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Really enjoy the body changes you've made to the car Steve. The headlights look much better down low IMO and the rear fenders really change the look of the car (for the better). Awesome start! cheers, tim

Hi Chris, I am fortunate to have several comprehensive historical books on the Porsche 917. Two were authored in Germany. The "bible" on this car IMO was written by Walter Naher. "Porsche 917, Archive and Works Catalogue". 575 pages with too many one of a kind pics of the cars developed and raced from 1968 to 1975. Unfortunately the book is out of print. There are new copies available on Amazon. They're $910. U.S. - and are printed in German/English. The Hippie car was chassis 21. It was part of the initial homologation (spelling?) of 25 cars that they produced to get them certified. All pics of these cars being assembled and in various stages of construction show a matte black chassis. Some chassis parts were left bare but the vast majority of the chassis was black. Your chassis assembly is just phenomenal. This is going to look so cool when completed. Keep her going man! Cheers, Tim

Dave, thanks man. I knew they'd be a challenge but I'm tickled with em' for sure. I'll be in touch about a possible visit soon. cheers Randy, Also a big thanks. Love what you did on the Porsche engine. To anyone stopping by here, be sure to visit Randy's new thread on his Porsche build under "WIPS"...........you won't be disappointed.

WOOF! Silly good Randy. Now, I want you to..............just kidding. You set a super high bar all by yourself. The entire engine just POPS. The detail on the coil is a head turner in its own right and made me stare for a few minutes in and of itself. Cheers sir!

Stellar looking car Tim. cheers, tim

Thank you as always fellas. The pair are done. What's left on them, fuels bowls, accelerator pump side detail, venturi's and final assembly / detailing them. The biggest part of these are done and to think it only took me a couple months to get to this point. Got a lot of ideas on how I want the manifold to look and how to make it. Cheers, tim The pieces are not assembled, the pics are just for mock-up purposes. There is still some clean-up to do as well before final assembly.

Well done Francis....and imaginative in how you did it. I'll be curious to see your results with the "brass black"........can always use something like that. Hope it works well for you. cheers, tim

Love those outside pics of the truck. Really shows the paint and decals. Nicely done! cheers

Mike, I don't remember seeing this thread before so I went back to page 1...........wow you're talented. Love what you've done with the car and will certainly follow along going forward. Great work sir. cheers, tim

A great builder with great taste in cars. This will be fun to watch Randy and I want to add to the fact that its so nice to see you back posting here. The pump looks killer and when I looked at the engine I can't help but note that the "fan" in the shroud will look great in metal. wink-wink. Seriously though, nice to have you back. Tim

some pics of the other carb parts sitting on the base that I just parted off. Now onto the other so I can finish these up and get to the manifold. As a note, these are all just resting one on top of the other so nothing has been glued/assembled yet. Just a quick mock-up so I can see where I"m at. cheers, tim

That's a beast of an engine. I'll be anxious to see how it prints out for you when you get to that juncture. Anybody that has CAD skills has a leg up on the rest of us for sure. cheers

You've got my attention Joe. I'm curious to see how you progress on the changes you're making to the car so that big ol' motor fits up. You're saving me time for sure when I get to that point & can see that the towers fit up beautifully. Cheers, Tim

Thanks Joe & Jerry. Dick, the reason is because I'm using end mills that are 1/64" that break when you just look at them. The length of cut is the biggest issue because of the overall height of the part when cut off it makes it difficult if not impossible because of how short a 1/64" end mill is. 1/64" being .4mm approx.

Appreciate all of those that continue to visit and also post to this thread. Running out the door but I wanted to quickly share the 1st of 2 carb bases. Between drawing it up and milling it, about 15 hours or so. As much time drawing it as milling. 2nd one should go much quicker. I'll share pics of them parted off and completed as a set. Oh so close on getting these carbs finally done. cheers, tim Here you can see 4 of the 6 bleed/adj. screw holes on the fuel bowl side of the plate. The other two are on each end of the base.

Love checking this thread every week or so. JC, the pic of the 919 LH you shared, phantom I know, is still a treat for the eyes. Any other pics of the concept you can share? Cheers Tim

Tiago, I really look forward to your progress on this one. I was always a fan of Ferrari in F1 but 2 of my favorite marks besides them were Wolf & Brabham. The BT-52 was one of the most purposeful looking F1 cars ever made IMO. And who doesn't love the Fan car? I am certain you'll do it justice. Cheers, Tim

? - Phenomenal detailing Steve and I like the colors that you've chosen for the build. I stared at the dash and steering wheel for a LONG time. Made my eyes hurt. Cheers, Tim

Nice build Jim. I like the attention to the tiniest of details that you're putting into her. The paint / flames are gorgeous. cheers, tim

I just stumbled upon this thread and enjoyed every single comment. After a bit of pondering the original statement, I would sum it up as "you know it when you see it". It might only be a single part or 2 on a model (any kind or type) or it might be the entire model. It's one of the reasons i enjoy the forum because there are so many different types of builds here and I can appreciate them all. Cheers, tim

To Mike - David - Brad - Dave (comp1839) - Francis and John, thank you so much for your acknowledgements. It was a fun & rewarding build. Dann Oh - All I can say is what I posted earlier. Class organization and a very well run show. I wish all of you the best and thank you for the invite to next years DSC 17 contest. It would be a treat to meet the members and other modelers as well. UKDave - So nice to see that drag racing in the UK is going strong. I visited your site and it was fun going through all the photos (and there are a LOT!! ) I saw cars and body styles I've never seen before. Very cool. I saw the link you posted (thank you for sharing the Bantam with your friends too) and their comments. Please tell Nick Davis that I had visited his links to his car many times over the several years I was building the Bantam and doing research on various Bantam Altereds. "HAVOC" is one beautiful & beast of a car. Cheers to All! Tim

Today I received a wonderful package from the members of the Cactus Car Modelers for their recently hosted on-line contest the Desert Scale Classic. I am more than impressed with the quality of the awards themselves and of course the recognition that the Bantam received. I'm not sure who designed the trophies or picked the colors etc. but I can share that they're simply beautiful. This bespeaks the kind of club and organization they are. I want to say THANK YOU to all the members for going out of their way to host the event when everything else was cancelled. It was easy to enter and fun to boot. Hopefully there will be more like it. Cheers! Tim

I admit I was never a fan of Mclaren (Ferrari guy) but the way you're approaching & creating the details on your car Jose are just fantastic. The extra effort you're expending through out on each part (trying to achieve proper scale as 1 example) really shows. You're efforts are being rewarded most certainly. Beautiful car. cheers, tim

Mad skills Mark. Taking an end-mill to the manifold..........well, that had to be interesting to say the least. Nicely done of course. Keep sharing the steps / processes you're doing along the way, they're greatly appreciated. cheers, tim

WOW Seth. This is a stunning car you've made. Congrats on an outstanding job. cheers, tim