1924 Delage GP - a what ?

[absmiami]

But the second  coat nails the shade of blue that i am searching for …

[absmiami]

But i did notice that the base of the chassis casting needed a little more work - some sanding and CA glue and another coat of silver - Tamiya acryl lacquer …

[absmiami]

And while the paint is drying -  not long - this paint can be handled after thirty minutes - i added some paint hi-lites to the engine bolts - there are over 100 - on the engine casting - used some Tamiya light gun metal - topped with a drop of Molotow bright silver - 

[absmiami]

Next ill work on the engine pumps and ancilaries - and consider my water pump mystery …

[charlie8575]

This is absolutely incredible. I don't know how it escaped my notice.

Charlie Larkin

[absmiami]

thank you Mr L

probably the reason that you hadnt noticed this is that the project was dorment for over a year

whilst I chased down some Cooper and Lotus related rabbit holes ...

 

 

[absmiami]

so the water pump is hidden below the magnetos and not very visible in pictutes - when im stuck for information an a pre-war GP engine - my go-to is this great old book ..

[absmiami]

The first picture is a section of the great cutaway drawing of the engine for the 1927 Delage - the engine is a straight 8 but it was designed by Lory - who refined the 2LCV engine - and it carries many of that engine’s features forward ….  The second photo is from a period photo of the 2LCV engine - again fr the Borgeson book - and shows a pump that looks like the later one - although it has to collect water fr 2 pipes rather than one - because the engine is a V12 instead if a straight eight - this will do …. By the way - you’ll notice that the cutaway was done by Max Miller -  Miller and Cresswell were responsible for most of the early cutaway drawings of racing cars that we all fawn over …

[absmiami]

Pump housing was filed and turned in a lathe at slow speed using Evergreen plastic …

[absmiami]

Water pipes - using solder - need the pipes to be pliable …. But this was a fail 

so to  plan B …

[absmiami]

So here’s Plan B - which uses individual lengths of solder - which will attach to the pump housing a little like the one to one ….   But solder does not like glue - using CA - and i need to use a little xtra and limit handling after glueing …

[absmiami]

Next - the sump, the magnetoes, and/or mosquitoes - …..  and finally some spark plugs !

[Chris Smith]

That’s one impressive engine! I like how you are doing the water pump and lines

[absmiami]

Gracias 

magnetos  …

[absmiami]

…. Installed    …

[absmiami]

FOR OUR INTREPID BOARD MEMBERS ….

once youre done on saturday with you board maintenance- please slide this thread over to the other racing thread …

gracias …

[MeatMan]

Awesome craftsmanship!

[absmiami]

Thank you 

mr meat  …

[absmiami]

The sp plugs wires clip to the tip of the plugs at right angles - per the engine bay photos way back in page 1 - so to get a secure atrachment i made some plugs fr .024 alu tubes- w an RB Motion nut - so i can secure the plug wires with a rivet that slides into these “plugs” - problem is - they don’t really look like spark plugs …

[absmiami]

So the fix - this is optivisor stuff - was to wind some .08 wire and clip off a small peice To slip onto each plug - I’m sacrificing scale accuracy - but now these things look like spark plugs …

[absmiami]

Next - paint the tips fl white …

[absmiami]

Now the assembly - which requires feeding the

plug wires through looms made fr -evergreen tube and rod …

[absmiami]

Right bank almost done …

[Straightliner59]

On 3/14/2022 at 6:23 AM, absmiami said:

And while the paint is drying -  not long - this paint can be handled after thirty minutes - i added some paint hi-lites to the engine bolts - there are over 100 - on the engine casting - used some Tamiya light gun metal - topped with a drop of Molotow bright silver - 

 

That looks great! It adds some nice "depth" to the castings.

[Straightliner59]

On 3/16/2022 at 10:23 PM, absmiami said:

Gracias 

magnetos  …

What are you using for your magneto color? For years, I used Pactra International Colors IJN Red. It finally went bad about five years ago, or so. Now, I'm using a Humbrol color that is very similar. I don't recall the number, off the top of my head! Not all that surprising, given the rate at which I have attempted, and succeeded at, killing brain cells!