Now I try it another way. Looks, as if the forum doesn´t accept the pictures from my own webspace anymore ( I don´t know why...) so I have put the pictures to Google Fotos and now I try it again (a last time...).
OK, let´s go:
My last build is the Alfa Bimotore. I tried to model the 1937 version with the impressive Brooklands exhaust system, of which there are unfortunately only a few blurred photos.
What I had, was a Betta&Classic body, a set of prepainted BRM-wheels and a LeMans-Miniatures driver figure.
Painted:
The ready car:
To the details:
- I sawed out the cast, indicated driver figure and the radiator grille. I glued a fine metal mesh into the radiator opening from behind. Unfortunately I couldn't put the radiator grille as far forward as I would have liked, the "shadow gap" is actually too big for me, but the material, B&C uses for the bodies doesn´t allow to be milled too much from the inside. More on that below. Well, yes, in the original size it is not so noticeable. Photo enlargement sometimes reveals things that you would rather not see and that you actually cannot see in the original size…
- I fitted the cockpit opening with a polystyrene back wall, made a dashboard and a driver's seat from tealight aluminum and fitted the driver figure with a steering wheel from LeMans miniatures.
- I have supplemented the tank cap from my fundus.
- The exhaust pipe cast into the body was carefully milled out. I assembled the Brooklands-style exhaust for the 1937 version from a polystyrene rod bent over the flame and from 2mm thick end pots, which I sawed out of a polystyrene sheet.
- I made the brackets for the windshield from 0.8mm stainless steel wire, glued them into holes that I drilled in the body (superglue) and painted them too.
- I also added a rear-view mirror housing with a rear-view mirror made of reflective foil. The mirror housing in the body was clearly too small and too flat.
The Alfa body is relatively heavy, and lightening is almost not possible with the material used for the body. With a lot of effort and fine-tuning, I've made the almost 90 gram heavy (!) Alfa chunk on the Penelope Pitlane chassis reasonably mobile, but due to its weight and the additionally unfavorable weight distribution due to the high body, in the new PreWar class of our small racing series it will probably not be able to be right at the front.
Here's a look at the Penelope Pitlane Sm1m-chassis I used:
It is built with the following modifications:
- As usual, I drilled out the front axle bracket and soldered in a brass axle tube.
- After correct alignment, I fixed the guide keel holder with solder.
- An adapted brass plate weighing 3 grams is screwed under the rear axle, which somewhat counteracts the tendency to tip over due to the high body.
I have chosen this car to directly counter the almost inevitable "silver arrowization" of our PreWar class. I'm almost certain there will be a lot of silver on the track in our first race. So at least I have the "exotic status" for sure...
Here is another photo from the track test on the "WestWood Circuit" (my own track is currently not passable due to substructure work and the current temperature situation)
On the track...
...and on the starting grid with its possible competitors.
Best regards, Taffy
Taffy
