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1/8 Pocher Lotus 72
absmiami replied to Chris Smith's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
I actually would love to see a comparo thread involving the old 8th scale kit - which i built 40 (gulp) yrs ago and the Pocher - from what i have seen on line - the Pocher “kit” is not a great improvement - … and i still think Pocher should offer an unpainted kit option … well - i guess the tires are better - the profile of the tires on my older 72 were just poor … -
let's see - where was I ... woke up with British racing green fever one day this week this is a Lotus 16 - it's a rare bird - this particular 16 resides in the Barber Collection in Alabama the racing museum with the world class collection of motorcycles they also have some rare Loti ...
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The "Illusion" by Rick Dore.......on the Bench 12/9/23
absmiami replied to John Teresi's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Nice - hi john - are the eng parts drawn and printed - appear to be … -
Relief city - some careful sanding and grinding corrects the fit and the engine is down on its four mounts - so now ill glue on the right hand distr …
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Got one distibutor on - with plug wires - a tight fit - now for an eng bay fitting - and naturally - engine doesnt quite fit - the distr interferes with the bulkhead - and the base of the timing chain cover interferes w the bottom cross brace - but the misses are small - bout a scale inch -
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Cam covers on plug wires into looms alternator on - fuel filter added Oil filler pipe glued to base of sump - plus oil dip-stick …
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Once the carbs are attached i can finish and glue on the timing chain cover and the cam covers …
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I will be able to add the fuel line - the nickel fittings just fit in between the tops of the carbs - they are soldered up from .015 nickel rod and .07 nickel tube -
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Thanks straight - doing the carb and plug wire install - back to front - 2 wires - carb - then 4 wires - 2nd carb - its crowded in the V - wanted very much to do the carb linkage - but the cranks and levers would be fighting for space - so not on the Barchetta -
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The carb castings slide in and out of the V - allowing me to check the fit and install the plug wires -
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The UMI kit actually had very good carb castings - i just cleaned one up and added some of the adjustment screws and bolts - and had brad cast them …
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This is the Weber 36 DCF - which was the go-to carb for most 125 series Ferrari V12s. From a great old book on early Ferraris by Merritt …
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The Weber carbs - three instead of six on the GTO engine - are painted with Tamiya metallic gray w a splash of mica silver - reminds me of the Testors Metalizer anadonic gray - nice finish for Webers -
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The starter was cribbed fr the Veber/Bradford GTO kit w few changes … the exhaust is one of the UMI kit parts that was quite good …
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You see dave V - we can do this !
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Ya see - it can be built … or was this the Lemans Miniatures kit ?
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Pico - gracias - is my Bizzarini Manta done yet ?
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Hoffy - gracias - ill take a picture of the sheet tonite and post it manana -
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Dave V - don’t surrender to the Tullias IMSA Jag ! I’ve got The UMI kit also - im certain that it’s buildable - maybe - lets do a build thread together on this sucker next yr !!
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And this is what I’ve ended up with … think you can see the changes …
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This is the GTO timing cover casting that I modified for this engine…
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So ive used Master Club .5 mm bolts and some tiny script that is made/sold by Global Toy - Chinese outfit i think - they sell on ebay - the script on every 24th scale Ferrari GTO cam cover i’ve Seen is over-scale - usually twice as large as it should be …
