
first in pairs


then into a whole


sand the edges flush and grab an extra thinner piece of stock to be the front seal area


now, aside from having to sand the front seal area down a bit, the pan is the size i want it


once sanded it looks decent enough


now i will add bolt detail to it and get that into mold rubber

cya soon with another update

Wow, that is pretty cool. I wouldn't have thought to do that.

nice pan, man

thanks guys, been a minute since i posted, mainly because my laptop was sent back again to texas to have acer do the repair they never did the first or second time, laptops back and boxed up to go back yet again ( problem still not fixed ) so i dug out my old standby lappy so i could atleast get a post up

i left off posting after i made the oil pan, now that is cast in resin
i assembled a prototype for the first few mock ups



looks like it will be a good fit to me


once the carbs are on it is gonna fill out the hood scoop pretty well from this angle


seams between the bumpers and the body are a bit wide for my liking


out comes the 2 part spot putty


gonna take a bit of file work and sanding to get it the way i want but it will be worth it


time to add the beginning of a cage to the framework


start with the basic front roof bends


the test fit


start with the angle back for the a pillars


tweak and test fit, tweak and test fit


to get this mounted on the frame, i need something close to the height of the roofline, one of my paint bottles looks like it will be close enough


touch of liquid cement and set it aside


same drill for the rear hoop


after they set, its time for a test fit


not bad with very little tweaking
i join the 2 hoops together with 2 roof rails and then add 2 of the main side rails to stabilize everything


anyone trying this, remember this is trial and error to get the sizes right, always cut a bit longer than you think you need and sand down the end till it fits the way you want it.

2 more cross braces added


and a rear bar so i will have something to attach the rear sections to later


constant test fitting is the key


i set that aside for a bit and do some prep work on the engine
this will have custom headers on it made from 2mm solder


out comes the 2mm drill bit and we drill some holes


resin engine is heading to the paint booth


engine mount plate is a photo etch unit from dirtmodeler.com, engine is dull aluminum, electric water pump is cardinal red and heads are bright aluminum


valve covers got a coat of gloss black then a shot of alclad


intake runners getting some drill treatment before paint to hold the 2 NOS injectors per runner


found some decals in the parts bin


valve covers on


they needed something on them so they got some comp cams decals lol


building up the block




nos distribution block, painted brass and installed


one bit i forgot, i am gonna add a crossover pipe to the valve covers, forgot to drill the holes..


fixed it


now before i wrap up todays post, i am gonna annodize some fittings for the plumbing later

i grab some tamiya clear blue ( and red also but no pic lol )


and fit some crimp beads on the end of pointed toothpicks


those can dry till i need them


cya in a bit