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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 …

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 ?

Tire valves - .012 brass wire with an .020 R B Motion nut - epoxied onto a short length of .020 rod …. Thank you Mr Bentley …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 ….

The parts were made a long while ago - but the assembly had to wait until the body was glued to the frame …. The shocks are a little askew but once its done it should hold up …. I needed strength because of the weight of the model - this metal is a little heavier than white metal …. Denser ? Pico mite know …

Well. .. its my turn … the bad news is that, well, i got COVID - but very mild … the good news is that i don’t have to shave this week - and i can watch the TT Isle of Man Bike races in MAVTV ! oh, and I’ve got some time to assemble the rear suspension …. Thats nice …

Thanks Pierre - but someone keeps moving the goal posts….

I figured it started with a d ….

Whats French for Determined ?

The exhaust pipe is glued on with epoxy - its got pegs that secure it really well to the cyl head - thats credit to Pico’s design - and it just fits below the brace …

With the brace in place its time to connect the fuel lines and the other wires feeding into the bulkhead …

There is a brace that runs from the top of the radiator back to the engine bulkhead - thats made from a length of brass rod and .07 mil nickel tube - had some neat little O-rings - from Ebay I think - they were used to secure a length of tin .014 wire - that’s the water temp line.

Now there’s enough done on the chassis to epoxy the body to the chassis frame - the parafilm is wrapped around to persuade the body to stay put while the epoxy set - the steering wheel will be added later - same w the exhausts -

The race number on the bonnett has to be cut apart before its laid on …

Gracias the marking on the leftside of the cowling is smaller because it has to tuck under the exhaust pipes - the third 6 goes on the bonnett …

Dept of corrections … its Benoist … Captain Robert Benoist - google him …

Need To add some paint to finish the bottom of the nines - then ill spray a coat of tamiya semi gloss clear on and see what ive got - the numbers will look hand painted - which they were …

With or without racing numbers ? There are a handful of historical photos. Some on the ‘net - others in magazine articles that featured this car after its restoration …. Its known to be 2CLV chass 3 - and it was raced in this form - unsupercharged - in the 1924 French Grand Prix …. I think there is less certainty about entries and chass identification - delage entered 2 or 3 in the race - ill go with the Beniost car - number 9 … made a series of 9s on some decal paper with a wh Sharpie and some brushed on Tamiys flat -