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  1. absmiami
    Grill in - headlight screens were not sufficiently glued - both came off - one back on - i’ll do the other when i’m almost done …
  2. absmiami
    By the way - years / decades before Ferrari would hire a marketer - their bonnet badges were really small - the badge that i used fr the Lemans Decals sheet is tiny - almost scale - the one on the UMI sheet looks great but is actually way over scale …
  3. absmiami
    Onward
  4. absmiami
    Determined not to clear coat - want the markings as flat as possible - the Shirley family restored the finish on 0010 without too much shine - i think it is period correct - its a concourse car but not a trailer queen - if that makes any sense …
  5. absmiami
    If there is a spare on the sheet - try it out on some scrap - i’m using a sheet that they created for the 0010 Barchetta - carrier paper nice and thin - you mite be soaking it a bit longer than other decals - at least 45 sec …
  6. absmiami
    Middle - middle ??
  7. absmiami
    Ok - 2 airbrushed coats of Tam Italian red - after five days - wet sand 8000 and then 12000 - use some soap - then a light coat of carnauba wax - works for me - beginning to lay down the decals - mostly just the badges and the racing numbers - as long as the wax doesn’t cause a problem with the decals - I’m good to go - barring a bout of dyslexia …
  8. absmiami
    Are we - brush - painting ?
  9. absmiami
    Here’s the Lemans decal sheet for 0010 at Spa … including the placard numbers …
  10. absmiami
    Re RC’s 641 build - one good Ferr badge deserves another …. The UMI kit came w markings for 0080 - the Lemans car - so i sourced Lemans decals for the markings for 0010 - but the UMI kit also featured some unique silver (metal?) badging - don’t recall using soerhing like this before - its a decal …
  11. absmiami
    Removed the boot and glued it on to a dress pin - added some O rings - bent and filed the pin - painted the shift knob amber - done …
  12. absmiami
    Kit wh metal gear shift - near miss …
  13. absmiami
    Back at ya …
  14. absmiami
    Managed to get a second coat of Air brushed Tamiya Italian red on - before a forecast week of rain - Floridah - this is the final coat - unless i screw up the sanding/polish ballet …
  15. absmiami
    Soft lead wire for the hose …. Used so that i won’t damage the adjoining parts in the installation …
  16. absmiami
    The top radiator hose is a two-to-one hose …. The right hand branch is just visible behind the fuel line …
  17. absmiami
    The steering column ends in a U joint attached to the steering box .. U joints filed from .100 square stock and glued into some old-stock .050 plastic tube …
  18. absmiami
    Just a few more eng bay parts - this is a modified white metal kit part for the brake resevior - just one on .0010 …
  19. absmiami
    Whatever you do - don’t clean up your w/bench !
  20. absmiami
    Yup
  21. absmiami
    Have you sent any pix to Joe Martin at Sherline ? Have you seen the Craftsman Museum on line link that they maintain ??
  22. absmiami
    You aren’t gonna paint this - are you ?
  23. absmiami
    Watch - out - for - speed - bumps -
  24. absmiami
    Yup yup yup
  25. absmiami
    Much prefer the French Connection …
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