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  1. Bill Eh?
    The engine mount, as indicated in the instructions, is far too wide for the frame. To make it fit required cutting off the "triangular" portions on both sides of the engine mount. This meant that the gluing surface on the engine mount was next to nothing. I made c-hannel style mounts, and glued them facing up on both sides of the inside of the frame. With the firewall glued in place, there was interference with a vertical portion of the frame. To eliminate this, I moved the vertical portion of the frame, slightly rearward on both sides. This solved the interference issue. The joints need some work. LOL
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    By building up all the body panels, I had to think of a work around to installing the rear axle. My solution was to refabricate the rear axle into a component assembly. I started by installing a new styrene tube through the quick change differential. The width of this tube was cut to match the exact width of the frame when installed. This way, the one piece body can slide onto the frame from the front. The outer portions of the original axle were cut off, and refabricated with various sizes of Evergreen tube, rod, and strip. These new axle end, with wheels attached, will just slide into the axle/quick change already mounted in the body.
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    I purchased this kit a couple of weeks ago. I have been in a non-building slump for too long. This is the kit that got me building again. Work started with assembling the frame. I glued the attachment points, moving from rearmost to the front. All in all, the frame members lined up well on the two halves. Please excuse the putty, which is yet to be sanded. After watching HPI Guy's build up on YouTube, I really wanted to do something about the seams/gaps between the panel components. So, I decided to assemble all of the pieces and putty the seems. Again, this needs sanding. There are two slots on either side of the firewall where vertical portions of the frame show through. Again, this did not appeal to me so I tried filling these slots in with strip styrene, to get a solid firewall appearance. Looking at it now, I will more than likely remove this piece and create a solid new piece from sheet styrene.
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    Jim, I am working on my kit too. Maybe I should start a thread. LOL The motor mount bracket part, as indicated in the instructions, is far too wide to fit between the frame rails. In fact I had to remove the triangular portions on both ends of the motor mount. This meant that I had to create new attachment point/supports for the motor mount. I made c-channel style supports, and glued them to the inside surface of the square plate sections of the frame. I hope you don't mind me interjecting this way.
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    Jim, I believe you have installed the front cross member in the frame upside-down. The two rectangular sections, should face up, as I think they were intended as the moon tank supports. Just rear of the cross member centre, you have the pin facing up. I think it should face down, as this is where the wishbone attaches.
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    My favourite car of that era was the Brabham BT-44
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    Hi Jim. So the Hansa 281 operates in the same manner as a trigger style airbrush, but using a conventional lever instead? I recognize the needle packing screwdriver, but I am curious about the tool just to its right. Is that a nozzle wrench of sorts? I've thought about purchasing the ring for converting to a minimum capacity bowl, but not bought one yet. All ai all, some excellent purchases, especially that Hansa 281 model!
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    It is true that FIA stated that safety was the motivation. They have to provide a plausible reason for the ban after all. However, the banning of the airboxes was simply a means of the FIA clamping down on the "ram-air" effect they created in an effort to reduce engine performance. The bigger the opening, the more air - and thus, intake pressure - you had going to the engine. The higher you had the intake, the better chance you had of capturing cleaner and cooler air. Engines prefer cooler air. So, the FIA came up with new rules stating a maximum height for all bodywork and just like that, put the kibosh on the tall intakes. Not much different from the 1994 season, when the FIA demanded holes be cut in the airboxes to reduce performance after Senna's death.
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    I believe that this was done in an attempt to reduce speeds by reducing the amount of air getting to the engine. Did it work? No. As Lee has shown with the pictures of Ferrari's adaptation in the 312T to the 312T2. No tall airbox, but clever thinking still got the same volume of air to the engine. The McLaren M23 also went from a tall airbox to a design where the air intake snorkles protruded horizontally behind the driver's head. James Hunt, won the '76 Championship with his revised McLaren M23. My first attendance at G.P.s happened that year. I went to the Canadian G.P. at Mosport and the United States G.P. at Watkins Glen. Both races were late in the season, and the low air boxes were in use at that point. The Lotus 78 adopted the same design feature that McLaren used, with the horizontal snorkles behind the drivers head.
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    This is contrary to what I have found out. It is called Mr. Rapid Thinner, because as you said, it flashes out faster than Mr.Color Thinner. Because of this, it does not allow the metallic particles to level out uniformly, but rather maintain the randomness that they achieve when sprayed on a surface. The reason for this is to better replicate the metallic that is being sprayed. As for a chrome surface, I would think that you do want to achieve a more uniform result, and would best achieve this with Mr. Leveling Thinner.
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    Jim, as with your H & S brushes, these two Iwatas are just over the top in a good way. Me being something of an airbrush hoarder the top picture of your post fascinates me. Please share who makes it and where you purchased it from.
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    I hope you get more than 1 cap for the $1.40
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    F1 kits, mostly 1/20 populated by Tamiya. Some 1/12 kits as well.
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    Great purchases. Two very nice airbrushes.
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    The shade of green closely resembles British Racing Green (BRG), a staple of many British sports cars.
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    I like it! It's got that end of summer block party vibe!
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    Ultimately I'm hoping that Red Bull, not only is made to be directly responsible for remedying the situation, but also has to make a very public apology for their bad judgement and entitlement. I don't want this to end up a "throw money at it" to make it go away sutuation. Unless there is a significant consequence, it will be the same as giving permission for future ill conceived actions.
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    My first name and a version of my last initial, made famous by Bob and Doug McKenzie's Great White North on SCTV. Eh? is also very appropriate as I am extremely hard of hearing... if I'm not wearing my hearing aids, I won't hear you. LOL
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    Dave, it looks like you made some vendors very happy! ?
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    I'll measure the distance from the blade axis to the surface it sits on. Looks like there is plenty of room for increasing the area of the blades! LOL Guess I better get an additional kit!
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    I got this kit yesterday from Amazon.com. I'm not positive, but I think it is a knock-off an original Gakken kit. The title on the box says Wind Power Beast. The manufacturer is Cute Sunlight, kit no. 2141. I'm not sure of the scale, but I'm guessing 1/100. The miniature is based on a original piece created by kinetic artist Theo Jansen. His was called the Strand Beest. He has made many iterations of his first creation. It was fun, although sometimes frustrating. The English was error free. However, they sometimes used the wrong terminology when describing the position of one piece in relation to another. Having done LEGO was definitely a help, as the illustrations were very precise. If you have an inner geek, I highly recommend it. And yes, it walks sideways when you blow on the fan blades.
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    Shipping can't happen soon enough!
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    Lassie? LOL
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    The woman portrayed, has more than a striking resemblance to the late Dame Diana Rigg, from the 60's TV show, The Avengers. I'm not sure about the male driver in the illustration. Sorry, I just refreshed and realized that I am way to late to the party!
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    My good friend, Ken Nesbitt, shared these over a club Zoom meeting. They just arrived today from The Hobby Centre, in Ottawa. I have been buying a lot of paints in the 10 ml jars recently. The paint caddies, on the left, hold 32 bottles each. They are on a swivel base. This will help reduce the foot print that paints occupy. The item on the right holds three Tamiya masking tape dispensers clamped side by side, and has a mechanism built in to attach to a desk surface. The Fujimi Porsche 911GT3R is a kit that I should have purchased when it first came out. Most places online either say out of stock, or prices north of $100 C.This was very reasonably priced. Maybe Flying Lizards livery....
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