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Post by Chris Wright on Jun 12, 2015 15:40:14 GMT -5
A work in progress, my personal Holy Grail of F-1 cars. Mel Ault's, Pre-Wing creation, at long last, the one and only, pretty close to looking like the real thing, let me introduce to you:
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Post by old23 on Jun 12, 2015 21:43:07 GMT -5
What a beauty. Mine is ordered along with the 1962 version. Next we'll need to convince Mel to do the 33.
Stewart
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Post by Chris Wright on Jun 12, 2015 22:49:48 GMT -5
What a beauty. Mine is ordered along with the 1962 version. Next we'll need to convince Mel to do the 33. Stewart Thanks Stewart. Lotus 33...I already have mine: it's not Mel's...it's a scratch/Monogram.
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Post by Chris Wright on Jun 14, 2015 14:14:22 GMT -5
Decals on!!! Jim's 1963 British GP contender. There was a huge crowd assembled to watch the British G.P. race at Silverstone. Rather than seeing Clark take the lead as usual, Brabham and Gurney go into the lead in the two Brabhams with McLaren and Hill also ahead of Clark. It did not last long, on lap four Jim was in the lead. As he pulled away from the pack, McLaren went out with engine trouble. Gurney assumed second place but a few laps later Brabham's engine blew. This left Hill to third and he soon came under attack from Surtees. On lap 59 Gurney was out with engine failure, so Jim was left with a lead nearly a minute over Hill and Surtees. On the last lap Hill ran out of fuel which allowed Surtees to pass him and grab second place. R-4 was in a transition, this is the first time a Lotus 25 was seen with the now famous yellow stripe.
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Post by Philip P on Jun 15, 2015 10:24:51 GMT -5
That is looking wonderful. A quality build of a classic car.
To try and limit the number of cars I purchase/build I have decided not to buy/make any cars that were raced before I was born (1964). Seeing this build I am tempted to break my own rule.....
Thanks for sharing, Philip
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Post by Chris Wright on Jun 15, 2015 10:56:35 GMT -5
That is looking wonderful. A quality build of a classic car.
To try and limit the number of cars I purchase/build I have decided not to buy/make any cars that were raced before I was born (1964). Seeing this build I am tempted to break my own rule.....
Thanks for sharing, Philip They raced it in 64 too. You better get hold of Mel at Pre-Wing
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Post by David Mitcham on Jun 16, 2015 14:43:38 GMT -5
Hi Chris
Inspiring! I have both Mel's 25s to build and a Dave Jones one part built to complete. Priority builds once I finish the proxy cars!
Regards
David
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Post by mel62 on Jun 18, 2015 9:29:52 GMT -5
Fantastic build Chris. I am modding the front end of the BD chassis as I like 1/16 axles and a different arrangement for the uprights but I am sure it won't be a good as this.
Mel
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Post by old23 on Jun 22, 2015 20:38:53 GMT -5
Looking better every post!
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Post by Aurora on Jun 23, 2015 14:57:12 GMT -5
Beautiful Chris! Looks like Mel has done a fantastic job on this body.
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Post by Aurora on Jun 26, 2015 14:58:23 GMT -5
Fantastic build Chris. I am modding the front end of the BD chassis as I like 1/16 axles and a different arrangement for the uprights but I am sure it won't be a good as this. Mel Hi Mel, I've always wondered about the 1/16 axles, and even purchased some wheels that use 1/16 axles. But how does one actually attach the assembly to the chassis?
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Post by mel62 on Jul 4, 2015 16:47:05 GMT -5
Aurora,
(Chris I am sorry to crash your thread). There are two methods of using 1/16 axles; you can use the Beardog chassis standard parts and a 1/16 axle or my method which I thought of before I was aware of BD3 chassis.
I have retro fitted to some BD3s I have used. I wanted a method to contain the wishbones and to make the suspension look accurate but strong for racing. I came up with the idea of using 2mm square tube as uprights and feeding the lower wishbones into them at the bottom.
The square tube is drilled and fitted over the wishbones and a long piece of 1/16 steel wire holds it all true whilst soldering into place. Once the lower wishbones are in place and the assembly is strong, the uprights can be drilled for a track arm that further stiffens the structure when soldered in.
You can employ stub axles as the tube gives them a good anchor point, or you can just use a solid axle. I don't know what Chris uses to retain the wheels but experimentation has proved that Al Penrose's paper discs from hole punches and super glue as washers works better than other means.The paper discs and nice and thin and can be hidden discreetly behind the wheel inserts. This can provide independently spinning front wheels if required.
On my Lotus build, I have soldered in some round rod to make it look like the king pin bearings. Pictures soon.
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Post by mel62 on Jul 4, 2015 16:49:57 GMT -5
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Post by Aurora on Jul 5, 2015 13:41:05 GMT -5
Hi Mel, thanks for the explanation and great pics. Maybe I should create a new thread for 1/16 axles.
I was thinking of threading the axle and attaching the wheel with a 1/16" nut.
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Post by Chris Wright on Jul 17, 2016 13:52:07 GMT -5
Well it took me long enough to complete this. I finally got around to constucting and painting one of Marc Tyler's most excellent Jim Clark figures. (thanks Marc). I detailed the Lotus out complete with those strange Duck Tape insertions under the front of the windscreen. all that's left to do is get it to a track and try it out. My thank's to Mel Ault for his great Lotus 25 shell, finally there IS a reasonably acurate body for this car available.
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