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    Tim ! i just bought the last one - you can’t have one !
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    This is closer to scale - not exact - mite make another one - anyway - this is where it goes …
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    I made a smaller one fr Evergreen strip -
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    On the early 25s - The transistor unit for the ignition is found perched at the back of the carb tray - but the kit part is overscale - so …
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    Some work on the cyl head and then some work in the tray holding the Webers … the carb shielding is made from Evergreen strip….
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    Wow - great cutaway - i’ve got a fetish for those - thats yiddish for …. Fetish ….
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    Q 1 - whats your current go-to printer ?? Q2 - cant quite tell - viewing this on my phone - are the belts incorporated into the seat prints - and then painted - or what ?? and yes - you are most certainly the first on your block ….
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    Once this plate is done I’ll make The seperate plate for the fuel injected engine - like the tamiya part - it has to include the pulleys that drove the mechanical fuel pump in the V of the Climax engine …
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    And i “borrowed” the portions of the Tamiya pump parts for the water pump lines to both Cyl heads …
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    Bits and peices of Evergreen with some .06 bolts fr Master Club …
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    So i’ll make some pumps for my plate - slightly smaller than the corresponding Tamiya parts …
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    Needing a fuel pickup break - these are the front engine plates - the left hand is the 20th sc plate for the fuel injected Climax engine in the Tamiya kit - with the water and oil pumps - good stuff - the right hand plate is the simpler on that i made for the ‘62 Climax engines - which sported Webers …
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    So i’ve ended up w these three parts for the moment - but i mite ditch the wh metal ring and make one w 12 bolts - which is …. err … nuts - therapy pl …
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    The above mite be confusing - the teeth on the rim are cut w an .015 mill - the scallop shapes on the rim are cut with an .031 mill - clear as Mud ?
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    Next trying to solder pegs into three of the six teeth - thats why I used nickel silver rod-
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    Thanks PG and Charlie - the fuel pick up was turned fr Nickel silver rod …. The teeth on the rim of the pickup were cut on the mill using an .015 mill - thats the smallest one that i’ve got - that i haven’t broken - looks like its about the right size …
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    Buy a spare for the trunky
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    Yup …
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    Alrighty then - did Calvin cast the offset on his Thompson Harvey Aluminum kit ??
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    And in fact, this car is a survivor [against all odds] here it is at the Amelia Island concourse two years ago i think the livery is fr its last year of competition - which i think was '64 the offset is still in place .... - cool ....
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    HERE'S A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF THE OFFEST - I had forgotten about this feature - but - here it is ...
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    This is a still shot from the video of the ‘62 Gurney car - notice the engine offset - this sent me back into research I had collected on this car …
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    damn - that was great - and I scarfed up the great body off chassis photo of Gurney's '62 entry - which was casted yrs ago in resin - thank you Calvin ...
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    Alu soldering - a black art …
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