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See you next year at Sebring… or Amelia Island … im buying …

For the benefit of those poor souls who live in the land locked regions of our great country (I’m so sorry) - THIS is what a real boat marina looks like ! AND - THOSE are REAL boats !! My apologies - on behalf of all of us south floridians - for the gross spectacle foisted upon race fans by Liberty Media and Stephen Ross - we’ll probably never live this down -

GREETINGS FROM SUNNY MIAMI !!! taking a moment from toiling on my 97 year old grand prix car to post these lovely pictures ….

Sigh …

Gracias the suspension leaves are wrapped in thread - europe’s race circuits were not yet paved in 1925 - used black thread - but probably should have used white or beige- anyway - i brushed on shades of brown, grey, and oil stain - this will be a neat contrast with the polished and machine turned finish of the body work ….

Just kidding - was gonna but tickets but the finance minister (Mrs) informed me that we could not miss a mortgage payment …

Does anyone want my tickets to the Miami Grand Prix ? I’m busy Sunday …

Thought this was the right time for a mock-up - needed to know if i had the ride height nailed - i’m pretty close - within a scale inch - i can make a small adjustment to the wheelbase and the fr and rear tracks … but at least i know that nothing is crooked

it's occurred to me that you just like making stuff ...

Mocking up the rear suspension - the paint is Ukraine air force blue - and trimming the ends of The axle to nail the wheelbase - and winding thread around the leaf springs - these will finished in a dark hemp color…

I guess I’d better find out what a Yoshida painting is - dont start the Barchetta kits yet - im getting the correct engine cast - should be available by the late summer - check my UMI Barchetta build thread later in the summer and/or my thread on “old racing engines” - ill post shots of the castings as soon as i get them …

Always nice to see Herb Deeks’ wire wheel set - these have been surpassed by the printed wheels but im temped to use the set that came with my vintage UMI Ferrari kit …

The comeback kid ?

Now it’s done …

Done with the Becassa app on my I phone - hope you like …

A hah …

Do you have Quarterman’s Ferrari Barchetta ?

GIO - Paul would love to see this build - by a modeler from Italy - as you may know - his “factory” went up in smoke in the great “Paridise Ca fire of 2018 (?) - so its a treat to see one of his kits built WELL - send some of these shots to his email on his site … and thanks for the post …

No. Thanks for making …

Well Done. And finished before the 90 degree days are upon us …

Very nice …

Another segment of safety wires - following the frame back over the rear wheel opening … one more segment to go …

Axle in - lots of epoxy but none will show once the under - frame panel is installed - the radiator is epoxied in too - sets back maybe .030 too far in the shell - but it won’t be very apparent once the stone screen is attached …

Well done