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Thank you Mr Straight much credit to Pico for these tires - which he 3D designed and printed following his careful research ….
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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 …
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absmiami replied to Brianl's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
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Off to the races
absmiami replied to Gramps46's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
Still luv the Cobra Transporter … -
Off to the races
absmiami replied to Gramps46's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
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https://www.hiroboy.com/112_Bugatti_Type_35B--product--16552.html never mind the stutz, charlie…. look what’s coming for xmas …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Im masking and spray painting the number because - in my test with brush painting - the paint fulls the grill openings - so …
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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 …
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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” …
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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 ?
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Tire valves - .012 brass wire with an .020 R B Motion nut - epoxied onto a short length of .020 rod …. Thank you Mr Bentley …
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Dept of Corrections … the bonnett race number didnt quite hug the first louver - even with lots of Micro Sol - so i opened the section of the decal that never quite snuggled into the recess and added some white acrylic paint - and since these numbers were brush painted anyway - this is looks fine …
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So i mount the bolts into a pin vise - nice and tight - remove the bolt printing - and drill open the center - in this case i’m using the 1.6 mil castle bolt and drilling a .035 in hole …. Then onto the tooth pick for Sharpie painting and safe keeping - this is hit and miss - you’ll mess some up - but the master club bolts are sold with dozens of bolts in each package… and yes I’m Optivisoring the whole deal …
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Gracias codi must be feeling better since I’m posting this on farmer’s hours … we’ll call this the “Master Club castle nut on a stick post” - the Master Club bolts are printed with bolt dimensions that are a bit too thick for scale and sometimes without enough scale length for suspension parts - but no one else seems to make the castle nuts so I’ve been experimenting with ways to make scale castle nuts out of the bolt castings …
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Before i’m done with the rear suspension I’ve fitted the wheels and tires just to make sure that the Delage sits square …. It does - big relief …. Now back to the COVID meds ….