absmiami

thanks ! you're my first reply don't you win something ? actually - I took the workbench shot AFTER I cleaned it up

almost forgot : It's always critical to keep you workbench clean and well organized !!

Wow - my first build blog - finally got an "eye phone" - and learned how to take pictures - and even download them. So into the modern world we go ...... Buried somewhere on the workbench is a 1/24th Merit Cooper FIII. Kinda rare. Bought mine years ago as semi-built-up. Started but not painted or finished. Gonna actually build this with a thin-cast resin body from Guido or ScaleKraft fame. It's a knock-off of the Merit body with a nice thin casting. Also kinda rare - I've never seen another one. To the best of my knowledge, Guido stopped casting before he actually produced a resin kit of the Cooper - which is a shame. Anyway, I'm a complete sucker for Merit kits - got a bunch. Delayed this build until I found some photo-etch that could be used for the chain drive - which I finally stumbled upon recently - more on this later. This is not a "real time" build. The work on the body and chassis was begun earlier this year. I'll post as I have time and sort of catch up on the build as I near completion. Here goes .

Your Wife Bought you two model kits ???? BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH - where can I get me some of that !!

by the way - the cars did all have that parcel shelf - usually carpeted - really !

oh good ... hoping someone would build this online before I built mine . consider replacing those lumps on top of the engine with some parts that actually look like carbs ! after-market carbs - perhaps from Replicas and Miniatures ... have fun and by the way - there are some super Maserati kits in resin - but they are hard to find and cost more but they are out there ...

any progress?? what sizes are the chassis tubing - main and secondary tubes are correctly different sizes - but can't quite tell the dimensions ... I've wanted to do try building the chassis for years - haven't yet found the time - courage - strength - insanity ......

don't know if it's mentioned elsewhere in the thread - did you use the Mike Sells drawings ?? terrific build where did you source: the engine block ?? the wheels and tires for the transporter ?? and the transaxle ?? any suggestions on the use of the Sells drawings ?? did you make any changes ??