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In Frederick Md - only about twenty five miles away - is a franchise Hobby Town - w a real good selection of tools paints - you name it - even a Tamiya Lotus 7 kit for just 27 dollars - can’t beat that …

This time- i’ve left the Revell kit back in Fl - i brought a couple of 43 scale kits w me - the hobby store in Charles Town WV bit the dust - as hobby store do - so i went searching for another one - as i still needed supplies for my holiday basement workshop -

Well its back to Virginia for the holidays - greeted warmly by the inlaw - who then pointed me down to that basement - the one where i struggled mightily a year ago with the Revell Jag XKE kit ….

Terrific - great stuff -

Whip it good -

You’re velcome two qvestions : i hadn’t found adhesive backed alu thick enough to avoid nicks and scratches - are you using some plumbing material - or what ? two - those bolts circling the fuel cap neck are mighty small - .018 ? Or even smaller ?? excuse me now - i have to finish that bottle of whiskey …

Believe it or not M Man - Maserati sent two oil lines from the oil tank behind the fuel tank through the trans tunnel and forward to an oil pump located at the fr of the engine - they were routed not more than an inch or two from the dr shaft - no idea whether i can pull that off in scale - and was this really a good idea ?

The assembly just squeezes into the transmission tunnel - barely - ill have to remember to install this before the engine block and crank case - or else I’ll be sorry -

The kit had a curbside style casting combining the sump and the base of the transmission - i sawed off the “tranny” - added some Evergreen strip - and then made some U joints - again fr Evergreen strip and rod -

Ride height not yet correct - but i’m getting there - pondering how to secure the rear axle - think i mite want to add something to the springs and trailing arms to secure it -

Some mock ups to see what fits where - wheelbase still checks out - can now measure and file the rear axle to correct length - this is too wide - but i thought that i’d have to make a few changes -

Yup

any time Pierre ! my Maser seats will have a fresh fr the factory look - but your great brown leather seats will be an interesting contrast your Alfa has just finished racing 24 hrs - over 750 miles - on the pre-war French Lemans course - and you nailed it ...

Gracias - for those of you new to the forum - Pierre brush paints - everything - so he is the paint finish oracle -

Now time to glue the rear bulkhead and frame to the rest of the chassis - with some brackets and some mods to the bulkhead - the completed chassis - someday - will slip into the completed and painted body - i hope -

Fitting the dash - figured out that if removed a small section of the L strip on both sides of the body i can attach the dash and frame to the chassis -before attaching the body - so i’ll be able to make the sub frame that is visible in the driving compartment

Battery courtesy of Mr William Cunningham - his 3D design fr his world class birdcage project -

The kit had several photo-etched frets - including a pedal assembly - i’ll use the pedals - with some mods -

Pierre - what is your go-to fl varnish ? Does Vallejo have it in their line ? How bout a coat of 50/50 tamiya fl clear and semi gloss clear ?

Yikes

When I wander back to my Lotus 16 build ill have the same challenge on the dr seat -

Adding some more flattening agent as i go - this is close - but think ill add another color coat w some more flattening additive - i want sheen instead of shine - hate painting leather - makes my head hurt -

Removed some of the color coat - and sprayed on some Tam Ferrari pink primer …

The Tam red w some flat base additive - the acrylic lacquer stuff - too dark over the gray primer - so plan B -