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Strange. I’m 3 yrs older - the workbench doesn’t seem to age ? ... ??

So the axles are in and the uprights are “pinned”. The axles run right up against the shocks - the U joints are small but probably still a bit over-scale ... the stance is not quite as good as the test fit 8 months ago- the left rear wheel is about a scale inch off the ground - I’ll use a couple of tricks to improve the stance slightly - but I smell a points deduction on this ... got to remember to delete this post ...

You’re velcome ... you can do a working susp with these ... can’t on the Cooper - The combination of plastic and brass makes these parts too fragile to allow for susp travel. oh well ... paint finish on axle and U joints is Alcad polished steel over Alcad steel - works well -

Well. The seats look good on my phone ....

That’s ok reverend Davis That’s ok reverend Davis U joints / evergreen strip - .080 by .100 - filed and sanded to shape with .020 holes for the pins - which are Scale Hardware .07 rivets - through a brass yoke made of soldered .08 brass tube ... Weeeeeh ....

Before finishing the axles and the U joints I’ve gotten the unique Cooper torsion bar on - that’s the black curly cue thing that’s perched on top of the leaf spring ... and the stance is OK. - not perfect - but it’s close to what I want ... I know that the wheelbase difference front to back looks odd - but the Coopers ran a narrower rear suspension ...

Rear susp assembly is proving to be difficult - fitting, tweeking, re-drilling holes, more test fitting ... and an unscheduled survey of the workshop floor in search of a wayward upright.

Made and installed the new fuel pump - it’s driven off the back of the transaxle . Of course - I then found the first pump - which had gone missing ... the pump fittings are RB Motion banjo fittings ... and installed the oil tank after some mods to the shape - had to lower its profile to fit under the engine cover with the tank cap - which is a white metal part fr the parts bins ...

Yup

I’ll post more photos of the chassis if anyone is interested. But I don’t want to confuse mr bacon’s very nice build thread. Maybe on a separate thread .. . I’m tempted to buy the kit and do the mods for the later chassis but I need another build thread - like not ...

for those who were not familiar with Greg's work - inspiring ... https://www.gregnicholsstudio.com/scale-model-gallery

That’s Penske blue ... I’ll need some for an incoming Indy car. Whose paint did you use ?? ?? nicely done ...

Thanks for the response - info - and hurrahs all around...

Now back to the rear suspension - aided by some freshly machined RB Motion hardware and Master Club bolts ....

And the gas tank is epoxied to the chassis clips and sports two bungee cords made from semi-clear wire the spring clips made from wound steel wire. bye bye pedals - won’t see those again ...

Apple treated me to an I phone software update last night and everything works a little differently - I hate it when somebody moves my cheese ... where was I - Tweeking the engine cover fractured the forward edge. Clean break - so I’ve glued in a support piece - this will hold - so I’ll need another light coat of paint ...

Back to the engine bay ... ive made a second chain drive - the first one was too long - using the Aber photo-etch chain glued to a part made fr Evergreen .020. This is as close as you will get in making this sort of motorcycle chain drive in this scale ... the Aber set - I think it’s still available on their site - can also be used for the mechanical chains used in the brake assemblies seen in the foot bays of Bugattis. Neat stuff ... the part was shoe-horned into the engine bay - very tight fit - but it’s in and the drive train now just needs some axles and U joints - that’s next ...

How much did this Rolls weigh ? Built like a railway car ...

Steering wheel - w Cooper badge printed on my computer on some decal film shift linkage is brass and nickel silver tube - it links up with the gear case in the engine bay no. This is not an all nighter ... just couldn’t zzzz ... ...

And there’s the third leaf spring ...

That’s a relief ! not ... daft ... I wonder if Rolls changed the susp arrangement depending upon the chassis length ordered by the customer ?

Ok. Made the chassis tab that holds the handbrake and threaded it thru and led it to the slave cylinders - now to the steering wheel and shift linkage ...

and on a completely different note here's a link to some marvelous Gulf team race car porn.. www.rofgo.com/collection

wait a minute ... I'm missing a connection here ... It appears that you were the drafter ?? so this was really a two continent project ?? and yes I've seen the 43th sc engine who's going to dare to make the throttle link/arm assembly in 43rd scale //// ??? So if I finish mine in 24th scale I can request a mod? and did you draw the Ford DOHC ? and have I opened up another can of worms ? and do you have the Becassa app also ??

my favorite Brit expression - Oh Dear ...