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1968 Lotus Turbine #70 Indy Car
absmiami replied to tuffone20's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
My head is spinning this site has viewers of a certain tender age that are unaware that these tractors were a staple in the pits until when ? The early eighties ? Yup I’m feeling old - nice build by the way .. -
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The cylinder heads on the Columbo 12 are, as I recall, 60 degrees opposed - the angle of the heads on the Reps and Mins block are perfect - or appear to be - so the sliver of black visible when the timing chain cover is held against the UMI cyl head tells me that the angle is not quite right on this part - also the left side cam box is too narrow - so this requires some surgery using .020 Evergreen strip …
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The motor mounts are cast on to the sides of the clutch housing on all of the Ferrari 12s - detached this part from the Reps and Mins block and will use it here - the Reps and Mins starter is quite good and correct for all of the Columbo 12s - so I’ll use it here.
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Since I’m using the timing chain cover from the Reps and Mins castings I sawed apart the corresponding part from the GTO sump and attached it to the cover
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File and sand file and sand sand and file … Tamiya liquid glue
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MotoR mounts - the factory drawing - and the mount on the Reps and Miniatures Columbo block - very correct - will duplicate this …
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Speaking of Bugatti wheels …
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Also consider raw metal finish - no polish ….
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are you making the drive shaft and the U joints ?? my U joints failed every 25,000 miles or so on my long ago surrendered 73 Dodge Charger and I had the smallest V8! by the way - really glad that you re-routed the exhausts - given all of the great under-body work thats been done and by the way - the brake lines are attached to the axle - how ?? is that flat lead strip - or what ???
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Gorgeous grime ….
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Check out this shot of an early Columbo 12 on a Ferrari 166 FII chassis owned by Chinetti Jr - and sometimes on display at the Simeone Museum in Philly …. The Reps and Miniatures casting is within 1/2 inch in scale length - not bad !
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I’ve made the length of my engine block to match the GTO block produced by Reps and miniatures. This is scale 23 inches …. Just how accurate was the Reps and Miniatures engine ??
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So I’ve modified the cyl head from the UMI Kit and grown the rest Of the block from strips of Evergreen … and improved the ribbing on the sump - Filing and sanding - and Tamiya liquid glue - lots of filing lots of sanding …
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Transparent blue smoke clear ok - gotta try this -
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the clamps aren't functional - are they ???
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Nice to see this with the doors opened - well done - I don’t recall the kit having a roll cage - was that an add on ?
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A little …
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Great reference alert … in 1965 a lot of motor sports photography was bl and wh … not a car modeler’s best friend …. But Primotipo.com never misses an opportunity to post color pix - and the site has just put up 2 color shots of the 23B taken during the 65 Tasman season - Gracias! Turns out that the roll bar is green and not black - gotta correct / redo my exhaust pipes and finish this sucker .. insert joke here …
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My bad AnyZ …
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The sump bolts are from the AnyC 3D printed bolts pack …
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Design: the Barchetta was the design product of Touring of Milan - they did the design work for many early Ferraris. If you want to see a Ferrari that really influenced sports car design in Great Britain - have a look at the 225 Sport Ferrari - a 1952 design by Vignale - Godfrey Eaton’s “The Complete Ferrari” set me back 20 bucks in the late eighties - I think it was re-published so it should still be gettable - the “Ferrari: Design of a Legend” book by Rogliatti - published in 1990 - also set me back twenty - a great book on Ferrari design - I think this book is entering the strata of unobtanium … Fisher gets Two - or maybe three - gold stars for the pattern which correctly produces the front to back taper on the Barchetta …
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