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The rad will need a little putty on the corners - not too much …

Re Renshape - the brown Renshape has medium density - so it is subject to scratches on the surface when you shape the part - not a big deal - just prime - that will reveal the scratches - a little more sanding - and then paint / treat like resin to finish …

Yup

A few more details - and its done - will be painted silver …

Some old stash photo-etch radiator screen - front and back

Maserati sports cars used radiators that had expansion or header tanks - similar to the Alfa open wheelers - the tanks were tapered - the radiators all looked alike - their dimensions varied depending on the engine size …. This one was made with spare parts, Evergreen strip, and a scrap of Renshape for the header tank -

The A6GCS had shocks within the wishbones - they also had Houdaille dampers behind the wishbones - ill add those later - now to the radiator …

Mystery meat - no idea where these springs came from - ive had a small stash - hard to find scale springs with thick spring steel - but i got a few …

The seats look very good - the Stada24 kit seats have seat backs that are too short - have a talk w your friend for me - maybe i can make a deal w him for some primo racing seats …

Cool - let is know how you assembled the grill - it looks good - you almost never see restored 50’s italians in black - but they did sometimes sport this color (or no color) in the day - fr instance - Maserati entries at Indy included cars painted black at least once - maybe more - and send your build pix to Primotipo - this is no doubt a replica of a car fr down under - and Primo would be all over it …

no - the question is ... will it leak ??

Thanks Pierre - but i wont try to reproduce susp travel or steering - but the assembly will have more detail and features than the Ferrari Barchetta …. Hey - wasnt i supposed to be finishing that ??

While I’m spending everyone else’s money … Model Factory Hiro is releasing some pretty good looking sets of 3D printed bolts - and nuts - with longer stems than the Meng sets - they should be more user friendly …

Randy - would you send me two reject brass spindles ?? - i’ll gladly pay you in hamburgers…

Once i had acceptable spindles i pinned up one side and started on the lowere susp arms - these are wider than the uppers …

The front spindles are lovely forgings that should be made out of brass - so ive made mine out of plastic … bits and peices of Evergreen - rod - tube - H shape - drilled for pins top and bottom -

Well done - looking forward to that instr panel - referring to it as a dash seems somehow below its “Bentley” status …

Wow

Treat the forum to a couple of shots of the Ferrari clutch housing - por favor - maybe the drawing and the printed and finished part ….

Got the shape right right on the third try - so now ill fashion pick up posts for the lowers …

The second wasnt much better - the arms were forged - this is not the correct shape - so …

The susp arms are narrower on top and wider on the bottom - my first crack at the uppers was a fail -

Making the front suspension - without scale drawings of the chassis - which is a fool’s errand - the yellow/brown resin assembly is found in the Profil24 Maserati 450 kit - im referring to it to give me a rough idea of what the length and width of the susp arms mite/should be … the detailed drawings of the suspension - these were published when the car was first produced - tell me exactly what the components look like - but this is basically spit-ballin’. …

V - remind me to bring a package to Delray show …