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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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    Dunno - the finish line keeps moving - this is the stand that secures the spare in the trunk- from some .250 L shape Evergreen, some .015 strip and some .080 styrene tube - gotta Paint it black … Paint it - paint it - paint it … paint it black … can’t glue body to chassis til i make some exhaust pipe tips -almost forgot those - and a couple more eng bay details -
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    Yup - thats the engine - and the correct radiator too - a little depressing- but inevitable - and gracias MJ …
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    Those brake discs are disappointing - could be replaced but maybe they aren’t seeable unless you make a wheel removable - sorry - i like building every one else’s kits ..
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    Yap?
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    Another scale issue in 24th are bonnett straps and buckles - they are included on the UMI kit photo-etch fret but are way over-sized - most other kits in this scale also have this issue - the fix is to - of course - roll your own … the buckle is soldered up fr .070 wide nickel strip - with a slot filed into the end - and some .015 nick silver rod …. The belt is made fr lead strip - width of .040 -
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    at the last GSL - one [of several] features that separated Scale Master's and Randy Derr's 12th scale builds fr the hundreds of other entries were their effective use of magnets to fix moving and removable parts of the body shell ... ... ...
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    Yup
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    The bulkhead battery hatch and tool wrap bay hatch were fastened with these things - so on they go - don’t try this at home kids - UNLESS - you have an Optivsor - - -
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    Gracias MJ Years ago - before 3D printing found the hobby - a Polish outfit named Taurus made these tiny resin wingnut fasteners - geared i think towards the military modelers - if you had a desperate need for wingnut fasteners for 24th scale - this was them - i bought these with this project in mind …
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    In goes the battery …
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    When i made the battery last yr i was not happy with the overscale cable terminals - i soldered up a simplified terminal thats scale accurate - the old plastic ones were way too big …
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