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amillego

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    Gordon Miller

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  1. Harry, did you do any special "fitting" of the hood to the cowl and radiator shroud? Both of my models are a bit weird in that the radii of the hoods at each end do not match up perfectly with the adjacent panels. I suspect this is par for the Pocher course.
  2. Harry, Thanks for the reply. I'll keep digging for reference pix. Cheers, Gordon
  3. Harry, Outstanding work sir! I'm currently working on A PAIR of these old Pocher Alfa 8c's. Have been for 25 years, on and off. I've looked at yours and will unashamedly steal some of your scratch-building ideas. I've also seen the brass one done by a guy named Doug-something in Model Motorcars Gallery. I've incorporated some of his ideas as well. And there was also another guy somewhere who showed how he sectioned the body shell to get it to sit down flush with the frame rails...used that one too. Anyway, if you have pix of the fuel lines on the underside of the car, I'd be interested in understanding their routing, once they enter the rear panel near the louvers. Any help/guidance you could provide would be greatly appreciated. I plan to post my WIP pix when I get them reduced to a size that can be uploaded. Cheers, Gordon
  4. Greetings all, First, thanks for the add. I'm a car interior design director for a major automotive supplier here in Michigan. I've been doing models since I was a kid, back in the twentieth century. I stumbled across this site while looking for information about building large scale models. What a gold mine of info, especially the BigBoyz section! I've been working on a pair of Pocher 1931 Alfas for....wait for it...25 years (off and on). I got them from a friend who, at the time, said "build both, keep one". So, I've just pulled them out after a several year hiatus and decided to "enhance" them with some scratch-built parts while on assignment in Shanghai, China. Here are a few shots of the work on #1. Although they may not be "pure", I'm interpreting them as if they might have been. After seeing a version of this model done by a guy who basically duplicated he plastic parts in brass, I was inspired to try some of his ideas in styrene as my ability to do metalwork is nil. I'm happy with the updates so far and am interested in any critique of the work so far. I admit, up front, that I'm going to steal as many great ideas as possible for this site. Thanks again for accepting me.
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