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Hi Simo, if someone can't get excited over this car and especially that beautiful paint you put down, well.........they should seek help. I'm looking forward to the rest of your build! cheers, tim

Super clean build Steve. Your brother in law is one lucky guy to own one and of course to have you making this gem for him. cheers, tim

Good day Fellas, Ian, Daniel, Bob & Chris......your support on this past post is very welcome, I'm doing my best now to post once a week hopefully with more progress. I'm a little slower but working on it still puts a smile on my face. Charlie, thank you for your support and the offer of the use of your bead roller.........I'm good though but again thanks. Mike (iBorg) glad I didn't read this over breakfast, hot coffee through the nose does sting. Appreciate the giggle ! Todays pics of the fabbed piece that connects the two bulk heads with the idea that it channels the air directly to the radiator and closes off the rest of the engine bay from the air entering the grille. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Nothing is connected just yet but you'll see the mock-up. Again, thank you for following along! cheers, tim This pic shows the goofy set-up to solder the piece together. Curves & angles all at once. the next 2 pics show the piece just after soldering it (2 attempts, the first fell apart trying to get it off the alum piece....ugh) these pics are just mock-up pics......thanks again.

Hello everyone, Summer's over, school is back in session and it's time to get back to the bench. I'm working on some tinwork for the inside of the front end, a small grille bulkhead (which I'm considering something trick with) and a radiator bulkhead. The two will be soldered to a "base" that i have to make with a couple support braces.......then I've made some pieces that will direct the aird from the small grille opening to the reduced radiator opening on the larger bulkhead. Everything will be covered up with an aluminum piece with "bead rolling" on it. 4 pics that I think are self explaining...........Cheers to all of you! Tim

Good morning Chris, Finally took a moment to stop by and check out your progress and you certainly didn't disappoint. I'm already envisioning her with the engine / rear clip installed. Gorgeous car! Cheers, Tim

That sums it up Chris. cheers, tim

Such "clean" work as always Francis....look forward to the Fall season when you're back at her! cheers, tim

Nice choice on the manifold v. headers Charlie.........and I must agree wholeheartedly with Andrew, that grille is SWEET! cheers, tim

Good morning Michael, Just wanted to thank you for the fantastic reply you shared. I've been considering a printer for my daughter (almost 16) and to read your note, it's something I must do. I'm not familiar with the sources you've provided but I'll check them out today too. Amazing what tech and the interwebs can do anymore........soon we'll be able to just tell some artificial intel app to design such and such a file / part and print it out at home (or something like that). Anyways......keep the updates coming and again, thank you. cheers, tim

Morning Chris, I always liked your build choices and the Brabham cars always fascinated me. The fan car was the one model I wanted to try but MFH doesn't make it in the scale I prefer anymore. cheers, tim

Michael, kudos to you for your imagination first of all and for especially pulling this off. I would never have thought of this car with that look but WOW! I'm curious, how long did it take you to do the body mods to date and how do you like your 3d printer? cheers, tim

Hi Tomasz, I commented under the WIP but seeing this pics too is a special treat. Cheers, tim

Beautiful car Rickard and congrats on finishing her too. The red truly does the entire car justice. Again, congrats! tim

Tomasz, another fantastic build of yours. I took a moment to go through all of your flikr pics and you've got quite a wonderful collection. Congrats! tim

Hi Chris, I agree with your comment btw.......you should 7,000 views and at least 50 comments on this thread. Your paint btw is just fantastic on her. White might now be the most "spectacular" color but the way you did and the clear & decals just set her off! Keep the posts coming and yes, I'll be certain to check in too! Cheers, tim

OHHHH, so that's how he did it.....(nodding his head) .......Thanks Charlie, from one that dabbles at machining to one that forgot more than I'll ever know, it's so cool to see how you got to this point on your fantastic engine. It looks the part and like you, I agree, the engine is the most interesting & fun part of a build. Keep her going, I'm most assuredly following along. Cheers to you, Tim

Well executed Ken. One to be proud of certainly. cheers, tim

I see what you're describing Joe with the ZM engine. A lot more to work with, hopefully it fits well for you. Great subject on a pretty rare plane. Will be sure to follow your progress too. cheers, tim

Charlie, I'm remiss in getting caught up on your build. Loving this engine come together and the set-ups you shared to make it in the first place. VERY interesting and helpful. cheers, tim

Ian, Seat looks really good in position and I enjoyed the process you shared on how you did yours. You're clipping right along for sure. cheers, tim

Chris......Good one.......sadly no, they're not sponsoring me. cheers,tim Tony Coomer, I apologize for not acknowledging your earlier post and wanted to say thanks. "Master of Sherline" is quite a stretch but I do appreciate the sentiment. They make great equipment. cheers, tim Thank you Bob!! cheers, tim Francis, thanks and you're right, Tamiya makes an excellent product, we're lucky as hobbyists to have such a resource. You've talked me into it btw on the doors. They will be coming out too and I've settled upon how the car will be presented when finished. Should be pretty cool. cheers, tim Randy D. Whatever I do I assure you it will have zero on your Birdcage Maserati. I'm going to do a 75' Don Hardy style chassis and will do my best to be 95% accurate with it. Most of the bits I've made to date should be perfect with it. Plan is do get the bulk of the body work done over the next couple months and then draw up the chassis so I can get it made. I'll paint the car next Spring and then assemble it all by Summer 25'........keep your posts coming too please! cheers, tim Daniel, thank you too, that grille was time consuming but when it all comes together at the end it should add that little bit of interest to the build. cheers, tim

That's absolutely stunning Jim. Can't wait to see the finished car but I'd be happy to have her just the way she is today. Gorgeous. The mica pearl, did you use Pearl-X ? Just curious. cheers, tim

I love the V-10 era of F1 and stance of this car to my eye was one of the best. If only they could have run with 70's era fat slick rubber all around it would have been even better. Great job sir! cheers, tim

What a tremendous display of talent Francois. I learned a lot while cruising through this thread. Its definitely one to go thru multiple times as I know I've missed some things while going thru it just now. Thanks for sharing. cheers, tim

That's fantastic JT. The color is gorgeous and you lay down some great paint. Oh, and that engine ain't too shabby either. I'll be sure to follow along. cheers, tim