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  1. absmiami
    Messin around w your Moon Eyes. - hope you don’t mind …
  2. absmiami
    One of Enzo’s prettiest cars - I’ve been using the diamond bits a lot in the past few years - good stuff - tempted to pick up one of Air Trax offerings …
  3. absmiami
    I’ve forwarded this thread to the CDC - as I am quite concerned about the issue of containment - particularly as it pertains to dragsters …. ..
  4. absmiami
    Disease …
  5. absmiami
    Yikes Tim. I remember Moon Wind - and I remember how Hank “painted” it - I may still have the issue of Car Model - what are we going to do when we grow up ???
  6. absmiami
    Have no fear. See you there in 16 months - unless we mis-place Utah …. …
  7. absmiami
    Looks like you’ve got some more winter to assemble this beast - and by the way - thanks for sharing some of your cold weather - we’re down to the forties in Florida - which of course causes a mass freak out - anyway - please post some more chassis pix before you button this up - and just for fun - how about some group shots of your parts and subassemblies - that would be cool …. and yes I do like those door handles … worth the time and effort …
  8. absmiami
    if its a Palmer kit: does it go to Model Hell ??? ??
  9. absmiami
    model heaven ??
  10. absmiami
    Photo 2 above - phone swallowed the text [dog ate the homework ]. Comparing my Miller 122 body to the Etzell / Bradford 91 front dr …
  11. absmiami
    Photo 1 - the white metal Miller kit has a nice 2 Piece frame …. The resin kit behind is Harold’s 91 fr Dr Miller - if my recollection is correct - it was mastered years ago by Etzell but never kitted - Harold may have mastered the detail parts - anyway - it’s first rate …. photo 2. - the Miller 91 fr dr body compared to my 122 body / frame … photo 3. - comparison of Etzell’s great Miller 91 engine Casting with my 122 crankcase and Cyl heads - Etzell’s eng was 25th scale vs my 24th sc eng castings - not much difference … I’ve split and made two separate cyl head castings - so you can see the gap /opening - which is about 3/4 inch scale …
  12. absmiami
    The white metal Miller 91 fr Dr kit In question …. Note the rubber Tires tried their best to eat right through the bottom Of the foam packaging - yup I’ve had it a while - but the foam peels off the tires with no damage …
  13. absmiami
    We’ll done
  14. absmiami
    The Miller you are referring to is the 24th scale miller 91 fr Dr produced [still] by sefinecast.co.um. curbside - but they were / are the only craft kit makers I can think of that made Indy kits in 24th scale - on this side of the pond - we’ve always had 25th scale Indy resin kits …. You might not be familiar with the late Chris Etzell’s excellent 25th scale Indy kits - produced 25 - 30 years ago …. And some others by Bill Jorgenson and later - Gary Doucette …. not to mention current EBay offerings by Pennsylvania resin castor Silvercitymodels … [also very good]. Which is why I apologized at the top of this thread for persisting in creating a 24th sc Indy Miller … hope this adequately confuses things …
  15. absmiami
    Using Scale Hardware bolts too - but I’m running low on my favorites and restocks nowhere on the Horizon - but ill reach out to the guy who created the business - but then sold it - to get his thoughts …
  16. absmiami
    Alrighty then - more pichers - Evergreen strip for some flanges - the bolts on the chassis are sourced from RB Motion, Master Club, AnyZ, whatever seems to look right - that I’ve got in my stash … the cross brace w the flanges serves as a top mount for the friction shocks …
  17. absmiami
    Well I do have a front drive T ….
  18. absmiami
    OPTIVISOR !
  19. absmiami
    Keep a close eye on that shirt, Charlie !
  20. absmiami
    The Indy Millers used friction shocks front and back - I’m figuring out how to fabricate the angled casting used by Miller to link the bottom two shock leaves to the leaf spring - bits and pieces of Evergreen …
  21. absmiami
    The mount for the fr leaf spring is made fr Evergreen angle stock and bar - and a short section of plastic shrink tube - once everything was carved up and glued to the chassis leg - the bolts were added - AnyZ - and Master Club …
  22. absmiami
    Very nice
  23. absmiami
    A concession to scale - the front shocks are glued to the front of the chassis legs - so I’ve added small tabs to grasp the ends …
  24. absmiami
    Over the years I’ve photographed a number of 91s and 122s. The first shot shows how the front of the shock attaches to the frame - the second photo shows the shock mount that holds the trailing end of the front leaf spring …. Going here next
  25. absmiami
    All these additions are made with Evergreen strip .20 and .15 - and Tamiya liquid glue ..
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