Miller 122 Rear Dr Junior Eight Special

[Pico]

Nice!

[absmiami]

Gracias

so i finally got some dark green onto the body - its the Model Master Japanese Navy Green fr some old stock - a lucky find …

[absmiami]

The reviews are mostly good ….  Lines reasonably sharp - some bleed over - will let everything dry Ten days and ponder some corrections - touch ups will be tricky because the light green won’t cover the dark - we’ll see …

[absmiami]

Its not always appreciated how great the finishes and paint schemes of old Indy cars because we didnt have color film til a few years before i was born…

[Pierre Rivard]

Nice to see color on the little Miller. Suggestion about touch ups. Fine tip brush to touch up over dark green bleed through with a bit of acrylic silver, then cover with your light green.

[absmiami]

or a bit of zinc chromate ??

[Pierre Rivard]

1 hour ago, absmiami said:

or a bit of zinc chromate ??

yup!

[charlie libby]

Yeah,color awesome.i like when its finally color time.looks great.

[Straightliner59]

Love the paint, Andy! These Millers are so cool, anyway!

[absmiami]

Gracias one and all -back to the engine whilst the enamel dries …. Gotta make 8 spark plugs - .06 tube + .08 nuts + a short section of steel wire wound into something that looks like insulation for the plug … optivisor all the way ….

[absmiami]

W tips painted white …

[Straightliner59]

Ah! Your scratchbuilding is awesome! Truly a man after my own heart!

[Pierre Rivard]

Hey those spark plugs look a lot like ... spark plugs!

Well played.

[absmiami]

Once  the plugs are in - the plug wires are next - the size is .011 - bout 5/16 in 1 to 1 - thats about right- although they look  undersized - thats the scale playing tricks on us …

[absmiami]

This shot fr the Brumos sort of illustrates the relative size of the wires …

[absmiami]

[absmiami]

Gracias Straight and Pierre …

[Pierre Rivard]

I think the plug wires look spot on for scale. Most of the supply is usually about 0.016 and that always looks a bit oversize in pictures. This is better.

[absmiami]

Engine in frame mockup and family picture of the front susp parts …

[absmiami]

The brackets on the springs are the pickups for the friction shocks …

[absmiami]

Relieved To see that the shaft fr the steering box will poke out of the body where its supposed to - that was a concern …

[absmiami]

And after a year i finally know the length of the drive shaft …

[Nacho Z]

Wow, Andrew!  I’m just catching up on this thread.  I’m a little behind on multiple builds that I was following.  Anyhow, some spectacular work going on here.  I appreciate all of the work going into this.  Well done!

[absmiami]

Nach - your Matra is coming together nicely - 

Here’s a mockup of the trans case in the frame - Miller was an early adopter of designing parts to do multiple tasks - so the casing serves as the base for the steering links and posts ….  The pedals were brushed with Molotow - might dull The finish down - the pedals on the Jr Special appear to be steel but not really polished ..

[Randy D]

Looking good Counselor,  love those colors.

Randy