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As mentioned earlier - Scale Kraft was the work of Guido Fieuw - i corresponded with him briefly - at the dawn of the internet - but never asked him in any detail about the source of the bodies that he used for his castings - but the castings themselves held some clues - on the Lotus 16 - the fuel and oil tank cap detail in the tail was molded in - suggesting that Guido found an obscure 24th scale slot car body - fixed it up - and cast it - 

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On 7/14/2021 at 2:00 PM, absmiami said:

Back fr vacation and back to work - corrections to the bulkhead and some added detail - I’ve added short pegs so the I can get a reliable bond to the monocoque - which also needs some corrections …

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Back on pg 7 i posted these pix of the nearly completed chassis for the Lotus Indy 29  …. In case you were wondering what ever happened to this …

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Norman Veber / Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland agreed to cast the chassis master along with footbox - here’s the pink rubber two part mold …

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And here are the resin castings … before the hobby is over-taken by 3D design and printing - and thats not necessarily a bad thing …. Its nice to be able to resin cast parts here and there - and Norman - another member of the resin caster’s “hall of fame” - cast these up for me - i’ll now shape the bottom of the casting to the rounded profile of the monocoque - and get back to work completing the Gurney Lotus 29 in 24th scale

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Fate smiled upon me at this  year’s rainy Amelia Island  Concourse - the Indy Museum brought several cars - including Gurney’s 29 - they have just completed a lengthy restoration …

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Yup - somewhat outside of your lane - but you know that Chapman studied the Viosin GP car closely ….  Just sayin ….

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Having another Lotus 16 moment .  As a general rule - you shouldn’t drop stuff onto the shop floor- right?  Well the nose casting on the Scalekraft body is eggshell thin , so …

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The repair reqired adding a layer of marterial to the underside - I’m using a nylon clothing patch - with a layer of CA brushed abobe and below - sort of like a layer of finerglass …

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That’s done with two .015 Evergreen strips across and a middle guide strip for some putty to acheive the correct profile  - 

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Great work.....nice to see someone tackle the old resin. I saw the sanding discs. Can you share your source?

 

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The sanding discs come in a range fr course to very fine - got them on - i think - Amazon - Chinese - not expensive- very handy …

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