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New Year new Variant New build thread but this is not a new project ... thought this was a good time to start this thread for reasons to be explained ...
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Cooper barn find
absmiami replied to absmiami's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Dale King - Rest in Peace - pix of his amazing 12th scale Cooper are posted on page 12 ... friends of Dale posted news of his passing on the GPMA blog two days ago ... He encouraged / inspired many of us and he'll be missed - no doubt ... -
Nice headlight choice …. And I agree w the fender change …
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1968 Shelby Green Hornet-----Update! 8/4/18
absmiami replied to MrObsessive's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Mr. O: There you go! Took a brief nap - we had a pandemic- and when you woke up, the Shelby was sitting in your work bench! Off we go … -
Ferrari 330TRi62 1962 #6 Le Mans
absmiami replied to Gramps46's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
Rare. Rare. Rare. Rare. …. -
More station wagons !
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Now for the “casting call”. Hopefully have some resin castings later in the spring …. Meantime, let’s see …
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The alternator is based on the Reps and Mins GTO casting - Shortened a bit and garnished with some straps and things - the straps are made from some squashed tin wire - rolled around short lengths of .015 Plastic rod ..
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I think I mentioned this - the UMI Barchetta kit had a bag of white metal castings done by Herb Deeks - the exhausts were cleaned up and shaped for casting - this will be tricky - the rubber mold casting may effect the shape - but it’s worth a shot …
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Fuel pump. Styrene rod and some Evergreen and some .015 RB Motion bolts. And some Master Club resin bolts…. Will be attached to the nose of the left hand Cyl head …
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Sure looks good on my I phon.
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The early Colombo 12s mostly used mounts at the back of the cyl head - that’s what these two holes are for …
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Just about done - but I’ll machine an aluminum ring that the plug wires will feed into …. That will be a challenge - as it will require cleaning up the other side of my workshop - huge challenge …
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Working on the second magneto - the white parts are replacements/changes to the Reps and Mins GTO engine casting - and I cut the second one apart - because the magnetos are on offset posts - so there’s a right and left hand magneto - hard to explain …