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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 …

No. Thanks for making …

Well Done. And finished before the 90 degree days are upon us …

Very nice …

Another segment of safety wires - following the frame back over the rear wheel opening … one more segment to go …

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 …

Well done

http://www.zul-racing.com/projects/matra-ms11/ now your're ready to start

Safety wires for the bolts on the forward chassis cover / panel …

Than ks Mr Bugatti fan - have you ever seen the Jappic in your travels ? ??

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 …

Nice very nice looking forward to the steering wheel …

Momentarily obsessed with the Jappic - a same year - 1925 - British trials car that set speed records in GB and in France …. ya never know …

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 …

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 !

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 !!

Nice. What are the dimensions? Guessing a bit over 1 mill dia for the black strut “shell” …

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?

Tamiya royal blue for the wheels -

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 ?

Ill let the rad shell paint cure and then finish the radiator and finish up the engine …

The parafilm came off without drama

The radiator shell is polished German Nickel Silver - same as the contemporary Bugattis - I think - anyhow i chose the Alclad airframe aluminum rather than trying the molitov or the green stuff -

Nice wheels rims … your research suggests that the tires were painted white - or possibly the carcouses were white rubber with oil, gravel, and dirt staining the tread - which do you think ? ??

This was done by chucking the wheel into a lathe - hand set and tighten - gotta be careful - and then sanding the rim with sanding sticks - inside and out ..