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This is a very recent restoration - and I think - a good one - Revell did get the under bonnet structure correct -

Rather nice …. !! !!!

And this is the first of three crumpet catchers that i came upon ….

Car show season in S Florida - this is the gathering Saturday at a private school in Hobe Sound …

Yup - one of the neat features of the 1 1/2 era GP cars is that they all came apart to reveal all of their … stuff …

Whats next - maybe the rocker arms, the pedals, and or the steering rack ?!

There’s alot going on here - the panel is opened for the pedals - they are suspended fr two brackets - then i drilled holes for the brake and clutch fluid reservoirs - these are white metal - but they are not fr the kit - long story ..

Shout out for the friction shocks …

I too am an Immense Minis fan - always difficult to get a realistic finish for flesh - did u mix something fr AK paints or do they sell a “flesh” tone paint ? And nice job on that helmet -

The rocker arms are pinned / bolted to the ends of the structure left and right -

The pedal box is topped with a panel that holds the pedal brackets and opens either side for the rocker arms … evergreen strip and L shaped strip …

Notice that the posts have holes in them - thats because oil and water lines ran right thru them on their way to and from the engine - so just how secure was the roll bar mounted ?? ??

Gracias MJ Strips of Evergreen are CAd onto the ridge - they form the lip that secures the eng cover - the 29 roll bar was attached to the front of the Ford engine - the roll bar on the 25 was attached to posts on the monocoque - so i’ve got to make these - more bits of Evergreen - for what i’m hoping is a casting for a Lotus 25 …

Using the base of this steel cutter to gouge a ridge on the edges of the monocoque -

Gunze Mr Surfacer - out of the bottle - will be used to eliminate the file marks on the surface - with some putty for a larger error on the base of the casting

Trimmed width fr Lotus 29 toe box to match width of the 25…

https://permagrit.com/# Dept of Corrections the files are coated with tungsten Carbide - this is the good stuff ...

The water and oil pipes run through those channels - remember - the radiator had both a water and oil section -

Using two diamond coated flat files to shape the round bottom of the monoque - removes the resin faster than traditional files - now to the suspension pick-ups -

Or more …. But only with help of a member of the resin castors Hall of Fame …

Gracias MJ the white casting will be the Indy Lotus 29 monocoque - and the gray casting - for the 25 - is based on the same casting - with reduced length and width … clear as mud ??

We do …

The width is the critical dimension - the Lotus 25 monocoque was 28 inches wide - got it …