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Here’s where the two sections go - with a flat finish

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 …

No ! Can’t scrape it into a box - i’ve got too many boxes in the Wshop ! merry holidays Big J …

Francis ! Pierre ! Canadians are so polite ! what’s wrong with you guys??? …

No - i haven’t lost my mind. - its down there somewhere …

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 …

Whats a “hobby shop” ???

The good stuff …

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 …

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 -

Rear axle - its all Evergreen plastic - so it’s all glued together w Tamiya liquid glue …

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 …

This was a UK series of books that re-produced contemporary mag articles on - in this case Masers - the publisher did a bunch of them - its just bl wh - but the old articles had drawings or cutaways that are really helpful - and some of these havent yet migrated into the ‘net …. Used copies always pop up on the old book seller sites - sometimes pricey - sometimes not -

Thanks PR - the triangular stabilizer is probably serving the same purpose as the Panhard bar - the rear suspension on the 1953 A6GCS had all of the design features of Maserati’s pre-war race cars - solid rear axle - quarter elliptic springs - friction dampers - and links/arms that seemed to go here and there - two years later both the Maserati 250F and 300S had independent rear suspensions - they got there - i think - before Ferrari …. Now to that axle …. Lots of Evergreen tube, sheet, and rod …. and lots of cutting and sanding - partly done on a Sherline lathe -

Thanks BF

Some careful research was done for this kit - the torsion bar assembly has the correct shape - but its slush cast - with a flat side - i added flat strip with rounded edges to correct this …

Adding the faux frame members

Since the kit was engineered as a curbside there’s alot to do - first - the kit casting for the after - seat bulkhead will serve as the basis for the trunk - and carry some of the hardware i’ll make to brace and support the rear axle and trans-axle housing - will have to make that too …

And this is what the underside looks like - courtesy of the unfortunate Road course accident that i referred to in the summer ….

Alrighty - the back half of the car needs as much work as the front - this is what’s in the trunk -

You got this is primer yet ??