absmiami
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Looks good …. What tools are used to emboss the seat pattern ?? ??? -
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 …
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The rivet sheets fr Archer and Micro Mark both are printed with carrier film - but it’s thin and will disappear under a coat of paint . Since the rivets are black - you’ll need a second coat of paint for good coverage …. No big deal - and you can finish in silver if you are a good painter/finisher …. There are a couple of rivet sheets that have the film stuck to the top of the rivet - to be removed after application - haven’t tried them yet - but I plan to …
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These are Russian [who knew] A range of resin bolts and rivets that are - I think - 3D designed and printed - so they are very precise - and since they are resin - it’s easy to cut the stems off and glue them on - you’ll loose some - but the packets come with a large count …. There availability sort of comes and goes - but a number of on line pushers show them in their online catalogs fr time to time …
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Very nice
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2 votes for the Stooges - and Iggy …
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Try the Archers. You’ll like …
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The decal film for both the Archer and the Micro Mark sheets is thin. It will disappear under some primer.
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While all hell was breaking loose in Azerbaijan - unbeknownst to me - I’ve started to rivet the monocoque. Some of the riveting must be done before the bulkheads are attached. using Archer’s rivets and some from Micro Mark to surround the fuel bag openings …
