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    paint was Tamiya Lacquers - airbrushed the markings came from a sheet made by Lemans Decals for the Spa winner ... [France?]
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    the baseplate had limited detail - i cleaned it up - added the suspension detail - but I didn't want to change or remove too many features down here ...
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    the kit featured great decals and art work - that was Michael's calling card it also had alot of photo-etch and a multi-piece engine - which set the kit apart from most other limited production resin kits thirty years ago - I used some of those parts and made some of my own - and cribbed a couple of parts from the Replicas and Miniatures [hi Norman] GTO resin eng kit - to make my own Ferrari 125 small block 12 ... which Harold Bradford agreed to cast for me ...
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    looks like the photo covered the text this is the rare UMI resin kit of the Barchetta produced by the late Michael Quarterman ...
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    the kit is the late Michael Quarterman / UMI resin kit - very very very rare ...
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    young man in a hurry ... Spa 24 hr race in 1949 - primary driver was one Luigi Chinetti this was one of Ferrari's first sports car wins - though not the first - the chassis was 0010 - the Lemans race winner - the more famous 22 car - was chass 0008 ... although 0010 won Spa - you'll excuse me for not modeling this car as it finished ...
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    fan - tastic !!
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    Under glass - soon …
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    From the Klemantaski photogragh collection - much of which is on line - Spa 1949 - now - is this Chinetti ? - or - Lucas ?
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    I seem to have run out of parts …. …
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    The body is finally epoxied to the chassis casting - so i can attach the driving lights - the steering wheel is in place loosely - might leave it that way -
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    The exhaust pipes only just clear the body work - got the hinge arrangement to my satisfaction - but the boot lid won’t close well with the spare in - so i’ll just place it in for display when the boot is open - the cause was the height of the deck of the trunk - due to the thick casting in the trunk section -
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    The instr panel came out great - that is a credit to Quarterman’s skilled decal art work - that was his calling card …
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    The last part in the eng bay is a screw valve in a flute-shaped cup - part of the fuel line - this was machined on my Sheeline from a small rod of nickel silver that you can get from sites that cater to knife makers …
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    I had used a decal for the chassis plate - it was from an older kit - and it came unglued and just sort of went somewhere - so the replacement is a peice of nickel silver strip - which actually looks better …
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    Speaking of body parts - hope the wrist is wristing sgain …. are you useing a lo temp solder for the white metal ? - i got some fr DCC (i think )- haven’t taught myself how to use it yet ….
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    Not to mention 3 cat III tornadoes ….
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    So - back to the dash cowling - the second strap and buckle and the handles on the windscreen frames - and ….
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