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  1. absmiami
    Gracias
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    More bits and peices - mostly nick silver and brass - wish i knew all the parts names - oh well ….
  3. absmiami
    Gracias left and right …
  4. absmiami
    Great great kit - painted mine light gray …. One of the first kits with photo etched wheels …
  5. absmiami
    Never mind a parts count - 65 pages - way to go …
  6. 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
  7. absmiami
    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 …
  8. absmiami
    Left and right making these from nickel silver strip soldered to nickel silver .08 tube …
  9. 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 …
  10. absmiami
    Velcome back im a fan of MCW paints too …
  11. 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 …
  12. absmiami
    Adding the frame skirts forward of the axle and attaching the uprights - using epoxy for adjustment time …
  13. absmiami
    “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 …
  14. 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 …
  15. absmiami
    Engine bulkhead - moved some holes - and did some trimming for a better fit - this is still a mockup …
  16. absmiami
    Against all odds …
  17. absmiami
    42 years later …
  18. absmiami
    Enzo would have been 26 years old in 1924 …
  19. absmiami
    How cool is this exhaust manifold ?? - i think this feature made an impression upon a young member of the Alfa Romeo team …
  20. absmiami
    Got the engine installed. For good - the lower radiator hoses have sleeves but no hose clamps - im all clamped out …
  21. 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 …
  22. absmiami
    InAccurate Mini’s “other kit” was the Mclaren M8b. Kit builder’s Hell …
  23. 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 …
  24. absmiami
    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 ???
  25. absmiami
    Thanks Straight ..
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