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Jay C : Thanks - the metal will be clearcoated - and then finished with a blue tint - the Delages were reported to have been finished with a light blue lacquer tint …. As you see - the pattern on the lower body panels doesn’t look too good - it should look better on the parts of the body that have less solder filler and have a smoother finish - at Least that’s the plan …

PHILX : the Franch Alps ?? ill be right over !!

Starting at the tail - - the tape guides the wooden bit - the paste is applied to the surface and i grind the swirls one row at a time - it will take some time and practice- but once i move to the upper body panels I should be good at this - worthy of my .75 daily wages …

To apply the swirl pattern I’ve made an abrasive paste - a mix of aluminum oxide and toothpaste …

In place of the sanding disc i’ve fashioned a wooden finishing tool from a tooth pick - so i’ll ne applying the pattern much like those poor workshop hands back in the day …

So I want to apply the finish in organized rows of swirls - better than the somewhat random pattern on the panel forward of the radiator …. I’m going to use Foredom’s right angle handpeice - they no longer sell it - i read at some point that there were issues with this handpeice’s reliability - - so they only produced a limited number of bits for this tool - which is a shame - but here goes ..

Is there a greater shot in all of motorsports than a midnite in-car on the Mulsanne Straight ???

Now the body is ready for Louis Delage’s special sauce - go back back back to page one - the body work was covered with a machine finish - some poor workshop apprentice was handed a hand tool and some abrasive paste and instructed to cover the body work with rows upon rows of swirls- about 1 inch in size - and probably paid about .75 cents a day - until he finished … And all of the team cars 3 or 4 - depending on the race - had this feature - glamorous race cars - miserable shop workers … the good old days !!

Also went over the surface with some metal polish - this stuff is berilium (spelling?) - and the more you polish the more it shines - you can’t get this finish with white metal ..

The body had some mods - Pico designed and casted the ‘25 supercharged car - and I decided to make the unsuper-charged car - the one that was restored about ten years ago - so i went back over the metal with Micro Mesh sanding sticks and pads - 1000 to 8000 - to knock out - as many scratches as i can ….

Alrighty - that was fun …. Now for the hard part ….

Assembling and installing the right side brake cable …

BF - thanks - i am the proud owner of an early issue Monogram Buagtti 35B kit - and ive been snapping photos of all of the variants for years - there is a Bugatti thread on the distant horizon …

Old stash of pre war badge decals - will do a radiator badge before installing the stone guard …

Steering arm clear coated - to prevent tarnish - and re-installed - straight as an arrow!!

The problem though is that i won’t have a straight run for the arm fr the sleeve attached to the spindle back to the sleeve attached to the steering box - because the tie rod interferes - it should be a scale inch lower - and the spindle arm is a bit too long …. The only fix is bend the steering arm - which is probably not such a good idea on the real car - but then again - the whole design was not too sound anyway - so …

The pin head fits snugly into the plastic sleeve but allows the sleeve to move freely once installed - making for a more precise connection once the steering arm is attached - hard to describe …

The steering arm on the ‘24 cars - before they were supercharged - were attached to a lever and sleeve that poked out of the bottom of the car - inside of the chassis rail - maybe not such a good idea ?

Here’s the brake cable assembly installed on the left - now have to complete and install the right side - its a bit over-scale - but that’s a compromise that I’ll accept in 24th …

Gracias Kit. The front brake cable wires are attached with a “clasp” (part name?) that’s made w Evergreen plastic strip and some small AnyZ bolts - again left and right - the cable wire is some random accessory wire that has been living rent free in my parts drawer for aT least a decade or two- or three …

Some Indy cars - im thinking the climax engined Brabham Cooper of 62 also used 58’s - and some of the Lotus Climax engines ran the large Webers - like the climax engine im making for my dormant Lotus 32B build - the photo w the mic is very instructive - but fitting a scale correct engine w scale correct carbs into a 24th sc Corvette w NOT scale body panels is …. Builders purgatory …

you KILLED it! LOVE it - one of my favorite funny cars i never understood why the monocoque frame never took hold w the NHRA ... Do you know ?

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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