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The engine has to be mounted to the frame before the frame is glued to the chass pan - so it’s on to the engine - which is nicely detailed … the steering rack casting is flimsy but fits well - think it will look fine if its carefully painted …

Chassis pan - painted Alclad aluminum and then Tamiya flat black - but i masked the surface of the driving compartment - it appears unpainted on the Simeone 2287 …. The underside is weathered and scuffed up - after an adventurous debut at Daytona - the botrom of 2287 was probably worse than this …

Yes, Rattlecan … And a COMPLETION DEADLINE CHANGE - The deadline is extended to March 16 - which is the date of this year’s race - so we all have two more weeks to make the starting grid -

Well … hung …

Tamiya masking tape used to mask the windshield when i painted the body - months ago - l left it on because i didn’t want to handle or damage the enamel paint finish - so i left it on and forgot about it - removed it last night and got away with it — no damage to the clear resin windshield - was probably lucky - but its another reason to like Tamiya masking tape …

Most of the frame and drivetrain is flat, semi, or gloss black - but i noticed on Simeone’s website that the trans-axle case was sort of metalic red - the leaf springs and the u-joints were painted with various shades of old-stock Testor’s Metallizer lacquer paints - air-brushed and brushed … I’ve chosen Tamiya semi-gloss black for the frame … that’s a guess - 2287 - could have sported a gloss black frame in it’s early race career …

The transmission is braced - but because i lengthened the frame - because i lengthened the bonnet - i had to make a new brace - and remove the old one … and make a longer trans-axle …

Thats right - the resin has a tendency to - er - what was the question ??!

Frame assembly on the number 10 Conra Daytona Coupe A dunk in very hot water relaxes the resin fr suspension briefly - and its now sporting spindles that are correctly aligned - then glued to the frame - followed by the lower susp arms …

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This is so cool - will you be able to spring-load the brake lining carriers ?

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Not a chance - but that looks mighty good - the rules commitee is already down at the pub for tomorrow nite - so you get a variance for a five point belt - by default -

The following info has been requested by the rules commitee - what colors are the restored cars - could you post a photo please ?

This will require a rules - variance - the rules commitee will hold a special meeting today …

Does this shot help - check also the Indy Museum on-line photos for the ‘77 race …

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225415954291 mr silver city - think his name is Kevin ?? researches his projects pretty carefully his built kit shows the standard turbo / wastegate set up have a look also at the photos from the Penske racing museum site - they've got the car (??) ... forgot how handsome this car was ...

JR - nothing wrong with subbing the kit engine parts - but try drilling the plug wire holes in his resin - dont think you’ll have any problem - also you can try using a lubricant if you’re drilling into a solid resin part -

Friendly advise, Mr Flyin: your workbench is much to neat and clean - please correct in future posts - thank you -

https://www.motorsportimages.com/photos/?race_type_id=54&year=1959&event_id=262049 there is some more coverage and info on the Motorsportsimages site good coverage of the 1959 GP season ... with some good options on which 16 to build ...

And i love the detail on the wheel hub …

There have been several good books on Sebring - Ken Breslauer did a good book on the ‘65 race - and i just got this fr Racemaker Press - about the first U.S. grand prix race - in ‘59 - at Sebring - written by the late Joel Finn - its available now for a deep discount fr the publisher …

With some primer on - Tamiya - the castings are really pretty good …

As mentioned earlier - Scale Kraft was the work of Guido Fieuw - i corresponded with him briefly - at the dawn of the internet - but never asked him in any detail about the source of the bodies that he used for his castings - but the castings themselves held some clues - on the Lotus 16 - the fuel and oil tank cap detail in the tail was molded in - suggesting that Guido found an obscure 24th scale slot car body - fixed it up - and cast it -