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  1. absmiami
    The resin kit bulkhead is replaced by the one in black - cut and sanded from evergreen sheet. Can’t quite locate all of the accessories to spec because of the scale - even after thinning the nose shell to about .040 or so ...
  2. absmiami
    Bangin’. away on the front. suspension and oil tank bulkheads - first a shot - borrowed - of the 43 during its restoration ... these bulkheads were similar to the 49 ‘s - but there are some differences ...
  3. absmiami
    Some more brief - limited news - GPMA posts from Cali members indicate that Mike Q has been moved to a rehab facility for what I assume will be a lengthy rehab. But I’ll take this as some promising news ...
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    Warning. The IMC Lotus is under scale. Closer to 1/26 ... the Heller Lotus 49 would be a better starting point - I’m modifying - an old Japanese resin kit of the ‘67 Lotus 49 - that “borrowed” some Heller kit parts - recasting them in white metal - repeating all of Heller’s many errors ... the engine - won’t be making mine til I finish some other stuff - get LOTS of Evergreen plastic. All shapes and sizes - and some razor saws and a mitre box and your favorite liquid glue - and away you go - and please post you progress - on your own thread - or even on this one - no objection whatsoever from me ...
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    It worked !
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    Not yet
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    Gracias
  8. absmiami
    That’s funny. If you tap the drawings of the BRM engine posted by big John - on your i phone - they are nearly the exact size of the engine in 24th scale ...
  9. absmiami
    Not stamps. Stump. Can’t read ... what’s a paper stump ???
  10. absmiami
    Stamps? That’s a neat trick ...
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    When I widened the body last summer I never got around to the nose - widened this morning with a couple of pieces of renshape - it’s about 2 scale inches wider with the renshape inserts - pretty close to the scale drawings ... the castings are fairly thin - so that there will be room for a radiator - which is nice ... the surgery was performed with razor saws, PermaGrit flat files, diamond burs, and sanding drums and sticks - and a Little putty...
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    The hatches in the monocoque used for the fuel bladders sit up higher on the Lotus 43 ...
  14. absmiami
    “I’ll probably wind up cross- eyed” so then we’ll call you Mary ...
  15. absmiami
    Magnifiers ?
  16. absmiami
    Love those switches ...
  17. absmiami
    Those of you who have wandered thru this thread will recall that I am converting a Lotus 49 Japanese resin kit from long, long ago. One of the changes is to reshape the leading edge of the cockpit cowling - the 43 has a rounded leading edge or lip. Whereas the 49 had a more squared profile....
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    There is a momentary clearing on the workbench - which is an excuse to return to the Lotus 43.
  19. absmiami
    I somehow missed your Offy drawings - rather nice! This is my petition to resurrect these drawings for a 24th and 25th scale engine - oh - and a Novi - because you could twin the cyl heads on a crankcase and away you go...
  20. absmiami
    Hurricanes ... and now blizzards ... so much for “don’t mess with ..... “.
  21. absmiami
    Running board hell. ... I knew there was reason that I stick with race cars ... no fenders and no running boards ...
  22. absmiami
    awaking a sleeping thread - Profil 24 has announced a Howmet Turbine with a very detailed engine looks like they are doing some 3D design ?? it wont be cheap - but it will only be slightly more than an ebay Howmet Turbine AMT kit and by the way - thats a nice looking - build !!
  23. absmiami
    Rather nice. Would like to see some more photos of engine - did you take any before installation...?
  24. absmiami
    Thanks BJ. And Pico. Forgot to thank Aber - makers of the photo-etch chain used in the chain drives ... it’s still in their active catalog ...
  25. absmiami
    Will you have a visible engine bay for those cool twin cams that you drew ??? ?? ?
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