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    So - now i need a steering wheel …. This is what the steering wheel on the Jr8 special looks like …
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    So i got a question - why hasn’t anyone figured out how to make a bare fiberglass decal ???
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    Is the solder temp similar to silver solder ??
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    Gracias pico Mr Payne - do you have any of Etzel’s kits ? Been a while since there was an Etzel build on the forum - just sayin … The instr panel has been sitting quietly in a parts box for months - now installed after gluing the windscreen bracket as shown … on to the steering wheel …
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    Good stuff
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    Were the paints the old stock acrylic Or T’s new lacquer paints ? which i happen to like …
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    There are some details to add to the drivers compartment before the body is glued onto the frame - added a brake line that is braced against the driveline - and a fuel line with a valve - and added a couple more frame members that the body would be bolted to on the one- to-one … and i made an oil tank that sits in the cowl behind the instr dash … amd decided it was time to glue on the shifter …
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    Neat punch…
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    Until the Italians and the Germans made solid axle suspensions obsolete- this was state of the art …
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    Using a minimum of epoxy - setting The spindles and brake drums - i’ve decided not to use steerable front wheels - too concerned with one of the joints binding or coming apart …
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    The Junior Special has had different finishes on the suspension peices -since its restoration - The late Mark Dees, and others - have remarked that these Harey Miller had susp components produced with a “gun blued” finish - so i’ve decided to use Blacken It - for a gun metal finish on the tie rod -
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    Seats look really good - how do you apply the AK metal - is it brush painted or rubbed on ?
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    Do you have some Molotow to paint the Modeler’s lenses ?
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    Gracias - those cool wire wheels are the work of my caster - Harold Bradford - who is casting some wheel spats that i made on my Sherline last year - they will of course cover the wheels - oh well - here’s some progress on the front suspension - finally got the friction shocks in …. Now to the tie rod …
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    The added length to the axles give the rear wheels and brake drums the correct amount of spacing / stance … and the supplemental friction shocks are epoxied to the frame - the scissors friction shocks will be added once i get my last parts shipment fr Mr Bradford …
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    stance is always a major concern on a scratch-build - ive done a mockup with the new and improved shackles to check the stance and things look good - the front mite be slightly higher but i can tweek that - so now i can do some more paint and assembly …
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    For those of you of a tender age - the MRRN publication was the brainchild of the late Michael Quarterman - hardcore sportscar focus with serious research and usually helpful drawings someone with a little time and creativity should figure out how to publish an on line modern equivalent - it would be much much better - - - thinking …
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    I dunno - those exhaust springs look pretty good ..
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    Dept of Corrections: didnt want to be correcting / re-making parts in March - but here we go - my rear spring shackles are too short - the axle wont sit in the recesses under the springs - so i had to make longer/larger spring shackles - hate when that happens …
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    This is good - finish it so that you’ll have something to enter in Salt Lake City ….
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    Any release date announcements fr Tamiya? Ya know - i have absolutely nothing to build right at this moment …
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