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absmiami

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  1. One of my many side jobs - i’m a medium - so you can reach the mysterious Pico Elgin by dropping your message right here in this thread - and he appears - or drive to Atlanta and stop people randomly for directions - well maybe just email him …
  2. The housing for the shifter and the vent on top of the trans case were both turned from nickel bar - before the pandemic - and were waiting patiently for the trans case to be painted … some more work on the safety wiring segments
  3. Did Pico show you his Duesenberg ? the kick-plate for the transmission case was made from renshape and “stained” w a sharpie …
  4. The right side mid- frame safety wires are not as precise as the first set - i think I know why - i’m about to reach page 13 - and we all know that the project goes to hell on page 13 - right? Anyway - ive got to Make four more segments - so Ill get better at it …
  5. Turning my attention back to the trans case - which was made from Evergreen stock pre-pandemic - the black undercoat is Alclad - the bolts are from RB MOTION - Ohio - and Master Club - Er - Russia - they produced some really neat castle nuts just a few years ago - but i don’t expect re-stocks any time soon …. …
  6. Thanks - for the record - the base was made by another club member for the group display - it is really nice -
  7. Nice ! Dont sell your stuff, Pat …
  8. oh no wont let you build your Bugatti w/out these lovely safety wires ... must share the pain
  9. Don’t try this at home kids .. no, actually do try this at home - but only a section at a time - it will drive you batty - but it looks cool … takes some practice - and an optivisor - the parts grabber tool in the previous photo is used to grab and hold the ends of the wire to twist them from bolt to bolt …
  10. Time for some safety wires. The Delage has these wires running along the pan sections - they secure the bolts that attach the pan sections to the chassis. Chose some bolts that included a cast washer - but the wire - .005 - has to be wound and twisted - first around some .015 rod - these are then replaced by the bolts when the wire is installed - its a little over scale- but not much …
  11. Here’s the sump - finally with some paint on it - and installed …
  12. Pascal - i know exactly which Miller that you have from “Harold’s model factory”. As ive got two of those - Important note - the Bradford fr dr 91 duplicates the Series I 91 and not the Series II cars - the ones that carried the suoercharger at the back of The cylinder head - post me here if you want more info - or if you would like to do a tandem build thread …
  13. Its interesting to compare MFH’s state oF the art 20th sc kit to Monogram’s state of the art 24th sc kit from over forty years ago … please post some pictures of the drivers compartment - im curious to see how much detail is provided in the MFH kit. As an example - the clutch details in the MFH are fantastic - something that Monogram omitted in their wonderful old kit … thanks also for posting the Lotus 43 build - also very helpful …
  14. Dash is marvelous summer is just around the bend -have you manged to source an air con for the workshop ?? ive leaped back down a Delage rabbit hole - which remains on the Model Car section for the time being - and im about to do a whole lot of “engine turned finishing” on the project ….
  15. Ive been sawing away on a 98 year old Delage grand prix car on the neighboring Model Cars thread …. The moderators have been asked to slide that thead over here - but they seem to be - er - asleep at the wheel …. Ill do some work on this engine once ive made some more progress on said Delage ...
  16. You now have the added advantage of a removable wing for transport to shows, right ? ??
  17. Slow going - but done - now to the intake manifolds and carbureters - per the photos all the back on pg 1 …. And the radiator core …
  18. Left Banke …
  19. Right bank …
  20. And … another …
  21. Well deserved …
  22. Regarding the color of the magneto - buried back on page 5 - pre-pandemic - is an exchange between Pico (the “kit’s” creator and me on the topic …. He ponts out that the material is bakelite - which was an early plastic-like material w a red/brown hew - i failed to document how i came up with the color - i mixed something and something - can’t remember just what I ended up using - oops …
  23. Right bank almost done …
  24. Now the assembly - which requires feeding the plug wires through looms made fr -evergreen tube and rod …
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