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 I'd like to improve the appearance and look of the fuel pumps in Issue 7; they don't look period correct, finding photos of these old race cars is difficult: any ideas welcomed Getty Gulf engine detail
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Hi Eagle, I found a good source of images on You Tube I hope these are helpful to you. GlynD attached the following image(s):
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Thank you for the photos, they are much better than what I have found; there are differences in the plumbing between the two however, perhaps these are photos from a semi accurate restoration....
Anyone have any ideas for someone to do a 3D print on this?
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Hi I believe these are from chassis no,s 1075 and 1076 when they where displayed at the Amelia lake concours about 3 years ago
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Thanks GlynD for the photo; decided to modify the kit fuel pumps as I don't have any 3D graphics experience and I'm too old to learn it. I cut off the pump bottoms and reversed them, shortened them and then added material to the bottom under the flange. , scratch built some switch parts and scrounged up some lines from a parts box, washers, etc. Still need to work on the top flange and add more fuel line fittings either from resin or metal. I also reworked the left floor panel and scratch built the compartment cover to look like the period correct photo
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That’s looking a lot better I’ll be doing something similar as well , I’m wondering how much other wiring / fuel line detail will be included 🤔
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Nice work Eagle, and thanks for the great references Glyn! I definitely plan to modify this kit quite a bit, and this will be very helpful -Dustin
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I agree with the need to upgrade from the facet Red-top fuel pumps to the ones fitted to all the original cars as they came out of the factory (the majority were from Slough) which were Steward Warner 240s and a Fispa fuel filter/ regulator that was fitted between the pumps and the carburettor’s. The attached picture is my effort at reproducing the said parts. Brian Whitworth attached the following image(s):
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Nice work Brian! Looks much better than the stock kit. Did you build from scratch? -Dustin
“Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail.”
-Leonardo Da Vinci
Currently Building:
Porsche 2.7 RS
Currently Collecting
Jaguar E-Type, Ferrari F40, Ferrari 250 GTO, Lamborghini Miura, Ford GT40, Ecto-1, Japanese Zero, Porsche 917, Lancia Stratos
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I cut the top and bottom off both pumps supplied and turned the new parts on the lathe using alloy, the Fispa fuel filter/regulator was made from scratch. I just hope this model dose not take me as long to finish as the one in the garage as I started that one in 1986 hopefully it should be on the road early this year.
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Great work Brian; much better than what I was able to cobble up; must be nice having a lathe to machine things up.
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Very impressive Brian especially the pipe work I constantly feel the need to up my game which is no bad thing 👌🏻
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Some really nice upgrades going on here. Keep it coming. 
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Yes the pipe work was the easiest part, a length of piano wire, a few 12 BA nuts and the outer casing of some electrical wire for the piping the main problem is I have rather large hands and I am forever dropping small items such as nuts and screws Did you notice the chassis plate above the header tank?
And in reply to Eagle if it was not for the lathe , driller, miller and welding gear I would not have been able to build the full size model.
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Thanks for the tips Brian I had been wondering about the pipe unions but your idea is brilliant and yes I noticed the chassis plate 👌🏻
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