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  1. CDW
    Thanks! Such a small cost for a reference like that. Will certainly look for it and others like it in the future.
  2. CDW
    Hey, that's not fair! Thanks for following along though, it's my pleasure to blaze the trail. Can't wait because I keep getting older by the day and these things must be done while I am able.
  3. CDW
    Sounds like a great reference to have. It would be invaluable for a build like this one. In the waiting, staging area, I have three other same era 1:12 Italeri race cars to build as well as an Airfix one. Two Fiats, one Alfa Romeo, and one Bentley. I better start searching for reference material like yours.
  4. CDW
    Yes, everything is included in the kit. Thanks!
  5. CDW
    And stiff, too.
  6. CDW
    Front axle, spindles, brake back plates and brake cables. My brake cables were done with monofilament then painted with Mr Color metal iron.
  7. CDW
    Maybe I’ll need to do a diorama for the model when it’s done. Never did that before. I would guess there are some 3D printed resin tools and such out there in 1:12 scale by cottage industry people.
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  9. CDW
    Great idea!
  10. CDW
    Another dry-fit photo session. This time, with the main body color, Bugatti blue, laid down. I wanted to give time for the paint to thoroughly cure out before I go to the next steps of weathering the model. There remain quite a few components and details to finish out before I move on to weathering.
  11. CDW
    Thanks so much for your kind comments. Much appreciated.
  12. CDW
    Primed the body panels, now ready for paint. Laced up the stone guard for the radiator, installed the front leaf springs and shock dampers. Added the ignition wiring and a few placards on the firewall. The brass reservoir added to the firewall. More piping goes in the engine compartment later, along with throttle linkages. Still need to deal with those .5mm silver wire brake cables after I install the front axle, brake drum, and steering linkages assemblies. It's getting there.
  13. CDW
    Italeri did a good job capturing the major mechanical pieces of this car, but it's a bridge too far to capture everything. I think the main purpose of the S chain is to apply tension to the brakes front and rear at the same time while also as you said, applying that all-important tension...probably spring tension involved, not captured by the plastic pieces provided in the kit. I do think it's an important feature that Italeri did not capture, failing to show in the instructions how the cables were routed around a pully before attaching at the termination point.
  14. CDW
    This leaves me to wonder about the tensioning of the cables. When the wheels were steered left or right, it seems like one side or the other would tighten or get slack. How was this dealt with? Hmmmmm
  15. CDW
    This reference photo shows in fact, how the brake cables were connected.
  16. CDW
    Just a heads-up for anyone who may build this kit in the future. The plans call for a .5mm wire supplied with the kit to be used as a brake cable as seen in step 8. Instead of the .5mm wire, consider using something of less diameter and more flexible. Also, find a more efficient way to terminate the brake line at the brake drums seen in step 26. Tying a square knot just doesn't cut it for me. Got to be a better way. Will find another way to do this and will show photos of how I did it later on in this thread.
  17. CDW
    First dry fit of the body panels and hood. Very satisfied with the fit.
  18. CDW
    Hey thanks Mike. Glad you are aboard.
  19. CDW
    For the most part, I agree, but on this car, there are no controls on the steering column or steering wheel. It's got to be somewhere else. My '64 Harley panhead had the spark advance control on the left hand grip. 🙂
  20. CDW
    Thanks Yves. It's an added benefit of working in a larger scale, 1:12.
  21. CDW
    There are some cables to be added to the back side of the dash, connected to the backs of the instrument dials. I'm pretty sure the belts and pulleys seen on the firewall are a drive for the tachometer. A lot of mechanical apparatus for something as "simple" as a tach.
  22. CDW
    This pretty much finishes up the dashboard. Steering column and steering wheel get added later. More to do to finish the firewall. The seat needs paint and weathering, which will be a mini project to weather and age it the way I want it to be. It's interesting to me the way the ignition wiring passes through the center of the dashboard and into the face of the magneto.
  23. CDW
    Thanks Rob. I've had more time than usual to spend on this kit, so that's helping move things along. Part of it is just the enjoyment of building it. We discussed earlier whether or not Italeri would do an acceptable job with the kit, and in my opinion, it's going together even better than expected. No major fit issues whatsoever and only a few minor ones. The molds are new so there is very little/no flash. Relatively few imperfections to take care of.
  24. CDW
    Coming along great Javlin. Love to see a Classic Airframes kit built. They were very popular amongst the top modelers some decades ago and they produced kits of aircraft no one else ever did in 1:48 scale.
  25. CDW
    Looking forward to your build. Isn't it amazing how after so many decades this fighter still looks "modern" in a certain way? Went into service in 1958. Wow, that was a LONG time ago.

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