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    That better …
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    Gracias BK and Mark J - exhaust pipes are the bain of my model building - with the engine in i made the gearbox with some Evergreen .125 by .250 stock - and i’ll reattach the length of exhaust pipes that i removed to get the engine in …
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    Isn’t the engine great ?
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    Thats one nice rear axle - nice of the driver to flip his car so that future generations of model builders could study the features on the under-carriage - my Maser A6GCS build benefits fr a photo of the car lieing wrong side up on an Italian road course seventy yrs ago …
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    Kids - don’t try this at home …
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    I sawed off the final length of the exhausts on left and right - applied some epoxy to the eng mounts - and jammed the darn thing into the engine compartment once and for all …
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    I needed a little inspiration here …. this was the final play of the Miami - Va Tech football game fri nite - a pile of four players in the end zone trying to grab the football - thats what the Barchetta eng bay has turned into …
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    And before further gluing I’m pondering the exhaust pipes - these are white metal kit parts - they are correct for the early Colombo engine - but i can’t attach them once the engine is glued into the eng bay - if i epoxy them to the heads before i install the engine this is what happens …. So …
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    Once the fuel line is finished i dry fit the radiator and began to install the oil lines …
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    But the fuel line does interfere with brace that runs across the front of the eng bay …. So i had to bend the line down and under - and no - this is net spec -
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    PR - the fuel line was made by winding steel wire .009? around a random length of .015 brass rod and then slipping the wire over some yellow plug wire - think I’m using.011 craft wire here …
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    Hobby imitating art ? or art imitatimg hobby ?
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    It will just poke out next to the base of the air box ….
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    The line is assembled loosely and placed into the carb fittings - I’ll glue it once its got adequate alignment …
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    The hard fuel line needs to be installed before the engine goes in - its made of .050 nikel silver tube in sleeves that are soldered up fr nick silver rod and tube -
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    Yup …
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    So - do i smell a Maser 250F around the corner ? whose? Has to be a series one pilot - Behra ??
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    and nice fender louver job on that Batmobile ...
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    This was the first time that i had used pink for primer - but Tamiya has offered it for years - so they got the memo - from kit builders that built their F1 kits - and some builders on this forum have used it - makes the red pop … still need a little more paint on the fenders - and got to paint the door … by the way - the primer was rattle can and the color was air brushed …
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