1924 Delage GP - a what ?

[absmiami]

Gracias

left and right …

[absmiami]

More bits and peices - mostly nick silver and brass - wish i knew all the parts names - oh well ….

[Randy D]

Awesome work on this one Andy.   Your fabbing up these tiny parts is most impressive my friend!!!

Randy 

[absmiami]

Gracias 

[Kit Karson]

OUTSTANDING CRAFTSMANSHIP

[absmiami]

Gracias Kit.  The front brake cable wires are attached with a “clasp” (part name?) that’s made w Evergreen plastic strip and some small AnyZ bolts -  again left and right - the cable wire is some random accessory wire that has been living rent free in my parts drawer for aT least a decade or two- or three …

[absmiami]

Here’s the brake cable assembly installed on the left - now have to complete and install the right side - its a bit over-scale - but that’s a compromise that I’ll accept in 24th …

[absmiami]

The steering arm on the ‘24 cars - before they were supercharged - were attached to a lever and sleeve that poked out of the bottom of the car - inside of the chassis rail - maybe not such a good idea ?

[absmiami]

The pin head fits snugly into the plastic sleeve but allows the sleeve to move freely once installed - making for a more precise connection once the steering arm is attached - hard to describe …

[absmiami]

The problem though is that i won’t have a straight run for the arm fr the sleeve attached to the spindle back to the sleeve attached to the steering box - because the tie rod interferes - it should be a scale inch lower -  and the spindle arm is a bit too long …. The only fix is bend the steering arm - which is probably not such a good  idea on the real car - but then again - the whole design was not too sound anyway - so …

[absmiami]

Steering arm clear coated - to prevent tarnish - and re-installed - straight as an arrow!!   

[absmiami]

Old stash of pre war badge decals - will do a radiator badge before installing the stone guard …

[cobraman]

Very, very nice work.

[Bugatti Fan]

Taking shape wel!. It is nice to see older classic racing cars being the basis of a super detailed model. The Delage is a very nice looking car and no wonder this build is prompting loads of posts. The detail work can only be described as stunning!

It would be interesting to see what Andrew could do with the Monogram Bugatti 35B kit.

That Call'graphe decal sheet has some very unusual car badges on it. I have one that I bought years ago and the quality is very good.

Edited June 11, 2022 by Bugatti Fan

[absmiami]

BF - thanks - i am the

proud owner of an early issue Monogram Buagtti 35B kit - and ive been snapping photos of all of the variants for years - there is a Bugatti thread on the distant horizon …

[absmiami]

Assembling and installing the right side brake cable …

[absmiami]

[absmiami]

Alrighty - that was fun ….     Now for the  hard part ….

[absmiami]

The body had some mods - Pico designed and casted the ‘25 supercharged car - and I decided to make the unsuper-charged car - the one that was restored about ten years ago - so i went back over the metal with Micro Mesh sanding sticks and pads - 1000 to 8000 - to knock out - as many scratches as i can …. 

[absmiami]

Also went over the surface with some metal polish - this stuff is berilium (spelling?) - and the more you polish the more it shines - you can’t get this finish with white metal ..

[absmiami]

Now the body is ready for Louis Delage’s special sauce - go back back back to page one - the body work was covered with a machine finish - some poor workshop apprentice was handed a hand tool and some abrasive paste and instructed to cover the body work with rows upon rows of swirls- about 1 inch in size - and probably paid about .75 cents a day - until he finished …   And all of the team cars 3 or 4 - depending on the race - had this feature - glamorous race cars - miserable shop workers … the good old days !!

[absmiami]

Is there a greater shot in all of motorsports than a midnite in-car on the Mulsanne Straight ???

[absmiami]

So I want to apply the finish in organized rows of swirls - better than the somewhat random pattern on the panel forward of the radiator …. I’m going to use Foredom’s right angle handpeice  - they no longer sell it - i read at some point that there were issues with this handpeice’s reliability - - so they only produced a limited number of bits for this tool - which is a shame - but here goes ..

[absmiami]

In place of the sanding disc i’ve fashioned a wooden finishing tool from a tooth pick - so i’ll ne applying the pattern much like those poor workshop hands back in the day …

[absmiami]

To apply the swirl pattern I’ve made an abrasive paste - a mix of aluminum oxide and toothpaste …