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  1. absmiami
    And the NACA ducts aren’t so easy - got to make two small ones on my Lotus ...
  2. absmiami
    Maybe not .... when Doug Nye did his great History of the Post War Grand Prix car Vol I - about 35 years ago - it included the factory drawings for the Vanwall space frame. Thank you Mr Nye! The current plan is to build a display chassis - as photographed / featured in the book’s chapter on the marque - actually I think that undressed chassis was once on display at the Collier Museum - now known as Rev’s - years ago - I was unable to photograph it then as the museum has always had strict photograph rules - no flash - not a problem today - with I phones - but back then - it was the “””one that got away “”. Anyway - this mite be the chassis for the Rev’s Collection Vanwall . Vanwall only built 5 or 6 .... - there is so much on these cars that I can do a nice job with what I’ve got - but boy would I have loved to have shot a roll of film on that chassis ... oh well ... and the Merit Vanwall kit may make a cameo in this project anyway ...
  3. absmiami
    How come nobody’s asked me where this engine is going .. ??
  4. absmiami
    On the right side of the cyl head I’ll make the combustion ports . This engine used Amal single throat carbs in an arrangement very similar to its Norton ancestor ... I mite cheat and use some kit sourced exhaust pipes from Fernando Pinto’s very good Vanwall kit. Not Sure - maybe ...
  5. absmiami
    The cyl head exhaust ports and flanges under construction ... evergreen strip and lots of liquid glue...
  6. absmiami
    2 things to pay attn to while making the cyl head. The angle for the cam boxes - should be 60 degrees - and I drilled thru the head for the openings for the coolant tubes - so that I’ve got a pattern to use when I solder up the radiator manifold ...
  7. absmiami
    Yikes ... that photo of Autolite I with the parachute is wonderful ...
  8. absmiami
    ok. So far so good. Now on to the cylinder head ...
  9. absmiami
    “Growing” the engine block - from the display engine photos you’ll see that the block is topped with a row of cylinder castings - I couldn’t quite work out their exact dimensions - but I used .156 evergreen tube - which is 4 scale inches - and a height of .100 - 2&1/2 scale inches in height ... that’s close enough ... the rest is all done with lengths of Evergreen strip and bar and liquid glue ...
  10. absmiami
    Do not. - I repeat - do not take the measurements on my Drawing as gospel - these are somE guestimates - and changes were made as the engine parts are made...
  11. absmiami
    I took these photos over 30 years ago - at the recently shuttered Donington Museum - my one and only visit - the display engine has a story to tell - I think - the pumps and distributor are attached to the side of the engine block - they don’t belong there - unless this was used in the team’s rear engined prototype or the Lotus 18 / Vanwall experiment ... maybe it was - don’t know ... would love to know where this engine is now ...notice the hairpin springs poking out from the cylinder head - these are really hard to see once the engine is installed ... what a cool looking engine ...
  12. absmiami
    Evergreen makes some sheet that railroaders use to make boxcar siding. The HO size is handy for making engine parts that are ribbed - like the Vanwall sump - the ribs are deepened with a razor saw - and away we go ...
  13. absmiami
    The engine is a scratchbuilders dream - or nightmare ? We’ll see..
  14. absmiami
    DING DING. ... the photo is from a restorer’s website - I’m not adding the link because the site appears To have some virus issues at The current time [ don’t we all ]. Tony vandervell’s engine was a quirky mix of old and new. It featured Norton’s cyl head design - including those wonderful exposed valve hair springs - poking out under the valve covers.
  15. absmiami
    Nope. Not that one ... but it is British ....
  16. absmiami
    Nope. The engine that I have in mind - and sort of on my workbench - is a unique four cylinder Grand Prix engine by ..??..
  17. absmiami
    Here’s another riddle. What engine is / was designed as a mash-up of four Norton Manx cylinder heads ? ?
  18. absmiami
    The optivisor is the most important tool on my workbench ...
  19. absmiami
    Caveat - we will of course be ruining the value of the kits we choose to build - oh well ...
  20. absmiami
    Once you are done with the Bugatti LSR - would you be tempted to do a build thread on one of your Etzels kits - I’ve got a different collection of Etzel unbuilts - including the Duesenberg Indy car - we could do a combined thread as a tribute to Chris - that was my thought .. . I have strange thoughts ...
  21. absmiami
    David. I’ve sent the castor an email - hope the link is current ... Maserati made less than 50 spyders - betting that strada24 Sold less than 50 kits. I’ll post the answer if I get one - either way - it was a fortunate purchase ...
  22. absmiami
    Mr King occasionally posts on the GPMA.io forum - short for Grand Prix modelers assoc - I think he has posted pix of that Porsche in that forum - I do not know if he still builds - he hasn’t posted any recent builds ... he is the first large scale scratch builder that I know of in this country ... thanks for the compliments. The bluebird kit was a smaller scale - and unobtanium in the US - you are correct about the others - I’ve been working on the Alfa engine - with the aid of a 3D printed upgrade from Mr Indycals - selling on Shapeways - it’s buried in the “some old racing engines” thread in the model cars section on this forum - it’s sort of taking a nap - but it could be active again once I’ve gotten my workbench clean again - but that is always a big challenge.. a big, big challenge ....
  23. absmiami
    Nailed them tires ...
  24. absmiami
    Yup
  25. absmiami
    And two manatees. ... designed by Fantuzzi ...
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