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    Yup - same in Miami …
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    How does Santa get to Tasmania when its 80? Degrees out …
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    Posted - on my phone - right below an on line ad for - Girls wear transparent shirts in public ? - more, Mr Boyd - more …
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    better yours than mine ...
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    that Auto-Kit Merc is super rare have fun finishing the cam cover ....
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    To surgery … transaxle-ectomy
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    So I spoke with Albert - he asked me about a particular Lotus single seater - having cleaned / cleared the workbench - it crawled out of the project pile and on to said w/bench … its rare, of course, and resin, of course - here’s the baseplate - as you can see - its a curbside - that won’t do …
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    https://automedia.revsinstitute.org/ferrari-156-dino-f1 this one's red, too ...
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    Ooph
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    Gramps - im making an appointment …
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    Working on it
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    Here’s where the two sections go - with a flat finish
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    Whilst cleaning the workbench- a huge undertaking - i found my stash of thin alu sheet - pie sheet - about .008 thick …. Glued to .012 Evergreen sheet - this stuff is in the misc sheet and rod package - this was measured and cut for the base/surface of the driving compartment …. Didnt want to paint this because the frame is battleship gray - or will be …
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    No ! Can’t scrape it into a box - i’ve got too many boxes in the Wshop ! merry holidays Big J …
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    Francis ! Pierre ! Canadians are so polite ! what’s wrong with you guys??? …
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    No - i haven’t lost my mind. - its down there somewhere …
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    Soldering - i’m about to teach myself how to lo-temp solder wh metal - try to source some very lo temp solder - i got mine fr the UK - and you should try to get a digital temp solder iron … i got a Meri kit somewhere above my w bench …
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    Whats a “hobby shop” ???
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    The good stuff …
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    Thus far - AMF - the Dodge Demon build is laying waste to this poor old Maser - gonna have to machine something - maybe the brake drums - just to keep up …. And save me some Evergreen - don’t use it ALL up … and note to any forum visitors who haven’t perused the Drag WIP threads recently - there is a really cool Dodge Demon under constrution there …
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    Here’s where it goes - so the next problem is to locate it properly - by making the various and sundry arms and links that suspend it - will start with a mockup with the ground clearance - which happens to be included in the drawing - not quite 6 inches -
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    Rear axle - its all Evergreen plastic - so it’s all glued together w Tamiya liquid glue …
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    A question and a mystery - did you place spacers above the rear suspension assembly to treek the ride height ? - and it is strange that Tamiya didn’t make the E type considering the they produced the Mark II Sedan wIth a really good 6 cyl engine …. Very nice build …
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