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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 …

Removed a scale inch from the height - a couple of scale inches from the fr and back - and an inch was trimmed from the left and right chass boxes ..

And whilst i was away RC enhaled and finished the Ferrari - well - he did warn me - I’m going to focus on the Lotus 29 monocoque casting - which i must trim - the Lotus 29 was based upon the 25 design - but was wider, deeper, and a bit longer … if i get my sums right - the nose and cockplt cowling fr the Finecast kit will be a good match …

Alrighty - back fr the big city - with my new I phone - wifey took this shot ….

OMG / there’s a straight line in there somewhere …. Dont short-sell yourself …

So the bl plastic is kit - and the rest is - not - correct ??

The answer is yes But post the Rush group link here pl …

Wait there you canadians go again - trusting …. Friends. …

Merry new year …

Once you go brass - you won’t go back -

Green Stuff World sells a range of fine brass rod - also poke around the Sprue Brothers Model site for Albion Alloys - also Amazon sells straight brass wire packs - you can also get some nickel silver - check Best Balsa’s site - also Amazon again -

Very nice. Fantasy junction.Com has some great pix of these cars posted on their site - and the pix stay up after sale - so you can study details on the “sold” cars section …