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MODEL MUCH BETTER THAN RESTAURANT thanks for posting ...

update for Mr Can ... Carroll won't let me leave the shop - he's got me race prepping 2287 for Sebring - 18 hr days for slaves wages - but at least its glamorous work !!

This is what the instr dash on 2287 looked like during the ‘64 racing season - at some point - maybe in ‘65 ? It was reconfigured - in its present state it has the same cluster gauge arrangement as the other Daytona Coupes - but this was the layout in ‘64 … the speedo was sent to the middle of the dash - presumably to make space for the air vent …

Its funny how handy Sharpies are sometimes - using 3D printed switches on the console - hard to handle and prep -

Daytona Coupe steering wheel finished with a brown Sharpie and some grip tape that i saw in the Contemp shots - made from a thin strip of Parafilm / painted with Tamiya semi-gloss …

Go Scoooter Go …

The pedals are etched also - and they carry reminders of the Cobra’s origins -

Gracias J In order to assemble the Cobra steering wheel - you’ve got to bend the spokes about 20 degrees- the ends have tiny tabs that glue into 3 corresponding slots on the wheel - cool - the rim is wood - with some tape for grip ….

The windshield is a bit cloudy and does have a lot of scratches at the moment - I’ll take a swing at this before the body is attached to the frame…. Much of the cloudy finish is on the inside - i’ll get some of it out …

Many pages ago i cut apart the roof to correct some shape issues - i managed to get a reasonable seat for the windshield - this is a clear resin kit casting - and now its time to apply an additional seal - made from two different sizes of black wire - CA glued around the windshield - then some fl bl trim paint - gives me a decent looking windshield that hides the small gaps that the late Venom battled on his build of this kit …

The VRM roundels and Kamm tail decal is/are really great - the exhaust pipes are finished with fl white and alot of oil and track grime -

The compound removes a little paint - but not too much …

The body wears 2 coats of Model Master enamel that was air-brushed months ago - don’t want to clear coat it - so I’m using some Tamiya compound … and then a little wax …

More dash thoughts - the photo-etch sheet has a great dash face - which I can’t use - and although the great sheet of decals is designed to make one of the ‘65 team coupes - it has great white - really white - printing - and excellent Smith’s dash gauges … and notice who did the artwork for this great decal sheet - the late Michael Quarterman …

It hadnt occurred to me - but a the Mercedes wire wheels are alot different than Borranis - so there are a bunch of kits that could use 3D printed wheels with the outside laced wire pattern - Mercedes, of course, made the right decision to leave competition - but if there had been no Lemans disaster - it would have been interesting to see if MB would have abandoned front engine design in grand prix comp before the engine capacity change in ‘61 …

another Dave friedman shot fr Gramps the prototype dash is not at all like the Cobra dash with the clustered gauges wonder why ...

taken at Goodwood Fest 19 yrs ago ...

Not bad at all !

Not bad!

Glad i saw this this week and not next …

this is a photo - probably Dave Friedman's - of 2287 in Europe in '64 [thanks Gramps] confirmation - the dash on 2287 in '64 was a prototype configuration that did not carry over into the other coupes - the '65 coupes - and later 2287 - bunched the gauges in two rows - certainly easier to see for the race driver - Harold's kit is a '65 Coupe - with an accurate dash for those cars - but I'll have to make some mods for the '64 Sebring car ...