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the observation about the tire size is - I think - correct - opinions on a source for the correct size tire ? maybe the resin tires that Harold Bradford makes for the Cobra Daytona ?? would Mr. Obsessive like to weigh in ???

Thanks Straight ..

What’s wrong with this picture ??

Natch. I think you are correct about the ferrari publication - Ive got twin sons - they are NOTHING alike - True fact - the tach on the Mathews Lotus 49 has a working tach needle - i saw it bounce - yes i did …

lower ... you're on the right track ... please fill in / complete the base of the chass rails this feature on the kit drives me crazy ... oh wait - the whole kit drives me crazy ... by the way - I'm convinced that the side draft carbs are too large ...

http://www.andymathews.com/index.php check it out ... and by the way - I do recommend his detail publications met him YEARS AGO - nice guy ....

a modeler by the name of Andy Mathews once - thirty years ago (or more?) - built a brilliant 12th scale Lotus 49A spec he used the Tamiya kit wheels and tires - and nothing else ... Now? scratch-build - or cough up 700 large for the MFH kit - or more on the aftermarket - or should I say the after-life ???

Gradually emerging from hoseclamp hell - the clamps have Tuner Model Factory adjusting bolts - the .06 is close enough to the right size - The sleeves are on the pipes and left and right are ready for the install - but first i must correct my lower radiator pipe arrangement …

Just for the record - this is mostly for those forum members of a tender age …. If you want to tackle a classic 12th sc Tamiya kit - do the Matra instead of the Lotus 49 - at least the Matra had a reasonably accurate tub and engine and transxle - the Lotus - Don’t even ask …

Yup

Im using the Master Club bolts too - thinking they may be tough to get going forward … thought on the finish of the injection trumpets - im getting good results w the Alclad airframe aluminum - although you’ll have to be careful w handling onve painted …

Oops saw Sahlens and my brian said Sebring - nothing wrong with the Glen !!

Nice brass work what scriber did you use? ive been using the Tamiya scribers lately …

You used the - KIT - wiper ? a brief moment of weakness … viewers: do not be concerned.. our regularly scheduled programming will return shortly …

And optivisors (!) …

I phone camera … free plug …

Ive got a diminishing stash of nickel silver strip that i cut up from a sheet - using a sherline mill - some years ago … i twisted the .20 wide strip around round stock, snipped off a ring, and soldered it to a length of nick-silver .20 tube - Sprue Brothers sells it in the US. - and that’s my hose clamp - looks better than the photo-etched stuff that you can buy for this scale …. Ill source a nut or screw to set into the clamp …

What’s missing ?? hose clamps …. So …

Gracias mr Nobling …

Upper radiator hoses - leading away fr each cyl bank - made from .040 nickel silver rod - ill add some hose connector clamps and spray on a coat of clear to deal with tarnish / over time …. Engine isnt in yet - gotta make / insall the lower hoses first …

Interesting - Sebring builds always welcome AFAIC … did you use the 3D pen to make the housing that holds the pitot tubes ? How do you like the pen ?

I may have been mistaken about the purpose of this pump - it may receive oil from a tank in the scuttle. - there ARE 2 lines running into the cam covers on the exhaust side of the cyl heads - these may be the tach lines - …. where’s Patrick Delage when you need him ???

The Barchettas had the early spec V12 with unpainted cam covers - some with - some without - the decrative ribs - about the magnetos - i’m building one w/ the mags mounted to the rear of the block - but i think ive seen photos of one or two that had front mounted - so MFH may have based their 24th sc kit on a car w the front mounts - i think their 12th sc Barchetta - which they produced last yr - has rear mounted magnetos - anyway - yours look good ! I took this photo at a Cavallino event nearly 20 years ago - sometimes you get lucky …

For those of you who havent followed this thread for four years (Slackers!) - i must please poster Pico - he is the obsessive who drew, printed, and metal casted the parts that made this crazy project possible … all hail …

Pico! Here’s a part that i couldnt resist adding …. It is the tach line housing for the left cyl bank - but there are two tachs on the dash - so why isnt there a tach housing and line for the right cyl bank on the restored car ? And i dont see one on the engine photos on the Rev’s research site - ???