89AKurt Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 First time I have seen your project. Wow 😳 Love that you're old school, we need to show how it was done before 3D printing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 23, 2023 Author Share Posted January 23, 2023 Thanks ‘89 - i do resemble those remarks - - but 3D printing provides me with some detail parts that i cant make …. The Master Club bolts are all over this engine - and this set fr ANYZ provided those hand knobs on the magneto - i aint making those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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absmiami Posted January 23, 2023 Author Share Posted January 23, 2023 Paint re-do - the fairing under the tail and the footwell fairing were sanded and re-painted - this time I dialed back the air pressure and used a little less thinner - the footwell fairing is feeling much better and the tail peice looks great - even without a coat of primer … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilX Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 A very interesting job ... 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 phil! No snow in the Alps this yr? That’s not good … as you may know - Miller held the French racing machinery - Pugeot - in very high esteem … got some color in the frame … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 Some attention to the engine bulkhead - it has a fabric strap that wraps around the edge and is riveted - gotta use my limited stock of .04 rivets … the strap is a strip if masking tape - bout 1 sc inch - colored with a Sharpie …. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Looks good. That body looks so small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 Miller was the first American race car builder to commit to small/light - made possible by change in the rule book eliminating the mechanic/scared stiff/passenger - in Europe - i think you’d have to credit Bugatti - or perhaps the “Charlatans” that built the Pugeots - although these were Two man cars - if you lowered the Frames and used smaller racing tires - the Millers Were the smallest front engined cars at Indy before the rear engine era - so they were decades ahead of their time …. And then there was the Itala - thats another very interesting story … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 Credits for the above - Veloce and Primotipo.com - one of my favs … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 The radiator and shell are a single casting - so painting will be a little tricky - and I’ve got to install the fabric strap and rivets around the edge of the radiator … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 The base coat on the shell is Alcad gl black - but the radiator itself is semi gloss black - doing as much as i can on the radiator before painting the shell … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 30, 2023 Author Share Posted January 30, 2023 Once i re-spayed the seat - with a lighter shade of “leather” - i began to install the rivets that secure the leather to the body - used .07 Master Club flat rivets - hard to judge scale size - .06’s - which are just over 1/2 sc inch - might be more scale accurate … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 That's pretty fine work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Seat looks good. Might want to give it a dark brown wash, would make it even better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 Thinking - what if i thinned some of the dark br leather paint from the Model Master jar ? Applied w a cloth applicator or a brush ? … or my finger ?? … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 The rivets on the fabric edging the cutouts had to be shortened to lengths of .40 - so they wouldn’t poke through the body - they were poked into holes drilled into that Evergreen strip - painted , cut, and sanded to the needed length … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 Still thinking … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 8 hours ago, absmiami said: Thinking - what if i thinned some of the dark br leather paint from the Model Master jar ? Applied w a cloth applicator or a brush ? … or my finger ?? … Many good options. Make-up applicators with the sponge tip work great. As for products I like brushing on Vallejo washes (waterbased) for contrast and sponging on Tamiya weathering masters for creating color change areas (ex seat wear or exhaust heat effect etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 ??? ?? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Oh yes, something new to try. Go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 There “chrome” is good and i wanted to try their copper and bronze - so we’ll see … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 There chrome?? where chrome ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 Whilst pondering the finish of the seat - i took a morning to re-finish the tail - which had a small cavity at the base - and was a little porous - - due to the master - which i made from a relatively soft sheet of Renshape - so i brushed on some Tamiya white bottle primer - which is thick enough to swim into most of the pores - and some CA for the cavity - sanded with some sanding sticks - i want To do as little as possible with the enamel color coat … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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