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    When stretched over the wheel rim - they appear to have the correct diameter …
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    The kit tires are soft rubber - they appear to be be too small - but …
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    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 …
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    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 …
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    Ding ding ding
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    will you be returning to Rev's this summer for the "hoods up" display ?? See you there ....
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    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 ...
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    Bingo! Take a close look at the brake lines in the driving compartment - left and right …
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    do you know what fusee chain is ??
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    Next. - time to figure out where - how to attach the wheel hubs …
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    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 …
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    oh ... boy ...
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    Scale - decals are like the after-party - you’re certain its going to be fun - until you get there …
  14. absmiami
    Gracias if i leave the bottom of the plug solid i should keep enough strength in whar remains - thats the plan
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    Those left right plugs of resin actual have the correct shape of the A arms that carried the hubs - so what the hel …
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    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 ..
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    Fr Cady decal sheet - nice! all the listers under the age of 40 are asking - who’s fred Cady ??
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    !!! !! …
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    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 …
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    Speaking of which - not a great picture - someone post a better one pl …
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    Yup
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    W the new and improved oil cooler ….
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    And ive re-scribed the header tank - with added plastic - the result is a radiator thats a bit thicker than 2 scale inches - got some radiator photo-etch screen vibrating somewhere in the back of a parts bin or workbench drawer - putting out an all points for it -
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    The kit radiator is a combined casting for the water and oil - its too skinny - so ive parted the oil cooler and im adding depth with some .060 Evergreen strip -
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    Which actually worked- photo 3 is the back side of the fret - which you can compare to the bezeled rings front side …
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