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Um …. Think you ruined the warranty … my vote is for the gulf livery …. You’ll have to carefully prime and prep The body …

With the brake drums glued to the axle - finally -

Like this …

The cable wire is fastened - glued - into a couple of RB Motion banjo fasteners - the fasteners are then bolted to a couple of nickel silver “guides” that slip into the eyelets in the two levers …

The rear brakes are cable operated - like the fronts - made levers from Evergreen stock -

And I’m getting cranky … sorry …

Still testing postive …

For the racing suit - check / look for some color shots of Miles at Daytona earlier that year - likely the same suit … hard to get a silk finish appearance - looking forward to your work on this …

Actually…

Yup

Thank you Mr Straight much credit to Pico for these tires - which he 3D designed and printed following his careful research ….

Gotta check my limited references again - think the tire lettering is unpainted but not certain …

Tire treads need some unpaved road course muck - i’ve mixed a stew of two paints that military modelers use alot - with some added pumice - just brushed it on and toweled off the excess …

Rare rare rare

Still luv the Cobra Transporter …

Yup

https://www.hiroboy.com/112_Bugatti_Type_35B--product--16552.html never mind the stutz, charlie…. look what’s coming for xmas …

I’ve learned a thng or two also - but my geography is still dismal - wedding was in North Adams - steering wheel - which had been sitting in a parts bag for too long - is finally installed …

Its hard to tell whether the Delage did the French GP without a windscreen - or with the w/screen placed against the cowling - I’ll do a windscreen as on the restored car - and just set it on the cowling …

Benoist - in a hurry fr Motorsport Feb 2004

The Tamiya flat white lacquer paint is dry almost as soon as I finished clearing my airbrush - ill attach the grill once im done handling the final parts apps …

Im masking and spray painting the number because - in my test with brush painting - the paint fulls the grill openings - so …

Sebring yes, Pierre - but dont wait for me …. Charlie - thanks - was just in your neckofthewoods - son I just got married in West Adams - lovely fall colors and skin-the-tourists prices ! so next is a pattern cut fr masking tape for the race number on the rad grill …

Thanks to oneandall above - the Miller is taking a brief nap whilst I wrestle w the Delage - but I’ll be wrangling some more castings fr Mr. Brad soon - and then it’s “Miller time” …

Been thinking about the finish on the tires - I like the Tamiya rubber black - these would have been made from actual rubber - but the Grand Prix were held - still in ‘24 - on unpaved courses - so I dirtied up the suspension leaf bindings and I’m thinking that I want to add some dust/mud/clay/cinder to the tire treads - and maybe some oil stains to the sidewall ?