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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
Dare you drop an engine in it ?? -
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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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 ...
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another question for mad ... the diameter of the linkage cross bar - appears close to 1/2 inch and the diameter of the steel fuel line - appears slightly more than 1/2 inch nominal outside dia - 5/8 ??? just made the forward facing fuel distribution block ... thanks in advance
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Cooper barn find
absmiami replied to absmiami's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
How do you think it would handle? -
Gotta. Start somewhere... .020 x .156 evergreen strip ...
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Cooper barn find
absmiami replied to absmiami's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Thinking about an engine swap in the Cooper. What do ya think ??
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Thanks terrifying ... sigh .... scalpel ... suture please ... Dog Fish Head ....
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Mad. On your 8th sc blog there are some great photos of the brackets that support the rod that articulates the fuel injection linkage. Could you post a photo of the fuel block sitting in the center of the assembly - and a photo or drawing of its attachment to the middle bracket and or the top of the valve train cover gracias in advance ... and if anyone reading this hasn’t yet seen the 1/8 build on the big boys blog - stop what you’re doing and go to the big boys section and you’ll see the posts there ...I’m referring to the posts on the Ford soho indy engine ...
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I knew I shouldn’t have said that ... so I managed to make one before running to the cooler ... evergreen I beam filed and sanded and sawed. With a .012 drilled bolt hole and a piece of .012 brass rod and a .020 r b motion nut. Momma Mia l forgot how miserable these things were ... I’ll be able to knock out about one a day ...
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Scary nice
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I know that you’ve been pondering the design of those headers ....
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After an alcohol wipe, some toothpaste and an old toothbrush - both the headers and the engine block are ready to go. Once you cleanup the back of the engine the detail on the engine mounts is very good. Despite the fact that the engine is “printed” from this projection ...
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Thanks to mad for the commentz. Sunlight! Let’s see. I live in florida maybe see if I can find some of that ... ive tried to sand blast in the past. Tough to do here in the humidity. Never found a good way to set up the equipment. Gonna need a bigger work shop ... but thanks for: A. answering a modeling prayer ... and B. sending me down this rabbit hole ...
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Lastly - the MPC 25th scale Gurney ‘68. Eagle kit headers ... Well, they tried ... You will notice that the header flanges are about the same distance apart left to right - and about the same length. I think that the mad mike printed 25th scale headers might fit onto the gurney kit engine. That’s the next lab experiment ...
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The next victim is the header casting in white metal from the English Finecast 24th scale Indy Lotus. I love these kits they make great curbside models. Their dimensions and shape are very good. But about those headers...
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Now a look at their ancestors ... first up is the IMC Lotus 38 25th scale headers. We’ll call this part “junior”.
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The 25th scale headers are on the left and the 24th scale are on the right. There is a slight difference. I think these pictures will show this ...
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So lets do some more obsessing... these are three main components with a minimum of clean up. The exhaust tip fits snugly into the collector after cleaning the tips
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Yup. I’ll post a group picture of the exhaust headers w the corresponding lumps from the lotus and eagle kits. Later tonite .... since - like most of the rest of us - you’ve got nothing but time on your hands .... would you like to create a demo header tab in brass and post the results. I’ll try one in plastic ....
