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Ha ha Bruce, I did learn the hard way how hot and for how long the parts stay hot. Been quenching small parts in water to cool them if I need to touch them early...no burns, my fingers are too valuable for work. Still lots of polishing to get the brass nice again. I have a micro-particle blaster at work I still need to try out on such parts. Will construct all the levers and such and do some finished pics before assembly. I have always liked those photos of models with the finished parts layed out ready for assembly like a jigsaw puzzle

Thanks Cato I pounded the aluminum flat from a round tube but found you have to be careful with it as it gets crumbly as you file. Maybe should stick with brass, might even re-make it Your chrome plating of parts ups the ante a bit in fabrication I was thinking of looking into a little home brew electroplating...try to re-visit grade 12 chemistry lab work

Ooooh nice!!! That is a good grand CAD in kits sitting there. Very jealous, MFH is awesome stuff

Making parts again This time the shifter handle and the gas cap. These are very prominent and distinctive features of this car, so I wanted some solid metal, especially the gas cap with its's two wings. If I can swing it, I will make threads and have it screw on and off like the real one....have to find my large tap and die set packed deep away for our year long house build Aluminum shaft shifter with brass connector vs the plastic one Time for polish and then cut the top button off the sprue and paint it The gas cap under construction, immediately after soldering the ring to the shaped brass rod end...careful it is freaking HOT!!!! Wings to solder on in comparison with black plastic kit part. My scale looks a bit big, but in reality the kit part is much too small, so I upsized a bit (a lot)

Cool stuff, I will follow along here

There is a saying about never meet your hero as you will see them as human.....GV was mine too and now glad I never met him Great model BTW, she is a big beautiful girl at 1/12 scale

Paint is a little too subtle...like a Mac truck parked on your chest Great job

Turned out really well Great job

Wonderful build The diorama adds another amazing dimension to detail and tells a story Really impressed

Loving it a lot Very nicely made

Late to the party, but loving what you are up to Very cool stuff

Keep going, she is looking good

Hey, no worries Mr King I thought some other F1 Heads would like those cool sharks

It is such an outside the normal build, extremely well executed. Reminded me of these Some people are so talented and imaginative, blows me away. Here is their website http://wtf1.co.uk/jaw-dropping-f1-inspired-shark-sculptures/

That is a little bit of heaven right there Mike Sweet haul of new kits and noise cancelling headphones. Man just a drink and some free time and you got it made. Loving the Corvette Super Sports

Ahh, one solution brings multiple new problems..always seems to be the way You will solve it leather or chrome to fill the gap

Hmm, this confirms it, I am weird. Yes, I can understand showing the forest for the trees, big picture view for those with short attention spans BUT I like the nuts and bolts, how I did it, here it is in photos, go try it yourself threads. Too many post a finished photo that gives you no idea how they made something.......and maybe that is the point to NOT show how to, but to show off for praise. I got in hell for saying so in a thread a few years back. Cato, I love what you are doing and you have made me a better modeller for it PERIOD. Yes this is a long and picture heavy thread, but there is so much information to gleam from your postings. You got me started in Pocher interest and opened my horizons to better model kits and I thank you for that S

Thanks, adding that to my list of stuff to get I tried clear Tamiya's clear yellow and clear blue...nice green came out

Right back at you Nie, been loving the stuff you have been getting

My Easter Weekend model show haul...I had to stop, there were lots of good deals and guys willing to bargain

Awesome progress, that exhaust IS something to be proud of.......what did you use exactly???

God, put a little oil in that thing and it looks like it would fire up!!! Really sweet work there

Some good progress, nice clean solder work there. Your brakes and front wheel assembly look awesome, a huge improvement on the plastic toy kit version Keep plugging away, she is gonna be gorgeous!!!

Ok ok In the new workshop, I will have a standing height metal bench just for such Italian beauties. We are looking at August or September occupancy. The only question is which one to start with?? I think the complete Alfa kit might be wise, then I can hack the second into a Muletto. I am leaving the Pocher Bugatti for a bit though. Oh and I did spend my time last night after chores taking apart the Revival Mercedes engine.....the seller said he couldn't get it apart as it was cemented?!?!?! Came apart like butter.

Hey Tom,thanks for looking in I would never have started these kits withought encouragement of the guys on this site both directly and indirectly by showing their work. The modelling skill demonstrated by Randy, Cato, Harry, Bo.......just to name few, is awesome. When you do a work in progress (wip) it is even more fun as you draw out great help from others. So grab something that fires you up and get out of your comfort zone!!