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absmiami

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  1. Done with the Becassa app on my I phone - hope you like …
  2. A hah …
  3. 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 …
  4. Well Done. And finished before the 90 degree days are upon us …
  5. Another segment of safety wires - following the frame back over the rear wheel opening … one more segment to go …
  6. 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 …
  7. http://www.zul-racing.com/projects/matra-ms11/ now your're ready to start
  8. Safety wires for the bolts on the forward chassis cover / panel …
  9. Than ks Mr Bugatti fan - have you ever seen the Jappic in your travels ? ??
  10. Thing 1 do a search on Flickr if you dont have good photos of the engine ive got / seen some engine bay photos - the ribs on the cam covers are gold and not silver …
  11. Nice very nice looking forward to the steering wheel …
  12. Momentarily obsessed with the Jappic - a same year - 1925 - British trials car that set speed records in GB and in France …. ya never know …
  13. In period vs restored trailer queen …. The restored 2LCV wears Dunlops with accurate pre-war tread patterns - as on page one of the thread - now no expense was spared in the resto - but in period Michelins do not exist - even faux tires - so what would Louis Delage think of his beauty riding on Dunlops - what’s French for “sad face” ?? Anyway Pico drew designed and printed the correct in period Michelins - which means i should try to finish this in-period - still undecided about race numbers … and was the number painted on the radiator stone guard - or the radiator ?? oy vey - that’s French - for oy vey …
  14. Chucking the tires onto my sherline allows me to clean and shape the castings w sanding sticks - followed by a coat of Tamiya rubber black - rather than flat black - because there were no synthetic rubber tires in 1925 !
  15. Just to make this worse …. This photo in ebay shows a 2LCV that same year with white side walls in the fronts but apparently not the rears …. OK !!
  16. Nice. What are the dimensions? Guessing a bit over 1 mill dia for the black strut “shell” …
  17. Poor Torchy ... car #13 - which is actually not this survivor Concept Cars ID's this car as chassis # 3 - NOT -supercharged note the unpaved course ... paved grand prix tracks were not yet a thing ... and it appears from MotorsportsImages.com that our survivor was first driven in the 1924 French Grand Prix by Benoist: placed third - car number 9 ... probably rubber black tires ... hard to research grand prix races fr 1924 very few pix - didn't anyone have I phones back then?
  18. Tamiya royal blue for the wheels -
  19. Got it. That michelin man is awesome - and the restored car does have black tires. The white appearance on the side walls on the bl wh photos is perhaps exposure ?
  20. Ill let the rad shell paint cure and then finish the radiator and finish up the engine …
  21. The parafilm came off without drama
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