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Post by Chris Wright on Sept 20, 2015 14:49:26 GMT -5
Graham Hill's BRM P-48, late in the 1960 season in a non championship race at Brands Hatch where he finished 2nd in the V Silver City Trophy. Brands Hatch, August 1960. (Jack Brabham won in Cooper T53). One of Dave Jones excellent bodies, still unpainted, but all the surface imperfections, and rivets have been sanded out, (and yes I have the fiddly little windsheild, which I've lost 3 times). All ancillaries are completed, rear suspension constructed out of square brass, and aluminium tube, and the exhaust modelled in my usual fashion out of 1/16" plastic rod. All three disc brakes turned on my "toy" lathe, yes the front one's too, now I'm searching for the correct inserts. just waiting for paint!
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Post by Andrew Rowland on Sept 21, 2015 1:11:06 GMT -5
Some very fine modelling there Chris. You are taking things to a new level. Cheers Andi
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Post by Aurora on Sept 23, 2015 5:20:55 GMT -5
Chris,
Such precision, a beautiful thing to see!
It looks like you are using inserts for the ducts. What material is that? It appears to provide a fine crisp edge.
I must admit to a case of Tool Envy - a lathe? Even if it is a toy, it does a nice job.
Matt
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Post by Chris Wright on Sept 23, 2015 9:52:05 GMT -5
Chris, Such precision, a beautiful thing to see! It looks like you are using inserts for the ducts. What material is that? It appears to provide a fine crisp edge. I must admit to a case of Tool Envy - a lathe? Even if it is a toy, it does a nice job. Matt Hi Matt, the BRM is looking great! I'm using grey ABS sheet for hole inserts. It keeps apertures clean and crisp, all ways do it on Glass Fibre bodies. The lathe? Mine was an original made in Germany, cost a lot mor than $95. (15 years ago) Now you can get the exact same thing from China. Detail below. www.ebay.com/itm/like/252032533650?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82It is very cheap and chearfull, but you can trim inserts, wheels bearings etc. and true up tyres mounted to wheels believe it or not, I mount a sanding block and do both rear wheels at the same time. Did I mention that's a GREAT BRM bye-the-way? Chris
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Post by Aurora on Sept 24, 2015 14:43:40 GMT -5
Chris, thanks for checking out the BRM. Great job with the ABS ducts. I'll have to nose around for some sheets of the stuff, as it looks like it may be an alternative to styrene sheet.
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Post by Chris Wright on Sept 24, 2015 14:52:13 GMT -5
Chris, thanks for checking out the BRM. Great job with the ABS ducts. I'll have to nose around for some sheets of the stuff, as it looks like it may be an alternative to styrene sheet. Yeah styrene is OK in flat areas, or if you are heat moulding, but if you bend it and apply superglue it cracks and disintegrates, the ABS doesn't, plus you can bend it to a degree without heat. Very usefull stuff on Glass Fiber bodies.
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Post by Chris Wright on Oct 17, 2015 11:05:59 GMT -5
The BRM P48 was a Formula One racing car raced in 1960. It was BRM's first rear-engined car. With rear-engined cars in the ascendancy, BRM hastily reworked the front-engined, now five-year-old P25. The car proved to be slow and unreliable, and was replaced by the P48/57 the following year. Aside from the placement of the driver and engine, the P48 was mechanically the same as the outgoing P25. It featured the same 2.5 litre straight-4 engine producing 275 horsepower. The P48 also featured a single brake disc at the rear mounted directly to the gearbox. The rear bodywork was cut off to aid cooling, which exposed the unlovingly nicknamed "bacon slicer" rear brake. During 1960 Tony Rudd designed his Mark II version of the car, with a conventional 2 disc rear brake layout, simple rear wishbone suspension and a much lower profile. This resulted in a much better handling car, and for the 1961 Formula One season BRM based their chassis designs on the Mark II. (this car has yet to be modeled by anybody). Progress on the P-48. Almost finished, just needs a Immense Miniature's Graham in the cockpit. The wheels also need to be painted silver, and some better Dunlop style inserts. Also notice the addition of the "knock-off's" on the front wheels, they're some photo-etched units I picked up years ago. As with the P-261 the decals are Indycal's rivets, and Scale Auto numbers.
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Post by David Mitcham on Oct 17, 2015 14:08:11 GMT -5
Hi Chris
I thought the P261 in your other post was amazing but this is even better! As someone else commented you are taking standards on the Forum to a whole new level.
Best Regards
David
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Post by Chris Wright on Nov 3, 2015 17:24:30 GMT -5
In the final stages, Graham needs goggles, and maybe a dashboard, and a few tweeks, but he's happy overall. All figures in cars are Marc's fabulous Immense Miniatures, except this one. His head is an Immense Miniature's unit, but his body is from a Tomy Jag SS.
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