Ace-Garageguy

The RS-60 is, of course, also mid-engined, not rear engined like a 356 or 911. I snagged one of those bodies a while back too, to build a static model as well. I'll be interested in seeing which way you go with this one. I'd think that, judging by the skills you've already demonstrated, building a reasonably accurate tube frame for it is doable.

Diesel-electric "hybrid" motive power for railroad locomotives is a proven concept, having been in wide use since the late 1930s, becoming almost universal for railroads in the 1950s. Diesel-electric railroad power is the most fuel-efficient way to move freight over long distances, a lot of the efficiency having to do with low rolling-resistance of steel wheels on steel rails, relatively low and constant speeds, and several other factors. It will be interesting to see how well the concept scales down for over-the-road trucks.

Beautiful job...and really makes me wish I'd bought a real one when I could afford it. I love those things...and shoebox 2-door woodies.

Yes, I mentioned that.

The mention of the Revell Thames / Anglia kit rang a bell... Those kits have high-back buckets. The sides and headrest could be cut down to look like your example without a whole lotta effort, I believe. Seats at about 4:30...

Thanks again for the multiple references re: the door cutouts and door inner shells. It took me a while to establish exactly where to cut the new inner tub, as there's a discrepancy in the kit windshield pillars' relationship to the door cut-lines that was throwing me off. I'm trying to get the interior tub as close to right as possible, as I'm intending to do a full-detail build of a 275P when I have "more time", and I'd like to be able to just pull measurements from this one rather than doing everything again from scratch. I'm glad I ended up doing this particular car (chassis #0812), as it seems to have had quite a history besides its early racing career as a 250P. Besides finishing second at Sebring one year and winning the next, it burned at LeMans, was rebuilt and raced as a 275, was then heavily wrecked at the next LeMans, got rebuilt again as a "lightweight roadster" and raced reasonably successfully under Luigi Chinetti and then Carl Kleiner (second in class at Sebring '65). After that it was rebodied as the showcar below (circa '67), and was ultimately rebodied again, in the late 1980s, as its first incarnation. Anyway, I've got it figured out, and she's moving again.

Opens up a whole new concept in traffic management... PASSING LANE ONLY

Shoes.

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The 275P as raced at Sebring used rectangular Marchal driving lights mounted low, with a lens design like this Marchal 656...correctly represented in the Monogram kit too. I found a pair of clear ones in 1/24 scale that look vastly better than the chrome ones in the kit. They're slightly oversize for exact scale, but they look SO much better I'm going to use 'em. The light bays needed to be opened up somewhat anyway, and I'm sure I can get the look I need.

When I was in junior high, I broke my French teacher's ceramic Francis of Assisi statue. Elmer's Glue All did the trick. Today, I'd opt for clear epoxy or a cyanoacrylate (super glue).

Nice work, great color, fine looking interior. That has to be one of the best looking big cars of all time. Sweet.

Holy wow! That is simply spectacular.

Remarkable work, sir. You'd never think it started life as a Corvette. Who wooda thunk there was a Cheetah hiding under there.

Kindof a lot of that around... For example, I've read real-car forum posts insisting that the front exhaust crossover pipe was intended to supply "carburettor heat" to assist with warm-up and cold weather drivability...completely ignoring the fact that the manifold has a heat-riser hot spot that performs that function, just like everything else of the period.

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Yeah...it's the smallblock Chevy of "modern" times. SBCs ended up in just about everything too, from VW Bugs to Datsun Z-cars, MGs, Austin Healeys, all manner of Jags, Porsche 914s (properly in the middle), probably 90% of non-flathead hot-rods, and the ultimate sacrilege...in the rear of a few Porsche 911s. Today, 350HP minimum from a junkyard aluminum LS is pretty respectable...and cheap...horsepower. A guy here in town has a kinda hacked LS swap in a Porsche Boxster, and frankly, if it had been done better, it would be a dead-reliable rocket.

Space constraints. IIRC, there's a steering box on the driver's side that precludes running the LH pipe down in back, and doing an underside crossover. Also IIRC, '55-'56 Ford passenger cars had the same crossover.

Just FYI...LS swaps in Fieros are also fairly common. It's tight, but it'll work. IIRC, the LS4 bolts directly to the F40 gearbox (six-speed manual from the Pontiac G6), though there's a mod required concerning the starter. Again IIRC, other LS engines can be used with an adapter. And again IIRC, the F40 gearbox also bolts to many GM 2.8-3.9 V6 engines.

In my experience, PayPal / eBay will check the tracking numbers, compare to the expected delivery date, and won't issue a "never received item" refund until after a reasonable amount of time has passed AFTER the estimated delivery date. I get a LOT of stuff mis-routed by the PO, it runs late often, or sellers just delay shipping even after a tracking number has been issued...so I have a fair amount of actual experience with this. EBay / PayPal aren't just handing out refunds to anyone who turns in a claim after ONE day, and back-charging the seller.

Congrats on finishing a long-term project. Fine looking little car, engine looks strong too. I love flat-windshield Bugs. Last one I had was a '71, and I kick myself daily for letting it go.

I like the idea of dipping the plug wire ends in paint to simulate boots. For even more realism, a thick tool-handle-dip material works very well, and it comes in several colors.

Cool stuff, lots of which was still in daily use when I was in England in the '70s. Hope you get an old Land Rover if you really want one. Convert it to electronic ignition (if it hasn't been done already), and it'll run forever. They're built like tanks from superior material (a lot of superior material where it counts, like big bearings and shafts, etc.), and as reliable as a brick with the usual fluid-and-filter-change maintenance...assuming it hasn't been abused and patched by knuckle-draggers. We have a client who brings in sorry ones from South Africa that have had the "used car lot" treatment...cheap shiny paint and undercoating covering the rust and bondo...and most of even those rode-hard examples come back mechanically without too terribly much cost in parts. But if you don't want to go broke keeping one running, stay away from anything with EFI (the later V8 vehicles), self-leveling suspension, etc.

Another really nice one, very high energy. I like your style.

Very nice, particularly the sense of motion and speed it conveys.