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Hi Kev,  You get praise where its due and to add some more I think the power unit looks great. Thanks for posting the results.  Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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delboy271155 wrote:Hi Kev, You get praise where its due and to add some more I think the power unit looks great. Thanks for posting the results. Regards delboy271155 (Derek)
Thanks for looking in and your nice comments Derek, very much appreciated as always. 
I'll probably be posting the next build update either later today or tomorrow.
Kev.
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Another great update. It's looking really amazing 
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roymattblack wrote:Another great update. It's looking really amazing
Thanks for looking in and your comments Roy, very much appreciated as always.
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Flawless work Kev, you're certainly doing this build justice.... Regards Alan
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Gandale wrote:Flawless work Kev, you're certainly doing this build justice.... Regards Alan
Thanks Alan. I always appreciate you looking in on my builds and the great comments that you leave.
Many thanks as always.
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If it wasn’t for the modelling mat you’d think that was the genuine article. The wash you’ve applied is spot on, just tones it all down to make it look so real. Mark Regards
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That looks so real Kev thanks for posting. Regards Trev Work in progress: Tombstone (Scratch) - San Francisco 2. -The Mayflower ( scratch by plan).
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Just mind-boggling. Those MFH kits certainly contain some amazing detail parts and you are really making the most of it all. Wonderful work.
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Great work on the engine/gearbox Kev.That slight touch of the wash gives a very realistic look.
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Many thanks for looking in and your great comments Mark, Trev, Roy and Malc, always very much appreciated, and yes, it's always amazing the way that a simple wash can enhance the reality of a model?!
Kev.
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Those springs look excellent fodder for the carpet monster  You can’t help but admire the qualify of these kits, they just look soooooo realistic. And your making an excellent job of her too Kev Did you ever find out what the tubes/rods are for on the right-hand-side of the gearbox? I asked our service manager, who is also a F1 fan, but he said it was before his time!!! The only things he could come up with were: A) gear selector down-shifter, or B) some form of overdrive Regards Gray
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Hi Kev, Awesome detail!!! I have to keep reminding myself that its a model. Kind regards, Garth "Measure twice, cut once!!!"
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Garth wrote:Hi Kev,
Awesome detail!!! I have to keep reminding myself that its a model.
Kind regards,
Garth
Thanks for looking in and your great comments Garth, very much appreciated.
Kev.
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Hello all,
Just a short update. I have been prepping and assembling the main cockpit tub. I was going to prime and paint this area using Alclad 2 paints but decided to see what the white metal parts looked like when simply sanded smooth and polished. It looked quite convincing compared to photos of the real car so I did the same to all of the rest of the panels. When assembled it looks spot on to me. After polishing the parts, using a sequence of ever finer grades of paper, ending with Micromesh 12000 grit, they were then finished off with some 'Autosol Metal Polish' then they were finally sealed with a thin coat of 'Kristal Klear' liquid floor polish to prevent any tarnishing over time.
The great globs of two-part 5 minute epoxy resin glue that you can see in the photos won't be seen when the outer body panels are added, I just wanted to add a lot of strength to the joints, and I didn't apply any epoxy glue to the forward most bottom joints since that area is where the front shock absorbers are fitted and the glue would be visible through an opening in the body panel? I just used thin CA glue for that part of the joint. You can see some quite bad pitting of the cast white metal parts in the photos, even after polishing, but I've done some test assembling and none of it will be seen in the final finished cockpit as you will see at a later stage?
The kit instructions for this part of the build, section #5:
The parts that make up the main cockpit tub before cleaning and polishing:
After cleaning and polishing:
There is a nicely cast name plate in the underside of the floor which some people like to fill and sand out, but I quite like it and as I was choosing to simply polish the white metal part and not paint it, filling and sanding was not an option:
All of the parts are now glued and assembled. Any slight gaps in the joints that you can see won't be visible later as other parts are added over them, so I'm not bothered about those and to be honest they look bigger in the photos than they actually are!:
I have checked all of the dimensions of the assembled cockpit from one end to the other and from side to side using a digital vernier gauge and it is spot on, square, and fits to the engine firewall perfectly. All good!
That's it for now, next update will see work commence on the front suspension parts, the foot pedals and the brake master cylinders, etc.
Thanks for looking, all comments and criticisms welcomed.
Kev.
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Another great update Kev.
You're right about the polished metal. Nothing looks quite like metal, as the real thing. Great work.
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CaptnBirdseye wrote: Those springs look excellent fodder for the carpet monster You can’t help but admire the qualify of these kits, they just look soooooo realistic. And your making an excellent job of her too Kev Did you ever find out what the tubes/rods are for on the right-hand-side of the gearbox? I asked our service manager, who is also a F1 fan, but he said it was before his time!!! The only things he could come up with were: A) gear selector down-shifter, or B) some form of overdrive Regards Gray
Hello Gray,
Sorry, I missed your post before adding my update! 
Thanks for your comments, very much appreciated and yes, I had to be ultra careful when handling those springs!  
Interesting what your service manager suggested. I don't think it's a gear selector downshifter as the main gear selector linkage is on the other side of the gearbox (right hand side looking forward)? It could well be some form of overdrive, though I'm not sure if that technology was around when this car raced in 1967? As yet I've not found anything conclusive.
Thanks for your thoughts Gray.
Kev.
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Hi Kev Great build. I`ve found some info on the gearbox r/hand side pipes. Appears, if I`m reading it right, that the final drive was lubricated by a pumped system which had a filter further forward in the main unit. Hence the pipes. Link to article below: http://www.willrace.com/...s/Hewland-DG-Manual.pdf
Info found is on the first page (right hand side) of the pdf. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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