Fiat Mfistofele

[Kingslug]

 

This is a great pic of the motor

[Anglia105E]

52 minutes ago, Kingslug said:

 

This is a great pic of the motor

Beautiful engineering....... All that copper and brass !

David

[Kingslug]

Each piston is the size of a whole 8cylinder 350 cubic inch motor. All that to make 300 hp.

[Kingslug]

Well..big screwup..when the glue spilled all over the place i was trying to cement the barrels to the block..and last night saw i had 5 of them upside down..had to tear them apart to get the valve bodies off..so now i have to figure out how to make them..i guess styrene tube or rod..wish i had a lathe..going to add a lot more time..and i was already to start attaching things..

[Kingslug]

Wow..just spent an hour trying to find tubing in these sizes..ended up with 14mm tube from an aquarium store and some 11mm from Amazon. 

Edited September 20, 2021 by Kingslug

[jaymcminn]

Sorry to hear about the setback man. On the plus side, the tubing won't have sink marks to fill!

 

[Kingslug]

True..you dont see much of the cylinders buried behind all the stuff though...maybe ill work on the wood parts

[Kingslug]

Decided to finish painting some motor parts with the AK paste..comes out pretty good. Started on the dash by sanding all the marks off it..now trying to come up with toggle switches to replace the nubs. I could buy them but they cost a fortune when shipping is added. Going to try brass tube and some small nuts.

My new phone takes better pics than my camera!

Edited September 21, 2021 by Kingslug

[Kingslug]

OY..further research shows the suspension directions are wrong. The rear suspension tension shocks are supposed to have the 3 springs on the bottom and the 2 on the top...I'm leaving it..too much to risk taking it apart. Italeri did not do all their homework..oh well

[Kingslug]

While waiting for the tubes to build the cylinders I botched up I figured I would use some of the PE bolt ends..all 60 of them..Then started on the dash. Used adhesive backed aluminum and made some rocker switches from wire, nuts and JB weld for the ends..

[Kingslug]

Just bought this book..should be good..

 

[Kingslug]

The tubes came in for the barrels..11 mm and 14 mm..cut cement together with epoxy..then i'll add some putty to blend them together..drill the holes paint..and hopefully they will look ok

 

[Twokidsnosleep]

Excellent projects and indeed a monster of a car…bugger literally blows flames out the exhaust as it drives along, very funny YouTube video of that

I will wish you good luck and follow along on  your build so I might make mine easier when it comes

 

Love the Ken Foran nook in brass work and absolute marvel in skills

[Kingslug]

There's a lot of mistakes in the directions so having actual pics is key..I printed every pic I could and read every build diary on it..there's a lot out there ..just have to find it. Sux that I discovered that the another suspension mistake was not in the directions and it was too late to correct unless I want to unbolt it. But have to move on.

[Kingslug]

The tubes came in for the barrels..11 mm and 14 mm..cut cement together with epoxy..then i'll add some putty to blend them together..drill the holes paint..and hopefully they will look ok

 

[Funkychiken]

Amazing work so far! Thanks for sharing!