Big John
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The electric fans are pretty much a "period" ender. And the wheeled trolley is pretty cool. The wire screen does look like a good match for the 1:1.
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The shocks are right on the money. The tech keeps getting better and better year to year if not day to day. Look at what you can do today that we wouldn't have even dreamed of a couple of years ago. I know you've updated the tech on this Bentley but I think the body should really rest on saw horses.
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Hat, it is really Eenie Menie Chilly Beenie The Spirits are About to Speak. Fan Mail from some flounder?
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Am thinking, there's no doubt about it... I need another hat!
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And then I get lost in choosing the right engine for a 32 Duce. the V12 will take some frame stretching and anything with the Lasalle tranny will need even more mods.
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A very Sweet 2CV. It wasn't till later that I noticed the Land Rover.
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What then of the lathe or mill or machine in general that preforms it's task by way of digital input. The dremel is simply a motorized hand tool and does not operate independantly unless incorporated into a digitally controlled motorized operating system. Digital in this case not referring to fingers or toes.
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I was also going to suggest stacking the shim stock to shape in mass. The friction discs would be a simple 3D print.
It seems like a shame to cover up all those amazing details with a body François.
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every time I've had Chrome on a PC I've had nothing but troubles. delete chrome and many of the problems will vanish!
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Company towns kept workers in poverty.
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A good option for LSR cars in general would be 50's era Indy car tires, which seem to be available as resin kits on line.
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I remember, as a youth, putting a a pack of 4>6 bottle rockets in the back or our old AMT model cars, the metal axles were the trick element, and racing them down the street against my friends COX .049 car.
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In the spirit of the season...
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Fox is a company who makes high performance suspension systems.
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Very cool project and I love seeing you scale down the English wheel for shaping the body panels. If I am not mistaken (often the case) I saw a proposal for the 1:1 car to be built for some rich South American land baron. At the time there were many suggestions for motor and tranny such as a Corvette LS1 and transaxle, which, to my mind, was the wrong direction. I was going to suggest using two Offenhauser 255 blocks and fab a custom crank case. This would give the car a 510ci straight 8, with all the porting and cam profiles worked out, and piston & rods, valvetrain parts readily available. Kind of a throwback to the Miller 8s which is what inspired Ettore Bugatti to base his twin cam layouts. Just a suggestion. Looking forward to your final solution.
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At the moment you can get some new /old Paasche VL double action airbrushes, full kits on the-bay for really good prices. I prefer the double action brush since it has more control and the action is closer to my full size guns. Be meticulous in your cleaning and it will last a lifetime. If you are going for larger models, 1/8 scale I would go with a small touch-up gun Binks or Devilbiss.
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When Life gives you dead horses... Make glue!
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On 11/29/2023 at 4:18 PM, Muncie said:
I remember going to grandma's house when I was a kid. One of the treats was fresh biscuits for breakfast. One morning all the cousins were talking about how good it was to have "scratch" biscuits. Grandma was almost offended - to her "those aren't scratch biscuits" and corrected our terminology - the flour, milk, and butter came from the store. As I remember it, she did have her own biscuit starter in the fridge. Years later, I realized that she could go back to her times fixing breakfast for the harvest crew on the wheat ranch when she was a kid and helped till the soil, plant the seed, grow the wheat, harvest the grain, grind the wheat into flour, raise the cows, milk them, and churn the butter by hand.
I think one of the few times the term "scratch" may be used or important around model cars is in contests. GSL had a definition in their rules.
and what does the GSL rules say?
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Elon should be the first recipient of his brain implant.
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Strangers can be unsettling.
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20 hours ago, bbowser said:
That would be awesome for a diorama!
Can you imagine 1/64 scale? Scaling digitally, at least in the CAD programs is pretty simple. I build my parts in 1:1 and scale them as (for example) 24=1 for 1/24th etc. We may take it for granted that the parts will print out the same size however we don't really know how that is translated in the printer. All the parts should be relative in scale to each other when printed on the same machine. To find out if the parts are to a specific size we would need to do some test parts and calibrate the printer by adjusting the scale factor of the artwork accordingly. 24.002=1 lets say. Remembering too that there are variables in resolution that may affect the final size. Vendor sourced parts will probably be hit or miss unless the vendor is meticulous in their scaling.
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Wow, the chrome looks perfect. Is that the chrome pens again of some other finish?