absmiami
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Good to hear that you got your son interested - my kids got game boys when they were ten and it was all over …. Any way - the rocker arms - the right side arm may be a scale inch too long - gonna have to do some more assembly to make sure that I keep the wheelbase correct …
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We could start a chant … Lola , Lola, Lola, Lola … ?
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And a happy Father’s Day to all who encouraged their sons to build model kits …. How’d THAT turn out …. ??? ??
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This was made with sheets and strips of Evergreen - .020 and .030 with a channel strip at the base - all liquid glued together and finished with sanding sticks. The brown parts left and right are some bits of renshape …
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Time for the pedal box / rocker housing bulkhead - which is separate from the monocoque and has a taper top to bottom - so the base is narrower -
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Lewis Hamilton wants that third set of tires about now …. Re-shaping the profile of the cover of the rocker housings … and opening the holes for the pedal arms …
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What would happen if you tapped on a razor saw to emboss a pattern ? Similar effect …. ??
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Looks good …. What tools are used to emboss the seat pattern ?? ???
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The rockers are sawed off and drilled for .05 pins - the arms are correctly shaped - but need some mods to reduce the size of the upright locating rings and remove some inaccurate under-side casting features …
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To the forward Bulkhead …. The 29 used an offset suspension with different length rocker arms. The kit part has some accurate detail - but I’ll have to lengthen it to use it in 24th scale - again using the Clidinst drawings …
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Rivets for the fuel tank bulkhead …. And using the Clidinst drawing to locate the fuel filler …. The AMT kit fuel filler cap mite be usable with the chrome stripped off - with the removal of the filler ring - the cap is casted off- center …
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Thanks for buildin ... !!
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Well they didn’t really corner …. If the track wasn’t banked - they just slid …. I grew up 4 miles from the Langhorne Speedway. But the track was winding down when I was a tike and I never got to see a race there - to my regret …
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The videos also show us the shape and location of the engine mounts …
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The engine and seat bulkheads first - with some detail added per the Indy Museum resto …
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Got to make the bulkheads - now that I know exact width / profile …
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Managed to attach the floor to the chassis “horns”. CA glue and liquid glue - checked the width - I’m within 3/4 inch of my target chassis width of 29 - I’ll take it …
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Bendix fuel pumps - sitting on the floor on the prototype. - but moved Into a housing behind the dash brace on the race cars - and making a Varley battery that sat under Gurney’s legs - got some black/wh photos of this arrangement - don’t yet know what color for the battery. Maybe translucent white but maybe red …
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Yup
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1968 RKE/JRT SCCA Trans Am Javelin
absmiami replied to swede70's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
AMX body … Rest In Peace -
Without the paper towel - the last shot looks 1 to 1 ….
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Actually. I’m closer from time to time than you think - I don’t recall from the Corvette build - do you “sherline” - or you use a larger lathe ?
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So this is interesting - have a look at my build - very early stages - of the same Car on the sports car threads - page 2 - mine was made by Strada 24 - a South American castor - this seems to be a different castor - mine for instance- had photo-etched wire wheels - we both have our work cut out for us …
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Here’s an example - the restoration - fortunately for me - required that the tub be stripped , repaired, and repainted - so …
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The floor of the monocoque is braced at Three different points - the braces are made fr Evergreen strip - and they will help secure the floor to the left and right halves of the monocoque . Here again - the Indy museum resto videos show me where everything goes …
