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Is anyone else following the restoration of the Gurney Lotus 29 at the Indy Museum w/site ?? Great stuff ...
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In case anyone was curious about the size difference in scale. 1/25th vs 1/24th. It is visible .... and the 25th scale engine is a little larger than the Gurney Eagle kit DOHC engine although both are supposed to be 25th scale ... I do not think that the Mad printed 25th sc engine will fit into the Gurney kit without some major mods. But I do suspect that the exhaust headers could be modified to use with the Gurney kit DOHC ... and that would be a big improvement.
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Vintage Formula 1 Heavy Metal Models
absmiami replied to Gramps46's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
That kit sounds familiar ... I wonder if it ever .... traded places ??? -
Vintage Formula 1 Heavy Metal Models
absmiami replied to Gramps46's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
You’ve posted a build of one of my holy grail kits - the Western Alfa 158 wh metal kit .... the search goes on .... -
Now back to The fuel distribution links ...I’ve made some links from nickel silver and I soldered up some .047 and .024 Brass tube to make the knuckle of the first of two central links ... And there is a .022 cap screw at the leading edge of the knuckle fr RB Motion painted black. That’s the screw that secures this part to the cross rod. ... on the real engine ...
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2 of the The inspection plates on the valve train cover Are safety wired. So I have removed the printed bolts and drilled some .012 holes for bolts. Gonna see if I can add the safety wires Would never bother with this except that this is going to be a display engine.
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Hey simon pagenaud wins the Indy 500 again !!! Oops ... header tabs galore ...
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And and and do you have/recall details of the engine ????? and yes. Photos would be really cool ... there are some good photos of the restored car from its display at the Amelia concourse in 2012 ...
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Once the linkage bar is on I took a shot at the leaver or crank or whatever it’s called. There are - per the drawings - 2 in the center of the cross bar - made fr .040 brass tube soldered onto .024 tube and then soldered to a small piece of .010 nickel strip - the tip of the strip will slide into a short length of .024 alu tube...
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Right cyl head post main thing is to align the linkage rod ... then the left hand cyl head post ...
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Painted the fuel blocks with some Polly S blue anodized paint and then some flat black for the frame These paints dry quickly - so just a short time later I epoxied the nickel bracket - the location is tricky because of the stagger in the Cyl heads. But I think l got a good location. Now I can make the left and right hand brackets ...
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I managed to drill some .013 holes into the top of the gear train cover and placed two .013 pins and pinned the fuel block assembly in place. This allowed me to epoxy the bracket and make the adjustments needed to center the cross bar that holds the linkage levers - 2 in the center and one each side for the linkage to the injectors
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Starting with some .024 nickel rod I bent this to the shape of the bracket that straddles the fuel blocks in the center of the front gear train cover and soldered it to a strip of Nickel strip. Finished with some files and sanding sticks and careful with the balsa wood. It is flammable ...
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Shortly after my book order. Auto books informed me that the Ford performance reprint was not available - but they did agree to seek Ford’s permission to do another reprint - or perhaps something electronic. We’ll see anyway - here’s an update ...
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The A pillar. If you have 5 different hobby saws and 3 different scribers - one will work and the rest will not ... do you have a spare body to experiment with ???
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Just ordered mine. Was not aware of the reprint. Thanks again Some slow going. Removed some of the valve cover bolts and drilled .0125 holes for some .012 nickel rod- then cut and drilled .015 by .040 evergreen strip these will Serve as the bases for the plug looms - which are on their way from detail master. Also placed some .047 plastic plugs into the cylinder head to hold the base of the carbs and you’ll notice from the mock up shot the stagger of the cylinder heads. Not sure that the Gurney Eagle kit got this right. - will check
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Airtrax 1/24 Ferrari 330 GTC - The Beauty and the Beast
absmiami replied to Italianhorses's topic in WIP: Model Cars
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Would love to see the doors swing open. But you must be xtra careful with those slender A pillars ... hi Tim ...
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You win ! I did some web snooping this afternoon. Some pages of the ‘65 Ford performance Pamphlet for this engine have crept onto the internet and it is pretty clear from the drawings that the smaller wire size will better. Mad; do you have that pamphlet ??
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Alrighty then... detail master sells .013 and .016 orange plug wire ... the perfect size would be .014. - oh well - I’m leaning towards using .013. Inviting your votes ... rules. Any forum member is eligible to vote - regardless of party affiliation - one vote per member - but you can change your mind as many times as you want - I’ve changed my mind three times already this morning ...
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Oh dear .. .... . ...... .
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I forgot about the rev’s display engine! Revs is about 110 miles west of me across “alligator alley”. Don’t ask ... of course it is closed now. But I plan to go back there when it reopens - maybe Junewhoknows ... couple more Q’s ... the plug wires - yours look perfect - I’m uncertain whether to use.013 or .016 for these. What did you use in 8th scale - I’ll try to do the math. I like your paint on the 1/8 The engine block looks like it is a mix of gun metal and something else silver - and are the valve covers flat black with a little something? Maybe some grey or gum metal ? the links and the fuel line fittings are driving me nuts. Gonna have to machine some elbow fittings and draw out the links. And no, Randy - the linkage will not be functional . I am not THAT functional ... and thanks again ... your humble obsessive whatever ...
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Yup
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The fuel distribution blocks straddle the bracket in the center of the valve train cover. Made from evergreen bar and drilled for the fuel lines and adjustment screws . Have to make part that suspends the linkage rod - this will be brass or nickel ... probably paint the fuel blocks a shade of anodized blue - as per the 8th scale prototype - I think that is correct ...
