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This photo shows the oil lines and brings me to a major fix for the kit - the pegs on the tips of the exhaust pipes are angled - causing the exhaust to ride too high on the side of the body - driver would not want the pipe at his elbow -

There will be about a dozen changes to the body and susp to do the Don Lee Special - one is to change the outboard oil lines - removing two and rerouting the remaining two - and i used a Tamiya scriber to sharpen the relief of the remaining lines on the chassis rail …

Gracias - were you the builder that posted the forum build of the MFH 12th scale Alfa P2 ?? - think they produced one about 5 yrs ago - right ?? Not this yr - but i plan to convert Pinto’s P2 to a series Ii car - the one with the spare wheel riding behind the fuel tank in the tail -

Bainford - did you get permission to leave the forum for 2 months ?? I’ll see you after class, young man …

And for the record - i think Auto World was the first US seller of Tamiya’s early 12th sc GP kits - the Honda and the Lotus ….

Assuming you know the connection between driver and sponsor ??

Well done - now that you’ve reached the finish line i must remind myself that my self imposed deadline is the March Sebring 12 hours race - so ive got some serious catching up to do …

Pascal - paint is dry and ill be applying the left side markings shortly - but i cant help but ask you for your thoughts on MFH - as you are clearly familiar (very) with them … . Thought 1 - do you think that MFH would have sustained their world wide success if they had stuck with 24th scale for their grand prix cars - rather than fallen in with Tamiya in 20th scale ?? - thought II - have you built any of the MFH 24th scale sports car kits ? Ive got a couple in the planning stages …

Yup

Hi Malta … very nice … someone show this to Damon …

On go the oil pipes - front and rear …

Decided instead to dilute the Tamiya oil powder in some Alclad clear lite sheen gloss - with a little burnt metal - turned out pretty good - ive now got an eighty eight year old engine - sort of …

Is Tazio having a smoke ??

Vallejo also advertises a paint for engine oil stains - time to try some ...

There’s a straight line there somewhere …

The list of cars trucks and motorcycles owned by Mcqueen is long - and fabulous - I’ve been studying a certain formula II Cooper that he owned and raced before he filmed Lemans - it was sold at auction several years ago with a great on-line photo thread - every last part - makable in 24th scale by modifying one of Pinto’s resin Cooper T53 kits …. Streadily moving up my to-make list …

Super - even with all of the skill you’ve developed with 3D design / printing - the engine still required some last century black-smithing for certain critical parts ….

Yup

Super …

Way cool …

With some more weathering and high-lights on some of the bolts and flanges - almost there - maybe tone down the cam covers - then add the bolts …

So i went back into my Tamiya drawer for some gun metal - which was brush painted over the fl black - then high lighted with some Tamiya oil and burnt metal weathering pastels - this gets me close - maybe close enough - gives me a gun barrell sort of look ….

Had the bright idea of breaking out some old stock froquil grimey black - its super flat - but still looks “painted” - so that wasn’t the answer …

The cam covers - they are darker than the cyl head - but they aren’t painted - so the Tamiya black looks good but isn’t correct …

The cyl head was then masked for some fl black on the cam covers - ill probably sand off those breathers and make some new ones -