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  1. absmiami
    Wow - no A pillar ! thats definitely unique - can’t imagine how expensive that little production feature was !
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    Granps - try a marking that you dont need to use for your car - you mite want to clear coat the Cady sheet ?
  3. absmiami
    Has anyone built the old Heller Hispano Suiza kit ? Thinking that this is makable with the kit as a start ….
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    This is a Hispano Suiza chassis - long time member of the Collection …
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    Just got to Pennsylvania for some vacationing in your lovely summer weather …. Me thinks that the tool magic stuff mite have some other applications … could we dip some strawberries ??
  6. absmiami
    The Royale escaped you must tell me - us - when you plan to go - i’ll introduce you to the research volunteers -
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    Revs is still owned by the Collier family - - - most of the California collection has stayed intact and add ons drive in - a few every year -
  8. absmiami
    took this shot 34 yrs ago at what was then the Collier Collection ...
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    wait for it >>>
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    Luck !!
  12. absmiami
    Here’s another recent addition to the collection - its a skiff bodied 3 litre Bentley - its to die for …
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    The Cunningham Ferrari 166 Spyder is another famous collection car - Fernando Pinto is doing the car with a 3D printed engine and chassis - can’t wait to see it in the flesh, i mean, resin …
  14. absmiami
    This was one of Briggs Cunningham’s first competition sports cars - a special bodied MG callled Leonidis - one of the first cars in the collection - it always makes me stop and stare …
  15. absmiami
    Are those rubber tipped tweezers ? - purchased with the tips coated ? Or your mod ?? Really well done - really really well done …
  16. absmiami
    Great stuff
  17. absmiami
    And yes - i used an optivisor -
  18. absmiami
    Madness has many guises - tunermodelfactory briefly offered up these .018 bolts a numner of years ago - 3D printed bolts are not yet made in this size - although thats probably coming - in the meantime i’m adding some detail to the back of the dash bulkhead … it will be visible w the nose removed …
  19. absmiami
    Castings of the Girling disc brakes that Norman Veber did for me - the rotor is modified from the kit part - the white metal fr uprights are modified Joker kit parts … Joker cribbed them fr the Tamiya Lotus Seven kit - i won’t tell - oops …
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    Gracias Pico Porsche stuck the fuel tank in front on their 804 too - actually - there wasn’t a good place for the tank until Chapman drew the Lotus 25 … the behind-the-seat tank on the 18 was too small for most races but serves the survivors well - so none of the remaining 18s have the full up-front tank -
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    Rev’s Collection in Naples - this is a loan to the collection - not a permament part of the collection - and worth seeing - on display now - but the Collection closes for hurricane season on Jul 19 - and the hoods are up for about 25 or 30 of their cars til they close - so fire up that mobilator and drive on down - or if you are simmering in Miami heat - drive on over ….
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    nice, Pico what's your current go-to printer ??
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    Remember - fuel tank placement was a huge challenge for early rear engine GP car design because cars had to race with race distance fuel until - when? - the end of the 3 litre formula era ?
  24. absmiami
    Time to check the fit of the fuel tank - so far - so good - the 24th scale body shell is relatively thick - about 1 1/2 inches - that effects the shape and make-pretend capacity of the tank - but thats ok …
  25. absmiami
    Super - when you began this journey - bet you didnt think you would complete it with 3D printed engine compartment fenders and bulkhead !
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