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    Global Toy to the rescue - they have an eBay storefront with LOTS of decals and metal marking sheets for auto and military modelers …
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    Those were simpler times - Enzo wasn’t hiring marketing people to advise him on how to badge the engines - right ? so the smallest photo-etch in my stash is designed for 43 sc kits - but it’s too big! now what (dramatic pause) ??
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    Ok. Back from my wanderings the valve cover had a small badge - really small - not more than 5 inches in length -
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    Yup
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    Hop Up mag Dec 52 ! nice !
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    How many of the other F1 1973 cars have you done ? I did the 1/8 scale JPS - the god awful Entex kit- which is in desperate need of restoration …
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    Yup. You ain’t Ly’in I was there too - remember how cold the Glenn was in early Oct in the seventies ?? oh , and we all had long hair - like the drivers ! other weekend stories - not all appropriate for this forum - maybe …
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    Show Rod

    absmiami replied to James2's topic in WIP: Model Cars

    When ? ??
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    Very very very nice does the WD 40 give it a little sheen ?? ???
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    This is chassis .0010 - there are some More shots on ph 1. Sometimes you just get lucky …
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    Thanks ace
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    Paul got the sweep of the cowl correct - 24th sc MFH ? Miss …
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    i: I occasionally email w Paul F - unlikely that he will again produce kits - which of course is a shame - but understandable given advances in cad cam and 3D printing but this is a good chance to see if makers like MFH will pay close attention to SHAPE - which requires an artist's eye to interpret in scale !! Umm I feel a rant coming on .... incidentally - Paul and Susie Fisher lived in Paradise Ca - it was THAT fire ! Paradise is trying to re-build, according to Paul - maybe consider a town name change ???? no, not Phoenix !!
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    So I’m anxious to see how the 12th scale kit develops - I’m wondering whether MFH will correct any of the shape errors made in their now 10 yr old 24th scale kit …. We’ll all know soon - as the speed of their kit development is dizzying ..
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    You can see several differences in the shape of the driving compartment cowling and some subtle differences in the shape of the transition from front fender to the radiator cowling - in some respects I think that the Fisher casting is more accurate - there are factory drawings posted here and there for reference - which brings me to the news on the MFH website - they are posting parts photos for a 12th scale Barchetta - including what will be a bonkers engine - with all of the internals - you haven’t lived until you’ve seen a working 12th scale MFH Ferrari V12 - with those pistons humming away …
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    These photos offer a comparo of the Fisher / UMI Barchetta body casting and the MFH Barchetta - which of course is long out of production and basically umobtanium…. The MFH casting is in the collection of a friend that I had a chance to see during my wanderings up and down the east coast in the past two weeks …
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    The boots look great. There is one or two other ways to do this - if you encounter any problem w breaks at the joint - we’ll explore - I used the RB Motion boots on the Lotus 29 - but these have the drawback of not liking glue …
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    Anodize clear ?? To prevent tarnish ??
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    Does anyone else have this rare kit ?
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    Note. The gray engine castings in the box are not kit castings- they are some castings of the engine I’ve built for the 32B …
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    So as I’ve wandered away fr this thread - I thought I’d revive it with a fascinating Joker kit find. Joker made a Lotus 18 - and a darned good one !! It’s curbside but the castings for the wheels and body are great - they nailed it - this kit is not mine - it’s in a friends collection - and it begs foR some copies - and uses the same climax that I’m using in the 32B. What a cool find ! Model kit envy …
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    Ya never know …
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    Yup
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    Isn’t the Revell Harley kit 16th scale - or 12th ? im stubborn about scale - this will [someday] be 24th sc - and the engines cry out for some machining - I’ve found some drawings that will guide me … mans don’t forget to check out Margoram’s work - great Stuff …
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    Well done im just starting to grasp that the phones in our pocket do so many things better than the desk tops in the office …
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