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This is helpful - still think the Acme casting is better than the UPC slot body - more investigation needed …
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BMW 507 Cabrio 1957 - Elvis Presley's one - Revell old kit 1:24
absmiami replied to CrazyCrank's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Crazy C - following your postings on Britmodeler - great stuff - thanks for crossing the Atlantic - do you have this - very good feature - mite be helpful …
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I had forgotten how good those Protar wheels were - years before 3D printing …
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And nice workbench - I / we / feel right at home …
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Therefore the bonnett behind the wheel well is about 3/16s short - which is why Ace and I need some renshape …. Now once this change is made I’ll probably lose the scale correct wheelbase - but the plus is that the engine comparent will look better - and the bonnett will look correct - its the best we can do until someone sits down at a computer and draws a correct Daytona for 3D printing [any takers?]
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Here’s what went wrong the Bradford HRM Daytona body appears to have mastered based upon drawings published in 1964 in the English Model Cars magazine - these drawings were generally good - but the artist often did not have detailed measurments - so mistakes were made … the wheelbase was correct but the body measurments differ from those done by an architect who measured 2287 - since the body length is too long on the Model Cars drawings - the bonnett got short shifted to come up with the right wheelbase …
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Try this instead - buy some renshape and cut a slice that’s about .125 to .130 …
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Great idea - wait til your hands are trembling and your eyes are shot …
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Most of the missing length will be added between the trailing edge of the bonnett and the wheel opening …. And i mite need to add a little shape to the nose - maybe … peice if cake …
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The model gods are never satisfied …. The reason that the hood blister is too short is that the bonnett is about 3 to 4 inches too short - so there is more to fix …
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Excellent frame …
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When compared to drawings and the acme casting - the windshield and roof are much different - and the acme casting seems to Have more accurate fender lines - needs some more investigation - maybe the best thing to do is build a GTO chassis / engine to nail down the bonnett location of the hood and the depth of the windshield …
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Barn find - sort of - this is a 24th scale series II Ferrari GTO produced as a slot kit in the seventies …. Ebay pricing is very high …. Not sure its worth it - don’t think the lines are accurate …
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Sigh …
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Ooh. You’re bending the rules
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Why the change? I ‘ve got a theory - I’ve sent an f book message to Mr. Brock to see if he’ll help - shot in the dark …
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An architect - jeremy Mauro - posted an excellent 3 view drawing of the Simeone 2287 on his website - with measurements …. The changes that i need To make are drawn in pen …
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This is a shot of the opening on the bonnett of 2287 that I took at the Simeone several years ago - when the car was brought for some exercise … again - this car is the most original Daytone Coupe - but it had gone through dozens of changes in its competition life - so I’ve got to make this change too - its a change - not really a correction ..
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On the other hand - if you are making the 64 Sebring car - the bonnett cutout on the prototype had a different shape -
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so what's wrong with the radiator air opening on the bonnett ?? nothing - if you are building a '65 Cobra ...
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I'm in for the dental burs -
have only a limited number or steel "bits"
most of the available latch style bits sold by Foredom were stone ...
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Well really … i’ ve done some of my best work free of charge …
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So Ive got a better fit for the bonnet with the body And i can turn my attn to the rivets on the surface of the nose - still scratching my head on the hood bulge for the carbs - think that the shape on 2287 is a bit different than what I’ve got here …
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Some more hot water - the nose got a bath to re-gain its correct shape …
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By the way - do you think the latch type burs that you’ve got would work on a Foredom hand peice ??!
