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  1. absmiami
    Mr B - you and I - and some other forum creatures - are certified members of the scale 24 FES - flat earth society - scale 25 adherents are given junior membership … there - I’ve said it …
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    My bad - not Hasegawa -but Fujimi as part of their Enthusiast series ….
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    Hasegawa’s Porsche 356 kits nailed this engine …. And i think you can also buy a nice one fr Randy’s site …
  4. absmiami
    Weber carbs - as on other Porsche fours - According to the on line description of this car by Rev’s - Behra sourced his own transmission fr Coletti …
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    Here’s the office - with gauges that i think are Porsche sourced …
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    Wheels look familiar ?
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    The engine installation is the same as in the 1960 Porsche FII …. Tube frame - the two cars shared many features …
  9. absmiami
    For all of Porsche’s success in sports car racing, it seems that they tip-toed into formula II, and then formula I …. While designing their formula II entry, Jean Behra purchased their racing four and designed and built this car in 1959 - there are two on the planet ..
  10. absmiami
    This is a Porsche-Behra - it was brought over to the Targa 66 event by the good people at Rev’s ….
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    Well actually, i was hitch hiking on S dixie highway , hoping to get to the Raceway, and rex screeched to a halt and picked me up … and there was a Saleen S7 somehow involved on this tale too …
  13. absmiami
    Almost forgot - Arrived in style courtesy of Vmach’s Mustang Cobra …
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    Pretty car …
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    Note the slender plug wires…. With the recent 3D printed Cosworth engines - available in any scale - this would be a good scratchbuild project - anyone seen 3 view drawings of the 26 ? I’m certain that they are available …
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    Cosworth Ford engine and Hewland gearbox - Ferrari wouldn’t sell you his 12 - and no one seemed to want the Alfa …. Sorry Alfa …. There was still the Matra 12 - but this was the only way to the front of the grid …
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    I don’t recall american driver de Quesada - his tenure in F1 must have been brief - his team mate was a bit more famous …
  18. absmiami
    The central moncocque was topped with all of the electrics, meters, valves - all that stuff that we like to add to a model - fairly standard for the late 70’s …
  19. absmiami
    Designers in 78 were still not sure where to put the radiator - i think this was a John Barnard design - his take on how to solve the challenge of drag and weight of the radiator was very interesting - the brake and clutch fluid containers are tucked under the trailing edge of the radiator …. I think also unusual …
  20. absmiami
    Sadly - the 26 has not been kitted in 24th sc - but it has been in 20th and by MFH in 12th sc - this is a late spec car with the short lived front wing … will have to check my Doug Nye books - there can’t be more than 5 of these on the planet …
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    Not every day that you get to shoot a 1978 Mclaren M26 GP …. Brian Redman has relocated his Florida event to Homestead after the Moroso track in West west west Palm Beach was devoured by developers … i always enjoyed the vintage events at Moroso - but the Homestead track is 10 miles fr my driveway …. So ….
  22. absmiami
    and the modeling gods have smiled ...
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    Pierre - Please don't tell me that you brush painted yellow ... and got this finish ...
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    tim hoffman ... post the build ... post the build ...
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    sorry Pat - just gotta ask - whats in your driveway - or garage /// ???
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