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  1. absmiami
    making the float chambers that flank the Amal carb and the tray that they are fixed on its unusual to run a double float chamber setup - but I think that a few of the FIII coopers used this including the one that I making I need two fittings on each chamber for lines in and out the first two pix give you the idea - but this on was too tall and wasn't used the trick is to solder one fitting and then clamp it against the tube so that you can then solder the second fitting without damaging the first solder joint ... this is the skill that Randy D has nailed ..... made a couple more that were the correct height - one is sharper than the other but I'll probably use them both neat trick dept ; you can grasp a long tube while your making a part by removing the other half of your pin vise why didn't someone tell me this ????
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    has anyone tried construction of these kits with low temp solder ??
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    wouldn't mind seeing a picture of the built model I've seen most of the kits built - but not this one .... did you build the Bugatti 35 kit ?? reminds me - the Ferrari kit has those same wheels - with the soft wire and the notched rims ...
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    the best tech description of the frame is in Whitelock's book on the 1 1/2 litre formula the frame rail diameter is 1 1/2 inches - I'll bet that the Exoto's frame rails are over-scale ....
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    thing 3b frame was probably scale 1 1/2 inch dia - not sure most of the frame members run straight - so you can use either brass or plastic thing 4 - go to town on the clutch housing - do you own a lathe ? if not - there is a plan B ....
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    thoughts: three things to make a better mousetrap than the Exoto ... thing 1: does the Auto-kit have photo-etched inserts for the wheels ? can't remember thing 2: how are the kit exhausts ? got some ideas if they are as bad as the Exoto ... thing 3: the frame members look over-scale on the Exoto - Do you have Jonathan Thompson's scale drawings ??
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    Now I've done it Long, long, long ago I traded one of my 24th scale Autokits - the Ferrari 156 - to Forum member Rich C for his Autokits Lotus 25 and neither one of us has built them! these are the old curbside white metal kits that are now made by Finecast they build up great as curbsides so I thought - why not have a build blog for both we'll post as we can - and hopefully two builds will take shape as we go - the Ferrari constructed in the leafy confines of Sayre Pa. , and the Lotus constructed in the alligator infested swamps of South Florida .... as to my kit; I'm considering building a Lotus 32B - using some of the kit parts, such as the top half of the body, the wheels, uprights, and a few more random parts - I'll scratch-build the monocoque chassis and the engine - which was a four cyl Climax. The 32 B was based upon the Lotus 27. It had a slightly narrower chassis (than the 25) and straight runs of chassis rails - rather than the bends and kinks used on the 25's chassis. It looked like a Lotus 25 with a climax engine - but in fact it was not - but its only about an inch/half narrower than the 25 so I think I can finesse this .... this shot is from the Ultimatecarpage.com site hope Mr. Ultimate has no objection I'll remove this if requested but in the meantime - this gives you a good idea also there is a wonderful illustration of the car at PeterHuttonillustrator.com for those not familiar with the car, Google history of the Tasman racing series and you'll be an instant expert ...... this was one of Jimmy's favorites .... Rich will introduce his Ferrari ....
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    OK - here we go ... gonna start a new topic for our foolish adventure ....
  9. absmiami
    the bracket is made from Evergreen plastic sheet the float chambers will look like the float chambers seen with other carbs making those in brass - I need some strength because fuel lines will be running in and out of these chambers ... the small size of these components prevents me from making a plastic part with adequate strength to attach the fuel lines ...
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    there are a number of websites that have good drawings and pictures of this particular carbureter, which is an Amal T.T. One that I used is www.stevenott.com. the soldered brass is .051 thinwall and .060 thinwall, with some bits of evergreen plastic for some of the detail features. the cap was made be rolling a hand tool over some 0.014 soft lead wire, and then gluing a short length around the top pf the primary - or mixing - chamber of the carb, to duplicate the cap ... still have to machine an aluminum intake tube - that will be done later the carb is flanked by two float chambers, that sit in a bracket hung from the shaft of the carb intake .....
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    the cast white metal carburetor was not so useful - the original Merit casting in plastic was merely a sort of suggestion of what an Amal carb actually looks like and it sticks up and out of the top of the engine bay - it will be the first feature of the engine that you will see - so I'm making my own .....
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    the Herb Deeks kit - which I referenced in the Cooper Barn find blog - recast some of the Merit kit parts in white metal which gives me a great looking exhaust pipe - just had to clean it up and open the exhaust megaphone .....
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    thinking about making a few changes to the kit maybe more than a few ... I'll end up using about a dozen kit parts how about a Lotus 32 with the climax four ??? might have been one of Jimmy's favorites ....
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    was unable to find a single Auto Kits 1/24th Lotus build on this site has anyone ever seen a build blog on this site ?? the kits aren't really that rare .... just wondering no - not the Tamiya kit that is/was the wrong scale ...
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    got an idea .... which Auto kit did I trade for - the Lotus 25 ? let's do a build blog combining your build of the Ferrari and I'll build one of my Auto Kits we'll call it "trading places" or something stupid like that .... ???????
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    active ! yes, thank you like a yeast infection .... reaching back in my memory - were you active in doing the Watkins Glen meet/contest ? - would still like to go one year ...
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    well - at least the old fashioned wingrove construction methods have given me a cylinder head that's a whole lot better than the Merit ....
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    so my hang up on 3D and CAD is this .... it would take me - a novice - a long time to learn how to draw these fin details as wafers - but I assume that the printer that you mention could re-produce these parts in greater accuracy than my sanding and scraping and if I were to get proficient - I could crank out a hole bunch of these for that Porsche engine that I want to make ...... hmmm ........
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    oh no oh no ... I feel another rant coming on ....... treat yourself to some $ 10.00 Perma-grit files and sanding sheets and then we'll talk or blog or whatever er - a 3D printed Norton Manx engine would look really good, wouldn't it .... sigh .....
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    the fins at the top of the cylinder head are kidney bean shaped and are made with cut-outs for the exhaust, carb, and the mechanical drive leading from the crank case to the valve cover got the first two rows down - will make a couple more
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    the fins are held in place on a plastic rod that can be set into the top of the crank case while each layer of fins are added
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    the fins are cut from .010 plastic sheet - scribed and marked for the circumference and the center holes - the lower fins are round and made with a series of two different size "donuts" of plastic - glued together with liquid glue .010 plastic is a little over-scale for 1/24th - but not much - I'll make five lower fins - the real thing had about eight .....
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    since I'm on an engine building kick - I decided to wheel the Cooper FIII back out of the barn for some work on the Norton Manx engine The Merit kit engine parts were glued together and then sawed apart to add the detaied engine features the cylinder head is finned ; the round lump that looks like a green growth cut from some old guy's neck is supposed to be the finned cylinder head - not so good - time to make the fins ....
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    decided to wheel the Cooper back out of the barn will do some engine building on the "Old Racing Engines" blog ....
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    the Scale Production GT40 eng kit will set you back about 70 bucks w shipping to N America if viewed rationally - it is way too much $$ but why view things rationally ? or how about this - the kit costs about $300.00 less than a MFH 1/24th kit which generally speaking - I can't afford .... haven't bought one in about 4 years ..... and... building this thing will keep you off the streets for about twenty hours or so ... I can spend a lot more than 70.00 dollars on the streets in about half that time and .... WHAT most of us can AFFORD is generally a function of how much PAIN we can endure from the spouse - you know - the one in charge of the finances .... So if I cop a 12th scale MHF kit this week - I am almost guaranteeing an unacceptably immense amount of pain in the foreseeable future ... those kits, Landman , are beautiful .... I wish I could afford one .... there - I feel better now . ....
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