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  1. absmiami
    finally opened this an a computer and not my tiny I phone Q's : looks like you shaped the fenders as separate parts and then soldered them to the fr body work ... and then shaped and soldered the bulge for the carbs ... how'my do'in ???
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    Yup
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    Gracias
  4. absmiami
    More bits and peices - mostly nick silver and brass - wish i knew all the parts names - oh well ….
  5. absmiami
    Gracias left and right …
  6. absmiami
    Great great kit - painted mine light gray …. One of the first kits with photo etched wheels …
  7. absmiami
    Never mind a parts count - 65 pages - way to go …
  8. absmiami
    Love it even like the color now borrow an I Phone - maybe from a kid …. And treat us to a video of the hood opening and closing … gracias
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    Funny. I always thought that the kit Webers were overscale - but the photo suggests that maybe they are accurate - do you have the MFH fuel line - that would work better - hard to source but the .018 is great for this scale …
  10. absmiami
    Left and right making these from nickel silver strip soldered to nickel silver .08 tube …
  11. absmiami
    Cable brakes …. State of the art in 1925 …. safe? No reliable ? No. Similar to the brake arrangement on the Bugatti 35. The cable grabs this device - which then pivots the shaft to engage the brake in the drum - try this at speed on a bumpy turn - lots of luck …
  12. absmiami
    Velcome back im a fan of MCW paints too …
  13. absmiami
    The tie rod tucks into a recess in the lower body work - made From nickel silver tube - .040 - Albion Alloys - with pivots made fr nickel silver rod and some RB Motion nuts …
  14. absmiami
    Adding the frame skirts forward of the axle and attaching the uprights - using epoxy for adjustment time …
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    “Some assembly required”. the fr uprights are cast to the brake backing plates - which aids assembly but also means that the fr wheels will not be posable - that’s ok - but i still have to make the suspension parts - mostly fr nickel silver … the castle style bolts are fr my Master Club stock …
  16. absmiami
    Setting the pedals and the floorboards - almost ready to glue in the trans - checking to make sure that the steering column will clear the pedals …
  17. absmiami
    Engine bulkhead - moved some holes - and did some trimming for a better fit - this is still a mockup …
  18. absmiami
    Against all odds …
  19. absmiami
    42 years later …
  20. absmiami
    Enzo would have been 26 years old in 1924 …
  21. absmiami
    How cool is this exhaust manifold ?? - i think this feature made an impression upon a young member of the Alfa Romeo team …
  22. absmiami
    Got the engine installed. For good - the lower radiator hoses have sleeves but no hose clamps - im all clamped out …
  23. absmiami
    The answer to yesterday’s riddle - front engined pre-war race cars were started off the front of the cranshaft - see the pg 1 leno video - so the lower radiator hoses emerge from the block on either side of the crank - thus …
  24. absmiami
    InAccurate Mini’s “other kit” was the Mclaren M8b. Kit builder’s Hell …
  25. absmiami
    Re Harold bradford phone orders and checks…. No rubles … you can also buy his stuff on Randy Ditton’s Model Builder Warehouse site - I mite see the old gent in July - ill ask about the tires …
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