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The kit had a white metal racing mirror - but it was a little small - so i made this one with a pin squeezed into a short length of alu tube - glued into the plastic mirror back plate - ill use a polished peice of nickel silver for the mirror …
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.010 cl plastic slips into the frames …. Make the frame post handles and they’re done …
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Betting you’ve heard of the Don Lee Special …
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Pierre - i just ordered pinto’s latest - the ‘32 Alfa 8c type b …. Got a particular car in mind …
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Page 14 - what a relief !!
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Also making the brackets from nickel silver strip …
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The photo-etch sheet has relief etched windscreen frames - but I’ve got some 1/32 channel i’m using to replace these parts …
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Better …
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Dept of Corrections corrections - decided to redo the forward frame rails -
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Its a mash up - The kit included 3 frets of differing thickness - the rings are on the fret with the windscreen frames and hardware - i added my own switches and knobs made from pins, nickel, and alu - that way the smallest parts all had stems for location and strength …
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The restored .0010 has two dash panels - one for touring - and this one - which is probably period correct …
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To the instr dash - which features Mike Quarterman’s great instr decals - yes - you can read the numbers on the tach - all of them - doing the switches w alu tubing, straight pins, and switches fr nickel silver-
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The bonnett is held up by a strut that attaches to the eng compartment side panels made of nickel silver - with a donut glued to the bonnet to locate the tip of the strut - got to do the same for the trunk …
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Here’s the second - smaller - fuse box
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This bulkhead also has a device that unlocks the trailing edge of the bonnett - i think it is attached to a release under the dash - although the release is not visible in any of the photos …. Made this from .015 nickel silver - 2 long lengths and 2 shorter ones - and two pin holders - left and right …
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The fuse boxes on top of the eng compartment bulkhead have at least a dozen wires that feed into a hole on the bulkhead - using Evergreen strip and Detail Master .0075 wire - which is my goto for 24th sc electrical wire -
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Fujimi’s kits always have engine bay decals - i’ve “borrowed” the Bulkhead plate from a Daytona kit - had to do it - the plate on the Barquetta is in a prominent place on its bulkhead - couldn’t leave it off …
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The battery is finished with caps taken from my stash of old stock TMF allen head bolts …. Painted Tamiya signal red over primer …
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Reinforcement of the hinges and a coat of Alclad lite sheen to knock down the gloss on the under-side …
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Gramps - I’m justifying breaking up one wheel and tire in the set - because i know I’ll need at least one more spare for a future ferrari proj …
