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John – How did you do the taillight lenses?

It's baaaack... http://www.indiancarsbikes.in/auto-news/morgan-relaunch-iconic-threewheeler-2011-22210/

I've said this before and I'll say it again: I think MCM could save some money in printing and mailing, and apply it to upgrade their production quality (more color, etc.), if they would go to a lighter weight of paper. Check out TIME, and even Scale Auto, and you'll see what I'm talking about. I have magazines going back to the 60s that still look great and don't need archive quality paper – Road & Track, Car and Driver and many more.

Wow. The tabletop stuff looked great, but this looks even better in the outside photos, like your V-16 Cadillac.

I have some of that foil set aside for appropriate use on dashboards (for example, a Mercedes Gullwing switch panel) and where necessary on body trim, bumpers, etc. Another technique would be to use fine mesh as a template and spray over it with Alclad or similar. At small scales, a faux finish is probably just as good as something with real texture.

Looking at the Ferrari firewall, it seems to me that it would be a good candidate for using the textured-pattern foil from the inside of a cigarette pack (such as Marlboro).

Beautiful, as usual from you. Superb craftsmanship.

Just like us? He says he has OCD, so that matches. However, the similarities seem to fade away when you consider he's a potential zillionaire.

The aftermarket kit wheels are on the black model in the post with three photos; the real wheels are on the Lauren car, above. It's worthwhile noting that the real Lauren car has been painted and polished to a higher gloss than is original.

For the record, you can see the brake pulley mechanism toward the bottom center of the frame, between the handbrake and the steering arm on Lauren's actual car:

No chain. Just the hardware it runs through, cast onto the sides of the left and right frame. This is hard to remove and "accurize" since it's metal, but I can work with what's there. For the record, this is a reasonably decent model of a real car. It's Bburago's version of a specific 1934 T59 Bugatti, chassis #59124. I'm told by the people at bugattibuilder.com that the model is closer to 1/15 than 1/18. Here's the model and the real car as it appeared nearly forty years ago. My biggest challenge, really, started out to be the piano wire wheels, but I found a Bugatti modeler in Europe who offers some nice-looking wheels for this model at a reasonable price. Here's his reworked model of the Grand Prix version of the model, replicating Ralph Lauren's T59. You'll note he didn't bother with the brake chain assembly.

Especially since the entire assembly as shown in my original post would be about 1/2 inch from top to bottom on the model.

Thanks, everyone. I think I'll have to go to plan B and not use actual chain.

I can't see the chain in el destructo's picture, though I assume it's there and that may be a good kit to check out. BTW, I've never had anyone on"ignore." And I won't, because that doesn't advance knowledge, communication and dialogue, in my opinion.

Duhhh...because that's what I'm seeking to replicate.

The photo is of Ralph Lauren's 1:1 Type 59 Grand Prix Bugatti. There are lots of low-tech ways I can make this look good. Even Gerald Wingrove fudged it with black paint over wire on his 1/15 Type 59. But I'm just looking for an ultra-precision answer that can make it look that much better.

Mine came today, in perfect newsstand condition. I have never had a mangled issue. Great article on Common Items, Uncommon Uses, which features some tips I haven't come across online. The show article could use more factory stock builds, and as usual I wish there was more coverage on classic/vintage builds, which only seem to show up in the diecast section. Otherwise, a great issue and always a great magazine.

Outstanding, just like everything else you've shown us.

Well, I know there are small-scale bike kits, but my searches don't end up anywhere. It needs to work to a degree because I need to bend it into the S shape shown above.

Looking for teeny bicycle/motorcycle chain that actually works. This is for my 1/18-1/16 Bugatti's cable-operated brake system.

It is awesome, especially after a few beers. Too bad the driver couldn't see it, since the carbs are on the passenger side. But I did, literally, see his tongue hanging out when he punched it.

My friend had a +4 in that color scheme; at speed on a dark night, you could see flames coming from the carburetors through the louvers.

It pines me to say this, but I erred in saying I could see wooden chassis rails on a Morgan; I was actually looking at part of the frame. Sorry fir that. From How Stuff Works: "The Aero 8...is the first new Morgan design since 1948. It is also the first Morgan vehicle with an alloy chassis and frame as opposed to traditional Morgan vehicles ("trads") that have an aluminium skinned wooden body tub on a steel chassis."

I have had the largest part of my stash in a temperature-controlled U-Store-It for a year and a half without checking it. Oh, well.

This steering-mounted gearshift lever was another of the Cord's remarkable innovations. I seem to remember that some 60s cars had dash-mounted, pushbutton automatic shifts, but I can't remember what brand.