Lola T-70 Mk III

[Scale-Master]

At least with stainless and aluminum tight tolerances can be held.  The mirrors hold all these parts together by friction.

I added the pebble texture.  And a decal I made too…

[Scale-Master]

I machined these knobs to mount the Wink mirror to the brackets.

[Scale-Master]

FWIW, today is the three year anniversary of when I started this project.

 

I designed and 3D printed a license plate for it; even started painting it, but I didn't care for the way it looked mostly because it was too thick and had no back side detail. 

So I made another one from scratch.  I've used similar processes to this to make other plates. 

I started with some 0.005 sheet brass.  I cut this blank and drilled some holes.

And then I cut a plastic "rim" from .005 sheet plastic and attached it with clear gloss paint.

 

[cobraman]

Impressive workmanship !

[absmiami]

it's occurred to me that you just like making stuff ...   

[Scale-Master]

You got that right Andrew.

[Scale-Master]

The same plastic was used to make the "raised" face with dropouts for the tags.  All the tiny letters for the state and the main characters are individual pieces.  There are two layers for the larger ones.  They were arranged by hand with a scalpel and tweezers and held in place with clear gloss.  (That's 25 pieces.) 

That "assembly" was applied as a single piece to the brass.  I know it looks a bit rough, but once I add the fillets to the letters and numbers it will look better.

[jaymcminn]

When I have a project on my bench for three months I start getting antsy to wrap it up and move on. This is going on three years and the work on display here is still wonderful. Thanks for keeping us updated on this project... it's inspirational to see what talent and patience can produce!

[Scale-Master]

Thanks Jason and Ray.

 

The backside was done with 11 more "backwards" pieces and drop-outs to create the stamped effect.  It will be silver so I started building the color up in light coats to help hold the pieces in place. 

Now that the characters have had the fillets added to them and a coat of primer, they are starting look presentable.

[absmiami]

Sigh …

[Scale-Master]

The license holder is made of brass too.  I had to anneal it to get it to conform to the tight U-channel shape for the bottom section.

[Scale-Master]

I made the license plate light housing and added it to the holder.

Just loosely assembled…

[Scale-Master]

And the black is done...  (I drilled the mounting holes through the plastic first.) 

The top one is the one piece 3D printed plate; below it is the new, more in scale, (37 piece) one.  Maybe only a subtle difference, but worth the effort to me.

 

 A thin coat of clear and it's done.  I'll add tags closer to the end of the whole project.

[Scale-Master]

I made gaskets for the water pump and installed it for the last time. 

I made the belts from sheet styrene cut into strips then beveled into the shape of a V-belt.  I semi formed them before cementing them to the pulleys.  (I painted the insides and edges black first.)

Careful trimming of the ends created a net fit that was filled with the cement.  Then I hand painted them black.  The seams are in this shot, but not visible from any angle.

[Codi]

I appreciate the very imaginative solutions you're providing on this build.  License plate and pulley belts to name just a few.  Cheers, Tim

[Scale-Master]

The (brass) winglets have been painted and the fasteners added.

Now they go in the slowly but continually growing collection of ready to install subassemblies.

[Scale-Master]

The rear spoiler has been painted too. Two pieces of sheet brass soldered together.

Yes it has a clear Lexan section in the middle.

[Monty]

This build has so many incredible features, but I'm intrigued by the amount of thought and effort that went into a part most of us would replicate by just using a decal.

The license plates not only consist of multiple pieces, the back sides show the recessed characters.  

Phillips head screws were a nice touch, too.

[Scale-Master]

The kit wiper was reworked with a steel pin in the arm to allow the blade section to be pivoted and aligned with the windshield.  A thin strip of styrene was added to make the wiper blade; it was shaped to fit the windshield too.

I made small bolt heads for the pivot point and to mount to the stem too…

[absmiami]

You used the - KIT - wiper ?

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[Scale-Master]

The carb linkages need to be made now. 

First I made the levers for the carbs.  This pair does one bank and each is made of two pieces of brass.  Soldering them was fun, but drilling the holes for the synchronizing screws was even more fun.

The bellcrank was machined next. 

[Scale-Master]

The bracket that is the hub of this setup was made from brass and machined resin stock.

Aluminum hardware was machined to accept the stainless steel sheath for the throttle cable and to mount it to the manifold.

[absmiami]

Yup

[Scale-Master]

I textured and painted the intake manifold.  It's one of the few 3D parts I grew that were not cast in resin for the model.  I also installed the 12 bolts and washers I machined to mount it to the heads, and the 16 bolts for the carbs.

[Scale-Master]

I got a little ahead of myself when I was adding the manifold bolts and forgot to install the wire loom hold-down bracket.  (It protects the loom and the linkage from rubbing or hanging up.)  I made it from annealed brass.  I pulled two bolts and installed it under them.

Now I'm back on track…