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Andrew, absolutely love the polished guage  enclosures and the seat. Talk about putting huge effort into a build. You are all into this one big time. Really looking forward to showroom for sure on this one.

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This louver is one of the details  that the IMC kit represents well - and its hard to make - so I’m “borrowing” it - this opening directs air into the footwell of the monocoque - the yellow “stripe” is masking tape - applied to help orient the location of the opening on the nose fairing - 

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The nose fairing was fastened- in what became a typical Lotus design feature by two druz fasteners screwed into posts attached to the footwell bulkhead - these were made from Evergreen L shaped and flat strip …  

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The engine bulkhead has two housings that shield the distributor and fuel pump - Ford just stuck these components where they could be driven from the cam boxes - so the packaging was - a challenge - on the kit - the housings had to be deepened for this feature …

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hope this poor guy isn't in the Fed witness protection program  -  i photographed the restored 38 at Amelia in 2019 - I think 2 days before the COVID lockdown - It's an accurate restoration - cosmetically - in most respects - couple of apparent differences to the as raced Indy entry that i'll mention as I go ...

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I'm so jealous of your wealth of ref pictures that you actually took yourself knowing some day you were going to need them and appreciate you sharing them with us. 

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Gracias MJ    -     Tamiya produced this great heat shielding years ago - is it still available ??

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Charlie - Best Balsa sells the sheet - these are about 1/8 inch - are they large enough ? The mailing charges fr  over seas for just a decal sheet is too high - I’ll send you this section and you can pick the ones that are best …

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