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absmiami

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  1. So now i can mark the holes to drill for the stubs - and i should end up with a nice stance once everything is assembled …
  2. When stretched over the wheel rim - they appear to have the correct diameter …
  3. The kit tires are soft rubber - they appear to be be too small - but …
  4. Drilled and tapped four holes on the base plate for screws and set the base to give a bit more than 6 scale inches of ground clearance - and the screws enable me to locate reasonably accurate holes for the axle stubs front and back …
  5. So does the wheelbase measure out to 24th scale ?? Not quite - scale would be just about 100 mm - kit whbase is about 93 mm. Not bad - but actually closer to 25th scale - the body appears to be about 25th scale in length also - for the record …
  6. will you be returning to Rev's this summer for the "hoods up" display ?? See you there ....
  7. sorry - I'm really good at building other people's models ... seriously, though - what you've done so far makes me think you mite want to find some fusee chain - just sayin" By the way - the chain has a size range - get the "larger" chain for 12th sc - if you can find it I'm going to use you techniques for an unrestored 24th sc pre-war Alfa that is moving steadily up my to-build list looking forward to seeing your technique to finish the engine ...
  8. Bingo! Take a close look at the brake lines in the driving compartment - left and right …
  9. Next. - time to figure out where - how to attach the wheel hubs …
  10. Its a pricey curbside - but profil24 has finally issued one of the first American cars to enter Lemans - the Cunningham C4r-k. - maybe for next year’s race …
  11. oh ... boy ...
  12. Scale - decals are like the after-party - you’re certain its going to be fun - until you get there …
  13. Gracias if i leave the bottom of the plug solid i should keep enough strength in whar remains - thats the plan
  14. Those left right plugs of resin actual have the correct shape of the A arms that carried the hubs - so what the hel …
  15. Every time i looked at those two resin plugs that locate the front wheels - I figured i had to do something with them … the Merritt book on early Ferraris published by John Barnes nearly fifty years ago - it was softbound w a list price of 19.95 - check out the ebay price now …. Has factory drawings and re-pros of owners manuals and parts blow-ups - this is basically what the front susp on the barchetta looked like ..
  16. Fr Cady decal sheet - nice! all the listers under the age of 40 are asking - who’s fred Cady ??
  17. Slim pickens for the photo-etch grill pattern - mite use this - way way back in the day Norman Veber offered a very nice grill package done by the late Fred Holtberg …. Ive used up most of it - but the grill pattern was embossed on to the rubber backing - which i kept because - well you never know …
  18. W the new and improved oil cooler ….
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