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  1. absmiami
    You’re illustration of the fr brake system is wonderful - but don’t be too effusive with praise to Bentley - the French used this system too - i have a facsimile of it on my Delage 2LCV build - i doubt that it worked well when the car was asked to slow in a bumpy turn - or worked at all - brake fluid was the answer - in just a few short years … you’re killing this thing - as we say …
  2. absmiami
    Well - your’re goin’ out w a bang …
  3. absmiami
    Per Gramps earlier post - get R & T’s vol 16 lemans mag - excellent article on NASCAR ‘s earlier Lemans adventure …
  4. absmiami
    This is getting serious …
  5. absmiami
    This is the Aurora kit ??
  6. absmiami
    You’re welcome …
  7. absmiami
    The first wheel assembly was predictably mediocre - but now that i’ve actually READ the instructions- and figured out how to cut the spoke rings off the sheet without mangling the spokes - i think the second wheel will look better … we’ll see - after vacation…
  8. absmiami
    Oh THERE’S the hole !! …
  9. absmiami
    The wheels are made from 5 white metal castings and 3 rings of spokes - its a bear - the instructions state that you can align the spoke rings using the notches on rings A and B - and the hole in ring C - what hole ??
  10. absmiami
    Before i complete the trunk - its off to the wheels …. This kit had 3 sheets of photo-etch - to make a terrific grill - the photo-etch for the dials and the windscreens - and a large sheet of etched steel spokes - now ive been making model cars for - er - a long time - and i stopped reading the instructions back in the seventies - which I occasionally regret …
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    Yup
  12. absmiami
    Gracias - guess i could put a pair of bass speakers in , right ? ? but then there’s no room for the spare …
  13. absmiami
    Never seen a 16th scale Froggie …. ive got a couple of 24th scale Frogs - an Alfa and … something else - all mastered at least 50? Years ago - nice to see that this is scale accurate - their 24th scale kits were kinda vague … you’ll like T’s paints …
  14. absmiami
    The trunk has some neat stuff in it …
  15. absmiami
    Alrighty - now the trunk opens for business ….
  16. absmiami
    By attaching the assembly closer to the leading edge of the trunk - i should be able to open/close said trunk w/out interference …
  17. absmiami
    This hinge assembly was a fail - had to remove the hinges and move the assembly ….
  18. absmiami
    Dustbunny ! welcome aboard …
  19. absmiami
    The hinges are fastened to the trunk lid in odd shaped brackets - the parts are reasonably large - i don’t think I will need to make these parts fr brass - the plastic should have adequate strength …
  20. absmiami
    Now to the trunk hinges …. Made from .040 x .205 strip …
  21. absmiami
    The strip should run back to the trailing edge of the bonnett - but the engine bulkhead doesn’t have scale depth - so the shape of my supports are a compromise - a scale casualty …
  22. absmiami
    The underside of the bonnett has some support ribs - these w were made fr L shaped Evergreen strip - modified by reducing the dimension of one surface - hard to see on the photo - i temp glued some .015 strip into the “L” - and used that as a guide to scrape material fr one surface - clear as mud? - so one surface is .060 and the facing surface is about .040 …
  23. absmiami
    In the closed position the leading edge of the bonnett sits about .030 above the trailing edge of the nose cowl - i think there is a fix for this - would anyone like to hazard a guess ???
  24. absmiami
    The arrangement worked well enough for me to open and close the bonnett without drama - but …
  25. absmiami
    The tabs on the hinges allow me to slip the hinges in and out of the brace as i fiddled around with the fit - and eventually got a reasonable alignment that allows me to CA glue the hinges to the bonnett …
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