Winter time model building thread.
Then another "custom" motor. The 444 Ball-Stud Hemi, (I opted to NOT put it in a Barracuda as the real one was done) BUT I'm putting mine into a 67 Charger.....
I made the valve covers to fit sheet platic I had to form the heads. THEN I held onto these parts for a bit till I found/had a motor to put them on. This was a task in itself, As I found a block that was just a bit to short to work, SO I had to take the block and "extend" it a bit to make the heads fit, to look right, as the block was a Little Red Wagon Hemi, that is to be a 426, and its actually pretty small compared to other "426 Hemi" model motors so.... I cut the front of the block off, and used plastic sheet to gain the length to the heads. Once was done, shaped and carved out to fom the outside of the engine block, and the heads glued on very soon after that.
Then, i began detailing it.....This to me is the FUN part, (Yes I enjoy the engine detailing the most!)
Here you see the Carb in place, along with the fuel line from the fuel pump, and the distributor that I turned on my lathe.
I also got a bit to this one that it would have never had the valve cover breather is turned aluminum, and the oil fil cap was taken from a junk valve cover I had with no matching one to it.
Opposite side details showing the spark plug wires.
This one shows the heat lifter pipe that goes to the manifold behind the carburetor.
Better view of the heater tube.
I also made the sensor valve that is a vacuum line to go into the back of the carb... The wire for these lines vary too, this particular one isn't even wire at all. Its soft solder that was glued and painted in place! The spark plug wire is the SAME thing that is offered by Detail Masters, only bought in a 50 ft roll from Radio Shack, for less money, then the Detail Masters stuff, and that detail stuff is 5 bucks for 2 FEET, I got 50 ft from Radio Shack for $3 and change....I think it looks very good, they have other colors too, so I'll be doing some detail collecting from Radio Shack as I can from time to time just to change it up a bit on color....
These last 2 were as I added the distributor in place and the wires stuck up into the air to be placed.....The drivers side of the motor actually got a single wire loom as well!
More later, thats it for now!
Then another "custom" motor. The 444 Ball-Stud Hemi, (I opted to NOT put it in a Barracuda as the real one was done) BUT I'm putting mine into a 67 Charger.....
I made the valve covers to fit sheet platic I had to form the heads. THEN I held onto these parts for a bit till I found/had a motor to put them on. This was a task in itself, As I found a block that was just a bit to short to work, SO I had to take the block and "extend" it a bit to make the heads fit, to look right, as the block was a Little Red Wagon Hemi, that is to be a 426, and its actually pretty small compared to other "426 Hemi" model motors so.... I cut the front of the block off, and used plastic sheet to gain the length to the heads. Once was done, shaped and carved out to fom the outside of the engine block, and the heads glued on very soon after that.
Then, i began detailing it.....This to me is the FUN part, (Yes I enjoy the engine detailing the most!)
Here you see the Carb in place, along with the fuel line from the fuel pump, and the distributor that I turned on my lathe.
I also got a bit to this one that it would have never had the valve cover breather is turned aluminum, and the oil fil cap was taken from a junk valve cover I had with no matching one to it.
Opposite side details showing the spark plug wires.
This one shows the heat lifter pipe that goes to the manifold behind the carburetor.
Better view of the heater tube.
I also made the sensor valve that is a vacuum line to go into the back of the carb... The wire for these lines vary too, this particular one isn't even wire at all. Its soft solder that was glued and painted in place! The spark plug wire is the SAME thing that is offered by Detail Masters, only bought in a 50 ft roll from Radio Shack, for less money, then the Detail Masters stuff, and that detail stuff is 5 bucks for 2 FEET, I got 50 ft from Radio Shack for $3 and change....I think it looks very good, they have other colors too, so I'll be doing some detail collecting from Radio Shack as I can from time to time just to change it up a bit on color....
These last 2 were as I added the distributor in place and the wires stuck up into the air to be placed.....The drivers side of the motor actually got a single wire loom as well!
More later, thats it for now!
