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The engine position forces a kink in the left side top tube - this was actually done on the sixteens - Chapman was sometimes criticized for chassis details like this …

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Using some short lengths of .080 H shaped Evergreen in the rear section of the chassis - this section will cradle the transaxle …

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Looking good. 

Really good radiator texture/detail is something the hobby is missing (or, at least, I have missed it). I have been looking for something PE for years that accurately represents radiator fins, but haven't been thrilled with anything I have seen yet. What I would really like to see is one of the better 3D printers print up a sheet of three-core radiator cores/fins. Then one could easily scratch any size or shape radiator needed by cutting a 'core' from the sheet and adding some easily made tanks.

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10 hours ago, Bainford said:

Looking good. 

Really good radiator texture/detail is something the hobby is missing (or, at least, I have missed it). I have been looking for something PE for years that accurately represents radiator fins, but haven't been thrilled with anything I have seen yet. What I would really like to see is one of the better 3D printers print up a sheet of three-core radiator cores/fins. Then one could easily scratch any size or shape radiator needed by cutting a 'core' from the sheet and adding some easily made tanks.

I have seen some model RR radiator grilles/screens that look pretty dang nice. I couldn't tell you which ones, but I've seen 'em!?

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This stuff is produced by “Croco” and is the metal screen on the UMM site- croco’s “radiator screen” is good too - but sold out on this site …. 

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Gracias runningman - thinking about radiators - even the best photo-etched patterns are not true scale for 24th - but i think that good patterns mite be just over the next hill - think 3D printing - William  Cunningham has done it really well in this scale … how about it Decalcas ?  Making the brackets, filters and pumps in the engine bay …

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Fitting the cyl head radiator manifold  pipe  - took a while because it has to sit low enough to clear the profile of the bonnett …

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The cover for the dr shaft is a little different on every 16 - the one in privateer Halford’s 16 may - or may not - have looked like this … peiced together with Evergreen rectangular tube, strip, and topped with a Half-round strip - everything glued with Tamiya liquid glue …

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Brake and clutch pedal resevoir bottles are perched on a bracket between the dash and the bulkhead  -  at least on the Halford 16 ….  The Tamiya super seven has some very nice castings - I’ll borrow them …

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Your chassis fabrication looks most convincing. Period picture below demonstrates the "simplify, then add lightness" quote from Chapman. Great for winning races... not so good if you crash...

 

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Great shot of the Lotus 12  - probably the prototype - late ‘57 - my next Lotus open wheeler i think - already at work on the body …

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Come on, that's a 1/2 scale car!  Andrew, I'm proud of you, you actually used some brass in the build. Wonderful attention to the details as usual beautiful!

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Bford, John, PR - gracias x 3 

Bford  - now that you’ve gotten your hands on the classic Merit Eleven - let me know if you are thinking about a build w a climax engine - i got a scheme for you to consider - 

 

Reaearch - the auction house photos of the Halford Sixteen are limited - there are more detailed pix of other sixteens on line - but this car went through dozens of changes during its brief competition life - and all of these cars requred lots of upgrades when they were restored - some have new chassis and many have replacement body panels- the Barber Museum Sixteen appears to be somewhat period original - but i don’t think that its a runner, so …

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So - as i build up the driver’s compartment and the rear frame and suspension - i’ve got four sources to refer to

- cutaways - there are several - and most are helpful - most are on-line …

- the on-line Motorsports Images site - a content search for the Sixteen revealed about a dozen great black and white pix of the driving compartment, transmission, and rear frame and suspension on a series one Sixteen - the site “forbids” re-posting - which i will honor …

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