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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 - ???

The carbureters were painted Tamiya mica silver and glued to the manifolds - they sit next to the chassis rails and nearly disappear once the engine is in - just a few more engine parts …

Thoughts: if Court of the Crimson King is your favorite rock album - its well chosen … thought II. Everyone should try to build a 1/8 sc kit at least once - if you mess up ANYTHING - it looks like a toy - would enjoy seeing you tackle the 8th sc Lotus 72 kit - could i tempt you to back date the C spec kit to build the red, gold, and white Series 1 model …. ?? That would be fun …