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The cams are driven by chains mounted in front - got to make the chain cover before roughing out the cam covers …

Growing the engine and checking its eng bay fit …

Larger Evergreen strip liquid glued to the base of the sump to grow the crank case and the block …

The tab that sticks out will be made into the forward engine mount … and the bolts within the fins are Master Club .06 resin bolts …

Two layers of fins - made with .010 and .015 srtip - and strength ribs on the base of the sump …

By filing the slots for the fins on 2 strips taped together I get slots that are aligned left and right …

First things first - the A6GCS sump is finned and bolted like the 250F sump - so …

The old Western Maserati 250F wh metal kit has a slightly bigger DOHC six - it won’t fit in my A6GCS - but it will be my guide - actually I suspect that this kit engine is a little over-scale …

The engine was a 2 liter DOHC straight 6 cyl with Weber carbs and dual sp plugs - one distributor perched on the forward right hand corner of the crank case and the second distributor attached to the end of the exhaust side cam cover - if there was a prettier sports car engine - ever - please post your competition -

Over the years i have glommed a bunch of auction photos of the engine - these are two - so i know exactly what the engine looks like - i dont have measurements - but i can judge the dimensions roughly - im making an engine that will fit the engine bay - ill end up with something that is pretty close to scale …

Oh wait - i need an engine …. maserati actually made a brochure for the A6GCS - which is funny - considering that they only made about 50 …

Evergreen and a strip of radiator photo-etch - will be clearly visible behind the grill - so worth the effort …

The Strada kit was basic but its creator took the trouble to add some cast-in features that were very accurate - like the oil cooler / radiator - so lets make one -

The rad will need a little putty on the corners - not too much …

Re Renshape - the brown Renshape has medium density - so it is subject to scratches on the surface when you shape the part - not a big deal - just prime - that will reveal the scratches - a little more sanding - and then paint / treat like resin to finish …

Yup

A few more details - and its done - will be painted silver …

Some old stash photo-etch radiator screen - front and back

Maserati sports cars used radiators that had expansion or header tanks - similar to the Alfa open wheelers - the tanks were tapered - the radiators all looked alike - their dimensions varied depending on the engine size …. This one was made with spare parts, Evergreen strip, and a scrap of Renshape for the header tank -

The A6GCS had shocks within the wishbones - they also had Houdaille dampers behind the wishbones - ill add those later - now to the radiator …

Mystery meat - no idea where these springs came from - ive had a small stash - hard to find scale springs with thick spring steel - but i got a few …

The seats look very good - the Stada24 kit seats have seat backs that are too short - have a talk w your friend for me - maybe i can make a deal w him for some primo racing seats …

Cool - let is know how you assembled the grill - it looks good - you almost never see restored 50’s italians in black - but they did sometimes sport this color (or no color) in the day - fr instance - Maserati entries at Indy included cars painted black at least once - maybe more - and send your build pix to Primotipo - this is no doubt a replica of a car fr down under - and Primo would be all over it …

no - the question is ... will it leak ??