Holy crap that's a lot of finicky detail.
If I tried that my fingers would mutiny and poke out my eyes.
J
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July 5, 2008 4:36 p.m. Jay HalfDork
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July 5, 2008 4:43 p.m. therex Dork
I don't even know what to say.
Except maybe "Man, I hope I never get that hard up for a hobby."
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July 5, 2008 5:01 p.m. GlennS HalfDork
i hope this man makes a lot of money somewhere doing something like that. He has got skills
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July 5, 2008 5:47 p.m. phillyj New Reader
man!!! I bookmarked that page. I like where this is going
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July 5, 2008 5:52 p.m. Jensenman UltimaDork
He's nuts. Completely.
But I like that.
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July 5, 2008 7:54 p.m. ThunderCougarFalconGoat New Reader
I'm just waiting for him to build a fuel pump and fire that thing up. That is awesome.
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July 5, 2008 8:37 p.m. JFX001 HalfDork
No way in hell could I even attempt that. Nice work.
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July 5, 2008 8:58 p.m. Duke Dork
Not bad, but I prefer this guy: Running, scratch built, 1/3-scale Ferrari 312B
He liked the sound of the Ferrari 12-cylinders. So he built one. And the car to go with it, including transmission, etc. Scroll to the bottom and watch the video.
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July 5, 2008 9:44 p.m. Woodyhfd HalfDork
The 50 year old virgin.
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July 5, 2008 10:29 p.m. stumpmj HalfDork
Duke wrote: Not bad, but I prefer this guy: Running, scratch built, 1/3-scale Ferrari 312B
He liked the sound of the Ferrari 12-cylinders. So he built one. And the car to go with it, including transmission, etc. Scroll to the bottom and watch the video.
I've seen it. It's increadible. I can't even tell you the level of cool it is.
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July 5, 2008 11:05 p.m. neon4891 HalfDork
and i thought shaving the emblems and decroming the wheels of a mustang cobra model was nuts
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July 6, 2008 1:51 p.m. phillyj New Reader
3 questions: 1] How did you come across this? You do R/C modeling also?
2] That engine is just a model, right?
3] How in the world did that guy build that v12. It makes 8 hp!! My lawn mower only makes 6.75 hp??!!
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July 6, 2008 2:03 p.m. Osterkraut New Reader
I'm not OCD, I'm CDO. It's the same as OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order. Like they should be. twitch
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July 6, 2008 2:16 p.m. GregTivo New Reader
phillyj wrote: 3] How in the world did that guy build that v12. It makes 8 hp!! My lawn mower only makes 6.75 hp??!!
1ft-lbs of toque @42,000 rpm?
There is so little stroke in those engines that the engine can spin alot faster before exceeding max piston velocity...i'm guessing.
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July 6, 2008 2:21 p.m. Jerry From LA Reader
Such an incredible stickler for detail, yet he cannot spell "concours" correctly.
+1 on the mad skills, though.
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July 6, 2008 2:50 p.m. gamby UltraDork
therex wrote: I don't even know what to say.
+1
Lunacy.
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July 6, 2008 10:31 p.m. stumpmj HalfDork
phillyj wrote: 3 questions: 1] How did you come across this? You do R/C modeling also?
2] That engine is just a model, right?
3] How in the world did that guy build that v12. It makes 8 hp!! My lawn mower only makes 6.75 hp??!!
A friend of mine thought a company that builds super detailed models of WW2 airplanes was pretty cool so he added himself to their mailing list. He got an invite to their event that was at a hanger near us (Oakland County International Airport) and that Ferrari was their. Too cool.
The engine runs. The trans shifts. It's filled with working gears. The limited slip is there. If you were 1/3 scale, you could literally drive the thing.
He managed to get original prints for every component of the car and made each part perfectly to scale all the way down to minature wires, fuel/coolant/bake lines, tiny hycraulic cylinders, tiny tube frame.... I have no idea why he didn't make a 1:1 replica and take it to the track.
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July 7, 2008 9:04 a.m. seann New Reader
Would it be any less impressive if he built it 3 times larger?
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July 7, 2008 10:03 a.m. joey48442 Dork
Oakland County International Airport in Waterford? Thats near me, too. Where are you located?
Joey
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July 7, 2008 4:04 p.m. phillyj New Reader
the styrene model is non running, right?
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July 7, 2008 4:12 p.m. Duke Dork
Correct.
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July 7, 2008 5:46 p.m. stumpmj HalfDork
joey48442 wrote: Oakland County International Airport in Waterford? Thats near me, too. Where are you located?
Joey
Down River. Grosse Ile to be exact.
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July 7, 2008 6:12 p.m. John Brown UltimaDork
joey48442 wrote: Oakland County International Airport in Waterford? Thats near me, too. Where are you located?
Joey
Mike, Joel forgets he pooped in your car and then had lunch with you. Big helmet, itty bitty memory.
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July 7, 2008 6:42 p.m. Jay HalfDork
phillyj wrote: 3 questions: 1] How did you come across this? You do R/C modeling also?
Good god no. I have all the coordination of a chimpanzee with a sugar high. I can break things by looking at them. I stay far away from finicky detail work.
This is reposted from a Toyota forum I visit.
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July 7, 2008 8:35 p.m. joey48442 Dork
John Brown wrote:
joey48442 wrote: Oakland County International Airport in Waterford? Thats near me, too. Where are you located?
Joey
Mike, Joel forgets he pooped in your car and then had lunch with you. Big helmet, itty bitty memory.
Crap I didnt realize that was him. I think I did poop in his car, a little.
Joey
