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  1. absmiami
    The drawing was cut out and glued into a sheet of .012 Evergreen ..
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    The Joker kit had upper susp arms that weren’t too good - so I’m turning to the scale drawings to make something …
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    Dash well done the odd off yellow color of the knobs on these early Ferrari dashes is challenging - what paint did you land on …. ??
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    Velcome back …
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    With the new and improved suspension arm i have made changes and corrections to the base casting to produce the features of the forward sectionl of the frame ..
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    But if you use the susp arm part as is - the front track is too wide - the kit tie rod is evidence of this error - so some mods are needed - this was done using some brass tube and low temp solder …. The shorter arm will narrow the track to something close to spec …
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    Turns out that Mr Joker - whose identity is a mystery to us still - cribbed these parts from the Tamiya Super Seven kit - these are the same parts that I’m using in my Lotus 16 build …
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    The lower fr suspension arm from the kit is white metal - and it looks familiar … so does the spindle …
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    Yup
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    Whattheysaid …
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    The beige sections of the tank behind the seat are Renshape - accidentally discovered that Tamiya liquid glue bonds this stuff to Evergreen styrene - that’s cool …
  12. absmiami
    The 18 had a saddle style fuel tank above the fr wheels and a second tank behind the seat …
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    The new pleats are made from Evergreen strip …
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    The Joker kit seat is the correct shape but a bit too wide - while correcting that I’m switching the pleats to run top to bottom instead of across… note to admin - my posting glitch was corrected after updating some I Cloud settings - or maybe my phone just had a sneeze ?
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    BATTERY terminals drive me nuts - these are great ...
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    Mock up - the frame members are square - but does/will the left hand member interfere with the Webers ? ??
  18. absmiami
    Greatstuff …
  19. absmiami
    Not done yet - but the brackets can now be glued on for the basic casting
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    Ideally - these parts should be nickel or brass - but i’m trying to make something that can be cast in resin and not be too fragile - I’m using half-round Evergreen tube - liquid glued to the sheet - the tubes - top and bottom - are .060 dia - that’s a little over-scale - but i will end up with a stronger casting ….
  21. absmiami
    Turning my attn to the rear suspension - the A shaped lower links in the Joker kit are white metal - they are simplified - but they have the right shape - so i traced the part on to some .012 plastic sheet as a rough guide …
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    Off we go
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    The thin sheet in the openings of the bulkhead will make casting easier - they will be easy to remove on the castings - and the holes in the bulkhead will be easy to re-open in the casting …
  24. absmiami
    The frame is perforated with a bunch of holes about .040 - or one scale inch …
  25. absmiami
    This bulkhead master is made from layers of Evergreen - to be used as a resin master part - to replace the kit part - which was simplified …
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