G-machine of a different.......scale?!? - Lateral-g Forums

black2002ls · #1 11-14-2005, 08:15 PM

awesome work there. I have toyed with the idea of selling some of my creations. I'll post a link later to a photobucket of my current and finished projects.

When you've got 100's of hours in one, it is hard to let it go. plus, getting your money's worth is hard. some of my pro mod builds I have put overe 100 bucks into.

I started making some sketches of the LS1 for this thing. I am taking measurements from a 1:24/1:25 engine and then changing them to 1:12th scale. If anyone has some good reference shots of bare LS1 motors. So I can get any ribbing and bracing correct. Thanks In Advance

black2002ls · #2 02-26-2006, 10:17 AM

Well I finally got back to work on this project. There is a thread going in the open discussion forum looking for pics of the LSx engines. Here is where I am at with the heads thus far. This is a copy and past of the post in the other thread. ENJOY

alright. I spent some time last night and this morning working on the heads. I realized that I had missed several details that are needed for it to be accurate when I roughed the head out. The intake runner area cannot be flat, for the intake that I plan to use for this. Hopefully I will be able to create a suitable LSx intake manifold for the resin copies. But I plan on running a sheet metal type intake for the twin turbo set up. So I will spend my time today, what little I can manage to find, working on the intake side of the head. The exhaust side is looking pretty good. It needs some clean up though. Let me know what you think

The first picture is the head that I am using for reference.

1970cuda · #3 02-26-2006, 10:30 AM

i wish i had the patience to do that kind of stuff.. cool

black2002ls · #4 02-27-2006, 09:36 PM

Well, I started re-working the head. There was too much super glue used to fill in the gaps. So, I took what I learned from the first peice and started applying it to the new peice. It will be more accurate from all angles. Also I started drawing the wheels. I picked up the most recent PHR with the 'cuda in it. I really like the wheels that are on in it. So that is what I scaled down to 1:12th scale. I am open to suggestions on wheels though. If you think these will or wont look good, chime in and say so. Oh for the color I am leaning toward sunset orange metallic, however, that is not set in stone yet. On to the pictures.

black2002ls · #5 02-27-2006, 09:36 PM

black2002ls · #6 02-28-2006, 02:52 PM

Alright. A little update for you guys. I showed the picture of the wheel. I sketched it out in versions from 17" to 19" I'm leaning toward a 19"x11" out back and an 18"x8.5" up front. In the sketch, the drawings are completely to scale. Not sure how they came out in the scan. I also scanned in the "disc" that is the wheel right now. You can see how I went about laying out the design. Enjoy. (I'm off to take some pictures for the Artwork page. Its also a great day to paint here in TX.)

black2002ls · #7 02-28-2006, 02:53 PM

sorry about the scrolling from side to side. I hate when I have to do that. But unfortunately it is necessary to get the scan to show full size. Comments please?

rocketman · #8 02-28-2006, 03:59 PM

i have acouple models i've been working on,just got my son in to them,kinda fun doing father/son projects.

XTRMEASURES · #9 03-03-2006, 08:14 AM

thats just awesome
i was thinking of doing something like that myself. i was going to buy a few models and make one bad ass car....lolol

promax/vennom#16 · #10 03-04-2006, 07:02 AM

Pricing;High end Die cast cars are going for $150.00-$300.00 +(which I have spent on a couple of nostalgia drag racing cars.) If someone could custom build a 1/24 scale model of my personal ride,and really detailed,I would fork over that kind cash and I am sure many others would also. When you post your pics,please include pics of the pro mods,my favs!!

Dave