Last week I continued adding a few details to the engine. After painting I started wiring the engine and detailing the carburetor.
The easiest way to attach the cables was to drill little holes on the distributor and the engine block. I used an old telephone wire to do the wire. For the black plugs I just cut short pieces of a thicker cable and put it on top of the brown cable. It’s actually a quite easy job and the effect is great.
Here you see the carburetor before drilling the holes.
The finished carburetor, including the air filter holder looks like this:
On the first picture of this post you see the -as far- finished engine with the air filter on top. Of course, it’s possible to remove the filter every time I want. As the engine will be partially disassembled, it’s cool to be able to remove a few more parts for the photo shooting.
Another detail: I removed the pulley belts and work more detail into the pulleys. It looks much better now!
I’ll be adding more details to the engine soon such as more wiring and -of course- weathering. Stay tuned!
Really nice job once again. Do you use a milling to do these jobs?
Florent
Would like to know what you will use for the fanbelt ? Like the engine & thanks for sharing your work. Don
very…very…very well
You are the model junkyard champions. The details are fantastic.
Could I buy some of these models?
HAP
Thank you HAP! The Chevy is not for sale, but if you want we can make one for you!
What scale is this engine?
Hi Joe, This model is on 1/16 scale.
Here you can read more about this project:
http://blog.modeljunkyard.com/2010/12/04/1957-chevrolet-bel-air-high-detail/
http://blog.modeljunkyard.com/2011/01/02/1957-chevrolet-bel-air-2–-further-progress/
http://blog.modeljunkyard.com/2011/02/18/1957-chevrolet-bel-air-3–engine-compartment/
do u build 1/10 scale engines if not could u thank u
Do you mean based on a model kit or from scratch? I can do both.