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    Sixty years ago ….
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    These super small nut/washer bolts are still gettable - - but hideously expensive - almost a dollar per …. Can’t possibly justify them …. Thank you sir / I’ll have another …
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    You never need the Tuner Model Factory photo-etch stuff - until you do ….
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    Once again - Evergreen strip and rod and lots of Tamiya liquid glue … this is the basic housing - need some details …
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    I’ve tried to make Girlings before - was never quite satisfied with the results … but I’m trying again …. This is the Tamiya Seven kit part combining the caliper and the rotor - gonna try to use the rotor casting with a more accurate Girling - sand off the kit brake …
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    The brakes on the Matra kit are OK but not great - here’s a good auction house shot of the Girlings on the left front wheel of the Halford 16 …
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    Left and right - now time to make something else …
  8. absmiami
    Anyway - I'd like to see your take on Aston Martin racing green ...
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    the Astons - DB5 and DB4 that are raced in vintage events have Spec roll cages and modern racing seats and no rear seating - so this would be fun for the next one -
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    Thoughts - several … thought one - this is really cool - its like CAD College … thought two - have you seen or studied the BRM V16 ? Its properly British - its 70 years old - it had a Rolls Royce supercharger - and it sounded like - well - just wander over to U tube and listen to one … thought three - you’re gonna need some brass supports in the frame somewhere - maybe design cutouts in the frame sections for the brass ?? thought Four - how you gonna park this thing ??? Certainly not in Montreal …
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    Then: saw away the excess length of the horizontal tube and glue on flanges that form a bracket for the trailing arm - the Sixteen had single trailing arms left and right … OK - now rinse and repeat for the other side …
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    Now i’ve assembled the shock and i can measure the length of the hub assembly to the frame pickup - and then reduce the height of the part …
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    With the jig i got the correct angle and scribed it on the flanges that sandwiched the tubes - the joint is strong - lots of other parts will break before this does …
  18. absmiami
    i got some nice pix of the interior of the racing DB5 that I took at the old [now gone] Palm Beach Speedway bout five years ago I'll post them if you want the racing DB5s and 6s had stripped out interior shells - alot like a sixties stock car office ...
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    Bford - the design was unique to the Lotus 12 - 15 - and 16 - the reason you haven’t seen it before is because no one copied it - thats because everyone began putting the engines in the back in ‘59 and ‘60 - so even Chapman discarded the design when he drew up the 18 - as we will see - at some point …
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    But the parts had the wrong included angle - because i was sort of winging it - so plan B was to cobble together a jig to secure an imaginary rear axle at the correct height / location - the jig was made from a couple of drill bit cases -
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    First i made an adjustment to the trans case base to better align the run of the half shafts - then i made some shocks from some wh metal parts that i had from an older project …
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    Chapman designed rear hub carriers for the Sixteen that served to eliminate the need for the DeDion tube that featured on the Vanwall - the idea being that less parts / weight would improve handling …. You can see them on the cutaway and the photo - so the shocks angled out into a base at the top of the carrier … this presents a challenge for the modeler - i know what they look like - but there are no detailed drawings to measure the angle and length of these parts …
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    And this is where the box goes …
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    The brakes hug the sides if the box
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    The transmission case is assembled from Evergreen stock and strip
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