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Thanks Tex The model was of the Ferrari Columbo and was looking great until the incredibly cute individual velocity stacks for the very cute Weber carbs disappeared into the carpet monster. Now considering a turbo conversion. All of this for a glue bomb Aurora GTO Resto Mod. Marty

I saw this car at a Brainerd IMSA race. Moretti made his famous spaghetti for the paddock Friday night but we had to bring our own wine. Almost bought a Penthouse T-shirt but the Penthouse Pet that was wearing it might have caught a cold giving me hers. The car was almost perfect for the mile long Brainerd main straight

Thanks Les, This process provides astonishing detail. Probably the nicest thing I have ever purchased from Ljubljana!

I just received a 3D engine kit where the parts came on a spider web of little stringers which were then grown into a flat plastic plate. Two questions: 1) Is the flat plate the first or last part of the printing process? 2) Is the spider web individually modeled by the printing artist or is it generated by a modelling program? Thanks, Marty

Hello Cal, I have a good condition XR-6 engine missing the intake and exhaust. PM me you address and I will mail it to you. Marty Nygard

The Fujimi part definitely attaches to pins on top of the rear leaf springs. Greg's photo is probably correct so the Fujimi ends just need to be shortened up a bit. Thanks.

I am just muddling along with the Fujimi GTO kit. Lots of nice fiddly bits and well shaped body. The rear suspension has me confused, however. The differential housing is strangely devoid of detail and appears a bit large. It also has what looks like a Watts link intended to attach the bell crank to the rear of the housing and also mount the link rods to the two leaf springs. I can find no reference photos of this device and also cannot see how it could possibly function. The Watts links I have personally (in a past life) fabricated have either had the bell crank attached to the differential housing with the outer links attached to the chassis or the bell crank attached to the chassis and the outer links attached to the axle tubes. Either way you can change the suspension roll center by moving the bell crank mount up or down. Does anyone have experience with the configuration included with the kit? As an aside, I hated solid rear axles so much that all my later cars were rear engined with independent A-arm suspensions.

Thank you for all of your support

I have never seen the Speed Racer cartoon but I found this snap kit for a low price and said why not. The first thing I noticed is that the kit was missing the 5,000 HP V12 engine. Probably a good thing since the kit tires were a bit narrow for that HP. Then there was the body itself; way to narrow for the wheelbase. What the car needed was fat slicks. So, the Revell Williams F1 kit came to the rescue with wings, wheels, slicks and suspension. This then required a wider body based on multiple cuts, spacers and putty. Finally I added half of a Cosworth Ford Indy car engine.

Were you aware that the 275 prototype was re-used as the mulo for the Ferrari Enzo?

Just a comment on the rear spoiler. Because the Chaparral had an automatic transmission, it did not require a clutch pedal. Instead there was a third pedal that the driver could push to flatten the spoiler on the straights. When braking for a corner, releasing the third pedal would cause the the spoiler to flip up and produce instant downforce.

peteski Excellent idea! martsky

Les, thanks for the website info. Trevor, It is the Tamiya 7 modernized as a track day car. Wide wings (fenders) slicks, Large front and rear wings (airfoils) and a Mazda triple rotor. Should be done in a couple of weeks and then I will try to figure out how to post pictures.

Any old British TV fans of the Prisoner? I need at least two decals or number plates (white on black) for my latest hare-brained scheme. BCNU Marty

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There will never be a perfectly accurate kit of an early Ferrari. I used to know a guy who's son had a 250 GTO and one side had three of the front gills downstream of the front wheels and the other side had two. Depends on which panel beating craftsman was working on which side on which day. I did get to sit in it once and was amazed at how uncomfortable it was for this non Italian male.

Has anyone ever made a first generation Pinto front facia that would fit the current 1977 Pinto kit?

I have several sets of these spare wheels and would really appreciate a source for tires to use with them. Marty

Hi Tom, I registered today for this forum just to reply to your thread. You have made a very nice model. I started with the same kit about five years ago to duplicate my old HProd Bugeye. Virtually done except I bogged down trying to do decals. Other than that, it was a fun build and is complete with all engine/suspension/undercarriage details including home cast Revolution wheels. Maybe I will learn how to post pictures some day.