Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo B Don Lee Special Indy

[Gramps46]

Just letting you know I am watching.  It is hard to keep up.

[absmiami]

1 hour ago, Pierre Rivard said:

Are the parts very brittle on your's. I kept breaking up the engine outlets despite heating up the parts.

If you mean the water pipes and the breathers - im going to make them fr either nickel silver or aluminum - using the resin part as a rough pattern or guide - and you can also utilize the soft steel rod included in the kit - Pinto uses a good brand of resin - but some parts are unavoidably brittle … which is one reason why MFH invests in special equipment to produce white metal parts - 

[absmiami]

41 minutes ago, Gramps46 said:

Just letting you know I am watching.  It is hard to keep up.

Thanks for adding Sentence 2 - sentence one w/out sentence 2 would be …. Slightly creepy ?

[absmiami]

Some exploratory body work …. The bonnett is designed to hinge …. And it does ….  The lower engine compartment panels are thinned and modified - the Don Lee Special had no left side openings …

[absmiami]

Underneath the cowling is a secondary oil tank - there is a removable panel aft of the bulkhead - serving access to the tank and the transmission - 

[absmiami]

Can’t resist the temptation to make a removable panel - starting by locating the cut lines … and removing the louvers - which are in the wrong place - at least for this car - series I P3s ??  Dunno …

[absmiami]

Measured and taped scribing guide lines - panels match the height of the eng compartment side panels … then scribed the cut lines with a Tamiya .015 scriber …

[Pierre Rivard]

Looks really good. Lots of changes happening on this build. The pursuit of accuracy!

[absmiami]

Engine wednesday …

the plugs are made from .06 brass tube, .031 alu nuts fr my RB Motion stock, and .08 alu tube - filed and sanded and painted to make the plug boots - the plug wire will slip into the assembly and i should’t have to worry about the plug tip getting dislodged …

[absmiami]

4 so far - cant make 8 in one sitting - to challenging …

[absmiami]

Paint - tamiya silver and gun metal - on the supercharger - and screens on the carb horns …

[absmiami]

Fun with I phones - ive got an older one - i think a 7 - but it has the ability to take focused pix of .05 mm Master Club bolts - destined for the cam covers - the bolt size on the one-to-one is either 7/16 or maybe 9/16 - so the .05s appear small but are close ro scale accurate …

[Rattlecan Dan]

Thanks, anytime the wife says I get " too fussy with the details " I can show her this. Doing great my man.

[Pierre Rivard]

0,05 or 0,5 mm?

Proud member of the metric system protection society

[absmiami]

Dept of corrections 

.50 mm bolts …

need an editor …

pay is not so good ….

 

[absmiami]

2 hours ago, Rattlecan Dan said:

Thanks, anytime the wife says I get " too fussy with the details " I can show her this. Doing great my man.

At your  service - where might i send my bill ?

[absmiami]

Changes to lower left hand engine compartment panel - first some filing and cutting - using .40 Evergreen rod - short lengths - to simulate the panel hinge - looks better than the hinge markings on the casting - 

[Kingslug]

This is great...will be following along as I struggle to build the mephistopheles...

This car is a mini version of it.

[absmiami]

Gracias

the panel on the Don Lee Spl was fully louvered - which unfortunately means i had to add a bunch of - er - louvers …   Using Evergreen .015 by .020 strip - scraped and filed to shape and then CA glued to the resin - using slow curing CA …

 

[absmiami]

Slow going - gluing one strip at a time …. About six more to go …

Edited November 29, 2023 by absmiami

[AmericanMuscleFan]

Sorry to be a light year late but I haven't yet seen what motivates you Andrew and I see that the details are clearly part of it. ?

We like different subjects but I can only admire your talent sir. ?

Oddly enough we love racing cars but the speed at which we achieve them is inversely proportional... ?

[absmiami]

 

Francis - you somehow manage to enjoy the great outdoors in your summer months - 

but now that it's winter - and cold and miserable

- you can crawl back into your shop and proceed to build that terrific Dodge Demon - 

and if you wander over to this end of the Forum - please check in again - 

compliments / complaints / jokes / rants  -   its all welcome on this thread  -  

quick note about rants - the moderators don't like those - oh well ...

as to the Don Lee Special  -  I've been itching to build this for years - 

I took some nice photos at Amelia - but check out photographer Volmeyer's site

https://www.volmeyer.com/cars/alfa-romeo-p3-tipo-b-monoposto-1932-chassis-50002/

this is just the greatest walk-a-round photo shoot that the 'net has to offer us ...

one last thing, Francis - I dare you to build an 80 year old race car ... 

maybe an Indy ??  ???

 

[AmericanMuscleFan]

Thanks for your great suggestions Andrew and know that I have already been back working on my Dodge Demon for a few weeks now.

You know, I don't hate winter, it's just the best season for building model cars here in the far north... we have tough thick skin here in Quebec. ?

I'll definitely dig deeper into this category, there seem to be plenty of enthusiasts here.

As for building an 80 year old race car, I have to say I don't know but I really like these old Ferrari and Maserati.  However, I think that would be my nemesis knowing that it will take the rest of my "modeling" life to deliver the finished product, these jewels command respect.

For the moment, I will watch the masters apply their knowledge on these subjects about which I do not claim to know anything!

The photos on the web site are art by the way, it just make the subject more intimidating to me.

By the way, welcome to my thread, but the subject is not that spectacular or historically relevant if I may say so. ?

[absmiami]

If you look closely at the picture of the left eng bay panel posted earlier this week - you’ll notice that the hinge at the panel’s base curves - the kit casting pokes out at a right angle - this needs corection on both panels - left and right - the curve is created with quarter round Evergreen strip - glued and shaped with a couple orr needle files - the quarter round strip is old stock that i never need/use - until i need/use it …

 

[absmiami]

Also adding the hinges to the right side panel per the left …