Scale-Master Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 The two notches near the top of the shroud are to allow part of the frame to pass through, so yes, your observation of the fan location in consideration of an obstacle (but not engine) is correct.The radiator leans back at the top and the fan only needs to draw air across it at low speed or idle to do its job.Part of the reason for the holes outside the funnel of the shroud; at speed more air can flow through with less drag and more cooling effect.
Scale-Master Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 The radiator/oil cooler have been installed; I still need to finish the thermostat housing and upper radiator cap and install the upper radiator hose.
Earl Marischal Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Mark, I have been through this thread and am absolutely staggered by your work. The 7 is my all-time favourite car and your model(s) sum up everything it represents. steve
Scale-Master Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 Thanks Steve. I hope you aren't too disappointed when you see how different this one will look from a traditional Lotus or Caterham Seven once I get the nose and tail on it... It looks, well, unique...
Scale-Master Posted October 30, 2014 Author Posted October 30, 2014 From the inception of this car I had an idea that it should be white and yellow with black and gray accents. And checkerboard graphics were in the mix as well. But I never really planned a design, until the other night. I drew up and fitted art to fit the nose and made a decal. (Still needs to be shot with clear)
Scale-Master Posted October 30, 2014 Author Posted October 30, 2014 The firewall goodies are going in…
Scale-Master Posted October 31, 2014 Author Posted October 31, 2014 Nah, "Superb" was the last one, this one is "Unique". I decided to take a break from plumbing and wiring and work on the muffler. Still in raw material form, the heat shield was machined from brass and there is an air gap to keep the driver’s leg from getting seared. The muffler was machined from aluminum rod stock.
Pete J. Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 Wow Mark! That is one very small mill end! Excellent precision work on the cuts.
Cool Hand Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 The amount of parts that you have made, fabricated and machined from scratch is phenomenal. Absolutely mind blowing how much high quality detail this build has. No doubt this will get an award at the next GSL .
Scale-Master Posted October 31, 2014 Author Posted October 31, 2014 Wow Mark! That is one very small mill end! Excellent precision work on the cuts. It's not really that small of an end mill. But I used more of the Anchor Lube you gave me today on the brass than ever. Thanks again for that stuff Pete.
Scale-Master Posted October 31, 2014 Author Posted October 31, 2014 Dry mounted. Still need to make a bracket, then time to paint and detail…
Pete J. Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 Mark, Anchor lube is really one of my best finds for machining. It pleases me when I see you put it to good use. Kind of looks to me like I need to place another order. I have been using much more of it than I thought on drilling Derek's rims. Great looking piece. This is truly a masterpiece in the old world tradition. Too much work to make it sailable but that is not the point. It is a showcase of skill.
Scale-Master Posted November 1, 2014 Author Posted November 1, 2014 Thanks Pete. It's just entertainment... It was getting more tedious to get all the wires routed to their proper locations, hence the subject change... Now while the paint dries on the muffler I took another stab at it, the wires from the ignition box to the distributor should be the last of those for this side, at least in the lower part area.
Scale-Master Posted November 1, 2014 Author Posted November 1, 2014 Muffler bracket… Brass with aluminum mounting hardware.
Scale-Master Posted November 1, 2014 Author Posted November 1, 2014 (edited) License plate frame, all machined aluminum. Edited November 1, 2014 by Scale-Master
Scale-Master Posted November 1, 2014 Author Posted November 1, 2014 Got the tags on the plate… It’s legal for one year.
Harry P. Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 I think you may have done so in another thread a while back, but could you explain how you get the "embossed" look to the license plate numbers/letters?
Scale-Master Posted November 2, 2014 Author Posted November 2, 2014 I did a two sided etch of the brass. Everything on the face was etched away to make the characters stand proud, and at the same time I was etching just the characters on the back in reverse to render them in relief. "It's all in the artwork..."
Harry P. Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Said in my best Wizard of Oz voice... "very resourceful!" And the license plate graphics are all one decal, I assume?
Scale-Master Posted November 2, 2014 Author Posted November 2, 2014 It's actually three decals. One for the stamped characters, California script and tag locator boxes.The another for each of the year and month tags, both of those applied to the tag material leftover from my rear car tags then stuck on like a real set of tags.
ScrappyJ Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Superb job, Mark!!! The level of detail is beyond most comparison!
Harry P. Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 OK, one more question (maybe I already asked this but I forgot)... Do you work using some sort of magnifier? Or do you have superhero vision? I can't image putting the lettering decals on a spark plug wire just using my own eyeballs... I would definitely need some sort of magnifier.
Scale-Master Posted November 4, 2014 Author Posted November 4, 2014 I wear reading glasses. These are the battery cable ends. Brass and aluminum.
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