Custom Meister

[autobreadticon]

thats pimp!

[gamblor916]

Wheels turned out ok. With masking its always a lottery as to what kind of finish I get.



Steering wheel turned out less than perfect but I'll use it.



Ok to mount the rear wheels I needed plastic tubing of varying sizes



Cut down the original stub.



Cut tubing to size. I had to do a couple of test runs to get the size right.



The smaller diameter fits on the stub, the larger on the back of the brake disc.



Voila!





For the front I had to cut down and drill the original assembly. Original on right, modified on left.



I got just the right diameter so it fits snug with no glue.





Poly caps hold the wheels in place and allow it to spin.

[lcz128]

That's SO FREAKIN AWESOME! \\How are you going to smoothen the sculpted bits out? Looking forward to your updates

[springah]

Dude. Friggen awesome!

Gonna tint the windows too? No less that 25%!

Wonder if I can get a Classics BB/CliffJumper modded into a RCS 172..

[sifun]

is it done yet?! I wanna see it!!

[Saintly]

nice work gamblor... keep us updated!

[gamblor916]

I was trying to remove a pin and had the bright idea to drill a hole and bash it out from the other side. Not a good idea. I busted the whole post out by accident. Luckily it was a clean break and I glued it back with Tamiya cement. I used a soldering iron to get the pins out.



The sides are roughed out and painted with Mr Surfacer as a filler.





Here's what I'm using to get it to shape. From top to bottom, various foam sanding sticks, knife, files and sandpaper.



I also drew some new dials. I ordered clear and white decal sheets from HLJ. I've never used these before so it should be interesting.
The ones in the black box are the finished dials





I needed logos so I drew those up as well, tracing some scans.

[jaydisc]

Woah! That Illustrator file with the logos looks amazing. Would you be happy to share that?

[GoktimusPrime]

hahaha... there's no such thing as "kph" - the proper abbreviation is km/h



Any chance you can correct it? Considering all the effort you've gone through to make the car mode so superbly realistic I would hate to see it set back by something as simply as a speedo sticker.

[dirge]

hahaha... there's no such thing as "kph" - the proper abbreviation is km/h

Yeah but that doesn't mean there aren't Speedos out there with "kph" on them.

The US Congress forgot to pass a resolution on Ohio's statehood until 1953 (and it was granted statehood in 1803!). So yeah, the mistakes out there can be astounding at times