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I haven’t airbrushed Model Master paint in - like - forever ... missed that distinctive enamel scent ! The Cooper wears a paint color that is similar to same era Aston Martins. So I mixed up a color that looks about right fr the paint in the picture - thinned it - and masked the frame. Went on really smooth. Assuming that I should let this dry several days before I try to remove the masking - no hurry - should I wait a week? Lots to do in the interim ...

Thoughts on tire sidewall markings. The Deeks kit uses rubber O rings that I sanded for the tire patch. Sorry. - no tread pattern... would like too use / apply Dunlop markings. Dry transfers would work better than decals. - thinking ....

The white metal wheel castings came in Herb Deeks’ super rare Cooper kit which was a recast of the Merit kit with some wh metal castings ... And whilst I was toiling away making lug nuts for the Lotus 32B - it occurred to me that I needed 8 more for the back wheels on the Cooper . So....

I’m in big trouble [again] Mr Cooper is stopping in to the workshop and he expected the Mark IX to be finished by now ...

Yikes. Paint it orange and just pretend it’s an orange ?? pressure ? Or humidity ? Or just too heavy a coat ???

By the way ... nice bulkheads ...

I know where the missing guide is .... it’s in a dusty corner on the floor under your work bench ... next to two or three parts that you lost last year ...

Yup ...

The Hewland family is pleased to announce the birth of their 24th scale baby Hewland ....

2 votes for the exhaust support ...

Two wheels down - two to go ...

By cutting off the washer - following the outline of the nut - I have a nut that has the needed height to simulate a wheel nut. This is tedious- but takes a bit less time than machining each one of these suckers ...and the stems on these things are just .018 in .

You’re welcome don’t forget to return it when you’re done ... scoured the internet for some wheel nuts. The sets that are currently available have stems that are too large for these wheels - due to the location of the nut holes in the wheel - and I don’t want to make 24 of these things on a lathe . So I decided to modify some 1.0 mm 3D printed nuts ...

Would be fun to see the Cosworth in 43th ... whew ...

Yup. Like that low shot. A lot ...

What do you use to do the acid etch. ? Good point about the brightness of the hardware ...

And thanks ...

Getting there. Will need a few more Small bends And then the collector pipes - which have to clear the side of the engine cover. Oops - still have to make that ...

And some more ...

heat and bend ... repeat ...

Now to the exhaust pipes. 1 & 4 and 2 & 3 join in collectors and end in a single pipe. Using nickel silver rod. .062. This is probably slightly under scale. But .070 will not fit well into the cylinder head. So this is a scale casualty but not a terrible one. Set up a jig on the beaders’ tool Plate that Randy D used for the exhausts on his bonkers Porsche engine ... speaking of bonkers ... don’t miss the Cosworth WIP ...

The pedals hang down from this part. The clutch and brake are made from smashed tin solder with a pliers - then I rolled a diamond pattern onto the surface and then cut and shaped and glued this onto a pedal bracket made from nickel silver

So. As long as I am breaking things .... might as well show you the broken halves of the rocker arm bulkhead ... this is a lovely kit part - I messed around with it so much that it finally broke in half ... fortuitously, the part(s) are sandwiched between two thin supports so the final installation will look fine...

And yes. There is some lovely red goop seeping out of the transaxle. Can even see it on my I phone ...

Oh no ....