BK9300 Posted September 29, 2024 Posted September 29, 2024 Tremendous amount of work - final result sure looks good!
MarkJ Posted September 30, 2024 Posted September 30, 2024 Andrew, for such a tight fit it looks like you got her done. I think I will try that epoxy trick on my latest build. It is also a very tight fit and I had to really unspec the headers to make them eventually be able to hook up to the exhaust.
absmiami Posted September 30, 2024 Author Posted September 30, 2024 Gracias BK and Mark J - exhaust pipes are the bain of my model building - with the engine in i made the gearbox with some Evergreen .125 by .250 stock - and i’ll reattach the length of exhaust pipes that i removed to get the engine in …
absmiami Posted September 30, 2024 Author Posted September 30, 2024 (edited) That better … Edited October 1, 2024 by absmiami 1
MarkJ Posted September 30, 2024 Posted September 30, 2024 Nailed it, Andrew. Love that measuring tool you got there. Need to get me one of those, or just stop making parts would probably be better. Just oob from now on. 1
Pierre Rivard Posted October 1, 2024 Posted October 1, 2024 WHAT? OOB... and miss all the fun? Yes Andrew it is better now. Now please finish that exhaust header connection.
MarkJ Posted October 1, 2024 Posted October 1, 2024 On 10/1/2024 at 12:56 PM, Pierre Rivard said: WHAT? OOB... and miss all the fun? Yes Andrew it is better now. Now please finish that exhaust header connection. Expand Fun? Yes, you are right Pierre. Yes, I too would like to see the exhaust header connection. Don't keep us in suspense, Andrew.
absmiami Posted October 6, 2024 Author Posted October 6, 2024 Just a few more eng bay parts - this is a modified white metal kit part for the brake resevior - just one on .0010 …
absmiami Posted October 6, 2024 Author Posted October 6, 2024 The steering column ends in a U joint attached to the steering box .. U joints filed from .100 square stock and glued into some old-stock .050 plastic tube …
absmiami Posted October 6, 2024 Author Posted October 6, 2024 The top radiator hose is a two-to-one hose …. The right hand branch is just visible behind the fuel line …
absmiami Posted October 6, 2024 Author Posted October 6, 2024 Soft lead wire for the hose …. Used so that i won’t damage the adjoining parts in the installation …
absmiami Posted October 6, 2024 Author Posted October 6, 2024 Managed to get a second coat of Air brushed Tamiya Italian red on - before a forecast week of rain - Floridah - this is the final coat - unless i screw up the sanding/polish ballet … 1
absmiami Posted October 9, 2024 Author Posted October 9, 2024 Removed the boot and glued it on to a dress pin - added some O rings - bent and filed the pin - painted the shift knob amber - done … 2
absmiami Posted October 10, 2024 Author Posted October 10, 2024 Re RC’s 641 build - one good Ferr badge deserves another …. The UMI kit came w markings for 0080 - the Lemans car - so i sourced Lemans decals for the markings for 0010 - but the UMI kit also featured some unique silver (metal?) badging - don’t recall using soerhing like this before - its a decal …
absmiami Posted October 10, 2024 Author Posted October 10, 2024 Here’s the Lemans decal sheet for 0010 at Spa … including the placard numbers …
absmiami Posted October 12, 2024 Author Posted October 12, 2024 Ok - 2 airbrushed coats of Tam Italian red - after five days - wet sand 8000 and then 12000 - use some soap - then a light coat of carnauba wax - works for me - beginning to lay down the decals - mostly just the badges and the racing numbers - as long as the wax doesn’t cause a problem with the decals - I’m good to go - barring a bout of dyslexia …
Pierre Rivard Posted October 12, 2024 Posted October 12, 2024 The polishing and wax method provides a really nice finish without the "exaggerated" gloss level we see on restored cars. Looks like it should. Any issues with LeMans decals? I've used them twice and found them to be thin and fragile.
MarkJ Posted October 12, 2024 Posted October 12, 2024 Looking fabulous, Andrew. Love that shade of red and its applied and polished perfectly. On to the decals. Will you be clearing them?
absmiami Posted October 12, 2024 Author Posted October 12, 2024 Determined not to clear coat - want the markings as flat as possible - the Shirley family restored the finish on 0010 without too much shine - i think it is period correct - its a concourse car but not a trailer queen - if that makes any sense … 1
absmiami Posted October 13, 2024 Author Posted October 13, 2024 By the way - years / decades before Ferrari would hire a marketer - their bonnet badges were really small - the badge that i used fr the Lemans Decals sheet is tiny - almost scale - the one on the UMI sheet looks great but is actually way over scale …
absmiami Posted October 13, 2024 Author Posted October 13, 2024 Grill in - headlight screens were not sufficiently glued - both came off - one back on - i’ll do the other when i’m almost done … 2
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