The calipers are also carry-overs from my Lola T70. They are Wilwood 6 piston Corvette retrofit units that I designed in CAD and printed masters for casting. The brake pads are separate parts. New brackets have been added to the Super 7 front spindles to mount the calipers. I will machine proper bolt hardware for the final assembly.
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Brackets were added to the rear axle to mount the calipers too.
The axle stub from the kit was repurposed and machined bolt hardware will replace the screws later.
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The body was engineered to use the kit provided headlights and they fit as planned.
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The muffler mounts to the outside of the body on a traditional Super 7, but on this one it is enveloped within the body. That created a minor installation challenge. I cut the kit exhaust into three pieces and drilled the ends of the muffler to accept machined brass sleeves. The forward section of the exhaust pipe was bolted to the header and will be installed with it. (The original exhaust is above the cut up one, I have extras from other builds.)
This allowed me to install the muffler from the opening in the bottom of the body, then attach the tailpipe through the same access hole.
An exit hole was cut into the body matching the angle of the tailpipe.
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This build is incredible, will be checking back in.
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Amazing work Scale-master!
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I used the same technique for the hood and top of the front fenders as I did for the doors, sheet styrene to build up the low spots before sanding the areas to be true to each other.
After priming, much better.
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Can’t wait to see some actual colour on this. The work you’ve done on it will really make it pop.
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I bent a piece of steel rod to fit around the windshield in a groove I engineered into the design for it and heavily cemented it in place.
The door handles are two piece affairs and there is a left and a right that match the contours of their respective doors.
